Yesterday’s work
Squat: 9x3,1x2-90kg; 6x3-80kg beltless
Leg extensions: 3x(8-65lbs+20 plank hip dips
Pull-up: 5,4,4,4,4
Heading to FL today. Turns out mum is leaving a bit early so I might get gym access in a week or two. In the meantime I’m going to crush some conditioning
I’m actually a bit sad that mum won’t be with us for family Christmas
I probably sound like a broken record at this point, but my profs are beyond amazing
I’ve been working on a little model for fun and sent it to my game theory prof. He actually agreed to meet with me to talk about it even though it’s break
Aside from that, I’m really starting to appreciate just how comprehensive the course was. I’ve been reading papers and a lot of them do not venture very far from what we’ve covered in class. All I need is a bit more probability and papers that were previously incomprehensible will be no big deal
How’s your neck pain and tingling arms? Do you think your problems align with thoracic outlet syndrome?
It’s a bit better now that I’m not as stressed and haven’t been working upper back that much. Still a pain in the arse though
Some of the symptoms do look suspiciously on point (bluish cold hands) but others do not resonate and it’s a “rare” condition so I’m very skeptical
You’re pitching something very specific, highly detail oriented and critically argued amongs specialists here. If there really is an indication for this, you’re going to need multiple doctors and imaging.
In any case if you’re experiencing neurological symptoms @anna_5588, you should get that checked out ASAP.
Edit: There’s likely a simpler explanation is what I wanted to say. If it’s only a tingling that stops as soon as you shake your hands for example, it’s more likely has it’s origin in the neck musculature and can be relieved through exercise modification.
Well and then there’s the general theme of recovery and imposed demands of course (lots of posts about the upper back being very tight/ fatigued/ overworked).
If those symptoms are more serious I would still get them checked out though.
I realise this comes across as me pitching something. Certainly didn’t intend to. Was researching my own stuff, and came across TOS (it’s also been huge in my YouTube-feed, algorithms are weird) and it mapped to some of the things that @anna_5588 mentioned in the thread she created a while back where I also encouraged her to seek a proper healthcare professional because of the neurological symptoms. Not sure if she ever did.
Did you, @anna_5588?
I would in general be careful to communicate specific diagnostics with very incomplete information, especially as you gather more knowledge about various types of injuries and disabilities.
The way you (especially in your future role) communicate is a HUGE influence in your therapy in and of itself as either a risk factor for catastrophization and chronification OR a ressource for the hypothetical patient.
TOS for example is a complex and rather nebulous construct which can be very scary. By suggesting to explore that direction without significant indices pointing in that direction, you may plant an idea in someone’s head, that could lead to fear which in turn could lead to worsening of symptoms (the usual cascade for anything orthopedic for example is: Pain/ disability - miscommunication - fear surrounding movement - movement avoidance - artrophy - worsening of symptoms - wrong believes leading to loss of confidence - downward spiral which causes chronification of something that doesn’t need to be).
Don’t take this as an attack, I mean it as advice.
@anna_5588 sorry, don’t mean to talk about you as if you weren’t involved or your symptoms aren’t significant. I don’t remember you describing them and would generally suggest seeing a doctor.
The more I learn, the less specific answers I give on purpose, actually. Especially if I am not communicating to patients.
I appreciate the constructive advice my friend!
Yes. I went to the university health services about two weeks ago (had to get lab work done also, mentioned in a previous post). They told me to do stretches and see a doctor if things didn’t get better.
I haven’t been consistent with the stretches so I can’t complain about the results I didn’t get from the work I didn’t do. Will start now.
@Koestrizer good point. I was pretty sure I didn’t have TOS when I saw that it was a rare condition. I’ve also gotten x-rays done before and know that I don’t have an extra rib
As usual, I was skimming, @anna_5588 - I don’t know for sure yet, but I think I’ll be getting my first B (honestly, maybe even a C, but I really don’t think so) this semester too. And my major/school isn’t even as hard as yours, so I’m not sure what that says about me, haha. Anyway, I’m usually not as concerned about this stuff as some people be, I’m pretty good at not letting little things get me down, but I did have a small moment of like, “Dang, there goes that “perfect” GPA.” But really, as I’ve thought about it, and as any adult in here will tell you, it’s one test in one class (this is for my situation). It does not affect the rest of my college years, and twenty years from now I will probably not remember it happening. There’s more to life than grades. I will continue to work hard in school and have expectations of myself, but I can also get a B and not have it be the end of my life. Gotta take it easy on yourself once in a while.
