3 Glorious Scheduled Days Of Rest Accidently Became 4

Thursday, May 5, 2011

The 4th of May was supposed to be my return to programming, starting my 4th cycle of 531. I did my run in the morning then went to work. Got home ate and fell asleep on the couch. Couldn't even lift my head up. Probably should have rested on my rest days but I took advantage of my brother-in-law being up for a visit. We took down a highway sign for my business, did some dump runs, wrapped some maple trees, built a new corral area for the horses, and built a bridge over a stream up in the bush, at the cabin we did some hiking on the trails to see how they survived the winter, and did some Spring chores there.

So to keep my programming schedule for May I took the first and second 531 session and combined them. Press and Deadlift on the same day, and I took out the accessory work so I would have time to hit the programmed Conditioning workout. This catches me up with my schedule.

531 CYCLE 4
Wave 1
Session 1 & 2 combined

WARMUP
stretching shoulders

DEADLIFT
135 (5)
210 (5)
245 (5)
275 (6)

PRESS
45 (5,5)
90 (5)
105 (5)
115 (10)


CONDITIONING
Greyskull #8 50lb Sandbag Clean & Press x50 4:03
I picked this one to punish myself for missing yesterday's session. A clean and Press movement on the same day as Deadlift and Press oughtta smarten me up. Thing is I actually improved my time from the last attempt (April 15) by 55 whole seconds. Not the best time universally speaking but I gave it my all and most importantly I am improving.