Been a bit unlucky from an injury/ouchie sense lately. Foot is doing well. Pinched my finger at work. Aside from the flesh removal, I think the tip of the finger may be broken as well. Closing my hand is somewhat difficult.
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Now would be a good time to break out the straps for upper back work to Keep it easy on the finger.
Keep the faith through the injuries. I got sidelined for a year by a shoulder, it sucks. You can put your energy toward better diet and work the things you can actually work so you’re still making progress somewhere. By the time your knee heals you can be closing the #3 gripper or add .5 inch to your arms.
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This should definitely happen. I think people would be flabbergasted and appalled by my regular diet.
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Tough luck man! You’ll power through. It does suck though…
Does anyone have experience with numbness in extremities? Upon waking my left hand (thumb, pointer, and middle finger) are numb with reduced strength for 1-2 hours.
If I do lots of arms and shoulders, things get tight. Sleeping like this, basically in a half-assed most-muscular pose all night, will make my fingers and hands numb and my elbows feel “hot.”
Stretching out forearms/biceps/lats seems to help. If I stay pro-active I can usually avoid this problem all together with a few basic stretches, like we used to do before wrestling practice.
If I slack, and my shoulders get real jammed up I have to break out lacrosse balls to grind on my lats and bands to “traction” my shoulders.
Really hard grip work can make your fingers go numb for days too.
Brian Shaw talked about that. He said the only way to solve it was to learn sleep on your back. I guess all that weight laying on your arm for 8 hours is a problem.
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Is that because you are sleeping on your arm? If not, go see a doctor!
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@Basement_Gainz @Koestrizer
I sleep flat on my back, small pillow under neck. I think this might be some ulnar impingement, or worst case something spine related. Doesn’t feel very good. Planning some sort of specialist visit in the future.
Do you take lots of ZMA or something similar? I remember reading on the tub that prolonged high doses of vitamin B or something in it can cause numbness.
I have a potent multi, inositol, and the occasional energy drink or pre-workout. It could be something to look in to. However after a couple days I’m pretty sure it’s ulnar related. I rarely train biceps directly, and I did on Monday. After taking a couple days off and stretching my forearms often, the numbness has been relieved.
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5/12 Press assistance
Close grip bench, half thumb from smooth
25 pull aparts between each set
Barx5
Barx5
Barx5
135x5
185x5
225x5
245x3
275x3x3
225x8x3
185x10x3
155x12x3
DB seated laterals, 5 count eccentric
25 pull aparts between each set
10’sx10
25’sx8x3
15’sx20
Incline Tate Press
25 pull aparts between each sey
30’sx12
40’sx12x3
30’sx12
100 plate raises w/ 25 lbs
100 ab wheel rollouts
Have an awesome session planned this evening with an old training partner. He is the best natural squatter I have ever seen. He went from 275x5 to 550x1, 405x20, and 455x12 within 3 months of
training together and giving him a pointer or two.
We are going to play with his form a bit to help with some quad pain, then train cleans, heavy chins, potentially rows, and a stupid carry medley. Fingers crossed that my foot holds up.
5/12 pull
Hang clean
Barx5
Barx5
95x3
95x3
135x2
135x2
185x2
185x2
205x2x6
Chinups
+45x8x8
Bunch of sandbag carries, longest one about 500 ft
Fun day training with a buddy.
Also had large shoddy rack fall on me at work today. I caught it, shouted “Not today!”, and threw in back in the opposite direction. Proceeded to almost cry laughing from my cheesy action movie response.
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Benefits of training…it’s the little things in life hahaha 
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5/16 Lower
Did this in 23 minutes to try to get to work a bit early
Front squat
Barx8
Barx8
135x3
185x1
225x1
275x1
300 for 10 singles
Paused hang clean
5x5 with 185
Long deload/work focus/healing programming is over. Been doing a lot of LISS and body weight stuff that I haven’t bothered logging. Have a high frequency, lowish volume, undulating intensity plan laid out. Going to really push a few movements that I seem to be able to do consistently without hurting/injuring myself.
5/20
Front squat with SSB
Barx5
135x3
185x3
225x1
275x1
300 for 10 doubles
Power clean from hang
135x3
185x3
225 for 15 doubles
Waiter walk
100 lbsx200’, 3 rounds each hand
100 tricep reps
5 sets of ab wheel 1/2 rollouts from standing. I can lower myself pretty well, but can’t yet reverse the direction with any sort of control
Between a 17 hour work shift and a stomach bug, the higher frequency training start date was moved back a pinch.
5/24 press
BTN push press
Barx5
95x3
135x3
155x3
185x1
225x1
275x miss, immediately tried again and got it but almost died halfway through. Mid back decided to cramp harder than I can ever remember as soon as the bar left my back, fell backwards, locked the weight out, and somehow regained balance. Definitely woke me up.
Switched to normal push press
205 for 8 singles
Working on push pressing from a front rack position rather than a leaning back strict press.
Clean and press, clean each rep, straight from the catch into the press without resetting
155x5x5
Dips
Bwx5
+45x5
+90×5
+135×5 very fast and smooth, but I could could tell triceps were dying
+90×12
+45×15
5 sets of cable tricep extensions
Ab wheel
Various chin up holds
Finally figuring out what kind of “lifter” I am. I am very explosive, at least that’s what my body prefers. I can grind reps, but after one or two max effort reps I’m beat for a week or more.
I also have been pushing assistance work with too much intensity. I’m dialing back on the weight for assistance and supplementary work and focusing more on the quality of those movements.
Looking forward to see if this pays dividends over the next training cycle or two.
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5/25 Lower
Front squat, cross arm, no belt
Barx5
Barx10
135x5
185x1
225x1
275x1
300 for 8 triples
SSB squat
135 for 100 reps in 15ish minutes
Leg raises
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5/26 Pull
Duffin-ish rows
Barx10
135x10
185x10
225x6
275x6
295x5,5,5
Hang clean
185x10,8,6,4,2
Pullups
Bwx8
+45×8,8,8,8
Handstands