Friday: Rest

Rest day due to travel.

Saturday: Endurance + Metcon

AM: Session 1
Objective: Endurance + BW Metcon
60 min run (sprinted last 600 m)

Then: 10 rounds AFAP
5 x chin-ups
10 x pushups
15 x squat

(6:07)

Then: Cool down
Waterski
Swim
Stretch
Hydrate
Eat

Notes:
Great run. 60 min running, 15 min of training. Legs feeling much better.

Thursday: Rest

PM:
Coached all night.

Wednesday: Strength + Metcon

PM: Session 1
Objective: Strength + Metcon
Warm up: ROM drills, barbell complex

Then: Front squat
3 x 135#
3 x 155#
3 x 185#
3 x 205#
3 x 225#

Then: 15-12-9-6-3
Thrusters (40# db's)
Burpees
Russian twists (45# plate)

(9:00)

Then: Cool down

Notes:
Front squat is still weak coming out of the hole. Work capacity has decreased while endurance has increased during this cycle, which I expected. 45 min in gym.

Tuesday: Endurance

PM: Session 1
Objective: Sport
40 min basketball shooting workout (40 min of constant movement and jumping)

Later: Session 2
Objective: Endurance
60 min run @ easy pace

Notes:
40 min sport, 60 min running.

Monday: Strength + Intervals

Evening: Session 1
Objective: Strength
Warm up: swings, squats, light deadlift

Then: Deadlift
6 x 2 x 335#

Then: 2 rounds
8 x bench press @ 185#
10 x clapping pushups

Then:
100 x situps (anchored)

Later: Session 2
Objective: Long Intervals
Warm up: 5 min run @ easy pace

Then: 3 rounds
1 mile run @ approx 85-90%
1 min rest

(6:20, 6:12, 6:12)

Then: 5 min run @ easy pace

Later: Session 3
Objective: Sport
2 x softball games

Notes:
45 min in gym, 45 min running, 120 min sport. Weighed in at 196#.

Tuesday: Strength

Objective: Strength

Warm Up:
1000 m row
Barbell complex
Goblet squats @ 55#
Swings @ 55#

Training:
Back squat:
3 x 3 x 245#

Deadlift:
3 x 2 x 315#

Breathing ladders:
Power clean @ 135#
1-5 then 5-1

Swing @ 55#
1-15 (ran out of time)

Row:
2 x 500 m row at 90% effort
(1:50, 1:51)

Durability:
1000 m row @ easy pace

Report:
Body: good, no soreness.
Nutrition: very solid today
Hydration: improving. Not quite there yet.
Sleep: 7.5 hours
Weight: 196#
Notes: Deadlifts were light and fast. Squats were more supposed to be for speed but ended up. Wing more of a grind than anticipated. Power clean breathing ladder was a bit to heavy as I reached my panic breathing at rep 4 on the way up. Finished the whole thing but it was difficult. Next time I'll lower the weight a bit. Swings are a good weight for a 30+ min ladder.

Daily Reading: Isaiah 16-20

Monday: Active Recovery

Objective: Active Recovery

Warm Up:
None

Training:
None

Durability:
2 x softball games.

Report:
Body: refreshed and recovered.
Nutrition: good. Lots of carbs.
Hydration: better
Sleep: 6 hours
Weight: 200 #
Notes: weight a touch high but mostly due to hydration and carbs. Lots off sprint starts in softball as I play center field. Felt great to flush out my legs and spend a couple hours outside on a beautiful night.

Daily Reading: Isaiah 11-14

Sunday: Work Capacity

Objective: Work Capacity

Warm Up:
5 rounds:
5 x chin up
10 x pushup
15 x squat

Static holds (squat, push, pull, handstand)

Training:

100 x 8 count body builders

Durability:
800 m run
Short swim
40 min walk @ easy pace

Report:
Body: legs feel much better
Nutrition:
Hydration: improving
Sleep: 7.5 hours
Weight: ?
Notes: good day. 8 count bb's are awful no matter what so this was as much a mental toughness day as a work capacity day. I have a very hard training week coming up so sleep, hydration and nutrition are going to be very important to prevent over training.

Daily Reading: Isaiah 1-10
Lesson:
- if I do not have faith I have nothing at all.
- turn from my wicked ways and pursue righteousness.
- be holy and set apart from the work around me.

Application:
- faith is so important. If I do not have it I have nothing in this life.
- do not be like the Israelites and turn my back on God.
- live by a code. Live with the goal of pursuing righteousness and being set apart. I must stand up against adversity and not fear opposition.

Saturday: Endurance

Objective: Endurance

Warm Up:
None

Training:
Run:
90 min @ easy pace

Durability:
Walk: 40 min
Swim: 10 min
Active stretch

Report:
Body: quads are still sore
Nutrition: good
Hydration: better, still needs to improve
Sleep: 7 hours
Weight: 197#
Notes: good run today. 60 min on gravel roads and 30 mon on heavily wooded trails. Swim definitely helped in recovery. Legs felt much better after.

