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dunno man, i'm not a doctor or a dentist and i can't see your mouth so any advice i give you is pretty uninformed.

i had all four wisdom teeth out at once and didn't do any heavy or intense activity for at least a couple of weeks. i think there was a follow-up visit where the took the bandage packs out and after that i was pretty much okay. but your dentist may have used a different technique.

the hole is always gonna be there, it'll feel weird at first but eventually you'll get used it. i wouldn't do anything intense while it still hurts.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: okay

- warm up
bike

- superset x 3
-- DB OHP 35s x 10
-- neutral chin x 6+4; 5+5; 5+5

alright. tomorrow begins the 33-hour trip back to DC. made it to the end having worked out 14/18 days, or 14/15 non-travel days. pretty close to my goal of working out in at least some respect every day that i wasn't in the air. no progress on anything, really, but at least i got my heart rate up and challenged myself a little bit every day.

ETA: also i think 30 chin ups is the most i've ever done in one session. even if neutral is the easiest grip.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings a little
ACHES/INJURIES: none, right calf was there when i first started jumping rope but went away
MENTAL STATE: okay

- warm up

- depth jump @12" x 5,5

- superset x 2
-- DB jump squat 15s x 3
-- one-step RVJ x 4

- one-step RVJ x 4

- superset x 3
-- BB hip thrust 40 x 12; 80 x 10,10
-- L-sit x 10s

thursday night is friday night in afghanistan.

 

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right hip, right calf
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up
right calf started acting up immediately after i started jumping rope although it hadn't bothered me before today. right hip was wonky off and on throughout the day, especially going up stairs. rode the stationary bike for a bit instead.

- dead lift singles up to 165
that pretty much ties my all-time PR (365 lbs) although i haven't DL'd in literally years. it was not a terribly stressful rep, double overhand grip with no problem. decided discretion was the better part of valor and the gym was closing anyway.

was working until too late to get much of a longer workout in, and the calf thing put a cramp in the planned jumping workout. oh well, this was fun

 

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right hip during beginning of jog but it went away
MENTAL STATE: good

- easy-to-moderate hill workout on treadmill x 20 mins
HR 155-165

- superset x 3
-- DB OHP 50s x 5
-- neutral chin x 5

- dip x 5

- neutral chin x 5

- dip position leg raise x 10,10

- stretch

ETA: someone reminded me tonight that kabul is 6000 feet (1800m) above sea level. does make a difference.

fwiw, with jumping practice, i've found that even just doing some drop-steps or one-step approaches (as i did last night) can be an okay substitute for real running jumps at the rim. helps to groove the pattern at least, and it's not like you're going to be able to do real max/PR-attempt jumps with all the other volume you're doing.