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Occurred to me today that it could be the fact that my toes were in a weird position for years while I fenced, especially the left one.

Only one decent thing to report about the workout today: bench press!

Warm up
jog x7mins
usual
pogos 3x5-8
stiff leg ankle hops x10

Work
SLRVJ xa bunch -- not so hot, or at least a couple of the jumps off my right foot were okay but left all sucked and most of right sucked
bench 3x175, 3s185, 7x195  
chinups x10, 6 -- elbow and upper left arm fail

Cool down
stretch

Core
crunches x100
back extensions x60

According to the timinvermont one-rep max calculator, that's a one-rep max of 235 for the bench, or 20 pounds heavier than I've ever actually lifted. And my elbow was not having a happy day. Part of me thinks I should cut back on weight (i.e. intensity) for all exercises and focus on higher reps, get back to basics with technique and make sure my tendons and ligaments are up to speed with my musklez.

Last night, another double header. We lost the first game by one fucking point because several of my teammates, as I've said before, are fucking morons with a completely distorted sense of reality. We had like a nine-point lead with five minutes to go in the game and just started throwing shit away. AND we beat this team last week. The second game was against the best team in the league -- they're undefeated and blowing everyone out. We lost that game by I don't know how much but they said it was the closest anyone has come. Would have been good to go 1-1 for seeding purposes in the tournament next week, but what are you gonna do.

Also, this morning, the outside of my right knee feels super tight. My dumb ass has got to get better about the roller/trigger point stuff. Hopefully I can learn a thing or two in my massage today. 

Finally, I'm kind of beating myself up right now because instead of coming straight home, eating, and going to sleep last night I met up with some people for dinner and then went to a bar. Spent too much money when I didn't need to and got to bed an hour and a half later than I should have.  So I ended up getting ~5.5 hours of sleep because I had to get up early for work this morning. Not enough. Dumb.

Yesterday:

Warm up
usual

Work
DLRVJ x a bunch -- started out really crappy but then realized that I wasn't running up fast enough; I was kind of loping. Got higher once I started actually RUNNING up.
Bench 5x185, 3x195, 3x205
Pullups 3x4xbw+25

Cool down
stretch

Today:

Hat tournament (teams randomly assigned for the day). Absolutely perfect weather, fun people, low-key ultimate. We lost all our games but I don't care. It was great. But my right knee is super tight. God I'm injury prone.

32, maybe 33 at the way outside? Really hard to tell. Will be easier once I can start jumping to a rim.

Workout today:

Cut down tree with chainsaw x2
Cut trees up into pieces x a lot

So much fun. Something wrong with my knee. It was worse this morning but it's still wigging out a little bit. I will not be doing any jumps or heavy lower body stuff for the next little while. And DEFINITELY no frisbee on Tuesday, unfortunately. But this thing just demands rest.

damn that sucks man, the knee issue. have you tried icing/foam rolling ITB/light stretching?

PT was really interesting today. Learned some things, wish I'd been taking notes or recording it because they guy covered a lot of ground. Seemed to know his shit. Got confirmation that the level of extension in my big toes is RIDICULOUSLY low. The guy literally said, "Wow," a bunch of times while he was moving them around with his hands.

He also told me that basically my problem is beyond physical therapy. I should be stretching twice a day for 60 seconds even if I don't feel a stretch, just to improve the ROM. No one knows whether that will decrease my pain, though. And the manual therapy can deal with some of the adhesion issues in the bottoms of my feet, on my shins, etc. Beyond that, he said I should see a podiatrist, so I made an appointment for Friday with a guy that the PT recommended. X-rays for sure and we'll go from there. I'm kind of looking forward to seeing the insides of my feet. I still have the X-rays from when I dislocated my collarbone a few years back.

Lastly, and most shittily, the guy told me I'll probably have to get surgery. The toe doesn't hurt when I wear cleats and he said it probably won't get any better or worse over the summer so I should play out my season and then get it operated on in the fall. I'm inclined to believe him because he's not a surgeon so he has no personal interest in that route. But we'll see what the podiatrist says.

In the meantime, he gave me the go-ahead to start biking and doing some exercises for my knee. I've said it before, but my cardio/work capacity could be WAY better. So for the next week, I'm not going to do any loaded shit on my legs, just focus on upper body stuff and then hit the bike for ~30 mins at an extensive aerobic pace (HR ~160). I need to start building some capacity. Won't be jumping or doing heavy squats for a little bit anyhow, may as well start to work hard* at something else. If my jumping/strength/speed go down, well, what can I do, I need healthy legs before I do anything with them. Thinking:

Warm up
spin x5-10mins
usual (minus lunges and other standing leg stuff)
hamstring leg curls w/physioball 2-3x a fuck ton (PT basically said, "smoke 'em")

Work
bench 3-4x6-8
pullups 3-4x6-8
core

spin @low-moderate pace x30mins

Cool down
spin @easy pace x5mins
stretch
foam roll/tennis ball/super ball

Once my knee is feeling 90% or so I'll throw some unilateral shit in there and once it's back to normal I'll go back to jumps, squats, jump squats, DLs, etc.

*To be honest, I'm not sure how "hard" I can work at aerobic stuff right now. That's how much I suck. But I've got to start somewhere.

you still going to play ultimate?

No effing way.