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adarqui · « **Reply #8820 on:** June 01, 2019, 12:38:35 am »

decent speed tonight.

05/31/2019:
<= 30s 200m (0) vs <= 2:59 km (1) vs 3:0X km (3) vs <= 4:59 mile (0) vs 5:0X mile (1) vs 5:1X mi (2) = 0 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 7
- right glute achy after first run, stretch, felt great all day, not so achy after 2nd run, stretch, feels worse. the life.

09:30 AM: run + bw

run: light: 20 min ::: (grass/dirt/rocks)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2411676656
- 2.04 mi 10:00 /mi 20m 28s

bw:
- standing single leg abductions: x 30
- 3sec paused dead hang ng pullups: BW x 6
- full dips: BW x 9
- full hypers: BW x 30

stretch:
- bent over floor touch x a few minutes: pulsating in right glute

08:30 PM: light with hard segment: 43 min w/ {0.71 mi @ 5:01 min/mi, 1km split = 3:06 (5:01)} ::: (grass, spikes) /// first time running on a (300ft) baseball field - rough.
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2412972078/overview
- https://www.endomondo.com/users/26420622/workouts/1329064782
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3702821323
- 4.48 mi 9:32 /mi 42m 47s
- 0.71 mi @ 5:01 min/mi
- decent speed considering the baseball field was real compact and lots of soft grass.

10:30 PM: stretch
- just annoyed
- bent over floor touch: several minutes, just noticing where the pain is: most of the pain is in my sacral spine. fu*k.
- curious to see if i feel wrecked tomorrow.

felt great all day after the first session + stretch. dont feel as great after the second session + stretch.

boop.

adarqui · « **Reply #8821 on:** June 02, 2019, 01:22:34 am »

ok so today was weird.. i was in that mode where i was testing my glute/ham in positions that cause it pain. and it's just pissing me off.

so then i start stretching.. and im just like fuck it. i'm going to try and pull this tight muscle off the bone - knowing that sounded like a bad idea.

so i do some long holds.. some intense holds. really stressing that area (glutes/hamstrings/sacral spine), and other areas (back/lats/hips/quads).

long story short.. after stretching through some considerable pain, and thinking i'm making it worse, it felt like it disappeared, even on my run tonight.. and even AFTER my run. haven't felt it at all.

the big test will be tomorrow.. to see how it feels for the AM run.

if this fixes the area, it'll put me back on the stretch bandwagon. because so far it's shocking. this pain has been there for like 2 months now. i've stretched it off/on throughout that period, but never this much.. and probably not this intense.

some side effects of the stretching tho: hamstrings feel shredded.

who knows tho.. i'll probably end up jacking something else up. hope not.

06/01/2019:
- glute/hamstring/spine achy until hours after stretch fest..

11:00 AM: run + bw

run: light: 21 min ::: (grass/dirt/rocks)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2414847069
- 2.06 mi 10:25 /mi 21m 28s

bw:
- 3-5 sec paused dead hang ng pullups: BW x 6
- full dips: BW x 8
- (stretching back) ng position, dead hang from bar: until failure
- (stretching hips/back) dip holds at the top: until failure

12:00 PM through 06:00 PM: various stretch holds
- off and on for hours
- some really long holds, hamstrings/glutes especially
- hit some good spots
- hamstrings are sore af already

08:15 PM: quiet running: 40 min ::: (concrete, ninja pace) /// way too much (intense) stretching today, but it might have helped
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2415932820
- 3.49 mi 11:27 /mi 40m 1s
- excellent run, so smooth & light

01:00 AM: light stretch
- finishing up w/ some more stretching

adarqui · « **Reply #8822 on:** June 02, 2019, 02:10:50 am »

damn that late light stretch went very good.

wasn't able to trigger any of the usual pain.

was able to trigger some fatigue/sensation in one movement.

first time since injury (months go) being able to stretch my hamstring without this area in my glute/hamstring being painfully tight.

crazy.

I posted in a stretching thread in another subforum. That Goggins stuff resonated with me when I saw the interview months back. It reminded me of some stuff i've done, but he ended up doing it daily for years. Seems to be most important to him, his long ~2-3 hour stretch sessions every night.

curious to see how i feel tomorrow. i imagine my hamstrings will be pretty sore lol. but if that injury/pain goes away, man o man.. incredible.

adarqui · « **Reply #8823 on:** June 02, 2019, 05:33:42 pm »

it was NOT a fluke.

magically, I feel healed.

mind blowing.

06/02/2019:
- hamstrings sore (a ripped to shreds kind of feeling)
- feel so light today, moving so relaxed, loose, etc.
- BW: 153 lb !! -> -10 lb since 3 weeks ago.

