Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 260

Day 260 I woke up at my parents place this morning feeling pretty crumby. I pretty much had a full blown head cold. nothing had made it's way into my lungs but my head felt like it was in a vice. Not a great way to feel when working out. The good thing however, is that visiting my parents is pretty relaxing. We don't have to get anything done, just relax, hang out and eat. We visited a bit with some friends and bummed around Edmonton, before making our way to the gym. I wasn't sure what I'd be able to do.

I've mentioned before that I enjoy doing some Olympic lifting at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton when I come to visit. I enjoy the fact that I can lift with very few distractions and drop the weights if I need to. Olympic lifting was my plan today but I wasn't sure how I'd manage to get through my sets.

Today's Workout:

Olympic Lifting:

Set 1: Kettlebell Swing: 20 reps / 20 kg Set 2: Kettlebell Swing: 20 reps / 20 kg Set 3: Hang Snatch: 5 reps / 40 kg Set 3: Hang Snatch: 5 reps / 40 kg Set 5: Hang Snatch: 5 reps / 40 kg Set 6: Squat Snatch: 5 reps / 40 kg Set 7: Squat Snatch: 5 reps / 40 kg Set 8: Overhead Squat: 4 reps / 60 kg Set 9: Overhead Squat: 4 reps / 60 kg Set 10: Squat Clean: 6 reps / 60 kg Set 11: Squat Clean: 6 reps / 60 kg

In the end I managed to get through a good amount of sets. It took me forever to get going. You don't really need to breath to do Olympic lifts but you definitely need energy, of which I had none. I got into some relatively heavy overhead squats but my shoulder wasn't feeling very stable during them and my focus wasn't it's best, so I abandoned that exercise and replaced them with some squat cleans. All in all not a bad workout for a sick guy.