175-205-195 press pyramid, 20 kg swings 5 x 5/5, rev band pushdowns

 I chose the simplest technique that I've used to press 225

Elbows
Lock knees
Push to face

the pushing bar to face is more important than anything

I felt really good on the warmups too

175 x 1
185 x 1
190 x 1
195 x 1
205 x 1
195 x 1 x 5 ( missed one out in front)

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13.0

175-200-185 presses ( walkout) laterals, rear delts and rev grip pushdowns

 This went fine and these felt relatively fine but I'm not sure I'm going to train it. Feels vulnerable a\ with the wide stance and the hips pushed so far forward. Not a lot of margin for error it seems. and that is with just 185-200

175 x 1
185 x 1
190 x 1
195 x  out in front
195 x 1
200 x 1 ( hard )
195 x 1
185 x 1 x 5

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13.9

Sunday Ruck

 It cooled off quite nicely so it was a much more enjoyable ruck. Hard enough but easier to go hard when you're not baking in a sauna at the same time

Decent time too which would have been 10 min faster if I didn't stop to chat with the Husky's lol. But it was worth it

45 lb ruck

9 laps

10,000 steps

4.5 miles

ave speed 3.2

Leg glute ham tie in tight during the mid of the ruck so i went slower at first then realized a slightly longer stride would be better. Stretched out towards the end

combo of belt squats 5 rep pistol and 44 kg swings worked it

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44 kg swings 25 x 5, 36 kg belt squats, pistol practice, pullaparts

 This went better than expected. Was a bit nervous about a few things, my trigger thumb,my right shoulder , my neck tightness to name a few

But been taking alleve for a few days and it's helping. forgot how much nsaids actually do work. Won't maintain too long but at this point the pain is worse for me than the meds

Swings actually felt strong but I needed to really concentrate on all the technical parts and not just expect it to be there, as I have been doing

Surprising too how well AXE style training seems to work. Kinda the best part of both worlds

Heavy and low reps and no timed rest actually building decent mvo2 endurance

Wanted to test out belt squats again and see if the left vmo would not tweak and it was fine

36 kg 3 x 8

pistol practice 3 x 5/5

pullaparts 3 x 30

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11.9 (  bath)

Hottest ruck yet

 Definitely the  hottest ruck yet this summer.

I could have gone at 9 instead but wanted to test myself in the heat. It was a solid performance, especially mentally

Not going to say it wasn't hard but it wasn't horrible

45 lbs

6 laps

56 min !

85 + degrees, no breeze, no clouds almost no shade

171.4

16 kg swings 20 x 10/10, Walkout press 155 x 1 x 6, reverse grip pushdowns

 Well this workout tested my heat training, conditioning and mental strength. About 95 in the garage today and we blew through 400 reps with no problem

Surprised and happy that my conditioning for  this new level of work transferred so well so quickly especially in the heat. haven't done more than 10 reps in forever and that's been only once a month too

Says a lot, too, for the carryover from AXE style training

16 kg swings

20 x 10/10

30 min - 

totally drenched in sweat and onto press

155 x 1 x 6  main key here is locked knees as I walkout. Just like the squat these felt very good just need to progress slowly for my knees hips and back sake

172.0

Well that didn't last long. Walk out press

 Decided to see if walking out the press as I have in the past would help me find the trigger.My legs have definitely gotten weaker under the bar of late and I'm sure that has been part of my press problem

I think this mono lift  press helps in the short run but not in the long

Walking it out is like cleaning it before pressing I think; it help creates tightness

BUT I haven't walked anything out in 5 years so I have to go slow

135
155 x 1
175 x 1
180 x 1 x 6

this also lets me set up with a wider stance which I can definitely feels helps. My older videos show the same thing. I think this definitely helps with the layback arch

clubbell arm cast
15 x 8/8
20  x 8/8  x 4

this was harder than expected. didn't push tho

laterals/rear delts 15s

rev band pushdown  3 x 15 love these

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14.9

will still do light  swings first on wed then some very light presses for walkout  form 

Sunday Ruck

 Decent one. Not too hot and slept pretty  well. 

45 lb ruck

9 laps

10,000 steps

1:30 ( including dog talk)

legs and lungs feeling pretty  good

173.6

40 kg swings 25 x 6, pistol practice, pullaparts

 Shoulder still a bit tight wake up but releasing the teres and pec minor do the job, just not sticking that well

strong workout though once I got warmed up and realized the shoulder would hold

then straight to pistol practice

172.3