some off-day core and grip work. Feels good to move around a little on off days.

plank - 60s x 2 (pretty easy)

TGU - 16kg KB. lol no. I got a couple with my right hand, but these were a lot harder than I expected. The movement isn't natural to me at all. I'm going to start doing these with a lighter bell as part of my warmup on lifting days. Definitely going to take some practice.

gripper work:

my right wrist is kinda bothering me and setting the vulcan is a bitch. it's gonna take some practice. ended up getting in good volume though. Worked up to the following:

Left hand: lvl9, 8 singles, failed the 9th.
Right hand: lvl7, 10 singles

missed my lifting session on Weds. no WIM. felt like ****.

tonight:

planks: 70s, 40s. Second set was so short not cuz of core failure, but because my shoulders got super tired. lol @ me. time to put in a lot of push up volume.

side planks: 30s each side. god, planks are so ****ing boring.

TGU w/ 8kg KB. just need practice. did 2 each side. sweeping the leg through and back on the way down is the hard part for me.

Squats: 245x5x2. These didn't feel as good as last time. kinda meh in the hole. Only did 2 sets cuz I was taking too long and plus I was DL'ing tonight.

Press: 105x5x3. Lot better than last time. pretty short rests between sets.

DL: 275x5. Arms kept clipping my knees on the way down? weird. Probably standing a little wide with toes too far out. I'll figure it out next time, maybe record some vids.

some things to eventually replace planks with: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...training_1&cr=

Take video and post doing a TGU.

2/27

TGUs: 16kg, 2/arm. getting better.

Swings metcon:
32kg, 15 swings every minute for 6 mins.

2/28

Bench: 135x3x5 (3 reps, 5 sets).

Read something on Robertson's blog about "clean" reps or some ****. It made some sense to me. Basically, if form is always getting ****** past the X'th rep, why not cut it off there and just do more sets with those reps? Anyway, felt pretty good.

Squat: 265x5x3
Pretty tiring. Kept it to 2min rests. Getting heavy. Felt better than last time I squatted.

I've also been doing sets of pushups throughout the day. Just sets of 8 for now, and I'm doing 5-7 sets a day. I'll bump it up both sets and reps as I get stronger. I'm guestimating that I can do ~20 give or take 3 right now, so we'll see after a month or two how much it's helped.

3/2

planks: 60s, 40s. again, shoulders got tired, boredom.
side planks: 36s right, 34s left. these were actually hard so I need to keep doing these.

TGUs: 16kgx2 per arm.

Press: 115x5,x4, x5
meh. Didn't rest long enough between the first and second set. kinda hard on the 5th set.

Deadlift:
135x5, x3
225x5
275x2
315x5

felt good!

vids later.

TGU, crappy angle
DL -275x2
DL - 315x5

Looks good and easy. I like the blue plates too.

yeah the painted plates are pretty sweet. we got some reds and blues.

felt really good. Last time I DL'd I felt super sloppy. Cleaned it up by making sure I got my feet in position as if I were about to jump.

My gut feels a tiny bit irritated right now, which I think is OK.

1. isn't it weird to stop working out and just get weak? i am going to squat like 285 tonight (back to low bar fwiw).
2. did your hernia feel like a little alien trying to escape your gut?
3. celtics no chance in finals without perk? i still think they roll heat. seemed unavoidable given how much other teams would pay.

1. yes, but I'm a bit stronger than what I'm doing now. I'm pretty sure I could squat ~335 now if I wanted, but I'd be scurred of my intestines popping out. Of course, press still mad weak.
2. sorta, but I barely felt anything. Worst thing about getting a hernia is being forever mindful of it for the rest of your life.
3. Nah, we got a chance, I just don't think we helped it. Jeff Green sucks something awful. Spurs Heat finals comin'.

KC,

Congrats on the progress post-surgery.

I too hate the Jeff Green trade. Apparently super secret stats say Murphy is bad as well. Things aren't looking good right now. Don't you wish we had Tony Allen and his 17.4 PER and elite defense right now? I do.

the griz have been my #2 team the past two years, and they've been gunning for that #1 spot with inspired play and the emergence of TA as a decent offensive contributor while being the GOAT defensive wing. I'm thinking about buying some griz apparel.

3/6

training: did some random ****. nothing to write home about. Tried doing some grip work but wasn't feeling it. Need to get back in a rhythm with this. Starting this week, just lifting M+F, doing some random KB stuff on other days, and doing grip work prob twice a week.

Diet stuff: Gonna weigh in every Sunday. Gonna do measurements every two weeks. Photos every 2 weeks or month, not sure yet.

weigh in: 226 (down from 230 when I started the diet ~10 days ago)
skinfold: ~22 mm (hard to do when you're a fattie)
neck: 16.75"
chest: 43"
waist (navel): 42.5"
belt line: 40.125"
hips: 44.25"
upper arm: 14"
forearm: 12.25"
thigh: 25.5"
calf: 17.125"