Monday Treadmill 1 hr Foam rolling Back and shoulder stretching/rehab Contrast shower *Got to bed 1/2 an hour early
Tuesday Warmup Circuit: Prone scap retraction 5x10 Band pushdowns 5x10 Band rows 5x10 Dbl bench 5x10 Concentration curls 5x10 Rear lunges 5x10 Band face pulls 5x10
Treadmill 30 minutes Trigger point work Back and shoulder stretching Contrast shower
All of the heavy work has been done. Or in my case as hard of work as my body allowed has been done. In the next two weeks I cannot train to get stronger. However, I can prepare my body to be as strong as possible on meet day. This takes the little things I always talk about.
The little things are stretching, rolling, napping, getting extra sleep, massage, keeping nutrition on point, mental prep, etc. This stuff is tedious. The last thing I want to do after a long training cycle are these little things, but adding these little things up on meet day can make the difference between getting that personal record or falling short.
Walking out of a meet shy of my goal always leaves a pit in my stomach for days. When I look at it in that light, I don't mind making the time for the work mentioned above. I'm worth it.
