Single Arm Dumbbell Press
20kgs x7
22kgs x5
24kgs x3
Quasi Conventional Sumo Deadlift (PROM - 4 Mats)
60kgs x10
80kgs x8
100kgs x6
120kgs x4
140kgs x3
160kgs x3 rep 2 and 3 were done using hookgrip
180kgs x3 used straps from here onwards
200kgs x2x0
190kgs x0
180kgs x0
Well shit, that’s a lot of 0s. Gonna redo 4 Mats next week, maybe I’m just a lil tired.
Video only included 120kgs to 180kgs.
Snatch
Practised more and I got a PR of 60kgs on the full snatch. Did a bunch of stuff, not gonna write everything down.
Video included 2 of the nicer looking snatches from 20/6 and 2 from today, including the 60kgs PR. It’s kinda pathetic to say but ahahaha, it’s something.
EDIT : Missed out the single arm dumbbell work initially.
The 160kgs was probably one of the hardest things I’ve done in a while. Hell, I’m actually a little hesitant to call it a deadlift, more like a bounce lift of sorts. But whatever, I got the 10 reps and it’s all about the progression. Feeling awfully dizzy after the set and I felt like I was gonna vomit at least half a dozen times after that.
Strongman Training
Helped demonstrate some bench press technique stuff, wrapped the shit out of my injured hand and did 60kgs x 8 just to mess around with the juniors.
Bench
did some sets of 10 up till 50kgs, nothing spectacular.
EDIT : Did 11 reps of 160kgs instead of 10, totally slipped my mind.
Press clean (read reverse grip bicep curl once for every set
20kgs x10
25kgs x10
30kgs x10
35kgs x10
40kgs x5
45kgs x5
50kgs x0 wrists hurt just getting the bar up
I was like fuck it, got annoyed and called it a day.
Bench
tried to bench a bit, did some sets of 10 reps till 60kgs and did 1 rep of 60kgs. 1 rep and my wrist started to hurt, decided to go fuck it and stop, again.
##I think it’s pretty obvious that I’m VERY frustrated when it comes to how my training is going as of right now.
To everyone who reads my training log and would like to share their thoughts/opinion…
Just wondering, is it every justifiable to take time off from serious training just because?
Personally, I’ve injured my wrists and it might be some tendon issue of sorts and it’s pretty much killing my intensity and desire (I want to but whenever I start, I just get frustrated and pissed at myself, example : not being able hold the bar properly for squats etc etc) to train. On one hand, I could probably fight through it, on the other hand, everyone is telling me to take a week or even an entire month off. I’m really conflicted, part of me wants to continue training, another part of me just wants to go fuck it and take a month off or something, in hopes that my wrist will be back to normal once I’m back.
Yes, it is absolutely justifiable to take time off for ANY reason.
Besides, think about it: you’re a pretty motivated and determined individual. If you’re starting to think about taking tike off, the chances are you do need to. You’re injured. You haven’t been dealing with the injury in the most sensible manner (sorry, but it’s true) and it’s catching up to you. Take the time. Get your wrist checked out and fix it.
Since you’ll have an excess of free time, sit down and figure out where you want your lifts to be in a year; then set out how you’re going to achieve that. Not how you’d like to do it, how you know you’ll be able to do it. By that I mean being very, very realistic. Maybe it’ll mean training less often than you think you should, because you know that’s a schedule you’ll be able to keep no matter what. Maybe it’ll mean discarding some exercises because you’ll do better with a narrower focus.
I’m not in any way having a go at you, just offering some advice.
Definitely, I’ll see to taking some time off soon. Or maybe I’ll just have to control myself more and limit myself to lifts that do not require my hands much, if at all. Can’t say I’m particularly good at dealing with injuries.
FWIW, I feel you work hard enough the majority of the time that a week or two of chilling out won’t do you any harm, and may even do you a great deal of good.
If I was your coach (And I strongly recommend not letting this happen), I would tell you to take a week or two off. And I mean off off, no setting foot in a gym, no counting macros, eat a few burgers, catch up on some TV, chill out. I promise you won’t get weaker in 2 weeks.
You won’t regret the time off bud… I tried to train through a minor shoulder injury which resulted in sugery, a lot of pain and 2 years out of the gym! Don’t do what I did, rest up and let your wrist heal.
You’ll hate it while your out of the gym, but it’ll be worth it when you go back!
Just couldn’t get the 180 up. Still super slow off the floor, at least my lock out looks good, I think.
Snatches
Fucked around did some snatches and managed a 60kgs snatch. 70kgs, got under the bar but arms went too far back. Eh, not bad for no stretching, no warm up etc.
Supposedly today is gonna be my last day of training in a while but… Eh, I’ll explain later.
Log Press
did some for a few, top set of 60kgs of 3, nothing particularly heavy.
Helped move a bunch of stuff from my coach’s gym over to my school, like a shit ton of equipment. 2 tyres, 32kg kettlebells and a bunch of other fun stuff.
Well shit, so much for the supposed one week off. That being said, I’m still gonna be taking things slightly easier or at least trying to. Well as for why, I’ll explain now… Blah blah blah, got a shit ton of new equipment and as such I’ve more things to play around with, new set of farmers (previous one broke) / yoke / safety squat bar / heavy ass kettlebells / 2 mini logs. Maybe I was just getting mentally exhausted of doing the exact same thing again and again and they weren’t exactly wrist friendly to begin with. Now that I’ve somewhat explained myself, let’s get on with it.
Strongman Training
Basically helped facilitate training as usual and joined in on the Yoke walks.