A change up for planned Special Olympics today. Supposed to be track and field practice for the Spring Games but the tornado warnings in the area and very wet field got that cancelled.
John's father asked if I could do a short session with John limited to deadlifts because he had to leave early to train the girl's basketball team. During the call, he told me John didn't want to let me down by not showing up. Actually made me mist up when he said that. A heavy load of responsibility for this special man.
So I planned to cycle John up to 175 and maybe 180 if that went well. Then if there was time, have John do some dumbbell push presses for shoulders and triceps assistance work as well as some medicine ball tosses. An added factor on this was to get him used to some explosiveness for the shot put. He does a very basic shuffle to a standing toss. Nothing like a discus spin. I couldn't do justice to coaching him for such a sophisticated technique anyway.
John decided he wanted to try 185, which he did with ease. Another incremental victory on the road back to the 300+ he was pulling before his hernia. He thought the new explosive work was fun.