Squats ugly .. which is ok since dirty reps seem to build erector strength which later converts to cleaner form with a stronger back. Will try to do rehab on my R leg more consistently starting today.
I liked the pendlay rows from last time. i like the idea of chasing a goal like 100kg pendlay rows. And pavel has me convinced i need to incorporate kb training. Esp some kind of dynamic hip hinge exercise. kind of exciting lol.
Just had a 'wow i did that?' moment. In the summer (~9 months ago), I was capable of squatting 150-180kg every day while being fit enough to run 5km every day (minimum) and i could jump 36" and play ball with perhaps the most skill ive ever had. I was in a way 'in the best shape of my life'. And I didn't make enough of a fuss because i thought greater things were just down the next turn (if i hadnt got injured that was probably true). And all of that at 6'3" 90kg while being 35 years old. I did achieve something great. I have nothing to show of it now but i did that!
I get that feeling as well even though I'm 29 but I feel like I have the body of a 39 year old. I took being able to run 11 second 100m for granted when I didn't have any issues with my achilles and wasn't an overweight slob. However, besides sharing a few race results on adarq.org I have no records of them. I was also able to dunk everyday when I was healthy at 5'11, which is a reasonable achievement. Yet instead of videoing my dunks all I have is one shitty youtube video of dunking on an outdoor court. Same as being able to deadlift 5 plates with minimal deadlift training. I took all of that for granted.
I want to get back to where I used to be. This time I'll appreciate the journey more and get more video footage. Tomorrow is promised to nobody.
thanks for this. it resonates with me quite well. i remember when i hurt my foot pretty bad i swore i would get a video of my dunks etc just in case i have another setback. went out and bought a nice camera (4k?) just for this purpose. but ofc it just sat in my drawer 'saving' it because The Time To Use It never came. the funny thing is when i bought the camera i actually was capable of a legit 36" but i though it was nothing and 40" was the only thing worth getting on tape. i always thought the best was yet to come and it never did. maybe it never will, that's the lesson in it all. maybe the right thing was to do what adarqui did, just have a lot of fun and record it all along the way . knowing you're on a journey to find your limits is what we should have been documenting not the ephemeral peak that never came or came but we didn't acknowledge their significance because we become fixated on something that you haven't even attained (yet).
but in all this gloom i think i found some inspiration .. from all places .. the recent joe rogan podcast w/ pavel. pavel might just have reignited my interest in training .. got a lot of good ideas from him that i really would love to try out. something different .. something old .. something that i haven't tried in the same way. do recommend that podcast to you as well, it's worth a watch.
So wasn't feeling very strong going into the first set of squats and the first set was ugly i might have decided to do triples. But form improvements led to hitting the goal of 6x5x100. I think the combo of working with FS and eating a lot helped. But it doesn't seem worth the cost. Still, progress is progress.
I was planning on doing 6 sets of 5 at 100kg. That become a recovery, my heart was acting weird and i didn't push the agenda. It started after i took 100mg of caffeine. 100mg the entire day. Nothing makes sense except i had a terrible night of sleep and have been kinda stressed out today. Seems those latter two things in addition to weighing 83.something in the gym. I thought as long i was <=85kg i'd be safe but im wrong.
You're making progress. It always feels hard when you're coming back from where you used to be.
i havent really made any progress .. it just seems that way because i started 'conservatively'.. and then ran into stalls much earlier than i should have .. and im still struggling with the reality that that is the new status quo. maybe in 6 months i'll look back and be in a better place but right now im working too hard for too little to show for it
wooo that massive refeed has me gaining 2kg overnight! . Next up is the big 5x5x100kg milestone. in two minds whether to start a diet break or do another week to get sub 77kg. will go by feel
Big squat day today (6x6) but not feeling all that great physically. lets see how it goes. also forgot creatine again last night. but ive def gained some weight cos im stabilising >77.5kg. BS 6x6x90
That was brutal but i made sure to remain super stiff into the descent and didn't exhale until the last 1/3rd of the rep. Technique improvements are welcome but this should NOT be that hard all the same, im sure my PR for 6 reps at a lower bw is 130x6kg @ 77.5kg so i have work to do yet.
I decided that in 2020 i'd do double digit reps on daily pushup sets. So i'd been doing 11s. But now creatine and lightweight status is upon me, i think 12s make more sense.
bother just realised I forgot to take creatine yesterday, not quite a habit just yet. Bench tonight. Recovery BS 6x2x90 BP 6x70, 1x77.5, 1x80, 2x75, 3x72.5, 5x70, 5x70 Dips 3x8x10, 10xBW
Another bad bench session but at least I got BW. For a single. And made it hard 😩
Man i must admit front squats might have revived my interest in squatting. maybe i need to refollow my old path which included FS, using oly shoes, sleeves, belts, etc to get to where i was in april. All of those helped before so they might do the same now. But FS has me exicted. may stick to one BS workout a week, one FS one and two recovery ones.
here is a breakdown of my 250m splits for last night
1st5:111:1898---6▲0▼+60 2nd5:091:17135---0▲2▼-20 3rd5:331:23150---0▲9▼-90 4th5:371:24150---4▲1▼+30 5th5:441:26152---2▲2▼00 6th5:441:26151---1▲6▼-50 7th5:461:26151---1▲2▼-10 8th6:041:31150---2▲1▼+10 9th6:151:34149---9▲0▼+90 10th6:301:37148---12▲0▼+120 seems performance fell off in the 3rd 250m considreign it was a pretty steep downhill. so for short term progress im going to try get as many of these 250m splits close to 5:00 pace. i also want to mark out this run so i can visually see whether im on pace or not.
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. Next up is the big 5x5x100kg milestone. in two minds whether to start a diet break or do another week to get sub 77kg. will go by feel