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Proctor Lifting Day 4

 Today I weighed in at 192.2 lbs. I'm not mad about it because I do expect my weight to fluctuate here and there, and you have to learn how to roll with the punches. Anyways, today was a grind for me and I'm starting to feel exhausted. I can admit I am not sleeping enough, and am not perfect on hydration. Today was deadlift day and I performed :

9 heavy sets of deadlifts (maxed out at 330 lbs on set 8, and dropsetted on set 9)

3 sets of 5-10 box squats- 245 lbs 

walking lunges 20 steps with an 80 lb weighted bag

hand-eye-coordination and ball tracking drills

That session was 2 hours and 45 minutes, the longest session I've had of the week. Mostly because I was resting a lot in between deadlift sets. I felt good, but I need to be resting more. I recovered and showed up for my afternoon activity (weight room).  I don't know why but I decided I wanted intense cardio. 

HIIT Circuit:

Running On treadmill Jog at 6.0 speed (1 minute) Sprint at 10.0 speed (1 minute)-10 rounds 

This generated a very high heart rate and got me sweating a lot. It was hard work and burned 512 active calories, and 612 calories total. The running was 25 minutes, and for the rest of the afternoon I stretched and rolled out for the 50 minutes I had left. Overall on the day, I burned 1,563 active calories and 3,048 total calories. Back at it hopefully well-rested tomorrow!

Hours: 4

Total: 16



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