Today
Squat-
135lbx3
185/225/275/305lbx1
275lb, 5x5
I wasn’t really in the mood to feel beat down, so I went with something that is useful + wouldn’t leaving me feeling tired.
Ya, this wasn’t bad at all. The last rep came close to being a bit grindy but the rest felt good. Things got easier as they went on.
Pull-up/lunges/hanging leg raise (90 second)
5x5 on pull-up
3x8, 2x5 alternating with forward and reverse lunges
4x5, x3 on leg raise
Jogging-
3% incline at 4.5 speed for 10 minutes
I haven’t gone any faster than a slow trot for well over a year now. The only comparable sort of conditioning I’ve done was walking hilly trails, and I haven’t done that in well over six months now.
I had no idea what to expect and so went with a speed slightly faster than one that I used to walk with (4.0)
This got uncomfortable real quick, but stabilized for minute 2-9. Minute 9 sucked. My ankles and feet hurt. I am not sure whether this is because I jogged in my chucks or because my feet are just really that bad at jogging now.
Measured my HR at an astonishing 180BPM after the 10 minutes. Fortunately it dropped back down real quick, but still shocking to me.
Real eye-opener.
I am thoroughly unconditioned when it comes to anything that goes beyond 20 seconds. I need to rectify this.
The point of this is to do easy conditioning in the manner that Wendler described in his new 5/3/1 book. I hope to do this every lower body day, but we’ll see how I feel tomorrow and go on from there.
Not sure whether I should be adding time until I can do this for 30 minutes or go onto jogging a sub-8 min mile first.
First priority is to be able to jog this without any effort.