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I'm still here. Kinda. Knee is still fucked. MRI scheduled for this Saturday. I told them to fuck it and scan both knees lol may as well find out if anything is wrong ya know? Haven't lifted in... A week? Apparently I'm subconsciously favoring my knee and it's misaligning my back, which has resulted in me pulling my right side spinal erector twice in two weeks now. We're going to call this a forced deload lol!

Side note: I'll toss that 315 bench up and the one jump I mentioned earlier later as If totally forgotten to post them. (Yup i suck)

Alrighty... Had an MRI on both knees Sat. Squatted Monday because fuck it I haven't done shit in a min. 365 top single, 225 x10, 225 x10, 225 x20. FML lol some accessory work.

Right knee is killing me afterwards.

Get MRI results this morning... right knee is fine (wtf) and the left knee (which ISNT in pain) has a bunch of torn cartilage between my patella and femur. Going to my Ortho to schedule arthroscopic asap. Yayyyy. Now to figure out why TF my right knee is so stiff and in pain with no structural damage.

So first week of 4x12 is in the bag and I'm pleasantly surprised. On bench I managed 225 for 12, 12, 12, then 9. Barbell rows 185 for all and had a lot left in the tank. 205 next week. OHP used 115 for reps and got it but the last 2 of each set were a conscious effort lol! BW is still 186.5lbs most days. I'm measuring quad and glute size later this week to at least track size loss in that regard. 

Sitting at the Ortho right now to schedule surgery so updates later!

🙂 Do ittt!


As for my...training... (Can't really call it training right now lol) I'm supposed to be on a m-f schedule but man doing nothing Saturday was horrible. So I went to the gym to put a friend through a new shoulder workout and decided I'd mess around with some light back work rows and lat pulls along with some face pulls to hammer rear delts. Felt much better and at the end I decided I'd rep some light bench. 135 for 20 first set andy buddy says go for broke on the second set lol! Made it to 37. Not bad for no real warmup. And now I have a benchmark <get it lol

Ok so, general update time! Bench is now a solid 4x12 at 225. Rows are 4x15 at 185. Strict Ohp today was 135 x12, x12, x11, x10. meh. BW is 188-190 now. I've decided to continue on volume until I'm cleared to lift on legs THEN swap to 5x5 on upper body lifts and do volume on legs to get some GPP back on them. Additionally I won't be worn down by a ton of volume every day. After 6-8 weeks I'll swap and go 5x5 on squats and deadlifts and back to volume on upper body until my squat and deadlift are back to comparable BW ratios as before. Then hit some plyos hard for about 2 weeks and see where I'm at.

Rough plan at least.

Oh side note, tried a submax 1 step jump on Monday, touched 10'7 so still have some bounce. Knee was a little sore but not painful. Didn't push it tho.

Back day! Weighed 189.4lbs. Barbell rows 4x12 @ 205lbs. Nice. Lat pulldown, some curls, rows and face pulls for curcuits and hammered out some good mornings as a finisher. Good day.

Successful back day. BB rows at 205 for 4x12 was easier than expected. May move to 225 next week. Lat pull, curls, face pull, low cable row, back extensions and core circuits after. Seated good morning finisher then ran through some dynamic leg warmups and tried a few box jumps. Felt ok. Can not WAIT to start lifting legs again! 😭 I can telly power/strength is down by my SVJ but the few plyos I've tried (depth jumps and a few ankle hope) feel good. Need to at least bike or jog some starting next week.