Presses Felt Great Even Being Barely Awake

This morning I woke up feeling exhausted. I was up late watching the World Series and woke up pretty early. The way that game went I almost felt bad for the Rays and my sister that was at the game. Not really too bad though? What an opportunity to actually be able to go and see your local team! I know she’s a lifelong baseball and sports fan, so I am so happy she could go to the game. I expect the Brewers to win and they deserve it. They did last year too but the Dodgers problem . . .

This morning after I got finished with my coffee I spent some time lazing around on my tablet in bed. I was really hoping to drift off to sleep for a little, but that wasn’t in the books. It seems every time I felt like I was about to I heard sirens or a loud truck outside. Oh, well. Life works that way sometimes.

I was debating on whether I wanted to do bench press or strict presses today. In my mind I was back and forth. Finally, I decided to get changed and head out around mid morning when it was pretty light out and see what I felt like doing once I got out to the home gym.

As tired as I am I decided to go with presses. Relative to my lifetime max they are slightly lighter than the bench press for me this cycle. Or at least that is the way they have been feeling. Presses don’t require quite as deep of a focus for me either so that helped me decide.

I started out with a set with just the bar rather than jumping right in to the 55 pounds and that felt good. Working up through the weights felt really great too. I did have on set where I was a bit off center in the rack and the plate caught the top. Thankfully it was light so didn’t throw me off.

The heavier sets felt even better for me. Somehow I found myself working through with short rest even though I was trying to purposely slow down. For the rest before the final AMRAP I walked away and went to see if the mail got here to force a longer rest.

The final AMRAP today called for 3+ at 125 pounds. Same weight as last cycle but this time I got a nice easy 4 reps in. I actually felt like I was good for more. I was happy with what I got though given I did not even feel like getting out to the home gym today.

I am hoping to get the energy to get a WOD in a bit later on today. For now, I am going to veg out and try to get a power nap in. I have little hope because it almost never happens but at least I will relax a bit.

Music this morning was Einherjer