Okay so I'm ready to finally open up my season, I'm a little bit nervous because of how rough the indoor campaign was... I would be lying if I said my confidence had returned. I'm going into this weekend with a very realistic approach, not trying to do more than I'm capable of, just testing the waters and seeing what needs to be tweaked.
   Didn't feel great today but not bad either. I was a little stiff and my bar speed was down a little but that's just because I was tired and it was raining and I was falling asleep and... and... and... It was just not great but it was acceptable. It was good enough for me to give myself a silent nod of approval while leaving the gym.

The Good

• Knee is fine
• Back is permissible

TODAY'S WORKOUT
600m jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
3x30m acels (Only 2 maximal)
Hang snatch 5x3@135lb's FAST
Explosive bench 5x3@95lb's
Evening--
70 minutes of mobiity

Tomorrow

• Travel/rest!

800m jog
Dynamic mobility
Standing oblique twists (on bar) 3x6@22lb's
Decline leg raises 3x10
Hanging leg raises 3x10
Pull-ups 3x5
Med-ball twists 3x10@20lb's
Abdominal pull-downs 3x10@200lb's
Good-mornings 3x8@135lb's
Podium snatch grip deadlifts 3x5@205lb's
Plank 2:35
Single-legged glute bridge 3x10
Side plank circuit x3
Evening--
45 minutes of mobility

Very good day, starting to feel like my old self all though my legs are still not completely fresh. However I did hit a flying 10m pb at 9.26m/s! Not blistering fast by any means but it's fast enough to not be a limiting factor. I'm competing the next two weekends and I don't need to "lit it up" I just need to jump far enough to guarantee me a spot on the Canada Games team (14.40m to auto qualify). After the CG trials in four weekends I will have 3 weeks where I will really have a chance to work on bringing more speed to the jump and controlling it. After that another meet and three more weeks at working at controlling my speed and not blowing through the board. And then... 15.00m!

The Good

• Fly 10m pb
• Felt really good with jump squats
• Back squat was nice and crisp.

I didn't feel too great when I first awoke but I felt 100x better after doing some light strides. Tomorrow will be the fist intensive day in since Sunday but the volume will be much lower than it has been. Overall I feel as though I'm moving in the right direction but it is very difficult for me to "rest".

The Good

• Felt a little better
• Slept slightly better

Today was off, and to be honest I think I needed it. I feel pretty run down and I didn't sleep well last night.  I feel like my sleep quality always declines in sync with my nervous fatigue. But I'm expecting to feel a little better tomorrow and hopefully mostly fresh for the next day. The volume is extremely low all the way up to the meet on Sunday.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
20 minute bike ride
1 hour of mobility

Tomorrow
Strides/gen strength

I'm still feeling run down, tired, lethargic and don't quite have my legs under me. Today didn't go as planned, couldn't get any speed on the runway and my bounds weren't great either. I had big plans of what I wanted to get done today but never quite got there. Instead of doing 9 step approaches I went back to basics and just messed around 3-5 steps which surprisingly felt pretty good. The issue seems to be it breaks down when I try to bring more speed to the board, even at five steps I didn't seem to be hitting quite the same positions.
Tomorrow is off, and Tuesday is just strides, followed by a little bit of speed/jump testing on Wednesday. This is going to be a VERY light week as I prepare for competition

The Good

• Real short approach felt good

The Bad

• Tired, lethargic
• Legs were clearly now at 100%
• Hard to focus

TODAY'S WORKOUT
400m jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
Runway x1
Runway+hop x3 (1.15-1.17s blah)
Standing triple jump x3
Five step bounds 3x5
Three step triple jump x6
Five step triple jump x2

Tomorrow
Off! Time to recover!

It's been almost 100 days since the beginning of the season, I've yet to compete and my confidence isn't really any greater than it was in February. There's a difference though, between then and now, I have made huge strides in my training, I've completely turn the metaphoric ship around and begun to train like I need to. I can't wait to open next Sunday.
I took today off completely, my body is telling me I need it.