I was not planning on training today. After having back to back to back heavy sessions of deadlift, squat, and bench press I planned on coasting into the NOV Meet with Wendler and Rhodes. Two weeks of light duty heading in seemed like the right prescription.
It has been an interesting bunch of weeks for me. I have had a lot of activities which is not the norm for me. Some of which have been fun, some others obligatory. Then we found a house when we were not really in the market. So now I am in the middle of financial mayhem. I am also playing general contractor to get the house how we want it before moving in. Plus, work has been the biggest hop in the a$$ that I can remember in years. Not to leave out that I have very recently lost two extended family members. I feel like the guy from the movie Scanner's where his head blows up.
When I'm feeling this way my place of solace is the gym. I'll never forget when my brother passed and so many encouraged me to keep training even though I didn't feel like it. It really helped me work through the toughest time in my life.
There are many out there with much bigger problems and issues. However, it does not change how stressed and bottled up I feel. So instead of taking today off or going light, as I planned to do one or the other, I trained relatively heavy. With short rest from Saturday's squat, today I took what would be an opening squat weight and then the same with the deadlift. After that I did the necessary recovery work.
I don't know that my body was thrilled with my decision, but my mind was. For those two hours my head was clear and I walked away feeling like I accomplished something. Sometimes training is the only thing we can control.
WEDNESDAY
-Full body warm up
-Safety squat bar box squat worked up to 465x1
-Hex bar dl worked up to 515x1
-Treadmill (recovery work) 20 minutes
-Light back and hip stretching
-Contrast shower
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