Well, it's been several months since my last post. About half way through my deployment, I lost the ability to access the blogger.com domain, and thus my ability to post.
Training through deployment continued to move along a High Intensity Training style track, with many benefits. After a while, my training partner got itchy, so we switched to a 5-3-1 (i.e. Jim Wendler) style training plan, with a High Intensity style approach to the final rep of the final set. Think 2 primer sets and then a main work set, where absolute failure is reached on the last rep. The thing I like about the 5-3-1 set up is it's easily measurable, and allows for infrequent training.
Now that I'm home, here's what my schedule is looking like, each workout is done once every 2 weeks. All exercises are done on a 5-3-1 program, so the same set scheme is repeated once every 6 weeks, with different weights each time.
Workout A:
Bulgarian Front Squats on each leg
Weighted Chin Ups (slightly narrower than shoulder width)
Workout B:
Romanian Deadlifts of the rack (5-6 inches elevated since I'm still working on flexibility)
Standing Barbell Press
I'll have some more thoughts to follow, but this is my training program in brief for the next few months. I wanted something simple, trackable, and infrequent, because I'm not going to have much time on my hands in the coming months. My wife is due with our first in a few weeks, so frequent and thoughtfully crafted workouts won't be possible. Working 4 compound movements in an easily trackable way, with some high-intensity emphasis, will hopefully enable me to keep my conditioning up, while making some modest strength gains.
More to follow on all things food, exercise, and baby.
Training through deployment continued to move along a High Intensity Training style track, with many benefits. After a while, my training partner got itchy, so we switched to a 5-3-1 (i.e. Jim Wendler) style training plan, with a High Intensity style approach to the final rep of the final set. Think 2 primer sets and then a main work set, where absolute failure is reached on the last rep. The thing I like about the 5-3-1 set up is it's easily measurable, and allows for infrequent training.
Now that I'm home, here's what my schedule is looking like, each workout is done once every 2 weeks. All exercises are done on a 5-3-1 program, so the same set scheme is repeated once every 6 weeks, with different weights each time.
Workout A:
Bulgarian Front Squats on each leg
Weighted Chin Ups (slightly narrower than shoulder width)
Workout B:
Romanian Deadlifts of the rack (5-6 inches elevated since I'm still working on flexibility)
Standing Barbell Press
I'll have some more thoughts to follow, but this is my training program in brief for the next few months. I wanted something simple, trackable, and infrequent, because I'm not going to have much time on my hands in the coming months. My wife is due with our first in a few weeks, so frequent and thoughtfully crafted workouts won't be possible. Working 4 compound movements in an easily trackable way, with some high-intensity emphasis, will hopefully enable me to keep my conditioning up, while making some modest strength gains.
More to follow on all things food, exercise, and baby.
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