Yesterday was a great home boxing day. Put on my sparring gear and did 3 rounds of 5 minutes on the heavy bag. Really focused on pretending there was a live opponent in front of me and doing things I train outside of sparring but rarely implement in the ring, like body shots and pivots. 

Saw a combo from Sugar Ray Leonard recently that I practiced: jab, right body hook, left body hook, left hook.

Afterwards, I jogged to the high school track, saw that it was open for once, and did a mile around it while sprinting some of the straightaways before running back. Total run was 2.13 miles in 21 minutes.

I'm running low on groceries, so I found time to meal prep 2 lbs of ground beef and veggies, knockout chores, and still play Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Ocarina of Time, and finish my partner reread of The Ellimist Chronicles. Great day!

Finally, this morning before work, I had time to knockout 8 double-press ABCs with the 50 lb kettlebells. I heard Dan John on a recent podcast mention 2 presses and since I just got back into ABCs, I thought I'd been doing them wrong by pressing only once so I pressed twice per round this morning, but upon review, the original prescription was indeed one press. Good "problem" to have.

Axle clean once and press

150 x 5

170 x 3

190 x 3

Super-set with band pull-aparts: 3 x 15

SSB front squats

260 x 5

290 x 3

330 x 5 (PR)

260 x 10

Super-set with neutral-grip pull-ups: 3 x 15

Incline dumbbell press

85s x 8

80s x 10, 10

Super-set with bent-over dumbbell rows: 100 x 3 x 10

1-min 200 lb sandbag carry

Pressing 190 for 3 was very smooth. Paused for a second after the 2nd rep, but the lack of momentum didn't and the bar shot up for the third rep. 

Went back to front squatting with the SSB, as it just feels better on my joints and I can focus more on squatting and less on my wrists. Gives the biceps a big pump, too.

I attached two 5 lb plates on the ends of my dumbbells with bands to make them weigh 85 lbs. One of them held, but the other fell apart and the band + plate snagged around my elbow. I kept lifting unabated and got the idea to just start that way next time by dangling plates from my forearms, as silly as it looks. It felt like lifting through quicksand.

I'm bummed that there are no more Tuesday boxing classes, as that was my favorite day and coach. Going to do bagwork at home today with a run on top of it. Been awhile since I've done hill sprints.

Feeling wrecked today. Whole body is sore. Went on a 6-mile run up to the reservoir and back, with a couple of brief pause to use the restroom and walk along the water.

Watch the Expendables 4 later. I'm very easily pleased with action movies, especially ones with my favorite badass actors, but even I thought this one was just bad. 

Also finished Deadpool and Wolverine last night, which was okay. Had some really bad scenes and dialogue, but just when I'm losing interest something makes me laugh or the action picks up and I'm convinced to stay. My main drive was waiting to see Wesley Snipes and Blade.