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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 248
« on: July 27, 2017, 10:14:30 am »
BW: 85kg (!; the daily pizza/chips/chocolate have caught up with me)
Activity: 7k (good)
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 1/84

BS 5x107.5(PR; since injury; stopped there, i will save it for next workout)
OHP 2x60 (heavy as fuck wtf ; aborted .. will repeat next workout)
Some jumps .. PR the highest touch in the gym but sad to find out it's only about 30" which is depressing but still it seems so high to tuoch that pipe and i never was able to until today so idk i'll take it. and i might have jumped off LR plant unless my brain overruled me in the ME attempt and went RL i should get video tbh).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: 250
« on: July 27, 2017, 09:53:59 am »
Quote from: Final Phenom on July 25, 2017, 07:29:17 pm
Actually having some back issues myself, pounded out some cardio, 400s and upper body today. Tomorrow I'll be doing more cardio, iso's, and agility/technique work. Dunno if any of this stuff would be helpful for your training goals but just throwing some ideas out there. I had what was supposed to be a minor QL strain maybe half a year ago and I kept trying to get back in it too early and it ended up dragging the injury out into a problem that lasted over a month. Better safe than sorry

ya that sounds like a good deal if you can do those things without disturbing your injury. I cant really think of anything that's painfree for me, yea potentially upper body stuff but say even getting in position with dbs for bench press, is hard to do with a back injury. Can say the same for jumping or running stuff. I dont know. plus you cant tell which is pain you can ignore and train through and what you should safely avoid.

Quote from: adarqui on July 25, 2017, 07:46:07 pm
i had a QL strain too, waaaaaay back when i was initially learning about lifting (before becoming ex sci major).. wrecked it.. took a long time to heal, that injury sucked.

and ya the only thing i'd say you really need to be careful of, is getting into that mindset of like, being "angry" and trying to just "beat squatting as if it's some kind of war".. honestly it seems like you get into that mode.. personally, avoid that mindset at all costs. If you find yourself doing that, switch up the session immediately and AELS. Easier said than done, but, I think that mentality is really self destruction.. So just be careful with it maxent.. don't go to war with the bar in the context of overcoming an injury etc. Odds are with the bar. :/

peace!

working super hard to keep myself on teh right side of AELS. i felt hyped today for some reason but decided to err with caution. I think im listening to my body, if a set feels wrong i will def stop there and do something else. so far i have stuck to that, it's what day 9, i think i shud be okay to train normally soon.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 250
« on: July 25, 2017, 04:50:08 am »
Bodyweight: 84.7
Activity:
Misc:

Back bit stiff but will go train and see how it goes
BS 6x70, 3x100, 6x80
RDL 6x60
45 deg back xtn 2x12

Notes
Hard to describe how pointless that workout was lol. last workout at least i got some bench pressing done but today while resting upper, i had absolutely nothing to do. i even loaded up 120kg on squats to test where im at recovery wise but the risk was too great and i dropped to 100kg to test with that instead.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 251
« on: July 24, 2017, 03:38:56 am »
Bodyweight: 83.7
Activity:
Misc:

Rest today. so far back's feeling okay... comeback is on.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: July 23, 2017, 12:07:20 pm »
Quote from: adarqui on July 23, 2017, 10:38:55 am
Quote from: maxent on July 23, 2017, 05:52:08 am
back has gotten better, time to start over again. fuck my life.

well that's good news!! maybe cut out the paused squats for a while.. they are effective but obviously more risky than a normal squat.

I personally cut out paused squats, REA squats, jump squats, barbell lunges, front squats (loved those for vert, but they wrecked my upper back quite a few times) etc back when I was verting. Sometimes you just get to the point where it's like, fu*k the fancy stuff, pure basics.

THe first 2 days there was almost no change, was a struggle doing normal everyday things, getting out of bed was a struggle etc. But last night somehow it felt a lot better so i thought i could train today. And so i went for it. Was going to go cautious and see what made things feel better what made things feel bad. I found goblet squats were the only lower body exercise which helped. everything else i tried (rdls, squats) made it worse. So im going to avoid those things now and stick to goblets. It gives me a chance to priotise upper body work, which will allow me from going too crazy from frustration with my back.

As to what happened. I still dont know. i have video of every rep i did on weds when the injury occured. The first double with 125kg went fine, technically crisp, no problem. The double with 137.5kg was mostly clean, not even dirrty, but i felt something off on the 2nd rep. And i racked the bar. Dropped down to 107.5kg and did volume. First set went okay. 2nd set i switched to my nike shoes which have a WL sized heel, more depth but okay. Next set things went bad around rep 2, and even tho i did 3 reps that set and they were fine technically crisp, i was done.