Today’s work
1-10 devil’s presses-20lb Dbs w/ 10-100 jumping jacks btw sets
Curl-5x5/side-20lb DB, no rest
1-5 DB manmaker-20lb Dbs w/50 jumping jacks btw sets
z-press: 5x7-20lb Dbs
Turns out that mum is going back to Shanghai next week and I’ll get to join a gym → gym access for 3 weeks. Given this, I really don’t want to do front squats tomorrow. I want to play around with DB snatches and devils presses
@hustlinghat93
@Voxel I started applying mum’s heel balm (for cracked heels). It really helped my hads
On a tangent: I understand the logic behind doing conditioning the day after a hard workout to get blood flowing, but after a hard squat or deadlift workout, conditioning just isn’t happening. Taking an off day legit makes me feel better
Update:
You are young enough that this makes total sense. Conditioning to get blood flowing is an old person thing. I never did that at your age. You are making the right decision
Neat. Happy to hear it! My previous recommendation of acquiring a split stick from Rhino still stands. I’ve had splits that healed overnight in the tent making it so that I could climb several days rather than cutting my outing short (which isn’t fun for anyone). If you do end up buying from them you could pick up a bottle of Repair as well. I more or less have to take something that rehydrates the skin after having been chalked up for hours during the winter months.
I’d also suggest purchasing a roll of cohesive tape as opposed to adhesive tape. It only sticks to itself and thus you can protect the “wound” and remove the tape without conceivably re-opening the “wound”.
Can vouch for circuit tape from Power Company Climbing (5 bucks for 2 rolls, 8 bucks for 5 rolls).
Does this relate to the conversation in my log? The logic @T3hPwnisher shares makes absolute sense.
FWIW, the Fortitude Training manual talks about cardio and references several research papers that resistance training can impart the same benefits. Also, it suggests to avoid cardio the day after leg training.
Not going to disagree
To be clear, my rest days aren’t inactive. I just don’t do a real workout or anything that raises my heat rate
And that’s probably better given your stated goals. I’m fine that some of the stuff I do detracts from the other things that I do as long as it doesn’t undo them.
My motivation for cardio is that if I don’t respond to non-stimulatory medication and need central stimulants that means my heart rate will be elevated by the drugs. By improving my cardiovascular fitness I can get my resting heart rate to go down.
Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t run routinely. I’ve figured out more or less what life throws at me and I’ve discovered that I have the fitness necessary already to deal with that and beyond. Hiking in the mountains with gear is the thing that I do with the greatest aerobic requirements.
yesterday’s work
Squat jumps: 4x5-25lbs
Good mornings: 10x(10-85lbs+12 curls-25lbs+5burpees)
Press: 5x2-85lb EMOM
Conditioning: 8x(30sec squat-20lb DBs+15sec rest)
Today’s work
fitness blender 27min kickboxing video
3x(10lateral raises/side+10 front raises/side)-8lb Db
Overhead tricep extension: 3x12-8lb Db
Updates:
Honestly, I’ve just been in “decompress” mode lately… Tired, moving at half speed, no motivation…
Not if you were not eating enough while doing more work.
Imagine you pouring 500ml (your kcals) in an empty 1l bottle(energy expenditure) daily, and then changing the bottle to a 750ml bottle. It’s still not enough to overflow and tell you the bottle is full despite the bottle being smaller. Maybe your appetite is not decreasing because your intake is still not enough to change the signals your body is sending you?
Honestly yes. I’m back in Florida and it 1000% feels like a repeat of 2020…
I want to go back to school…
Good news is that I’ll be back to a gym on Tuesday
Saturdays work:
2x(1 to 5 to 1 of db man makers, 10 reps of ab exercise btw sets)
Z press: 4x8-20lb dbs
Yesterday’s work
Press: 1x14, 6x12, 1x10, 1x4- all with 55lbs
Kbs: 3x6-45lbs “hard style”
Conditioning: 25db man makers for time-20lb dbs, 4:57… oof…
I get to go to the gym tomorrow so I’m taking today off
@hustlinghat93 I have two months to run a program before going back to sheiko to make my birthday deadline. Given the gym situation, I’m not going to be able to do the daily deadlifts thing. I was thinking of doing two cycles of BBB, like everyone else it seems. Thoughts?
Or if you have another program that’s 3-4 days a week (I can do presses at home).
@garagerocker13 @boilerman @jdm135 you guys have run BBB, how effective was it for deadlift. I pull sumo ish
I’d also like to address the “groundhog day” thing. It really does feel like a repeat. I’m more bloated, feel lazier… I think my body is unconsciously down regulating expenditure when I’m not at school for some reason. Very frustrating. with that said, I do think having gym access will help a lot