On Sunday I received a text from the sparring coach inviting me to spar one of his fighters on Thursday, so that just about made my day after going to sign-up for classes and seeing the announcement that there will again be no sparring on Tuesday.

Sunday after the press workout: 3 rounds, 3 minutes each of shadowboxing, using VR boxing sim Thrill of the Fight

4 hill sprints followed by a 15 minute jog afterwards.

Noticed my left shoulder was feeling a little achy.

Monday morning: 5 minute round of jump-rope

Evening: 8 minute jump-rope round

3.4 mile jog in 36:22

Tuesday morning: another 5 minute round of skipping rope before work. This is pretty much a daily ritual except on squat days.

Been enjoying mixing in the VR headset for training sometimes. It's like enhanced shadowboxing. 

Got set-up to deadlift on Saturday, but I worked up to 495 and called it a day after 2 reps. Every rep felt like a slow grind and I had a headache from poor sleep. I'm pleased that I didn't have any failed rep attempts, which used to plague me.

My brother was visiting from Seattle so I took him out to dinner with my girlfriend at our favorite local Italian spot. When I ordered the lobster fettuccine I was NOT expecting an entire lobster dwarfing the not-small pasta portion, so that was an awesome surprise when my plate arrived dwarfing everything else on the table.

On Sunday I hit a press workout:

Overhead press
150 x 5
170 x 3
190 x 3
140 x 3 x 10

Super-set with weighted chin-ups:
15 x 10
30 x 2 x 10

Keg curls
150 x 25

Kept the volume manageable, as I want to hit ABCs on Tuesday.