February 19,2021

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Bringing the training week to a close with this burner today. I love workouts like this. This is a classic example of a psych out workout. What I mean by that is that upon first look, I thought wow, 50 OHS, 40 Hang Squat Cleans and 30 Thrusters…man those thrusters are going to be tough.

Any of us would have been lucky to have been able to do one thruster in the 16 minute window. There was no need to stress over the movements, we were not even going to get there.

I have experienced many workouts like this. The Elite will get there and back to the burpees and maybe even a bunch of OHS, who knows, maybe even farther. However, the average athlete or 50 year old isn’t going to make it that far.

Don’t stress about things like that. Chip away at the work and take it as it comes.



This week was also a time for testing our Aerobic Capacity for Chris Hinshaws program. TO do so we needed to do a 400 m time trial and then a 1 mile time trial. If you have been reading this blog very long, you may already know that I have had issues with my calves and running. Well, it happened again but I am finally starting to understand the signals my body is sending and control my ego enough to stop immediately when I feel a certain twinge of pain in my calf.

I did stop and it was sore but I am not out of commission like I have been in the past.

This year I found Joe Hippensteel and I have been spending 1-2 hours a day on stretching. It has made an incredible difference in the way I feel and my range of movement in almost every exercise and lift. I feel better even just walking around.

Out of frustration, I called Joe and talked to him about my calf. He is going to help me learn to unlock my calf muscles and restore the ability to run injury free. Ive done it before…lots. That is why it is so frustrating. My calves are my limiting factor, not endurance, cardio or strength. Just the calves.

Ill update my progress here. Until then, check out his stuff. Here is a post I did with his Quad stretch. When I first started, I used 2 Dynamax Medicine balls and a pillow under my butt. Now I can get all the way to the ground and I am working to get my back flat.

Check out Joe’s material. You will be glad that you did. If you read David Goggins book, Joe is the man who helped David to regain his health and running ability.