Took today as a chance to recover, my legs are still a little rubbery from all the tempo squats so it felt good to have a day without them. My knee it's about the same as it has been, not jumpable but sprintable. I'm going to use tomorrow as an oppurtunity to get in some work done on the runway.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
Leg raises x12
Side plank raises x10
Side pank hold x35s
Static stretching
Rolling

The frustration continues again, I tried to do some very light plyos but found that my knee instantly got sore again. I didn't want to do weights either, in fear of making it worse but I think that the only reason I have been having trouble with weights is because I "test" my knee and then go to the weight room. If I just accepted that my knee is sore then I wouldn't have any problem so I'm going to not "test" it for the next week.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
600m jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
2x20m
2x30m
2x40m
Light bounds 3x5 (sore)
Explosive bench press 6x2@95lb's
Jerks 6x3@135lb's (Fast)
Tempo squats 5x10@135lb's (5-0-1)
Static stretching

Today was a low intensity day, just general strength. I did slow tempo squats to rehab my knee and they were fairly painful while doing them but I felt really good afterwards. I'm seeing a specialist tomorrow night so hopefully he will be able to provide some insight to jumpstart this recovery process because I'm tired of being on the precipice of being healthy... I just want to go over the edge and be able to jump without worrying if I'm making things worse... It's been a frustrating couple months and I feel really bipolar right now. I either feel really excited and look ahead to the future with optimism or become enraged at only being able to put half the work I would like to in... Only time will tell what is to come.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
800m Jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
Rehab squats 5x10@135lb's

There are good days and bad days... Today was a bad day. I might just be trying to be more protective but I couldn't do weights tonight. I did one hang clean rep at 225lb's and it just didn't feel "right" in my knee so I shut it down. I was beating myself up pretty hard earlier but it's for the best. I just want to take things to the next level and become I triple jumper again but time is against me and I want to jump NOW. If I do however, I will regret it in the long run so back to rehabing...

TODAY'S WORKOUT
600m jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
Flying 25m x2
Flying 10m x3
Hurdle hops 3x5

I don;t know what I did but I was SO sore today. My tibialis anterior muscles on both sides were really painful to walk on and my quads had seen better days as well. To be honest I think it may have been from the rehab squats I had been doing, to put more strain on the tendon I shifted more weight onto my toes--that may have been what did it.
   I just had a nice warm bath, ultrasounded my knee and am now icing before I go to bed, the knee is definitely coming along and I think I'll be able to do some light jumping on Saturday, it's incredibly frustrating, I feel great except for this one part of my body. It's hard to assess progress since I didn't strain it today but it's less tender to touch and the swelling seems to be going down. If I'm feeling particularly bold tomorrow I may try some light plyos on it because I am very comfortable with my limits at the moment and am confident that I'll be able to stuff before I suffer any major pain.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
10 minute bike ride
Rolling
Static stretching
Visualization

As expected I was feeling pretty drained from last night especially were I did most of today's workout in the morning which was about 12 hours later. My knee feels as good as it has been on "good" days so I'm excited to finally rid myself of this injury. I definitely think that I'll be able to do some short approach work next Saturday as long as I refrain from doing anything stupid until then.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
800m Jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility

December, now things are starting to get real. Today was kind of, technically, in a way, a meet. I really wasn't comfortable with my knee so I didn't jump, I took one five stepper before shutting it down. It wasn't really "sore" but I felt like one bad jump and it could have been. Even off five steps I held back. Instead of looking ahead to the ultimate goal this season, I'm trying to focus on the micro details--right now my goal is to get healthy this week and be able to do a technical practice on Saturday, the first one of the season. Even if I can just get up to five step triple jumps pain free then it will have been a success. Then hopefully I'll be able to get up to 7-9 steps the week after and open the season the week after. It's weird, at the moment I haven't done any real technical work yet and am very far away from being a "jumper" but I'm feeling really good right now. I can appreciate the season for one it is, a slow climb towards peaking in March. The next two weeks will be a good chance to get strong and start doing light technical stuff, focusing on coming off of the hop,which is really where I feel like I'm weak right now, I don't feel my body would be able to absorb the first phase. After that it's four weeks to really get competition ready and get 3 progressively better meets in during January. Then in February four more weeks to become explosive and really refine technically and really focus on being able to transition from the hop-step. Then finally, drop a big jump at AUS at the end of February and then jump 14.80m+ at CIS in March.
   Set a x2 hang power clean pb today which I'm quite happy with, 251.5lb's (old one 245lb's) and tied my clean and jerk x2 pb. So all in all, even though I couldn't jump, it was a good day.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
600m jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
Light bounding
Five step triple jump x1
Power Hang Clean (2x5@135lb's, 1x5@185lb's, 1x5@205lb's) 1x2@225lb's, 1x2@235lb's, 1x2@246lb's, 1x2@251.5lb's, 1x2@255lb's (x-)
Clean and jerk 1x2@185lb's, 1x2@195lb's, 1x2@205lb's
Frog jumps 5x5
Rehab squats (5 seconds eccentric) 2x10@135lb's, 2x5@185lb's
Static stretching
Rolling