I'd say pretty much yes to ease into lifting heavy. Since you train MT again those massive DOMs would be counterproductive. But I'm pussified maybe...
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Thank god there's some lifting again..!
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Tonight I shall mostly be sprinting up a hill with a bergen with god knows how much weight in it.
Me and another guy who I've known for years are going to some hills where we did hill sprints about 3 weeks ago. The scheme will be one runs up and runs down, while the other picks the bergen up from the floor, throws it over their heads to rest on their shoulders ala a normal back squat. Then sprints up to the top, turns around and walks back down. Dumps and then other guy takes it and off we go.
I just got into hill sprinting a few weeks ago, I'm loving it so far. It absolutely kicks my ass.
If you get a hill just right, you get to about 3/4 of the way and your legs turn to jelly