Got cleared to do some light lifting. Tried squatting Monday and he knee jount isnt too stable and had some patella tendon inflammation so I stopped at 135lbs and just did 3x10. Bleh. Knee joint feels amazing until i gp below parallel thennn it flares up some. Tried a few box jumps. 30" box was a barely make it type deal lol! Packed it in.
Today.... figured id deadlift and see how it feels since it doesnt have mcuh knee flexion. Light warmup (dynamic but much less than my normal) and the 30" jumps were slightly better. No depth jumps or repetitive jumps just to be safe. I'll wait til its 100%. 135, 185, 225, 275, 315, 365, even pulled 405 rather easily (surprising considering the time off). Did 3x8 at 225 for sets. Curious to see how the knee feels tomorrow. General plan is to slowly work back to a solid 365 squat, 425 dead then start some explosive lifts/plyos. Tried a single one step jump post lifts today. Touched 10'3" and landing was unstable so no more for a minute. BW was 183lbs today btw.
2 things of note, 1 rather large the other...not so much. First, the gym has decided to have a 1000lb club! Yay!!! I would like to be at the top of the lb for lb list so thats a goal. Currently the gym owner has moved 1250ish withroom to go at a BW of 200lbs. So thats the benchmark. I wont make the overall lbs list as theres some 240+lb beasts that come through lol
Secondly, and the big one. The docs have discovered what has been plauging me for the last 5-6 months medically. Thyroid issues run in my family and apparently mine ran amuck and shut down my test production. Blood work last week revealed it to be on the extreme low side of normal. (explains my exhaustion, slow recovery and healing, lethargy and stalling on my lifts overall). Im now on meds to hopefully stabilize my thyroid AND a super low dose of test cyp that should bring me back to normal ranges. I had my 1st injection Wednesday which scared me to death (needle phobia) and the dr says itll take a few weeks to stabilize and come up. Blood work every month because he refuses to allow me to go over normal levels of test (I dont blame him and dont really want to). That said mentally its a struggle right now because well, fuck, im only freaking 30 years old and thats messing with me some "as a man". And then theres the whole, well chris is on gear now BS which i dont really care for seeing as Id still test clean in any competition. But it is what it is and if it helps me be me again im going to do it. so yea, theres my huge 'fuck my life' rant.
