The unilateral jumps are particularly taxing, may move up to the large box next time. Good session, was tired by the end of it; my legs are still dead from that workout on Friday.
Reverse Hypers (3 second hold at top): 100*4 100*3
Kneeling start 1/2 court sprints: 5 per leg
Bird-Dogs: 5...can't lift legs
46 Minutes
This might've been the most exhausted my body was after a workout. I was in a foul mood, just angry, which usually actually messes with my concentration. This time though it just made me get violent with the weights. The squatting felt great, feels good to be moving back up not just on the weight, but on the reps as well. Just felt solid pushing up out of the bottom of the movement. I think the pin squats helped. Really went in on the pin squats, I love them. It almost feels like the squat version of a deadlift, since each rep starts from a dead stop. Was sucking wind after them. Went to split squats and decimated my quads & ass some more. I needed to take a couple minutes after each set because I was drained at this point. I knelt down to record the numbers for the set in my pad and could barely get up. Did some reverse hypers with a hold at the top, and could barely hold it. I figure holding at the top of the movement is good because it should help me fight the urge to crunch forward when squatting. We'll see. Regardless after that I thought I was going to collapse. Still went and did some sprints after. Hardest sprints I've ever had to do. Tried doing some bird dogs after, but literally could not lift my legs or hold them straight out behind me. Collapsed on the mat for a few minutes and rested instead. Great session.
Good session, mixed it up a little after seeing this video on Joe Defranco's youtube:
absolutely unreal. I wish my gym had those soft boxes, I'd attempt much higher box jumps. All we have are those metal frames you see to the side in these videos. Good for gashing open shins if you miss your jump..so I decided to try these for the first time after watching that video. I need to work on my landings. My foot tends to land towards the center of my body, which I guess is a natural motion, but it's not healthy; my knee is still under the my hip, but my foot lands several inches inside of that line, putting stress on several ligaments. Will try to work that out. Also, you land much harder on these on account of only having one foot absorbing the landing. Here's a video of my first ever attempts at these:
Next I decided to mix it up some; since I like doing sprinting decided to add in some sprints, but only half court ones, maybe 10 yards, starting with one knee on the ground. I'm definitely faster inside on a basketball court than on a track, but I guess everyone is. Felt good. Chopped a second off my 800 meter time in the row, and then went back to kettlebell swings. Going to start adding those in for conditioning at the end of workouts, they're a great way to finish things.
