October 9, 2009

Leg Day

Squats 135×5×2 185×5 225×4 275×3 315×2 355×3×6 sets
Leg press 5 plates x 15 x 4 sets
single leg curl 80x10x3 sets
Lower body stretching

Another good day. The squats are still submaximal efforts so far. I probably could have done 6 rep sets but I want to stay on schedule. I did wear my Rehband knee sleeves today. I have to start stretching every day now. I can’t believe how much my flexibility has decreased this past year. I went to a chiropractor last week (first time ever) and he noticed my hamstrings and lower back are pretty tight. That will surely interfere with my ability to get aero on the bike. I have noticed I haven’t ridden in the drops much this past year.

Still not sure what caused my lower back issue but it seems to have subsided quite a bit. I haven’t had a severe flareup in over a week. Right now at bedtime I’m taking ZMA and GABA along with a protein shake w/natural peanut butter to slow digestion, and milk thistle several times a day.

I was hoping to have my Polar CS600X back from repair by now. Actually I do have it back; they just didn’t fix the damn problem. I customize the display to show relevant data on one screen. When I’m on the trainer doing intervals I like to view watts, HR and interval countdown. While climbing I like to see HR, power and incline % and so on. My settings keep getting wiped out and I’m not sure if the problem is software or hardware. Polar claim they swapped out the hardware but the problem is still there. There are some bugs in the ProTrainer software as well so who knows. I’m going to send it back one more time. I’d probably switch to Quarq if they had a compact SRAM crankset (and they weren’t so pricey). Perhaps over the winter I can decrease my weight and improve climbing enough to not need the compact anymore. I doubt it though.

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