One Month Review
I've been back home for a month now with mixed results and progress. I feel I should be much further along in some regards but am way ahead in others and making good progress and doing things that I never could do before.
The Good:
Turkish Get-ups; in Sydney there was no way I could have done even one using the Oly bar meanwhile here I've been doing them with the Oly bar and change. Rowing also feels much stronger. I was 2 seconds faster on the 5k than in Sydney. My core feels really strong and I guess that's because I've been hitting it really hard on a consistant basis.
The Bad:
Strength is way down in every aspect; power, endurance and general. Squat, bench, DL, OHS, MP/SP...Blah. I've pretty much lost my kip in the pull-up. I don't know if it's because of the power racks in my gym which is where the pull-up bars are and them potentially being at an awkward height for me plus I find the grips on them absolutely devastating on my hands. The pull-up bars at my gym have always chewed up my hands even with chalk, something I never experiences in Sydney or elsewhere. It's got that pseudo-metal gripping on it that seems to do more harm than good. Have to try taping the bars up with hockey tape or something and give that a try.
Final Thoughts:
Keep grinding away. Go heavy(er). Keep Consistant. Have fun. I do think that I am missing one factor to my training thus far though and without it I'm missing out on some major gains. The “I Factor”.

07/03/07
BW 156
*50-30-20 of:
Ankle jumps - 25/10-15/5-10/10
Push-ups - 10/4-7/3-8/2
Pull-ups - 7/1-5/2-5/1
Time 18:22
*Note: breakdown shown as best and worst set per round
-PC 7x3-95/95/95/105/105/110/115
-5 rounds with rests:
3 evil wheel rollouts
back bends
I am hardcore sucking at pull-ups, push-ups and pretty much strength endurance in general.

06/03/07
BW 156
-3 Round warm-up:
10 OHS
10 sit-ups
7 push-ups
5 pull-ups
*Front Squat 7x3 - 135/135/145/155/165/165/170
-5 Rounds with rests:
3 DL, 225lbs
5 Ring Dips
7 Pull-ups
-L Sits 6x10sec
-3 rounds
10 KTE
10 LHS
10 JS Side bends L&R
Stretch
170 felt heavy. In some of the old posts from back before I left home in '05 I was FS'ing 205x3. Don't know if my form wasn't as good back then and i wasn't going deep or if I'm just weaker now. I'll accept the latter and work hard...

05/03/07
BW 157
*Row 5k
Time 20:28.9 @26 D4
-BS 135-5x5
-DB Jerk 3-30/30/35/35/40
-3 rounds with rests:
3 L Pull-ups
1 TGU, oly bar, L&R
-3 Rounds
10 Band Twists L&R
10 V-ups
Chinnies for reps 40/30/20
I really wanted to get under 20 minutes on this. With my new prowess at rowing I thought I could and had the tactics of 2:00/500m, an easy pace but not so easy x10. That said I did 2 minutes better than the last 5k I did.