I missed Mondays workout, 5/28/2018. Friday through Monday we made the move to the new house. It is about 3 miles away from where we are currently living. I ended up moving everything myself because my family was all but useless, they are all WEAK. Furniture and all the associated junk for 6 people plus appliances up and down flights of stairs. After all the work I needed a couple of recovery days before lifting. The unrecovered state that I was in very easily could have resulted in an injury. Last week I attempted a volume workout while in an under recovered state and failed on the bench and squat. In fact, on the squat I couldn’t hold my back straight the result was rounding and a slight tweak, lesson learned.
A few observations about the move. Everything was either carried or wheeled on a hand cart. The hand cart is a big help on stairs! The single exercise that helped me the most with the move was without a doubt the deadlift. When pulling furniture up stairs I found myself assuming a similar stance as you would in a deadlift, setting my hips, bracing, chest up, tight back, and pull. Of course none of this is done in the ideal position as a deadlift would be but the movement and execution were the same. When carrying items leg and back strength are important, so again deadlifts are key. Deadlifts develop the leg, back, and trap strength that are required to do this type of work. They may not be my favorite exercise but as far as everyday useful working strength there is nothing better.
Today I look forward to setting my rack and weights up in the new house. I have a room in the basement for the equipment and it is air conditioned and heated! The space will be smaller than the garage but climate control will be so nice.
Today (Thursday) I feel good and well recovered. The last 2 nights I averaged 10 hours of much needed sleep! My belt went an additional notch after all the work over the extended weekend so I know that I lost some more weight. We will see if this effects my performance in the weight room. I have been running around 20% body fat and have been wanting to drop to about 15% over the summer anyway, so this is a good start. I will do a volume workout today split into 2 sessions. My normal schedule will be resumed next week.