September 4th

Man-makers @ 20kgs x 6*
Row 500m (Sprint)
Lunge walk ~100 paces
Sprint ~100 paces
Backwards quadrupedal up 2 flights stairs
Forwards quadrupedal down the disabled ramps
Backwards quadrupedal up 2 flights stairs
Forwards quadrupedal down the disabled ramps

Repeat for 2 rounds.

This one I mucked around with a little at the time. Final version is posted here - as I did for the second round. First round I did 50x DB Squat thrusts @ 35lbs each hand instead of the man-makers, but felt this was too shoulder-intensive and not so leg intensive to pair with the ergo. I switched this for man-makers in the second round, and experimented with varying weights. I settled on strength-heavy sets of 6 reps @ 20kgs each hand, which is kinda the opposite of the lunge and quad groups - and *in retrospect I feel that sets of 20 (no break), with a light weight with the man-makers would have been the best option.

The entire workout was an experiment with pairing long endurance/strength sets with sprints (as in the traditional lunge-walk/sprint group I used), and it fucked me right up. Whether this was because I was bugged from yesterdays gym & swim, or because it was hard for me I'm not too sure, but I broke a few times.

I think I'm getting stronger.

I don't go as long as I feel I could, and ofttimes I find energy reserves that by all rights should have been used long before, but I'm also finding that I am getting a little further each time before this happens. And it feels good.