I took today off, I'm hoping that I will be feeling pretty good for tomorrow's technical practice. I haven't jumped in three weeks. I don't know why but I still don't feel great, I feel heavy--maybe it's from the creatine cycling. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow and will drop a couple pounds before next Saturday.

I felt better this Friday than I usually do by the end of the week. I feel a little heavy even though I'm still only in the 163lb range. I'm am going to start tapering on Sunday.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
45 minutes of hurdle mobility
Incline leg-raises 4x10
Leg raises 4x10@20lb's
Oblique crunch 4x10@60lb's
Lying twists 4x10@22lb's
Abdominal pull-downs 2x10@170lb's, 3x10@180lb's, 1x10@190lb's, 1x10@300lb's
Standing twists 2x10@33lb's
Pull-ups 4x5
Back extensions 4x10@60lb's

I felt flat again today, two days in a row. The volume was agonizingly low (I'm not used to finishing so early) so I'm guessing that by Sunday I will be feeling good again. I'm excited to jump but I can't shake a gut feeling that it's not going to go well. Maybe it's because I'm a little bit heavier than I would like and I haven't been feeling the greatest on the track recently. Hopefully when I start jumping on Sunday I will feel differently.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Warm-up
Hurdle hops 3x5
Bounds 5x6
Left hops 3x5
Right hops 3x5
Pop-up's over hurdles 3x3
Weights--
Hang-cleans 5x2@205lb's,
Jerks 3x3@155lb's

I was flat today, I guess from weights yesterday. I took it pretty easy. My weight is still going up slightly which is a slight concern, I think when I start cutting though I should be fine.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Light 800m jog
Warm-up
1x2@120m
1x2@100m
1x2@80m
Cool-down
Myofascial release

I did some speed testing today, it felt good but the times were slow. I was only 0.01s off my pb but I feel like if I was tapered down I would have been able to run a good 0.05s faster than I did today over 25m.
   I pb'd in the weight room by five pounds on my squat. I feel like it is progressing nicely but I'm going to cut down the weight immensely now that I'm entering a three week competition block.

It feels weird saying that it's 2012, I'll probably write 2011 by accident every second day until June. The first workout of the year felt a little flat to be honest and my back hurt a little bit, I definitely have a bit of a sprain or something going on. I worked through it though, it seems to only be an issue when I do something rotational. I move back to Dal tomorrow so it will be easier to stay on a strict routine.

TODAY'S WORKOUT

Light jog
Warm-up
Ankle hops 5x10
Twisting ankle hops 5x10
Backwards ankle hops 5x10
Left ankle hops 5x10
Right ankle hops 5x10
Low bounding 5x6
Incline leg raises 4x10
Leg raises 4x10@20lb's
Oblique crunches 4x10@60lb's
Lying twists 4x10@25lb's
Abdominal pull-downs 2x10@170lb's, 2x10@180lb's, 1x5@190lb's, 1x5@200lb's
Standing med-ball throws 1x10 (Each side)
Lunge position med-ball throws 1x10 (Each side)
Sitting med-ball throws 1x10 (Each side)

I took today as a recovery day, I have been feeling pretty beat up recently so hopefully this will help a little bit. I had trouble sitting still for the entire day though, I had to go for an hour long walk this morning and did a little bit of static stretching in the evening to keep my sanity. Hopefully I'll wake up feeling refreshed and ready to go for the next week.