Thursday: W27 (Strength C1, W1)

Training:
Strength:
Back Squat:
3 x 5 x 225#

Bench Press: (5-3-1, W1)
1 x 5 x 135#,155#
1 x 12 x 175#

Db Row:
3 x 12 x 70# dbs

Pullups:
Lots in between sets of everything

Swing:
3 x 12 x 70# db


Conditioning:
Sprints:
Full court basketball sprints (medium volume, moderate intensity)

Notes:
Body: good, squats went up very easy today. I am finally starting to get back into the swing of things. I plan on increasing my squatting volume significantly in the next few weeks. Got 10 reps at 175# on the bench last week so was pleased with getting 12 in today.
Sleep: 7 hours
Nutrition: Good

Monday: W25

Training:


WOD 1:
Front Squat:
1 x 10 x 185#
(warmed up with lots of sets of 3's and 5's before hitting this)

Press:
4 x 3 x 135#
(missed the last rep on my 4th set. Took a minute rest then hit it)

3 rounds:
15 x goblet squat (70# db)
15 x db swing (70# db)

3 rounds:
7 x 1 arm press (R)
7 x 1 arm press (L)
10 x dh pullups

Mobility/Stretching

WOD 2:
Run:
30 min
(mixed in 6 x 100 m sprints at 85%)

Notes:
Happy with the front squats. The limiting factor is definitely my shoulder and wrist flexibility as my back and legs felt pretty good. The set of 10 was very challenging today. Press did not go as smoothly as I would have liked. Low caloric intake today most likely had something to do with that.


Daily Reading:
Psalm 135-139

1.) Lessons:

• 135:14 - For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on His servants.
• 136:1 - Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.
• 138:2 - You are exalted above all things, your name and your Word.
• 138:3 - When I called, you answered me, you made me bold and stouthearted.
• 138:7-8 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life, you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes with your right hand you save me. The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me.
• 139:1 - O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.
• 139:13-14 - For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mothers womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
• 139:23-24 - Search me,. O God and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive ways in me and lead me in the way of everlasting.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord will vindicate me and have mercy upon me. 
• The Lord makes me hold and stouthearted in order that I way fulfill His divine purpose for me.
• Though I walk through trouble, the Lord will protect me with His righteous right hand
• The Lord searches and knows my innermost being and thoughts.

Wednesday: W24

Training:
WOD 1: Evening

Clean Pull:
3 x 3 x 245#
2 x 3 x 265# (went up surprisingly easy)

3 rounds AFAP:
8 x Snatch Grip Deadlift (135#)
8 x Pullups (wide grip)

3 rounds AFAP:
12 x db swing (70# db)
12 x hanging leg raises

WOD 2: Night
Run:
71 min (wore vibrams and snow was pretty well packed)


Notes:
Weight: 188# (a little low but overall I feel healthy so not a concern, would like to be up around 195#)
Strength: Slowly easing back into strength training. I realize how my base foundation was severely lacking. My running has improved with less runs per week and a big focus on strengthening my lower back, hips and hamstrings. My strength is not anywhere near where it needs to be. I am going to follow Shane Skowron's strength template for endurance athletes to slowly build back up my base. I am on the second week of it and feel very confident in the program. Especially when I start adding some more miles in when my schedule slows down a bit.
Endurance: Due to coaching and other scheduling conflicts I have not been able to log as much time running as I would like. The runs I have done have been in a 20# vest with minimalist shoes. I feel very confident in my running abilities up to 2.5 hours. After that I am in mostly unknown territory as I have not been able to log more than a handful of runs longer than that. A heavy dose of dumbell swings and goblet squats have drastically improved my ability on hill repeats as well as my overall running ability.


Daily Reading: 
Psalm 116-120

1.) Lessons:

• 116:1-2 - I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

• 116:5-6 - The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

• 117:2 - For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.

• 118:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

• 119:1-3 - Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart— they do no wrong but follow his ways.

• 119:9-11 - How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

• 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. 

• 119:133 - Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. 

• 119:175-176 - Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord hears my cries for mercy for great is His love and faithfulness throughout the ages.
• Every day, multiple times a day, give thanks to the Lord for His love endures forever.
• Blessed are those who walk in the ways of the Lord and follow His commands and decrees.
• Before I was afflicted and went astray, but now my goal is to obey the word of the Lord and to have the  Lord direct my footsteps so that no sin may rule over me.
• I have strayed like a lost sheep, forgive me for my past sins.
• How can I stay on the path of purity? By obeying the word of the Lord and meditating on it day and night.

Friday: W23

Training:
Evening:

Back Squat:
5 x 3 x 225#

10-1 reps
Goblet Squats: 70# db
DB Swings: 70# db
Pullups


Daily Reading:
Psalm 91-95

1.) Lessons:

• 91:1-2 - Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• 91:9-10 - If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you
• 93:5 - Your statutes, LORD, stand firm
• 94:22 - But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
• 95:6-11 - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’ So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”

2.) Applications:

• Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will be saved.
• The laws and statutes of the Lord stand firm and are to be obeyed.
• Make the Lord my rock and my fortress in whom I take refuge in times of trouble.
• I must not harden my heart as the Israelites did in the desert. The Lord will punish disobedience and when my heart is led astray. In order to enter God's rest I must obey His laws and commandments and not harden my heart to His teachings. 

