Coaching Logs
Dear JL, I almost needed some space.
By now you must be wondering how strange it is to keep getting these letters from me since I’m not one to write anything more than a quick thank you card. You flew back into my life like an angle at a time I wasn’t expecting one so I am compelled to do so.
A LITTLE CONDITIONING AND SOME OHP
Rolling into the 1's week with my 5/3/1 programming. The more I do, the better I feel
7/5- Heavy Raw and Catapulted Bench w/video
405 is the most I’ve done off of the boards in the Catapult in a while. It felt relatively easy but I got over zealous with 425.
7/4- 4th of July Deadlifts w/video
I was finally able to get some deadlifting in after partially tearing my hamstring while taking prednisone and training for the APF Nationals. I still kept it relatively light to play it safe.
The Glute Ham Raise-Is it the Single Best Hamstring Exercise?
The GHR is the only exercise the provides, in the words of Fred Hatfield, “a unilateral co-contraction of the hamstrings at the origin and the insertion”.
Everything In The Head Is In The Body, Everything In The Body Is In The Head
A cool quote from Douglas Heel Squat/DL
Something to think about...
You ever notice when you have a "break through" or a "ah ha" moment it's almost always something you've been told several times by many different people throughout different stages of your life?
5/3/1 I AIN'T DOING JACK SH!T DEADLIFT DAY
This is a great auto-regulation (fancy term for listening to your body) technique
