TD 40

more than a week ago, we hit our 50th post and today we've hit our 40th training day!  way ahead of schedule.... it's great achieving miniature milestones one small step at a time!... this morning HD and i actually got some pool time in.  definitely felt great to be back in the water... we split up the sessions into 3 parts: (1) basketball set shot drills, (2) swim, and (3) timed workout.

warmup
there's not too much creativity going on with our warmups.  we both shot fairly well today, putting up 100 shots in less than 5 minutes.  i would say that HD and i shot at least 40 percent.  i would like to have a third party come with us to workout so that we could start filming these warmups or at least start recording our makes.  nonetheless, the set shots did the job and got us ready to attack the next two parts.

then, swim for time
200 meters
every 50 meters- perform 10 dive bomber pushups, 10 flutter kicks (4 count), and 10 hello dolly's (4 count)

results
HD: 9min 57sec     DV: 8min 10sec

and lastly, 3 rounds for time
5 deadlifts (185lbs)
10 burpees
5 hang power cleans (95lbs)
5 push press (95lbs)
10 kettlebell swings (25lbs)

here is HD going through his first round.  i was a bit shaky with the camera as i was changing the loads since we only used one bar:

results
HD: 8min 6sec     DV: 5min 34sec

i definitely can't explain the disparity.  HD said that i took my time and didn't burn myself out on one exercise, which i guess is good and bad.  it's good because my body knows how to efficiently distribute effort... on the other hand, by not pushing it to the max, i'm not sure if i gained anything, despite the decent time...  if you add up the time spent on today's three parts, minus the rest in between, there was about 20 minutes of work performed.

all in all, i was still spent after the training day...  anyway, i'm going to head to bed- i'm dead tired because i just got home from my softball game in the city.  we didn't win our first playoff game so our season is over... we do still have basketball games left.  win or lose, being on the softball team was a great experience.... i'd have more to say, but it's time to hit the rack.

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-DV _ level ^ fitness