HERE'S A STRONG TAKE
AFTER BEING ON THE ROAD FOR TWO WEEKS, I was looking forward to getting home and getting back into my routine. In particular...
... the strength training.
It was kind of a downer.
Two weeks ain't long.
But, it's long enough to get a lot weaker.
When I left, I was able to do 9 pull ups consecutively.
I know that's not much for a lot of people, but for me it was a good number, and just one away from my goal of doing sets of 10.
How'd it go today?
The sets went like this...
- 6 pull ups, 18 push ups
- 4 pull ups, 12 push ups
- 3 pull ups, 9 push ups
- 2 pull ups, 6 push ups
- 1 pull up, 3 push ups
... a lot less that what I was doing just two weeks early.
The total for today, 16 pull ups and 48 push ups.
Before I left, 30 pull ups and 90 push ups.
Almost half my strength was gone.
Could I have pushed super hard and done more?
Sure.
But, I wasn't really pushing hard before the road trip.
The squats were about the same in terms of weight and reps, but my muscles felt really funky after.
Should I have continued to lift exercises during the trip?
No.
I was tapering for my A race.
One of the benefits of not working on strength for the last two weeks is...
... how springy and fresh we feel.
Which all plays into getting our heads in the proper frame to...
... rip on raceday.
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163.6
8 hrs
Rip On RaceDay Circuits
20 minutes recovery
90 minutes reading + Journaling