Taper doesn’t mean stop. It means sharpen.

Morning Weight Training

Wednesday

Morning Ride

Just get it done

This was not a hype session.
No music-fueled PR hunting.
No chasing numbers for the sake of it.

Travel week. Low sleep. End of a 12-week block.
Normally that’s where people either force it… or skip it.

I showed up and let strength do what strength does.

No maxes. No grinders.
Just bodyweight work and honest effort.

Result?
PRs in pull-ups and dips.

That’s not an accident.

Low-rep, high-intensity strength builds a nervous system that shows up when load is removed.
If you can pull 1.5× bodyweight, you didn’t get there by “feeling the muscle.”
If you go from 5 dips to 24, that didn’t come from fluff volume.

Strength transfers when it’s earned.

This is what people miss:
You don’t become less athletic by lifting heavy.
You become more capable when fatigue is present and expectations are low.

Today wasn’t about proving anything.
It was about trusting the work.

Now I taper volume, let adaptation catch up, and roll into the next block: more hypertrophy, some VO₂ work on the bike, same foundation underneath.

Effort and adherence beat the perfect program.
Every time.

Strong first.
Athletic follows.


Chin Up
Set 1: 6 reps 
Set 2: 8 reps 
Set 3: 10 reps 
Set 4: 12 reps 
Set 5: 14 reps 

Chest Dip
Set 1: 6 reps 
Set 2: 10 reps 
Set 3: 14 reps 
Set 4: 24 reps 

Seated Overhead Press (Barbell)
"Z Press"
Set 1: 45 lbs x 16 
Set 2: 45 lbs x 16 
Set 3: 45 lbs x 16 

Inverted Row
Set 1: 16 reps 
Set 2: 16 reps 
Set 3: 18 reps 

Jackknife Sit Up
Set 1: 30 reps 
Set 2: 30 reps 
Set 3: 32 reps

Stats: 
Relative Effort 🤩 : 8 
❤️ Avg: 104 bpm ❤️ Max: 147 bpm ⚡️AVG:  ⚡️/kg:  Climbing Ratio 🚵 :  Elevation Max ⛰️: 0 ft

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Taper doesn’t mean stop. It means sharpen.

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Just get it done

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