Becoming an Athlete

Last week I ran into a friend at the gym and we both happened to be doing legs.  I had been warming up for a while and he walked up and just jumped in.  I lost count of how many sets I did, but my method was wave loading: A work set of 5 reps, followed by a heavy single A heavier set of 5, a heavier single I worked up to 5 reps with 295 and a single at 365.  I tried for 5 reps at 315 but got dizzy at the second rep. Yesterday, Sunday 27 SEP, I did the same on my own with new-found confidence and worked up to 295 for 5 and a single at 385.  I really happy with those numbers but I feel it in my knees today.  I'm working diligently to shift the pressing to my heels.

I've decided to do a little less lifting and a little more cardio.  I need to cut to 199 for the last two light weight Highland Games competitions of the year: Austin Celtic Festival 11/7 Salado Celtic Festival 11/14 I did pretty poorly at Sherwood, but I know why and I'm fixing it.  I've been training for aesthetics for most of 2015 and even though some lift maxes have come up, my overall performance has taken a hit as I've divided my training into smaller and smaller body parts. Performance is all about integrating the body as a single unit to develop power, speed, endurance or whatever your particular sport calls for.  The benefit off all the body-part bodybuilding training is that I've worked on several weak links.  Now it's time to connect those links into a strong kinetic chain. The new schedule is: Monday AM: Whole body lifting for power and strength Monday PM: Boxing workout to cut fat and increase anaerobic endurance Tuesday AM: Sh...