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Have had a bit of a virus the last 4-5 days. Spent the weekend away with the family as my wife did the Challenge Shepparton 70.3. Watching her standing there waiting for the call into the water for the swim still gives me anxiety thinking about having to swim that far with that many people. She has this virus too and couldn't keep any food down, lost most of her nutrition on the bike and only took in about 400ml of liquid nutrition for the whole thing. Finished in 5:37 so although she's disappointed with the time it's a great achievement.

I'm feeling almost back to normal and will gradually get back to training in the next couple of days. 

Quote from: Coges on November 08, 2018, 06:35:52 pm

Obviously the plan I put together for myself was stellar in it's construction 🤣

lol.

plans bug me.

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​​​​​​​Going to set a goal next week of simply getting up earlier and walking the dog and I will build from there.

that's a good plan tho

Haha as soon as I wrote it down I knew I was doomed. Bloody plans.

So far the plan is going ok but with interruptions.

Monday- Push + handstand + stretch
Tuesday- Pull + stretch
Wednesday- 14 hour work day
Thursday- 14 hour work day 
Friday- training this afternoon/evening

Obviously the plan I put together for myself was stellar in it's construction 🤣 but I am toying with the idea of creating a more enjoyable/productive morning routine other than driving to the gym first thing in the morning. Ideally the overall structure would stay the same as I can train at home in the early evenings but am thinking of switching the stretching/handstand work to the mornings along some meditation/tai chi/martial arts practice or something similar. ​​​​​​​Going to set a goal next week of simply getting up earlier and walking the dog and I will build from there. 

My last logged stretch : January 2018
Previous before that : November 2016



I always do dynamic stretching though before squats and basketball. That's a different story. Static? never! Can't tell if right or wrong though, we'll never know how it would be if i did stretch.

Yes to dynamic. Static I think the type of stretch is the biggest key. I'm planning a big flexibility tilt the next 4 weeks to I'll see if I can find out.

Quote from: Coges on October 30, 2018, 12:46:48 am

Quote from: adarqui on October 29, 2018, 09:56:11 pm

really glad it seems to be nothing.

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I know I've said this before, but I don't think my body has ever felt worse. Hips, calves and quads are super tight and resistant despite a good amount of time spent stretching/mobilising.

that's how i started feeling, despite stretching/mobility etc. sounds familiar.

i feel so much better when i don't stretch at all. it's crazy.

i have to try really hard not to stretch my calves/hamstrings. if i refrain, i feel good. if i do it, i feel like crap. it's nuts. i mean i feel good at the time when i'm doing it, but not to soon after, i feel like crap, especially the next day.

pc!

Yeah it is/was super weird. I think in my case it was just too much through the lower body. I walk around in dress shoes for work 90% of the time too and they're super hard on the feet and calves. I'm backing off the lower body work and am going to build back up slowly with way more single leg stuff in the next few months. I feel like my brakes are permanently on with regards to performance especially with jumping and running. If I can sort that out I'll get far more in return on the other end. Couldn't care less what my squat is when that happens too. 

gotcha. it's tricky.

in my case, could be due to stretching too much (in spurts) throughout my life, or just somehow related to getting older. because I do not remember, at all, feeling like this when I stretched say, prior to ~35 years old. heh. now I can feel it just wrecks my legs (upper seems ok), making them weak/tight/achy. it's nuts.. then I stop stretching for long periods, even when i feel the urge, and every day aches/pains just fade away. then once again, stretch, and boom they come back. it's really odd.

as a recent example .. i've been feeling great lately. several days ago, decided to give in and stretch my quads while walking the dogs. Just simple standing quad stretch, not holding it long at all. the next few days, achy knees (lateral knee pain) & my calves tightened up. felt the urge to stretch, made sure not to, and knees feeling better again.

flexibility has always been the big mystery to me. over the last year, it seems that every time i stop stretching, i start slowly feeling better & better.

these last 2 months where i've PR'd like crazy & legs/calves have been feeling better & better, I haven't been stretching at all. If I do a random stretch here & there, I feel it the next day - lingering effects. So I try as hard as possible not to give in and stretch anything.

i dno man it's just weird.

ok just blabbing. ;d

It is super weird. I wonder if it's just an adaptability period. Like when you go from 5 hours sleep a night to 8. First few days you feel worse and then the magic hits. I think stretching is kind of like that. Having said that if I don't train for 3-4 weeks I have brilliant flexibility. I don't feel strong in that range though. I think that's the key for me going forward is more loaded stretching/mobility stuff to build strength in those end ranges.

29/10/18
Light leg session

Peterson step up-
3 x 20 each leg @ bw

Long split squat
3 x 8 each leg @ bw

Seated good morning
3 x 10 @ 6kg

Like I said, light leg session. The split squats feel great and I think I can work up pretty well on these ones. The end goal is bodyweight for reps.

Bad luck. Hope the knee recovers quickly!

Thanks mate. Turns out it's pretty much ok. I was worried at first because it was the same type of movement as when I did the meniscus. Felt pretty good yesterday though and I ended up playing the social mixed netball game on it last night. Was sore for the first 2-3 minutes and then I didn't notice it till this morning.

It's funny though, and I know I've said this before, but I don't think my body has ever felt worse. Hips, calves and quads are super tight and resistant despite a good amount of time spent stretching/mobilising. I'm rolling out more than ever and still waking up tight. Various theories for this but the main one is I need to change my training up. Less intensive/volume on the lower body and finally fix some of those issues that I know I have. Weak glutes, tight everything, weak scap (especially left side), etc. This is the main track that I've started down before and never finished. I tried this a few years back when I tried to press the reset button and ignore the weight on the bar to fix my issues. Wrong strategy I think. Am going to adopt a similar track with the starting again but this time I will chase progression when the time is right and with the full knowledge that I will be stronger than ever in a pretty short period of time. I say that as I'm not really that strong as it is right now. Also, I can't imagine what it would be like waking up and walking around pain free. Running and jumping pain free. Kicking pain free. The thought is tantalising. #AELS

Quote from: Coges on October 21, 2018, 06:42:11 pm

Damn. Man you're down to 76 now. How are you feeling/looking?

yep! i expect to be 75kg this week sometime. Feeling good. Looking .. worse? It's b/c the fat ive lost makes the remaining fat stand out more. But hopefully along the way once that too is gone then i'll look lean. It appears i need at least 2 weeks of dieting but beyond that i have no plans as yet. Will prob end up sub 75kg though.

Yes this is a complete mindfuck! You lose fat and initially look worse. Same thing happens to me. You're bloody close now though.