Day 5

We had the second trainer again yesterday and he’s also great. Matt I believe (memory of a goldfish strikes again). He’s very to the point, and likes to “test” you. As in “Ok, Mel, show us the deadlift.” So, he’ll give you a sec to think it through and do it. If you can’t get it, he’ll then throw in the reminder of how to do it. This is nice, bc it forces you to remember the moves instead of monkey-see-monkey-do. Not that that is bad, I learn quite well from that too. Anyway, it was a review of bodyweight things and barbell things. We used the barbell instead of the pvc for everything, and I felt a little more confident on movements with that. We also did kettlebell stuff. There was no WOD really, but we did 15 reps of each item we reviewed.

• Pushups 10
• Sit ups 20 
• Squats 20
• Deadlift 15
• Sumo deadlift 15
• The hanging version of the clean 15
• The clean where you start near your shins 15
• Strict press 15
• The press with one dip (don’t remember the name) 15
• The press with two dips (don’t remember the name) 15
• Kettlebell Swings (American seems to be the only ones they count here, so unless said otherwise, they are that kind of swing) 2 sets of 15
• Kettlebell deadlift/pull up to your chin (don’t remember the name) 2 sets of 15

I used the 15lb barbell for all of those lifting moves. I tried the 23lb kettlebell for the swings, but just one had me feeling like I couldn’t do it/too heavy, so I switched to the 18lb. For the high lifts, I used the 23lb one though. I made it through 20 sit ups, and legit struggled for the last 3 (better than befoooorrreee!!!). I made it through 10 “pushups” and struggled through them all, but I did do them all at an even pace with good posture. I moved down a little further this time than I have in the past. So, getting there. The squats are squats. They were the first thing we did, so I was able to move through them and make myself go low-ish for all of them. Nowhere near low enough, but I guess I’m getting there.

Goal: do all the items given with good form

Actual: did all the items given with mostly good form

Addition: my lower back is on fire!