Back to Three

I finally got back into some big-time training Wednesday. I started with a swim session in the outdoor long course pool at Twin Rivers. June the 9th and the water was 78 degrees cold. I bet if you could check the records (they don't exist) for the past fifty years, that is a first. Today it is probably at least one degree colder. I think summer has been cancelled due to COVID maybe. I swam

150 3:12 stopped to pick up money off the bottom

150 3:13 stopped to pick up more money off the bottom

1,000 21:15

2 X 50 build

4 X 200 @ 4:25

   1 - 3:42

   2 - 3:44

   3 - 3:42

   4 - 3:43

2 X 50 build

5 X 100 @ 2:25

4 X 50 large paddles

300 easy

total: 4,300 long course meters.

That is a good practice right there. I don't care who you are. And it brings me up to an average of 4,000 per day. I am shooting for a 20,000 meter week.

I tried to run after lunch and did a little. It started raining on me hard. The problems were two-fold. First, the rain was cold. Second, I had on cotton socks and wet feet in cotton sock is a recipe for blisters. So I cut it short at 1.63 miles. As I type this the monsoon is doing its thing. It has been raining since Sunday with no hint of slowing up.

Yes, for the first time this week, I went to Plate City. Since I missed two straight days, I did both push and pull. On the decline bench press, I pushed

15 X 45

30 X 65

15 X 100

13 X 110

10 X 120

I also did two sets of incline dumbbell benches as 17 X 25 and 15 X 30. My pulls were mostly the reverse fly (nine sets worth) and the chin. I am steadily moving up in both volume and intensity on the chin. I also did one set of Lenny Rows and transitioned into high rack pulls. On it I did

10 X 185

  3 X 235

  2 X 255

  1 X 260

So I did three. Two of the three were big. I am searching for a longish run. Maybe I will have to get out my rain gear and go do it today. Thank you, Jesus.