Lifting for 5-2-9

I get up early and move inanimate objects.

NROL, Fat Loss II
Day B, Workout VI

Rest: 45 sec between exercises

Alternating Sets
Snatch-grip Deadlift: 10, 10, 10 @ 155 lb
Push-up-Row: 3×10 @ 20 lbs

Alternating Sets
Bulgarian Split Squat with Overhead Press: 3×10 @ 10 lbs
Supinated Lat Pull: 3×10 @ 120 lbs

Alternating Sets
RDL with Row: 3×12 @ 90 lbs (+10 lbs)
Lower Body Russian Twist: 3×10 @ BW

Metabolic Overdrive: 4 rounds on elliptical (1 minute hard, 2 minutes recovery)

Halfway through Fat Loss II, and through my little experiment.

I must be adapting, because I’m not feeling as completely blasted by the end of each pairing. Which is good, because it means I get to not feel like crap while still taking myself near failure on the last set, or as my books call it, momentary muscular fatigue. Or something like that, amuses me.

I think I figured out how to breath during push-up-rows. Maybe it’s the breathing that’s made it easier to find a rhythm. It’s a very interesting exercise, indeed. I can see why Cosgrove used the snatch-grip deadlift variation. Same with front squats. You can’t use as much weight, because it’s harder. But concurrently, because you can’t use as much weight, you recover slightly faster. I’ve done metabolic training where I’m winded the entire time. It’s not that I ever completely recover, I just barely get my breath under control before I start the next exercise. It’s hard to explain. I’m still not looking forward to 30 second rest periods, but I’m no longer afraid of being unable to do them. It’s going to be hard as hell, but I can do it.

Bulgarian split squats with an overhead press as a sadistic exercise.

I’d go heavier for RDL rows, but that’s as much as I can do without rowing with atrocious form. Ha ha.

Intervals were ridiculously hard today. I pushed myself through the lactic acid burniness, but it was still hard.

Abbreviated my stretching because I have workies soon. We’ll see how my jog goes tomorrow morning.