October 12th Training Journal

Well, what can I say about the last week or so?  It has stunk in terms of training.  But life is still good.

A major flood hit us here in Manila a couple of weeks ago.  I volunteered to help with relief efforts for a couple of days, so that was my "lifting."  Last week I was sick.  Not sure exactly what was going on, but I was very weak.  I finally made it back to the gym late last week.

I've been lifting weights for over twenty years, and I've learned not to obsess if I miss a week of training.  The weight room is supposed to enhance my life, not be my life. 

I think I'm going to make some adjustments to my training.  I'm probably going to try front squats for a few weeks instead of standard back squats (I'll talk more about front squats in a future article).  I may also replace regular bench press with dumbbell bench press and ad dead lift into my routine. 

I'm just feeling the need to ad some variety and mix things up a bit.