Maddog's Log

[maddog]

Whoa, level two isn't easy any more

L5, W1, D2: Times of 1:39, 1:44, 1:43, 1:49, 1:45 for a total of 8:40. I definitely took a few more than 3 minutes between a couple of the sets since I was running around doing laundry. Whoops. Push ups and squats are now harder than pull ups for D2 now, a weird change.

[maddog]

L5, W1, D3 - Got 9:54 for my first shot at L5. Pretty miserable, but it's actually a faster time than my first go at L4 was (10:12 i think). The good news is that I was able to get out good progressions without falling into single reps at the end of anything. Pullups were 7/5/4/3/2/2/3 and Pushups were 15/10/9/10/7. Squats I broke up into 32 and 19, mainly because my shoulders were burning from holding my arms up so long.

Definitely a long stay on L5 to look forward to...

[KTG]

Great move up, Maddog!

I, too found L5D2 to be the shift where suddenly push-ups were as hard as pull-ups. Squats were still OK, except for the feeling that there wasn't any oxygen left in the room. My first L5D3 was up at 11:10.

[maddog]

Thanks!

Week 2, L5D1 - Squeezed out 20 rounds (+2). The last couple rounds were pretty challenging and I found myself struggling to keep good form on the pull-ups and push-ups (I think I did succeeded, though). The weird thing about D1 is that the first 8 rounds or so are like torture, but I seem to hit a groove after that and my pace gets more consistent until exhaustion kicks in at the very end.

[maddog]

Week 2, L5,D2 - Times were 1:37, 1:38, 1:40, 1:39, 1:52 for a total of 8:26 (-14 sec). On the last two rounds, I had to pause twice during the push-ups to prevent my form from going to absolute shit. Looks like day two is going to be hard for the next few weeks...

[maddog]

Week 2, L5, D3 - 9:53 (-1). I'd really hoped for a better improvement this week, but for some reason pull-ups went poorly today. Sets were 7/5/4/3/3/3/2/1 (i accidentally did extra) for pull-ups, 18/10/9/9/5 for push-ups, and 51 straight through for squats. Push-ups did feel stronger this week, though. I'm gonna do better next week...and try to count better on my pull-ups, hehe.

[KTG]

Hard pull-up day for me too. Back on it next week.

When I get exhausted my counting and addition falls apart too. I have to keep it written down to stay on track.

[maddog]

Week 3, L5,D1 - 20 rounds again (+0). I was pretty unpsyched at the start (late night working) and actually expected to get a lower number. While it's no numerical improvement over last week, I was definitely performing the last few rounds with better form than before.

[maddog]

Week 3, L5, D2 - Times were 1:30, 1:26, 1:28, 1:32, 1:33 for a total time of 7:29 (-0:57). Push-ups are still hard near the end, but I guess I'm doing everything a little faster, considering my time improvements. Pull-ups are no issue, I just have to remind myself to go down to deadhang each rep to keep a full range of motion.

[maddog]

Week 3, L5, D3 - This weeks time was around 9:15 or 9:20, I accidentally reset the timer and I can't recall the exact figure so I'll just call it 9:20, which is still -:035. Pull-ups I planned in advance this time so I wouldn't screw up and do extra, like last week: 7/5/4/3/3/2/2. Push-ups were hard this week, and I forgot to write down the progressions on those. Squats were also harder than usual this week. I'm still happy just to see some improvement this week.

[KTG]

Great job! Any time you can get a 30 second improvement is huge!

[Underdog]

Keep up the great work buddy!!!

[maddog]

Thanks dudes!

Week 4, L5, D1 - This week's result is pretty embarrassing - 12 rounds (-8). I almost skipped simplefit today because I am getting all my wisdom teeth removed in a couple hours and I was pretty unmotivated when I got up today as a result. I made a deal with myself where I would get to rest and go slow as much as I liked, as long as I completed the entire 20 min. The rest of the week will likely have to be a rest week, since the dentist warned me that exercise will make the bleeding worse...and I'll be lazing about on vicodin. Bummer, but since I'm at home, hopefully I can stuff myself with (mushy but delicious) home cooking and gain a pound or two before I return to school in a week.

Edit: forgot to mention that I'm stuck with door pull-ups for the week. ouch.

[maddog]

Week 4, L5, D2. Another bad day...but this time I have a better excuse. I spaced out D2 so I did 2 rounds in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 1 before bed. The reason I did this is that whenever my heart rate gets too high, my jaw starts to ache and I get a little nauseous (due to my wisdom teeth extraction on monday). So I did each round pretty casually and didn't time anything. All in all, I've been pretty lucky with my recovery so far and I hope to at the very least finish L5D3 on Friday - even if I get a really slow time.

Can't wait to get back to eating solid food and doing pull-ups on a bar instead of a door when I get back to school.

[KTG]

Just getting it done under those conditions is terrific. Great job.