Update: Tough Mudder

Its been 9 weeks of training, I'm in phase 3 of my tough mudder training and I think it's progressing very well.

I am up to running 50minutes on Tuesday and Thursdays. I still lift lower body on Mondays with 20minutes HIIT. On Wednesdays I get the upper body in and a easy 10-20minute jog. Fridays I do a full body lift and some more HIIT. Saturdays I am up to 6 miles and that will keep building.

Todays lift: Deadlifts 3x5 @ 264 (light but little rest)felt great and a good segway into getting back into things. BUT follow that up with 95# front squats, ass to grass, for 3x10 plus 3x8 bwt lunges and what do you get...?

Nic rolling around on the ground due to multiple leg cramps as soon as I stepped into my first lunge on my 3rd set. So cx that last set and rolled out for a little bit, came into the office and re-hydrated, and finished with a brief HIIT set that consisted of heavy bag slams, evil wheel abs, and tire hits---than a 15-20 minute jog around the neighborhood.

I definitely have seen a huge improvement in my overall work capacity - which is great - and to be expected. These last two weeks I have really been noticing it. My ability to just keep moving and internally pushing myself has been growing. The long distance runs have been getting easier while getting harder - once I get about a mile in I can actually keep a good clip for about 2-3miles after but then I peter out. In about 3-5minutes I recover and am able to kick it into gear again and run the rest of the route.

I am really enjoying this training cycle but it is taking a toll and I am looking forward to a little more strength based lifting after the challenge...July 23rd in case you forgot.