Tuesday: Sweet 16 plus core

Warrior Challenge: The Sweet 16 (Ross E.)

• Tabata Heavy Bag
  
• Tabata Air Squats (18, 16, 16, 14, 14, 14, 13, 13)
  
• Tabata Heavy Bag
• Tabata Pushups (13, 10, 8, 6, 4, 6, 4, 5)
  

Push ups were hard as hell -- maybe b/c of the DB benching in my circuit from yesterday? I felt fatigued starting first set.

A little bit o' core:

• Barbell Punches x 5/side (50lb on bar)
• Full Contact Twists (sort of) x 10 with 50lb on bar it's a struggle and don't keep the arms straight enough
• Weighted Side Bends x 10 x 45lb plate
• Weighted exercise bar behind head "twist" sit up x 10/side

Only repeated 2x and left off the last exercise on second b/c I was uncomfortable and that motion was totally awkward anyway (more sore b/c of my crunches and stuff from yesterday I think)

(NOTE on Punches and Full Contact Twists: I like to do these together -- it's convenient. But weights differ. 50lb on bar is too much for twists but much less is not enough for punches. Gotta find happy medium. It's 35 or 40.)

I bailed on the core circuit b/c 1. I was pressed for time, 2. the weight room was in disarray with the stuff I was using all over the place and 3. too many people in my way. Also, my arm was hurting, which brings me to...

Injury Report: This morning on my pull up bar at home (first set of 5 I cranked out) I hurt something in my arm -- thought it was tendon area in front of elbow. Didn't hurt rest of day but I think the push ups in the Tabata drill exacerbated a little -- still could not tell if it was tricep, elbow or what, but now I think it's mainly focused in outside lower tricep or one of those tendons over there. I have had similar pain before and expect it to go away. Initial stiffness that caused injury was probably from DB r0ws in my circuit yesterday. I will have to work around this for my upper body MEBB tomorrow -- I wanted to do Weighted Dips but that might not be good now. (I bet I also exacerbated with the Full Contact Twists, maybe the Punches)

Excuses aside -- what a fucking waste. I really wanted to get a core blaster in but I just couldn't find the right groove for a good, flowing circuit. Will make up for it next time. These are exercises you can do every day.

Weigh in: 175.5