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also, PR: got 25% raise today. retroactive to october. next paycheck is gonna be more money than i've ever gotten at once in my whole life.

a geometric pattern that has some deep personal meaning for me, and i'll leave it at that. 

How did the tattoo turn out and how'd you feel afterwards?  On my big piece she did about 2hrs straight at a time and i didnt feel much of anything on any of my tattoos but afterwards, it would have sucked to have to do an arm day.

Quote from: LBSS on February 27, 2016, 08:06:23 pm

a geometric pattern that has some deep personal meaning for me, and i'll leave it at that. 

How did the tattoo turn out and how'd you feel afterwards?  On my big piece she did about 2hrs straight at a time and i didnt feel much of anything on any of my tattoos but afterwards, it would have sucked to have to do an arm day.

turned out great, pretty much exactly how i pictured it which is about all i could ask for. hurt like a bitch at first and then off and on while the guy was doing it -- some parts of the arm are more sensitive than others. but i felt fine afterwards. a few days later it's basically healed. still a little tender after i rub the ointment in but otherwise no problem.

YESTERDAY: 3/1/16

Daily routine. Not gonna log, same thing every time. Did the whole thing.

TODAY

WEIGHT: 187.8 (171.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: knees as soon as i started jumping
MENTAL STATE: good

Daily routine.

Then:

- MB OH throws x 5

- skater jumps x 20,20

- DLRVJ x 5,5,(5,5)
knees really bothering me after the second set, especially right. took vest off and toughed out two more sets but  form was deteriorating and height with it. bagged rest of workout. fuck.

 

nah it's not below my kneecap. more above and behind, so maybe quad tendon? going vestless today to give knees a rest.

also, a post in coges's journal made me think of something. i've started training my mom and dad once a week. it's been really fascinating working with both of them, and it's rekindled my interest in training and PT in a way that hasn't been true for a few years. everyone on here is a young man with at least a little bit of training under his belt. some are stronger or faster than others, of course, but in general we're a fairly homogeneous group. i love following the journals, chipping in with my $0.02 when i feel like i have something to contribute, etc. but i haven't had the fire to go out and read a bunch of new stuff and try to learn in a while.

my mom is weak and immobile by comparison. that is not a surprise, of course. she's a 61-year-old woman. but the degree to which i'm stronger, more mobile, and better balanced than she is is eye-opening. apart from just not being very muscular, her muscles don't fire right. she is, for lack of a better word, disorganized when it comes to movements in the gym. she is a good athlete -- three-sport varsity in high school, swam across the chesapeake bay to celebrate her 50th birthday, does sprint triathlons -- so she learns pretty quickly. but she has a hard time making her glutes fire, for example, or hinging at her hips for an RDL. her thoracic spine and shoulders are very stiff and her posture is poor.

initially i wanted her to be doing a lot of unilateral leg stuff because balance is a priority. but given her difficulty with SL RDLs, i've decided that she needs to spend some dedicated time just working on activation. prone leg raises and glute kickbacks, and x-band walks. lunges, which she can do well enough now. bent-knee hollow position leg raises. and a lot of very gentle shoulder and t-spine mobility work, and band pull-aparts.

so coges, what i'm saying is you have the same problem as my mother and should do more activation stuff for your ass. 

Quote from: LBSS on March 03, 2016, 10:25:07 am

so coges, what i'm saying is you have the same problem as my mother and should do more activation stuff for your ass. 

It's not everyday I get compared to a 61 year old woman so your mum must be awesome!!! haha

Having said that I rarely/never get glute soreness from any activation stuff. All the high rep stuff gives me glute pump but no soreness. That's why it was so strange to get from either the SL DLs or the weighted jumps. Also have never done SL DLs with a barbell before so that could be the game changer.

I usually have to poke my biceps to get my biceps fired up but that might be weird for glutes.  The hip circle on deadlifts and squats helped to get my p-chain going.

had to go to richmond yesterday at the last minute -- family business -- so could not make it to the gym. got back this afternoon.

WEIGHT: 189.2 (173.0)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little, on a couple of jumps
MENTAL STATE: low motivation, otherwise fine

- warm up

Jumps:

- skater jump x 20

- one-step RVJ x 10

- DLRVJ x 5,5,5,5,5
knee bugging a little when form go away from me. if i lead with the left and don't collapse over my right foot i'm okay. as soon as my right knee starts traveling forward on the plant i'm screwed.

- bound-bound-jump x 3,3,3,3,3

Strength:

- paused speed squat 275 x 5,5
challenging but solid, getting close to the heaviest weights i ever did paused so that's good

- deficit DL 315 x 5
low back announcing itself, decided against second set. used straps.

- hip thrust 315 x 15,15

- DB push press 55s x 10,7

- pull up x 1,2,3,4,3,2,1

- decline sit up x 10,10,10
no BB, low back was feeling it a bit so played it cautious

- stretch

ended up being a good workout.

LATER IN THE EVENING

Daily routine. Knees started bothering me a little but not too bad.