The Workout:

Squats with Safety Squat Bar

265 x 2 – 10 sets

Light leg curls.

I didn’t sleep much last night, so started feeling iffy about it all so cut it short.

I had thought about doing these squats as speed work, but there was nothing fast about them.

Thoughts:

The theme of my workouts the last couple weeks could be called “Doing Things I wouldn’t let clients do.”  My squat workouts have been going well for a while now.  The last couple weeks I have tried to go faster.  Instead of following the plan I had set up of adding 5 pounds each workout, I’ve added a lot more the last couple workouts.  I handled the workload, but I can feel myself getting beat down a little bit.  I wouldn’t let clients do this, but I’m doing it.

I tell myself I am in tune with my body.  That I have good training intuition.  This is very much true.  It should however not be justification to do dumb stuff.  I start to think I am special and I can skirt the rules I would have for clients I am training. 

When it comes to clients I preach to follow the plan.  We create plans that have rules and we follow those rules.  I preach to follow the plan especially if its working.  My plan was working, but I called an audible for no real reason.  I guess I thought I was special.

I am not special, but I am acting like I am.  That’s not sustainable behavior.  It will end up breaking something, and that’s lesson enough for today.