ActivitiesGuy Log III: Now Contains Westside Conjugate Like Substance

Training Training Logs
4186

Wednesday 7/31

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

9, 7, 6, 5, 5

4187

Thursday 8/1

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

9, 8, 7, 6, 5

4188

Friday 8/2

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

4189

Saturday 8/3

DUMBBELL STUFF

Lateral Raise 3 x 10 x 15’s
Curls 3 x 10 x 25’s
Press 3 x 10 x 40’s

Hotel gym - quick little circuit.

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4190

Sunday 8/4

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

4191

Monday 8/5

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

4192

Tuesday 8/6

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

4193

Wednesday 8/7

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

4194

Thursday 8/8

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

4195

Friday 8/9

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

4196

Saturday 8/10

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

4197

Sunday 8/11

DUMBBELL STUFF

Lat Raise 10x10, 10x15
Curl 10x15, 10x20
Hammer Curl 10x20, 10x25
Rotating Press 10x25, 10x30
Overhead Press 10x30, 10x35

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4198

Some idle thoughts.

I’m schedule for my hernia surgery later this week.

When I am cleared for activity after surgery, I’m thinking this will be my remedial approach.

  • 4 weeks of light dumbbell workouts

  • 4 weeks of alternating pull-up workouts and kettlebell press workouts

  • 8 weeks of slowly ramping up from 135 to something approaching normal working weights for squats and deadlifts

  • this time, I’m permanently keeping multiple days per week of pull-ups in my workout routine. My upper body feels great when I do them and I’m kind of annoyed that I ever let them fall out of my rotation.

  • I also want to keep at least a couple sets of simple dumbbell stuff (like the above - lat raises, curls, presses) as a finisher on these pull-up workouts - and therefore as an option for stand-alone workouts like the above without feeling like I’m doing something that I am not already doing regularly. I realize that over the years my stubborn “powerlifter’s pride” where I act like I’m too good for any bodybuilding has been a little silly. That stuff is great for keeping shoulders and arms functional and looking fit. It’s also nice because basically every hotel these days has a dumbbell rack so I always can do something that’s in my regular routine without needing to seek out special accommodations.

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4199

Monday 8/12

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

7, 6, 6, 6, 6

4200

Tuesday 8/13

CONDITIONING

Pull-ups

8, 7, 6, 6, 6

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4201

Wednesday 8/14

LIGHT DUMBBELL STUFF

Lat Raise 10x15
Zottman Curl 10x15
Standard Curl 10x20
Hammer Curl 10x25
Overhead Press 10x25

Two rounds through. Hernia surgery on Friday. Hoping to get through two weeks with no lifting then maybe be able to do something like this by September.

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4202

Thursday 8/15

LIGHT DUMBBELL STUFF

Lat Raise 10x15
Zottman Curl 10x15
Standard Curl 10x20
Hammer Curl 10x25
Overhead Press 10x25

Last workout before going under the knife. Surgery scheduled for 8AM tomorrow!

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4203

Friday 8/16

HERNIA SURGERY

By afternoon I could walk around at leisurely pace. Summary

  • no moment-to-moment pain at hernia site at all
  • soreness/tenderness mostly confined to abs and incision site
  • need to be very careful sitting up, bending over or twisting at all for a few weeks until incisions have healed
  • permitted (even encouraged) to do lots of easy walking, but not really supposed to be strenuous - just light bouts
  • no lifting over 10-15 pounds for “2-3 weeks” or “4-6 weeks” depending on which part of my discharge paperwork you read. Will see what the doc says when I have my follow up appointment in 2 weeks, I am hopeful that I could start some easy dumbbell stuff like the workouts above around then as long as I’m careful about bending over to pick up the weights etc.
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4204

Saturday 8/17

Gentle Treadmill Walk

I stayed in a hotel the night of my surgery (wife and I agreed it would be best to give me one night away from our rambunctious boys who may struggle to understand exactly what “daddy just had surgery and can’t pick you up” means) so this morning I just did a little stroll outside around the parking lot and then on the treadmill (more to see what my leisurely, entirely non-strenuous, flat walking pace can/should be for now). Our neighborhood is mostly hilly but our block itself is flat so realistically after going home I’ll probably just do something like “walk up and down the block twice every hour” for the next week.

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4205

Sunday 8/18

GENTLE WALK

20 minutes of strolling back and forth on my street.

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