Just like last week, going through the week’s training session.

Week Breakdown

Monday Strength 75% Squat 3x5 (210 lbs) Bench 3x5 (170) Pullups 3x5

Tuesday HIC 5k Tempo Run 27 min.

Thursday HIC “Fobbit Intervals” Jump Rope x 2 min Kettlebell swings x 10 Alternate for 20 min

Friday Strength 75% Squat 3x5 (210 lbs) Bench 3x5 (170) Deadlift 1x5 (265)

Saturday Run 35 min. 3.1 miles

Pretty good week. It felt great to go easy on the runs. For the weight lifting, I definitely felt the absence of the heavier weights. I did the minimum for the sets just to ease back into it. Following base building, I plan on doing a retest just to see where my strength is.

The runs were pretty easy. Tuesday was the first tempo run I ran in a few years, plan on hitting this again next week. Thursday wasn’t a run, but it did the trick for low-intensity cardio, which is fine for when I need an easy week. Not fine when this is supposed to be a high-intensity cardio session. Maybe increase the reps for KB swings? Might try something different for this one. Saturday’s run was low intensity by design. I ran for 30-35 minutes with lots of hills.

Next week, weights increase, which will give me a better idea of where I need to be for my retest. Also, need to dial in the nutrition a bit. Don’t want to be in a calorie deficit, but that doesn’t excuse splurging on nasty stuff.