11:30 AM: run + bw
- great sessions!

run: very light: 46 min {103 F heat index lol} ::: (grass/dirt/rocks) /// legs very sore from some intense stretching yesterday, but it may have fixed my glute/hamstring. crossing fingers.
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2418093435
- 4.10 mi 11:15 /mi 46m 12s
- thick sweat shirt lol.
- (-5) lb water.

very consistent pacing hah.. stride length, freq, pace etc. cool.

bw: very strong!
- 3sec paused dead hang ng pullups: BW x 8
- full dips: BW x 10
- dead hang ng pullup holds: BW x failure
- dip holds at the top: BW x failure

probably won't do another run tonight. might do a light stretch tho.

also, going to order pizza for the NBA Finals Game 2. wooord!

adarqui · « **Reply #8824 on:** June 02, 2019, 05:58:40 pm »

^^ long story short, I might have worked some magic on myself. I got really annoyed at the injury and just tried to stretch the living fu*k out of it - which I knew could be a very bad idea. This was up there with the longest & most intense i’ve ever stretched.

holding stretch positions for 5-10 minutes and such is very difficult. you have to focus so hard on just staying relaxed & calm. really controlling your breathing, trying to just melt into it, and then hold with no protective tension.

could be a David Goggins moment lol. He’s well known for 2-3 hour stretch sessions every night. I def don’t want to get into that… But sometimes your body is just urging you to do some intense stretching, it feels like an instinct. Apparently he fixed his jacked up body (from stress/training) by really committing to stretching.

when I was stretching yesterday, I wasn’t thinking about the injured area actually healing… I just wanted it to release it’s grip for a while and fucking relax.

would be amazing if it’s fixed now.

pc!

adarqui · « **Reply #8825 on:** June 04, 2019, 12:34:08 am »

very quick log.

this morning's run.... legs felt insanely loose/relaxed. in fact, i was going as slow as possible and still hit 10:0X min/mi. That's actually pretty nuts. Recent sessions at the same effort were > 11 easily. Evening session wasn't as good, legs felt heavier, 11:0X.. but that morning session, legs were crazy loose. I love that feeling. Need to figure out how to always have that "snappy loose feeling". I imagine lots of elite runners, jumpers, sprinters etc experience that often.

06/03/2019:
- hamstrings sore
- morning "looseness" was amazing

09:15 AM: run + bw + light stretch

run: light: 25 min ::: (grass/dirt/rocks)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2420103805
- 2.44 mi 10:10 /mi 24m 51s

bw:
- strong
- 3-5 sec paused dead hang chinups: BW x 7
- full dips: BW x 8
- dead hang ng pullup holds: BW x failure
- dip holds at the top: BW x failure

light stretch:
- very relaxed, loose, fairly quick tho
- also got some pulsating

08:30 PM: very light: 39 min ::: (concrete)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2421642881
- 3.48 mi 11:07 /mi 38m 47s

12:30 AM: stretch
- havent done it yet.. plan on doing 30-45 min tho.
- up way too late but whatever :<

gn!

gukl · « **Reply #8826 on:** June 04, 2019, 05:21:15 pm »

Quote from: adarqui on June 02, 2019, 05:58:40 pm

^^ long story short, I might have worked some magic on myself. I got really annoyed at the injury and just tried to stretch the living fu*k out of it - which I knew could be a very bad idea. This was up there with the longest & most intense i’ve ever stretched.

holding stretch positions for 5-10 minutes and such is very difficult. you have to focus so hard on just staying relaxed & calm. really controlling your breathing, trying to just melt into it, and then hold with no protective tension.

could be a David Goggins moment lol. He’s well known for 2-3 hour stretch sessions every night. I def don’t want to get into that… But sometimes your body is just urging you to do some intense stretching, it feels like an instinct. Apparently he fixed his jacked up body (from stress/training) by really committing to stretching.

when I was stretching yesterday, I wasn’t thinking about the injured area actually healing… I just wanted it to release it’s grip for a while and fucking relax.

would be amazing if it’s fixed now.

pc!

Sometimes when I do this it feels amazing and fixes me, occasionally it just makes it worse though. Guess you just gotta play it by feel!

adarqui · « **Reply #8827 on:** June 04, 2019, 11:43:44 pm »

Quote from: gukl on June 04, 2019, 05:21:15 pm

Quote from: adarqui on June 02, 2019, 05:58:40 pm
^^ long story short, I might have worked some magic on myself. I got really annoyed at the injury and just tried to stretch the living fu*k out of it - which I knew could be a very bad idea. This was up there with the longest & most intense i’ve ever stretched.

holding stretch positions for 5-10 minutes and such is very difficult. you have to focus so hard on just staying relaxed & calm. really controlling your breathing, trying to just melt into it, and then hold with no protective tension.

could be a David Goggins moment lol. He’s well known for 2-3 hour stretch sessions every night. I def don’t want to get into that… But sometimes your body is just urging you to do some intense stretching, it feels like an instinct. Apparently he fixed his jacked up body (from stress/training) by really committing to stretching.

when I was stretching yesterday, I wasn’t thinking about the injured area actually healing… I just wanted it to release it’s grip for a while and fucking relax.

would be amazing if it’s fixed now.

pc!

