I felt pretty springy today opposed to how I have felt over the last couple of weeks. I kept the volume pretty low bus felt good on the few jumps I took. I'm excited to compete next Sunday and to see where I'm at.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
Runways x3
Three step LRL x3
Five step triple jump x2
Eight step triple jump x4
Weights--
Hang snatch 3x3@115lb's, 1x3@120lb's
Incline press 2x5@135lb's, 1x5@140lb's

I stumbled across a website today hosting a list of motivational quotes and most of them were along the lines of "perseverance is more important than talent". Then I started to digest it and found that's really the moto our whole society is built upon. The more I think about it the clearer it becomes: that is complete bullshit. There is a very large, overwhelming majority, of the population who could never compete in the Olympics no matter how hard they trained. Sure, if you don't have the motivation it is easy to squander natural talent and somebody who works like a dog can work their way up the ladder but what is talent if not our maximum potential? As somebody who works hard(ish) and lacks talent I can definitively say I would much rather have talent to squander.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
20 Minutes of static stretching
10 minutes of myofascial release

I didn't seem to have a lot of energy when I was in the gym today, I guess that's not to be unexpected after a long week. Tomorrow is a rest day which I will gladly take.
There are a few minor things I need to ice tonight, a little bit of a shin splint, my low right hamstring, right knee and right ankle. It's better to be overcautious than ignorant especially where the season opener is in a week. I'm really excited to jump again although I must admit I don't know what to expect. Not to go number-chasing but if I can tie my outdoor pb I will set a new junior indoor record so I guess that's my goal, 13.84m. And if it just so happens to be over 14.00m then so be it.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
45 minute hurdle mobility
135 degree plank 4x10
Leg raises 4x10@20lb's
Oblique crunches 4x10@65lb's (Each side)
Abdominal pull-down's 4x15@170lb's
Pull-up's 3x10@25lb's

I felt really good physically tonight, I took a nice long warm-up to loosen up all the little things that have been bothering me and it seemed to work. I felt like I was able to apply a lot of force to the ground while bounding today and I set two new pb's in the weight-room, hang cleans and Clean and Jerk.
   I keep forgetting that I am a triple jumper and that no matter how much more weight I lift it's not going to help me if I can't apply force more efficiently to the ground. My limiting factor right now is definitely technical.




TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
Hurdle hops 6x6
Bounds 5x6
Left hops 3x3
bounds from 3 inch box 2x5 (Each side)
Depth jumps 2x5
Weights--
Hang cleans 4x3@225lb's
Clean and Jerk 1x3@165lb's, 1x3@175lb's, 1x3@179lb's

Wednesday's definitely aren't my favorite days of the week. The volume was low luckily but still I find running 200m is a little farther than I would like. My right knee, or the area behind, hurt a little bit but not as bad as it has in the past. I hope that's a sign it is getting better.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
2x2 200m
Static stretching

Today was pretty quikc but CNS taxing, I know I'm really going to feel it tomorrow although when I look at it on paper it really doesn't seem like much work at all. I feel bad for the sprinters in our training group running 100m-300m repeats. I guess I shouldn't complain too much about 150m of total work!

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
Flying 20m x3
Flying 30m x3
WEIGHTS--
Squats 1x5@295lb's, 1x5@300lb's, 1x5@305lb's
Glute-Ham raises 3x5

Today was a quick one--a little longer than last week but still not too bad. The intensity this week is a little higher than it was last week, kind of a lower medium intensity.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
45 minutes hurdle mobility
135 degree plank 4x10
Leg raises 4x10@20lb's
Oblique crunch 4x10@75lb's (Each side)
Abdominal crunch 4x10@170lb's, 1x10@180lb's, 1x10@190lb's
Sitting med-ball twists 4x10@6kg (Each side)
Lunge-position med-ball twists 4x10@6kg (Each side)
Standing med-ball twists 4x10@6kg (Each side)