I'm baaaack...sort of. This past month, my workouts have been very sporadic and limited. What started out as one of those pesky neck kinks that I get every so often, has turned into a month long injury that I am currently treating with pain meds and a muscle relaxer.
In the mean time, I began working on:
Box Squats - once a week I have been doing 3x5 sets of box squats, where I begin in a wide stance and back squat down to the lowest box we have (12"? Maybe?) with a 10 lb. plate on top. I squat back and sit down on the box and then immediately stand back up. I started at 125 pounds and today I did 135 lbs, 3x5. I plan on adding 5 lbs each week.
What I hope to accomplish with these is to improve not only my back squat, but my deadlift as well. This type of squat forces me to use my glutes, hip flexors, and hamstrings, rather than my quads.
I have also ran some sprints recently (6 rounds of 200m sprint with 2 min. rest in between, and last week 100m on the minute for 10 minutes). I plan to continue doing something like this once a week.
Today I tried a metcon whcih was an extremely modified and abbreviated "Filthy Fifty"
50 Box Jumps
50 35# KB swings, American style (shoulder height)
50 Walking Lunges
50 Sit-ups
50 Back Extensions
50 Air Squats
50 Double Unders
17:00
It felt good to get after it, and I tried to be careful and not strain my neck. Hopefully I won't pay for this later!