Sometimes when I do this it feels amazing and fixes me, occasionally it just makes it worse though. Guess you just gotta play it by feel!

ya.

need to really try not to force it. i think that's where it falls apart.

stretching has wrecked me probably more than it's helped. but there's got to be something i'm missing. hehe.

adarqui · « **Reply #8828 on:** June 04, 2019, 11:50:53 pm »

feel ok. a bit bloated from last night's rice + saute'd peppers dinner.

feel great after the evening session + dinner. had turmeric/egg pasta (a kind of pasta), sitting really well in my stomach. very nice. the one in the middle:

06/04/2019:

08:00 PM: run + bw + light stretch

run: HR anomaly or watch glitch? wtf? HR slowly went up 1 BPM for the entire run - was blowing my mind during the run lmfao. ::: light: 36 min ::: (grass/dirt/rocks)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2424331419
- 3.27 mi 10:58 /mi 35m 54s

how crazy is this. i was trying to maintain the same effort, stay very relaxed etc.. and my HR kept going up 1 beat over the course of the entire run:

bw:
- weak
- 3 sec paused dead hang ng pullups: BW x 6
- full dips: BW x 6

light stretch:
- just a few light stretches

11:55 PM: stretch
- about to do a long stretch session

Joe · « **Reply #8829 on:** June 05, 2019, 05:06:32 am »

My watch has done that HR thing too, think it's defo a glitch, but it's such a weird one!

adarqui · « **Reply #8830 on:** June 06, 2019, 12:32:27 am »

Quote from: Joe on June 05, 2019, 05:06:32 am

My watch has done that HR thing too, think it's defo a glitch, but it's such a weird one!

damn crazy. i've never seen it before.

still on the fence as to whether or not it was a glitch (initial HR at the start was correct, before it shot up). i was tempted to sprint at the end just to jack the HR up, should have done it.

adarqui · « **Reply #8831 on:** June 06, 2019, 12:37:37 am »

some speed tonight.

felt pretty good. felt ok after. felt a little tightness/pain in the injured area.. got annoyed. been stretching the fuck out of it. feh.

06/05/2019:

09:50 AM: run + bw

run: light: 13 min ::: (grass/dirt/rocks)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2425592344
- 1.24 mi 10:21 /mi 12m 56s

bw:
- 5 sec paused dead hang ng pullups: BW x 6
- full dips: BW x 8
- dead hang ng pullup holds at the bottom: BW x failure
- full dip holds at the top: BW x failure

07:30 PM: just 400m @ 68 before getting kicked off the track
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2427053164
- https://www.endomondo.com/users/26420622/workouts/1332471878
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3719680798
- 3.10 mi 9:03 /mi 28m 3s

decent. 4:2X pace for most of it.

warmup strides good too.

12:00 AM: idiotic stretching
- annoyed

one thing so far before i sign off: standing ground touch (hamstring stretch) x ~15 minutes non stop. hamstrings/glutes spazzing out insane by the end. triggers a sensation directly in the injured area (glute/hamstring/sacral spine). i probably actually injured it by doing stuff like that. heh.

gn!

adarqui · « **Reply #8832 on:** June 07, 2019, 01:32:55 am »

decided to do lunges.

sat with wide squat posture on a physioball while computing today, to try and target my sacral spine/hips. hit it really hard actually.

i sit on the ball when working/coding but normally with shit posture. forcing a wide squat+good posture on it really stresses the hips/sacral spine hard. feels good and bad.

06/06/2019:

09:00 PM: lunges: 15 min (400 total)
- 0.24 mi 17s /mi 4s

adarqui · « **Reply #8833 on:** June 08, 2019, 12:44:22 am »

can't move.

06/07/2019:
- extreme glute/hamstring soreness from lunges (both sides). hehe.

if i feel better tmw i'll lunge again. if not, will probably lunge sunday. if not, will probably lunge monday.

i'm such a stubborn nutbag.

adarqui · « **Reply #8834 on:** June 09, 2019, 12:11:16 am »

still can't move. but legs feel strong.

06/08/2019:
- extreme glute/hamstring/quad soreness. both sides.

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