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another   in my family today, a serious one this time: my dad just graduated with a master of arts in religious studies (with honors). eight years of busting his butt in night classes while working full time to put two kids through college and help another stay alive through serious medical issues; at 53 years old he found a new passion and at 61 he's turned it into a truly meaningful accomplishment that will shape the rest of his life. he's an inspiration to me.

 

another  in my family today, a serious one this time: my dad just graduated with a master of arts in religious studies (with honors). eight years of busting his butt in night classes while working full time to put two kids through college and help another stay alive through serious medical issues; at 53 years old he found a new passion and at 61 he's turned it into a truly meaningful accomplishment that will shape the rest of his life. he's an inspiration to me.

 

Truely inspirational story, much respect to your father for his accomplishment. Religous studies would be a super interesting degree to pursue.

thanks y'all.

last night:

BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = right toe
FATIGUE = moderate

- rock climb/boulder x 1.5 hours

did not do much during that time as it's been ten years since i climbed anything above a 5.6 (went out and did some really easy outdoor top rope climbing about 5 years ago but it barely counts). but a buddy of mine invited me to go along to the largest indoor climbing gym in north america, which is coincidentally in rockville. so i said why not and it was a blast. my fingers hurt a little today and my forearms were burning like shit last night -- veins were popping out even 20 minutes after i stopped climbing. today most of the soreness is in my lats of all places. EDIT: and lower traps.

on my second climb i did a 5.10 -- not bad for my first day in 10 years! it was all downhill from there, though. bouldering was terrible because my technique is hilariously bad, although at one point i managed to finish an easy bouldering course without using my feet.   got some street cred for that. once i started top-roping again my forearms were too tired for me to fight my way through stuff and i flamed out on a 5.8.  

if it wasn't so expensive i'd seriously consider going once a week or something. great workout, incredibly fun, not likely to interfere with my main goals.

Is that the new EarthTrekks in Rockville?  (I climbed there 2 years ago b4 they renovated) 5.10 first time out in awhile is solid; unfortunately stamina becomes a problem really quickly in that sport if you don't train regularly

yup, that's the place. it's freaking amazing in there. huge, tons of ropes, they apparently change the courses all the time. but expensive if you don't have your own gear and aren't a member.

i'd say stamina became a problem within 15 minutes, lol.

saturday:

- hike x 5-5.5 miles

sunday:

BW = 171
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = moderate

- warm up

- sprint 2 x 15y

- DLRVJ x ~15
most solid session since vacation ("injury"). all 31+, a couple 32-32.5. nothing as high as the one jump last week but not as horrible as it's been.

- power snatch
gym was closing soon, subbed:
- REA squat 2 x 3 x 135
second set much better than first. focused on driving up as i was falling, if that makes sense.

- squat 3 x 10 x 215
super fast

- SS1: feet-elevated pushup x 15,15,25
- SS1: pull up x 5,5,8
- SS1: pull down x 12,12,30

- stretch

set up pull downs with the band higher up. much harder. tonight will try to get back in the gym for some recovery work.

BW = ???
SORENESS = hamstrings a tiny bit
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = moderate

- warm up

- sprint 6 x 5 yards
only had half the court

- depth jump 3 x 5

- knock out x 10 mins

- DLRVJ x 10-12
bad, all ~31. tried a few SLRVJ, too. collapse.

- skips 3 x 6

- line hop 3 x 20
8.3x, 8.9x, 8.6x

- power snatch/drills x 15-20 mins

- squat 2 x 5 x 290
warm up sets sucked, surprised at how strong these were.

- SS1: DB bench 10,10,18 x 40e
- SS1: chin up x 8,8,9
- SS1: pull down x 12,12,23
- SS1 info: each exercise started at the top of the minute. chin ups really bad. used a thicker band on the pull downs.
followed immediately by
- jump rope 20/40 x 5

- SS2: calf raise 10 x 90
- SS2: curl 10 x 25e
- SS2 info: 2 rounds

- stretch

i'd tried a few DLRVJ before the depth jumps but they were really terrible. even though i ended up jumping badly, i'm glad i went back and did some more after the knockout, which was just opportunistic. part of my problem is still just technique: i'm jump-stopping most of the time. more reps can't hurt, really.

self-loathing and frustration peaking at the moment. went to the gym, warmed up, felt good, had some good DSVJ (~31) during warm up, good sprints. on first DLRVJ, heel slipped. then, total CNS shut down. i tried to take a break but could barely move my legs to shoot baskets. it was bizarre. also, it was enraging. warmed up again and did some bounds -- i'm so bad at them that they don't really require much effort. but then i just felt done. sat around for five minutes trying to will myself to get on with the rest of my workout, failed, and decided, fuck it, i'll get up at dawn tomorrow and go to the gym before work.

fuck it.

 

BW = 171
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = low

- warm up

- sprint 2 x 15y

- DLRVJ x ~15
much better than it's been. also, sort-of  : dunked a dodgeball. PR for size of object dunked. got owned with it a couple of times and got one other jump where it went in but kind of off the backboard. so yay. would have needed at least 33 for each of those. the rest all 32-32.5.

- power snatch/drills x 15 mins

- squat MSEM 1 x 6 x 305
schnell

- DL 1 x 365 
lol. goofing off.

- SS1: suicide x 1
- SS1: tire flip x 2
- SS1: clapping push up x 10
- SS1: hanging leg raise x 10
- SS1 info: AMRAP in 10 mins. raced my friend henry. got 5.75 rounds.

- stretch

yay