Hello all, those of you who aren’t new may remember me as I posted quite frequently until late last year when my lumbar area started acting up again.
I had to drop leg work and that sort of killed any desire I had to log. I still managed to do upper body stuff and I’m significantly stronger as a result. I’m finally back to squating so I thought I’d start logging again. I’m waiting until I’m reaclaimated to squats before I’ll start deads again but it won’t be too much longer before I’m back doing those.
I’m doing a half assed body part split for a bit until I get back on teh 5/3/1 wagon.
Monday: Shoulders
Seated DB Press
8x50
8x55
8x60
8x65
8x65
Incline bench: bar to chest
8x135
8x155
8x165
Face Pulls
12x72.5
12x80
12x87.5
12x95
HS Iso Shoulder press
8 x70/side
8 x80/side
8 x90/side
5 x100/side
Was gassed at the end of these. I have a workout partner who can lift with me during the day so I’m helping ehr learn some stuff which also helped with the tiring quickly.
[quote]Scotto wrote:
Joe it’s good to see you posting again, really missed following your log. I’m sure your squat and dead numbers will climb fast.[/quote]
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[quote]Scotto wrote:
Joe it’s good to see you posting again, really missed following your log. I’m sure your squat and dead numbers will climb fast.[/quote]
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If you need help with exercises to work around your injuries I might be able to help. Foe what its worth I broke my back 3 times and have 3 herniated discs and still manage to squat and deadlift (not as much but I can still do it!)
If you need help with exercises to work around your injuries I might be able to help. Foe what its worth I broke my back 3 times and have 3 herniated discs and still manage to squat and deadlift (not as much but I can still do it!)[/quote]
Thanks, I will probably take you up on it at some point. My "idea’ is to get back to squatting and pulling and then find the lowest impact, on my low back, assistance exercises I can find.
After lots of testing I have found that using Hammer Strength stuff to work my back is an effective way to get the work in without overly taxing my lumbar area.
I think I’m going to slow up the reps on my warm up sets as I train my new lifting partner. She’s so new that she is having to learn everything. Once she’s got a better handle on things we’ll be doing 5/3/1 again.