Tuesday: Strength

After a few days off for moving madness, back at it. Need the HIIT but I think I need the lift more (especially mentally). Also running on pretty much no sleep and feelin' a little funky so the weight's might be less fatiguing.

Warm up: Stretching, some Jump Squats, 5 GI Janes, 10 180-degree Burpees and into the workout.

1. Squats: 5 x 5 x 210 (incorporated some in-place lunges into my warm up sets -- think it helped stretch, which was good b/c came up to hard on one of bar sets and popped my left knee but then it felt better by the time I got to my work weight)

2. Dips: 3 x F (19, 11, 9)

3. Sumo Deadlift High Pulls 3 x 10 x 80lb (wanted 15 reps but that was a lot in beginning, although felt I could have gotten it in 3rd set... I did not warm up at all here, maybe that was problem)

4. Some core training -- 3 round of:

• cable crunch/ab pull downs (100 x 20, 130 x 15, 130 x 15)
  
• weighted decline sit ups (two 25lb DBs) x 15
  
• DB side bends (60lb) x 5/side

Did 2 quick sets of standing DB twists and left with too much energy, which might be okay -- needed the gas anyway so was good to get an energizing workout in today. Sweat was POURING by the time I was mid-way into my squat sets but I felt good and strong. Ass-kicker was the sit-ups (although it would have been the SDLHPs if I had manned up and done the 15 reps).

Weigh in: 176