Week #3 Base Building- Day 17 I'm currently working a nightshift so my workouts are before I go to work and then I come home the next day so this post is from yesterdays workout (01/18/17). Today was another endurance session. I opted to break it up into 30 minutes on the bike and a 35 minute run. I...

Week #3 Base Building- Day 16 I forgot to post yesterdays(01/17/17) training log so here it is. Yesterday was an endurance session of at least 60 minutes. I ran 6 plus miles at a 9:45 minute mile pace. The run felt good and I had energy left in the tank afterwards. I'm feeling like these long runs a...

Week #3 Base Building- Day 15 3 Circuits x 40 reps each 1 minute rest between exercises 2 minute rest between circuits Push Press rest Front Squat rest Row rest Floor Press rest Shrugs rest Romanian Deadlift Rest, Repeat This one was a struggle..but I pushed through it...i had to drop the weight abo...

Week #2 Base Building- Day 13 Today was my long endurance session and I chose to conduct a ruck march with about 35lbs in my ruck. I rucked for 2 hours and 30 minutes and ended up rucking 9 miles. I started off the march with a pretty good pace of 15 minute miles but I ran into some serious hills on...

Week #2 Base Building- Day 11 2 Circuits x 30 reps each 1 minute rest between exercises 2 minute rest between circuits Push Press rest Front Squat rest Row rest Floor Press rest Shrugs rest Romanian Deadlift Rest, Repeat Another smoker. I thought that the reduction of circuits from 3 to 2 would be e...

Week #2 Base Building- Day 10 Endurance Session. Using yesterdays pace as a baseline (10 minute mile pace) I found that I could still keep a conversation using a 9:30 minute mile pace so this was the pace I used today. I ran for 50 minutes and finished with a total distance of 5.30 miles. I again fo...

Week #2 Base Building- Day 9 Endurance Session 40 minutes minimum. I did my endurance session today and my lower back was a little sore from the romanian deadlifts I did yesterday, but nothing a few minutes of stretching couldn't take care of. I was on baby watch again so I had to run indoors to tak...

Bravissimo matey...... nice session....... you made a good choice...... reducing weight, and then deciding to stick with the weight for the duration of the following sessions. Better to build slowly and stay the course than go all 'shock and awe' and blow your wad. The mix of endurance work and SE ...

Week #2 Base Building- Day 8 3 Circuits x 30 reps each 1 minute rest between exercises 2 minute rest between circuits Push Press rest Front Squat rest Row rest Floor Press rest Shrugs rest Romanian Deadlift Rest, Repeat wow this one was a smoker. I started off the workout with a light 10 minute jog ...

Day # 6 Ruck March (endurance) Today was my long endurance workout. I opted to do a ruck march since it had been years since I did one. I opted to conduct the march at a primitive hiking trail at a park near my house. I aimed for 15 minute miles but due to the technicality of the trail (its popular ...