Daily Reading: Song of Songs

Friday: Active Recovery

Objective: Recovery

Warm Up:
None

Training:
Run:
60 min @ easy pace

Durability:
Light calisthenics
Long mobility session
Foam rolling
Contrast shower

Report:
Body: quads are very sore
Nutrition: high carb day, seemed to help with recovery. Body felt better the more I ate.
Hydration: still not drinking nearly enough water
Sleep: 6.5 hours
Weight: 198#
Notes: good session today. I need to continue taking these recovery sessions as important as a regular training day.

Daily Reading: Song of Songs 5-8

Thursday: Strength

Objective: Strength

Warm Up:
Sprint starts
Goblet squats w/ 55# db
Swings w/ 55# db
Barbell complex

Training:
Front squat:
1 x 1 x 225#
10 x 3 x 185#, rest 40 sec between sets

5 rounds:
8 x Deadlift @ BW (195#)
8 x Swing @ 70# db

3 rounds:
3 x Bench Press @ BW (195#)
5 x Pullups (complete dead hang)
10 x Swing @ 55#

Durability:
Mobility work
Static stretching

Report:
Body: quads a bit sore
Nutrition: big post workout meal, 7 eggs and an avocado
Hydration: needs to improve
Sleep: 6.5 hours
Weight: 195#
Notes: Strength is not where it needs to be. Legs were tired from the past few days. Failed on front squat at 235 which should have been an easy double or triple.

Daily Reading: Song of Songs 1-4

Wednesday: Intervals

Objective: Intervals

Warm Up:
5 min run
Brief stretch

Training:
Interval Runs:
3 x 1 mile run, 1 min rest between runs (5:55, 6:06, 6:04)

Pullups:
2 x 15 (neutral grip)

Pushups:
4 x 25 (close grip on push up handles for depth)

Situps:
1 x 100 (straight leg)

Durability:
5 min run
Mobility work (extra focus on hips and hamstrings)

Report:
Body: Decent. Legs are pretty tired from yesterday. No soreness however.
Nutrition: Decent. Huge post workout meal of 2 hamburgers, veggies, beans and beer
Hydration: Poor
Sleep: 6.5 hours
Body Weight: 197# post workout
Notes: Sub 20 min 5k is definitely in reach right now if I can drop around 10 lbs. Lungs gave out before my legs today which is strange considering it is always the other way around. Legs did feel heavy from the long slow run yesterday and lack of hydration throughout the day did not help either. Two things I need to spend more time and effort on is post workout mobility and proper hydration throughout the day.

Reading: Ecclesiastes 9-12
Lessons:
- Whatever your hands finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge, nor wisdom.
- Calmness can lay great errors to rest.
- Banish anxiety from your heart.
- Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgement including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

Applications:
- Be excellent in all that I do. Whatever I put my hands to, whether it is something I enjoy doing or not, work at it with all my might for life is short.
- Calm my anger, rage and self-delusion. Speak with gentleness and respect always.
- The point of this life is not to seek pleasure, for everything on this earth is meaningless. The chief end of man is to Fear God and to keep His commandments. 

Tuesday: Endurance

Objective: Endurance

Warm Up:
None

Training:
Run:
110 min @ easy pace

Pullups: (Neutral)
1 x 20

Durability:
None

Coaching:
2 hour basketball practice

Report:
Body: Rested and very little soreness after the run.
Nutrition: Peanut butter right before running doesn't sit very well.
Hydration: None, I will be carrying a hydration pack for endurance runs. Goal: 70 oz per 2 hours
Sleep: 6 hours
Weight: 199# after post workout meal.
Notes: Need to spend time stretching and doing mobility post workout.

Reading: Ecclesiastes 5-8
Lessons:
- Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
- Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart.
- Do not let your mouth lead you into sin.

Applications:
- Do not let my mouth lead me into sin. Have the self discipline to control what comes out of my mouth.
- Out of the mouth comes the meditations of the heart. Do not let my anger or rage become a state of my heart, for it will overflow out of my mouth and cause myself and others to stumble.

Monday: 6.11.12 - Rest

Training:
Rest

Daily Reading:
Ecclesiastes 1-4
1.) Lessons:
- What has been will be again, there is nothing new under the sun.
- For with much wisdom, comes much sorrow and with more knowledge comes more grief.
- What does chasing after pleasure accomplish?
- The same fate overtakes both the wise man and the fool in the end.
- A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.
- I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
- All go to the same place, all come from the dust and to the dust they will return.

2.) Applications:
- Nothing is new under the sun. Study and learn from the past. Learn from the mistakes and past of others.
- What does chasing after pleasure accomplish? It is a way of life that only satisfies for a moment and then is fleeting. A man can do nothing more than to work hard with his hands and do good while they live.
- Life is short and in the end both the fool and the wise have the same fate. What will I do on this earth to separate myself and to live a life of abundance in God's plan?

