Friday, March 1, 2019

Bench pressed 265x8 on Wednesday.

Did 4 3-minute rounds of Muay Thai practice yesterday before going on a jog. Knees were hurting, both of them. Gained some good insights from a footwork video on YouTube. During sparring I am definitely standing too wide when chasing opponents. STEP into throwing the right hand instead of reaching super far with my rear leg planted. You can still pivot, just have to put your foot down. Also practiced pivoting into a left hook, wherein the pivot comes first and then the torso rotates to follow, like you're winding up. Really keen on honing my mobility and not getting stuck in a pocket.

This morning, mat pulled 535x2 off of 4 pavers before the bar rolled off. Reset and immediately went for more reps. Couldn't even break the bar off the mats this time. I woke up with my back sore, maybe from sleeping in a poor position. Also felt lethargic and sluggish, in general. I ate Costco pizza and coffee cake with coffee for breakfast and instead of feeling strong off all the calories I just felt like crap. It's okay to have a little more leeway with diet peri-workout but will try to be a little more reasonable with it, haha. I have actually had success eating like this at work before heavy squat workouts but something about it being first thing in the morning just nauseated me.