Yesterday was "body day" at TPS. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and yet again I felt incredibly lucky to be training there, with like-minded people, and surrounded by rather spectacular views of Boston.

The view from my gym. 

I do a fair amount of conditioning on body day, and always some Prowler pushing. Sled pushing or dragging or tire flipping or any of that sort of stuff is great because it's fairly self-limiting. On days when I have less energy (like last week when it took me 9:43 to do my Prowler work) and my body is more tired and stressed out from the week's training, I just don't push as fast or finish as quickly, but when I'm feeling good and fresh and ready to kick ass (like this week when I did the same amount of work in 9:03), I can get more work done without having to change anything about my programming. Plus it's just really, really satisfying.

I set the goals listed below a few weeks ago and have been meaning to share them on the blog. I think they're all realistic, minus the bodyweight chin-up, which these days I am kind of believing is the impossible dream, but the other three I think I can absolutely do. I am actually taking a break from the scale for the next few weeks because I have been feeling really good about how I look, and regardless of how I'm weighing in, I won't be changing my nutrition plan for at least 2-3 weeks as my body is still settling down from the small amount of dieting I did pre-comp. So my plan is basically to stick to my nutrition plan, enjoy feeling good in my body, and then really re-assess how I feel before I step on the scale again. I think it's possible I may actually like myself just fine at or just above 200#. I still would like to maintain more in the 190s to make weigh-ins easier, but the mental practice of assessing how I actually feel without letting the scale dictate how I should feel is a good one, I think.

Goals (Set October 25, 2013)
1. Bodyweight 194-198# by December 31.
2. Maintain 194-198# all of 2014.
3. Compete in March RPS meet in 198# class with 215# squat, 135# bench, 315# dead (665# total).
4. Bodyweight chin-up by 32nd birthday (April 2014).

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Training yesterday:

1A) Single-arm Floor Press (4x10)
1B) Lat Pulldown (4x10)
2A) Single-arm DB Row (4x10)
2B) Standing Tricep Extension (4x10)

Prowler Pushing: Sled+90#x200', Sled+180#x6x100' (9:43 total)
Kettlebell Swings 16kgx25, 25, 25, 25
Plank: 1 minute