Wednesday: W23

Training:
Evening:
Clean Pull:
3 x 5 x 245#

Hanging Leg Raises:
3 x 10

Swings:
3 x 12 x 70# db

Side Bend:
2 x 12 x 70# db (each side)

Night:
Run:
55 min w/ 20lb vest (easy pace)

Daily Reading:
Psalm 81-85

1.) Lessons:

• 81:6 - “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
• 81:10 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
• 81:13-14 - “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
• 84:1-2 - How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• 84:5 -Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
• 84:10-11 - Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

2.) Applications:

• God has the power to remove my heavy burdens.
• Open up my heart to God and He will fill it.
• How quickly God would bless me if only I would listen to Him and follow His laws and decrees!
• Make it my goal to get closer to God each day so that I may have the passion of the psalmist where my heart and flesh cry out for the living God and my soul yearns for the Lord.
• Better is one day with the Lord that a thousand elsewhere. The Lord is my protector and my shield and will show favor and honor towards me and bless my life if my walk is blameless.

Tuesday: W23

Training:
Evening:

10 rounds:
5 x pullup
10 x pushup
15 x squat

Swing:
3 x 15 x 70#db

Back Extension:
2 x 12 x 25# plate

Leg Levers
2 x 50

SB Leg curl:
2 x 12 each leg

15 min of sprint work w/ my basketball team


Daily Reading:
Psalm 76-80

1.) Lessons:

• 76:7 - It is you alone who are to be feared
• 77:1-2 - I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord
• 77:11-12 - I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.
• 78:17-18 - But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High. They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
• 78:32 - In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
• 78:38 - Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities
• 79:8-9 - Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.

2.) Applications:

• God alone is to be feared.
• When I am in distress, I must cry out to God and He will hear my prayer.
• Remember the deeds of the Lord, remember His faithfulness in my past.
• Do not be like the Israelites who willfully sinned against God. 
• God is a forgiving God and is full of mercy. If I ask, He will forgive me my iniquities.
• Ask the Lord for help.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 77:1-2 - I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord

Tuesday: W22

Training:
Morning:
200 x pushups

Evening:
Deadlift: 2 x 185, 2 x 205, 2 x 225, 2 x 225, 2 x 245
Bench Press: 10 x 135, 3 x 10 x 155
DB Military Press: 2 x 10 (35lb dbs)
DB Swing: 1 x 20 (55lb db), 1 x 15 (70lb db)
Strict Pullup: 2 x 10
Dips: 2 x 15

Notes:
Have access to a gym this winter so will be doing some strength training 2 days a week. This was only the second time deadlifting for me so my back is a bit sore. Last set of deadlifts went up real easy. Overall the body feels great, will be running and doing core and calisthenics on the days I am not doing strength training.


Daily Reading:
Psalm 41-45

1.) Lessons:

41:12 - Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.
42:1-4 - As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember as I pour out my soul:

44:3 - It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord will honor a man of integrity.
• Does my soul thirst for God? 
• Do I pour out my soul to God?

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 41:12 - Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.

Training:

Run:

1 mile (5:47)

6 rounds for time: (15:14)

25 ring dips

50 squats

Chin-ups:

5 x 10 strict

DB Swings: 

120 total (20 regular, 20 left, 20 right, 20 left, 20 right, 20 both, used 35lb db)

Run:

800 m run at slow pace (3:50)

On the minute for 10 minutes: 16 second max effort sprint

800 m run at slow pace (3:47)

Daily Report:

Wake Up: 6:30

Devotion: Streams in the Desert, My Utmost for His Highest

Daily Reading: started the book of Acts
Notes:

• Lack of sleep has affected my body quite a bit. Soreness and headaches have been tough to deal with as of late. 
• Ring dips are a weakness but I was pleased with the workout. ROM on some of the dips in the later rounds was suspect but overall was pleased with my core stability. 
• Sprints were done with a focus on long, fast strides with no heal strike. 
• Calves are a bit sore from the run.

sprints, swings, calisthenics

Training:

Late afternoon:

Run:
800 m run (threshold pace)

Sprints:
10 x 20 sec on, 20 sec rest, done AFAP

Run:
800 m run (moderate pace)

1 arm db swings:
100 (50 each arm) (3:10)

Evening:

10 rounds: fast pace (took approx 25 min)
20 Pushups
25 Sit-ups (anchored)
15 Dips
25 Squats

Daily Report:

Wake Up: 5:00 am
Daily Reading: 1 Timothy
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Abraham remained standing before the Lord. (Gen 18:22)
Abraham grew in his faith not by giant leaps, but step by step, we can do the same. Rebuke all explanations that try to cast doubt.