Sunday Rest Day

It was a rest day for me today, although I didn’t really have a choice as I didn’t have the time to make it to the gym anyway. Legs are pretty sore from squatting and probably only going to get worse as the day goes, but I like the feeling...

I’ve decided to start doing more (ex: any) conditioning on my rest days or after training depending how I feel. I am going to start doing some core work, stretching and conditioning on at least one of my three “rest” days during the week.  I do play hockey about once a week which is good exercise, but is usually followed by a few? barley sandwiches and that may or may not outweigh the benefits of the exercise....

Start week two of the cycle tomorrow with a little heavier weights and sets of 3 with the Military Press Monday.

I also picked up the newer version of Wendler’s 5/3/1 (5/3/1 and beyond) program which allows you to skip the deload week if you feel you don’t need it which is cool because I’m not looking forward to having a half assed week if I don’t need it. I do know what it feels life being over trained which usually results in me being sick so I’ll listen to my body and take it really easy for a week if I need it. I will be getting less sleep for the first half of this week as a result of my work shift changing over, but look forward to 4 days off at the end of the week for some rest (and play).