1. Circuit warm-up with some band traction stuff.
2. Bench Press: "5" day

3. Boring But Big Bench: 40%x3x10
4. Bent Rows: worked up to 5x6
5. Shrugs: 5x5
6. Kroc Rows: 120x35 (I am determined to get good at these now)
7. Purple Banded Pushdowns: 100 total reps

I decided to dramatically up the weight with my accessory work and perform fewer reps just to see what happens. I'm going to experiment with one heavy and one light accessory day with upper body workouts for this month of rebuilding.

Aside from that, I was issued a personal challenge from a D-I football coach. He doesn't know he issued me a personal challenge, but he did.

One of my former players - a kid I've coached since 9th grade but am not coaching this year since I'm not at the same school - is being recruited by several D-I schools, but he's not happy with his list, so he's asked me to drum up some more interest. The one school that's highest on him is a fairly storied program that's in rebuilding mode and probably isn't in the top 50 - but will be.

Anyway, a coach I respect told me he didn't think this player is a D-I prospect. I vehemently disagree with this assessment and think this kid is good enough to play at a high level. In two games so far this year, he's been murdering people, and he also qualified (and finished in the top 5) for the state championships in the 100m as a junior.

By hook or by crook, I am going to help this kid prove he can play Division I football.

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Angry Coach