Friday night boxing was a grueling workout, like usual. Mixed in push-ups, squats, and high knees during rounds on the heavy bag. This coach also had us practice hooks with the palm facing down, which he explained can sometimes slip over the opponent's guard better. It's something I've experimented with before and never stuck to, but that's an interesting point.

Throwing right hooks is a little painful on my shoulder and it's hard to generate power. Will up the shoulder rehab this week: band pull-aparts, dead hangs, and Turkish get-ups. Thankful that it's my right, though, and that I can throw hard straights with my right just fine. 

Saturday was a rest day. Did some stretching, foam rolling, and went on a 10-minute post-lunch walk. Went to George's for a game night to play Mansions of Madness with Atlas and Azzy, which was a blast. Really brings me back to playing Arkham Horror 10 years ago. In the midst of having some drinks I remembered to sign-up for boxing. To my surprise, a lot of classes were already full, but member sparring (my main target) was available and a Thursday evening class with 2 coaches I've never trained under was also open. After I registered, I felt distracted the rest of the night and kept thinking about sparring. It was an exciting feeling.

Sunday was a helluva training day:

Swiss bar bench press: 260 x 5 x 5

Super-set with lying dumbbell rows: 115s x 5 x 8

Incline Swiss bar bench press

175 x 9, 7

Lateral raises

15s x 10

35s x 2 x 10

Deadlifts

455 x 5

8 shrugs at the top

Alternating dumbbell curls

50s x 2 x 16

Nighttime:

2.5 mile run to the bank and back

Shadowboxing with headgear, mouthguard, and 16 oz gloves: 3 rounds, 4 minutes each

Despite it being in the 30s outside, I was drenched in sweat after taking my headgear off. My fingers were cold when starting the run and became warm at the halfway point.

As for the lifting, I had in my mind to do at least 2 deadlifts, wanting to go easy on myself after last week's failed reps, but 455 ended up feeling like air. Good weight to build confidence up again.