I think it's a disc issue but possibly muscular too. left hand side of my lower back. I cant figure out which tbh. I'll give a shotout for the useful doctors in this country who will tell me to take ibuprofen and fuck off out of their office with no answers. i cant really figure it out unless i drop $1500 by getting an MRI privately on my own volition but since they wont refer them, i know from past experience.  Sucks but without scans etc i have zero clue what actually happened :(





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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: July 23, 2017, 10:17:06 am »
BS 8x20, 6x40, 6x50, 6x70
Paused BP 3x5x85(PR), 2x4x85, 3x85
Incline DB 4x30(PR?), 2x7x27.5(PR), 2x10x20
some curls

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: July 23, 2017, 05:52:08 am »
back has gotten better, time to start over again. fuck my life.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: 278
« on: July 20, 2017, 05:58:47 am »
Quote from: adarqui on July 19, 2017, 03:50:08 pm
damn wtf?

you've posted similar things before .. and seemed to heal up quick. hoping that's the case here.. but posts like this are always worrisome.

:/

thanks fam. this seems to be different to that time but that was bad too and it healed quickly. i cant even wash my hands in the bathroom sink cos it's around my knee height and i have to bend down to reach the tap. one of my pet peeves is how bathroom setups are in this country but its only a minor nuisance for someone healthy. struggling to get dressed too. will see how it goes over the next couple of days, hopefully heal up quickly but it's scary

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 278
« on: July 19, 2017, 04:57:14 am »
Bodyweight: 84.5
Activity:
Misc:

Training today. Will try squatting heavy, failing that, 5x5x107.5kg paused shud do.
BS 2x125, 2x137.5,
Paused BS 2x5x107.5(PR?), 3x107.5(done, injury)

Notes:
And the run is over, my back broke today, im prob out for a while. we'll see how it goes but it seems bad.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: vs athletic, nike romeos, adipowers, or pendlay?
« on: July 19, 2017, 04:28:44 am »
Adidas have a reputation for being narrow. Nikes are too. Can you even get pendlays anymore?
got this from a review
Quote
The Romaleos 3 are not only lighter, but they're also thinner.

The Romaleos 2 were the shoe made for people with wide/fat feet. It's one of the reasons I so much preferred my Adipowers to Romaleos; I have a foot as thin as Phil Heath's waistline in competition.

Sorry folks, but the new Romaleos are much thinner and although not quite as thin as Adipowers, are still quite thin. (sidenote: this was probably a change to make the shoe more “athletic” and lighter.)


http://www.garagegymreviews.com/nike-romaleos-3-weightlifting-shoes-review/

i didnt realise the 2s were wide .. mine are tight but whatever, put them on squat, then take em off. altho i think all lifts benefit from lifting in wl shoes if the raised heel doesnt take away

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 279
« on: July 18, 2017, 03:06:05 am »
Bodyweight: 84.6
Activity:
Misc: Some soreness in tarps and upper back

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 280
« on: July 17, 2017, 01:44:01 am »
Bodyweight: 85.1
Activity:
Misc:

woo back above 85! rest.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 281
« on: July 16, 2017, 03:25:21 am »
Bodyweight: 84.7
Activity:
Misc: lower body still really sore esp adductors

IM starting to harden out a bit. Thinking i can be leanish at 90kg now and eyeing 100kg to be strong. But patience is still the key, im too fat to gain weight in a sloppy fashion, recomping as ive been doing around 84kg seems to be the way to go for a while yet. But it's boring eating. Training today.
Training
Paused BS 2x120
Partial BS 8x150, 8x170, 8x180
OHP 4x60(PR), 4x60, 3x60, 4x60, 3x60, 3x60
RDL 8x120, 5x130(PR), 8x132.5H(PR), 6x140H(PR), 6x150H(PR), 8x122.5
DB OHP Seated 3x8x25(PR)

Notes:
Yeah so fuck it, im doing partial squats now because otherwise my quads are gna detrain while my body is not responding with proper recovery for heavier squats. Hook grip is coming around for RDLs im back to 150kg now, shudnt be long before i get my topset to 2xbw (3 red plates yay). Just a shithouse workout tho, didnt do chinups or back extensions this week or sprints or touch a basketball. Nice. Mainly because i was holding back to prompt a better squat session which never came anyway, no more of that tho, will just do lighter squats and train normally, if its a good squat day great otherwise no opportunistic cost paid in vain. Fuck squats tho.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 282
« on: July 15, 2017, 06:38:34 am »
Bodyweight: 84.5
Activity:
Misc: sore af lol


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 283
« on: July 14, 2017, 04:16:49 am »
Bodyweight: 84.2
Activity:
Misc: left heel plantar fasciitis

gna get some squat PRs today one way or another
BS 0Fx140, 2x127.5
Paused BS 3x110, 2x120, 5x105, 5x102.5, 3x5x100
Jumps x 50

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