Sunday: 6.10.12

Training:
AM:
42 min run @ easy pace

50 x Pullups

Saturday: 6.9.12

Rest and recovery

Friday: 6.8.12

Training:
50 x Pullups

Thursday: 6.7.12

Training:

Run:
65 minutes

Deadlift:
8 x 10 x BW (195#)
1 x 20 x BW (195#)

Mobility work

Daily Reading:
Revelation 6-10
1.) Lessons:
- Salvation belongs to God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.
- This passage describes the punishment of man and the coming judgement of the Lord.

2.) Applications:
- God is coming to judge. There is a time, known only to Him that He will come and He will judge every man, woman and child for there actions here on the earth.
- There will come a time when it is too late for repentance.
- Every action we do here on earth has eternal consequences.

Wednesday: 6.6.12

Training:

10 rounds:
5 x pullups
25 x pushups
50 x squats

Brief mobility circuit

Daily Reading:
Revelation 1-5
1.) Lessons:
- Christ is alive and holds the keys to both heaven and hell.
- We are called to consider how far we have fallen and to repent.
- Do not be afraid of coming suffering.
- Each of us will be repaid according to our deeds.

2.) Applications:
- Our actions here on earth hold eternal value.
- There is always a consequence for our actions, both good and bad. Christ has given us the ability to repent of our sins and be forgiven. We are called to do the same for others.
- Do not be afraid of suffering. How can our faith grow if it has not gone through trials?

Tuesday: 6.5.12

Training:
PM:
45 min run (easy pace)

75 x pullups

Mobility circuit

Daily Reading:
Jude
1.) Lessons:
- There are godless men in this world, men who change the grace of God into a license for immortality and who deny Jesus Christ as our only Sovereign Lord.
- Remember that the Lord delivered us. Remember the Lords faithfulness to us.
- Remember also the Lord's punishment to those who rejected Him.
- God is a God of love, but also a God of wrath and judgement.
- There will come a day when the Lord will come with thousands upon thousands of His holy ones to judge everyone and to convict all the ungodly of the ungodly acts they have committed and of all the harsh words sinners have spoken against him.
- We are called to persevere and continue to strengthen our faith and pray to the Holy Spirit.
- We are called to be merciful to others, just as Christ will be merciful to us if only we ask Him.
- God is able to keep us from falling and will someday present us before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy. But we must make a conscious choice to abandon our old way of life and follow Him.

2.) Applications:
- God is a God of love but when the time comes He is coming to judge. We are called to persevere and continue to strengthen our faith through prayer for when that day comes.
- God's wonderful gift of grace does not give us the right to act immorally or to deny Christ as the Lord.
- We are called to have mercy on everyone, just as Christ has had mercy on us.
- Our goal needs to be to help others to strengthen their faith so when the day of judgement comes Christ will snatch us out of the fire and into His glorious presence.

Monday: 6.4.12

Training:
2 softball games (my strength has really improved and I can tell in my throwing and batting. I crushed a home run much farther than I have hit a ball before. The deadlifts and front squats are doing there job)

50 x pullups
100 x pushups
100 x squats
100 x leg levers

Mobility circuit

Daily Reading: 2 and 3 John
1.) Lessons:
- The truth lives in us and will be with us forever.
- This is love, that we walk in obedience to his commands. Walk in His love.
- John has no greater joy than to hear that his followers are walking in the truth.
- Do not imitate what is evil.
- Anyone who does good is of God and anyone who does evil has not seen God.

2.) Applications:
- Once I have accepted the truth, I cannot escape it. It will be with me and will live with me forever. It then becomes a conscious choice as to weather I choose to follow it or not.
- Christ showed His love in dying for me. I can show my love for Him by walking in His ways and obeying His commands.
- I believe that there is no greater joy than to be a parent and watching your children walk in God's truth.
- Do not imitate what is evil but flee and do not put myself in a position to compromise.

Sunday: 6.3.12

Training:
AM:
42 min run

PM:
50 min run

Daily Reading:
Though Christ may delay His coming in our time of distress, it is only that our faith may be tried and strengthened, and that our prayers may be more intense, and that our desires for deliverance may be increased, so that when the deliverance does come we will appreciate it more fully.

Saturday: 6.2.12

Training:
AM:
50 min run

PM:
10-1 Chin-up Ladder

Daily Reading:
We shall never forget a remark that George Mueller once made to a gentleman who had asked him the best way to have strong faith.

“The only way,” replied the patriarch of faith, “to learn strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testings.” This is very true. The time to trust is when all else fails.

Dear one, you scarcely realize the value of your present opportunity; if you are passing through great afflictions you are in the very soul of the strongest faith, and if you will only let go, He will teach you in these hours the mightiest hold upon His throne which you can ever know.

Friday: 6.1.12

Training:
Rest

Daily Reading:
I entreat you, give no place to despondency. This is a dangerous temptation–a refined, not a gross temptation of the adversary. Melancholy contracts and withers the heart, and renders it unfit to receive the impressions of grace. It magnifies and gives a false colouring to objects, and thus renders your burdens too heavy to bear. God’s designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. -Madame Guyon