Distraction

I am not sure why, but I expected for life not to get in the way of my training at all. I anticipated smooth sailing and all my friends and family to fall in line. I was wrong. Life does get in the way. A lot. If I was single, socially awkward, and unemployed, I would have a lot more time for training. I am not any of those things - at least not more socially awkward than anyone else in my family.

Ideally, my week would be perfectly scheduled and I would have ample time for training, spending time with my family, and have time to hang out with friends. HA! That lasted about 1 week. Then, 1 morning I didn't want to wake up. That shifted an entire week's schedule, which includes cooking dinner 4 nights a week. Then, we go out to dinner with my dad and I'm trying to squeeze a 2 hour training session into 1 hour. I got tired and my workouts suffered. 

I have decided to shift my schedule and allow myself more leeway in training. I am going to workout Monday through Thursday and Saturday. If I don't get into the gym in the morning, I'll make a slightly easier dinner that night that won't take as long. I am lucky to have a husband that will help with the cooking (or finding take out) when I am running behind or too sore or tired to stand in the kitchen even to warm something up. 

2 weeks ago, life got in the way. My husband and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary and I did nothing in a gym to celebrate. Last week, I am went on a family vacation. This week, I was sick and then I am going to Iowa for a family party. The following few weeks are the College World Series and I will be exhausted from working 12 hour shifts at a restaurant near by. My family will always come first, regardless of how well my conditioning is going. It's going to be a lot of work and I will have to decide how dedicated I really want to be. 

Week 6

Monday: 

• Press: 65x3
• Conditioning: 
• Assistance: band bicep curls, dips

Tuesday: 

•  can't remember. 

Wednesday: 

• Deadlift: up to 5@170
• Assistance work: gh raises, split squat
• Conditioning: 200 m sprint x8: avg time - 42sec

Thursday:

• Conditioning: 6 min AMRAP: 5 supinated ring pulls, 7 75# SDHP, 5 burpee box jump, 1 min rest, 3 min AMRAP, 1 min rest, 6 min AMRAP - 150 reps (wrecked my knee for a couple days on a failed box jump)

Friday through Monday: 

• Unscheduled rest days. 

Tuesday: 

• Squat and bench: wrong #'s

Week 7

Tuesday: 

• Press: 45x15
• Oly: 83# clean x3, 93# jerk x2
• Conditioning: 500 m row, then 3 rds: 20 dips, 50 DU, then row 500 14:50ish

Wednesday: 

• Deadlift: 125x15 
• Assistance: band bicep curls, dips

Thursday through Tuesday: 

• Unscheduled rest days. Vacation + sick = no gym time.