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in dushanbe. didn't have time to work out on tuesday, too much to do to get ready. flights were uneventful except a screaming fucking baby on the dulles-to-ataturk leg that i just kind of had to tip my hat to eventually for his/her incredible stamina in the depths of infant misery. fuck those parents though, for real, for bringing such an unholy child on a long-haul flight. i'm sure i'll feel more sympathetic when i have kids but for now: just stay home, damn it.

anyway, like i said i think these next couple of weeks i'm going to focus on work capacity via jumping rope, low-level plyos, maybe some biking or jogging or other cardio, and high-volume lifting. and maybe some circuit stuff. i've been neglecting any kind of system work since i stopped sprinting, and honestly i shirked that stuff more than i should have over the summer. might be good to spend a couple of weeks trying to get a bit more "in shape." nine days in dushanbe, a day of transit to kabul, six days in kabul, a day of transit to home. let's see if i can get 15 workouts in on those 15 non-transit days.

FYI, for those interested, this is where i am:



funnily enough, that map puts tajikistan in the "middle east," but nobody over here and nobody i work with back in the states would agree with that. it's central asia, people here have more in common with russia and western china than they do with iraq or egypt. and there's no way pakistan is part of the middle east. apparently worldatlas.com thinks the middle east means predominantly muslim countries from the levant to india. that's dumb. anyway, geography/world cultures lesson over. carry on.

day 2 of jet lag is the worst. the. worst.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: out of it

- warm up

- giant set x 2
-- SVJ x 5
-- 4-way hip extension x 10
-- DB OHP 12s x 10
-- DB SLRDL 14s x 10
-- neutral chin x 10
-- kneeling ab roll-out x 10

- stretch

not much but better than nothing. hopefully i'll be in a bit more myself tomorrow. crashed around 4 PM today and still had three horus of work left before i could even get back to the hotel.

weights in kg as usual on trips.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: traps a little, hamstrings a little
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: still pretty tired

- warm up

- superset x 5
-- bench 60 x 10
-- seated cable row x 10

- superset x 2
-- DB curl 10s x 12
-- cable tricep pressdown x 12

ETA:

- COC T x 5R; 5L
- COC 1 x 1,1,1,1R; 0L
- COC T x 23R; 11L
lol my right hand is sooooo much stronger. forgot to add these before.

- stretch

get swole. leg workout tomorrow.

RFD stuff man, pogos, depth drops/jumps, tuck jumps. If there isn't much strength equipment/junk around maybe its a sign to work on the one thing that's always held you back slightly?

Also, iirc, I read an article stating that you dont lose any strength when doing a plyo block correctly. So...thats another positive.

How were the depth jumps off the higher box?

yes you are both right. i'm being an idiot.

the depth jumps sucked, except for one or two where i put it together.

streak broke tonight. went out for dinner with colleagues and got home too late to go to the gym. could not fail to do either thing, out of politeness to people i need to have a good relationship with.

did some feldenkrais (shoulders and neck) and SMR (quads, adductors, calves, soleus) and long stretching session but that does not a workout make.

i will half-forgive myself if i manage to work out twice on any day between now and when i head home.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings a little
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little
MENTAL STATE: tired

- warm up
jog 2km in 10:10. heart rate up a bit but this was not challenging.

- depth jump ~18-20 x 3,3,3
first and third sets were better. second set clunky landings, was overthinking.

- SVJ x 4,4

- pogo x 5,5,5

- stretch

finished work very late and then couldn't find my shorts, which i'd sent down with my laundry this morning. i should have just forgotten about it til tomorrow and just done some shit in my room, but i called the front desk to find them and an incredibly stupid saga ensued. so i ended up getting to the gym 10 minutes before it closed, doing that jog you see there, and working out in my room anyway. and it's late as hell now and the most important/insane day of my trip is tomorrow.