Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Did some yoga and some non-static stretches (dynamic kicks and PNF hamstring stretches with a band). Do this everyday, even for just 5 minutes. No static stretches unless it's after a training session and I'm very warm.
SSB squatted 400x2 today. Everything felt like a ton of bricks again. No way was I going to hit 450.

Been a rough cycle. I think I need a serious reset of my training maxes. My current number for my squat is over 500 and I'm pretty sure I can't hit that right now...and that's just a training max.

Still, that doesn't explain why I'm failing under numbers I succeeded at recently. Obviously I'm losing weight and doing Muay Thai. Another thing, though, is my low carb diet. I'm eating carbs peri-workout, but still going into sessions feeling kinda empty. I couldn't even muster more than one set of 330x8 today (just did one set of 8 and then a drop-set all the way down to the bar, after initially just grinding out 1 rep). I've been eating oatmeal with water and frozen berries as my carb source before lifting, after a morning of just lean meat and veggies. For a grueling lower body session I should try eating more.

Post-workout meal was a big-ass veggie lasagna that I've wolfed down easily. 1200 calories and 60 grams of protein. Yeah, this tells me to eat more before squats.
Muay Thai yesterday after the usual 11-hour Monday. Way bigger class size than I was expecting for a Monday. Usually it's just me and 1 other person. Mostly new people, so we did some casual stuff like a fitness circuit for the first third of the class. Went from the bike, ab wheel, jump-rope, and dips, all in succession, for several rounds. Took the dips to failure.

Worked several combos after. Am staying more on the balls of the feet than I have been before, but need to pivot more when I throw a left hook.