Diary of a Desk Jockey

[DeskJockey]

5 days ago (day 86):

2x50 OHP

1x50 BB squat

1x50 bent-over row

4 days ago (day 87): 1.7 miles in 30:00

2 days ago (day 88):

1x50 OHP

1x50 BB squat

1x50 bent-over row

Yesterday (day 89):
1.9 miles in 30:00

Today (day 90):

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W5D1**

3x50 OHP

3x50 BW Squat

3x50 Bent over row

Positive: Finally broke through the 3x50 barrier. That had been intimidating me for a while.

Negative: My abs hurt.

[TBPenguin]

Great work! Good to have you back posting.

[DeskJockey]

Thanks! It feels good to be back!

Day 91:

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W5D2**

2.83 mi in 45:00

[DeskJockey]

Day 92:

2 days ago: 1.82 mi in 30:02

Day 93:

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W5D3**

2.83 mi in 45:00

[DeskJockey]

Day 94:

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W5D5**

2x50 OHP

2x50 BW Squat

2x50 Bent over row

(Also did some "stopgap" workouts of 30-45 min walking/1x50 SE in the past week, but don't feel like typing them all out).

[TBPenguin]

Good to know you are doing the training even when you don't post.

[DeskJockey]

Day 95:

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W5D6**

2.82 mi in 45:00

[DeskJockey]

Day 96:

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W6D1**

Max Strength

I've never tested maxes before, so I thought this would be as good a time as any.

OHP

45x5

55x5

65x5

75x5

80x5

85x4

e1RM: 93

Squat

45x5

55x5

65x5

75x5

85x5

95x5

100x5

105x5

110x4

e1RM: 120

[DeskJockey]

Day 97:

**Tactical Barbell Base Building W6D2**

HIC

1.8mi in 25:29. Started with a warm-up walk at 3mph for 5 minutes, then went to ~4.5mph for the rest of the time. Hear rate was a bit high (~170ish bpm), but w/e. Good run overall. Worked up a sweat.

[TBPenguin]

I've never tested maxes before, so I thought this would be as good a time as any.

OHP

e1RM: 93

Squat

e1RM: 120

You were smart to be conservative in how you tested. But because you were so conservative, you did more work than normal, which made your e1RMs lower than they really are. That's OK, just figure that after you have run a block of Operator (?), you set aside a week for testing and you should see a pretty good jump in your top set.