No more *

Today the 300 workout needed no asterisk.  I was finally able to do box jumps.  Thanks to Jeremy’s suggestion to jump up but STEP down since it was jumping down that was hurting really.  I knocked out 28 of them. I also hit a milestone with dead lifts, cranking out 40.  With most of the exercises, since my rep numbers are getting higher, I have to take a mini-pause towards the end before finishing the set.

With dead lifts that pause comes at around 30 reps where I readjust my grip which by that time has slipped quite a bit.  With push ups the pause comes at 40 and then again at 45, my chest and arms are burning pretty well by that time.  I pause with wipers at 25ish so I can take a breath and fight the feeling of wanting to throw up.  With the clean and press things I will pause at 20 for a second again to adjust my grip and take a breath before knocking out the last 5.  With pull ups, the first time around, the first 15 come rapid fire, the last 4 have breaks.  With the last set of them I go till 9 or 10 until pausing between each rep.

Anyway, the return to box jumps gives me some hope regarding getting back on the volleyball court.  I may be able to sneak a June tournament in there.  That would be awesome.