Hey Snap! It is too far. It sounds like a great place that’d check all my boxes but its a good twenty five minute drive according to google maps, about 14 miles.
I’ve become super spoiled in my neighborhood of everything being way close. I can’t wait to be able to walk to work next March when our new hospital is done.
I just got some good news— me and my work buddy’s plan a few weeks ago actually worked. We met with the medical director and presented our case, we did our homework, worked on the presentation, calm and cool and streight up-- had a few visuals etc.
My clinic sent an email out . Long and short of it was wages are being upped, and you know what!!! It was due to me and my partners effort!! Really!! My partner and I! And I am proud!!! WE did that. No buts about it, WE DID THAT.
Taken in the first five minutes of his cone being off after 3 1/2 weeks of constant wear.
Yestersay pull up total 50
So far today 8,5
I am finally strong enough to do sorta static-not dead hang pull ups.
My own body was never able to really do a pull up that way, contrary to others thoughts personally I believe a non dead hang rep after the first rep IS harder-- you have to be able to hold that stretch if it makes sense. I seriously have the thinnest of upper back muscle to start with but its slowly coming. Anywho, I am enjoying this new ability and feel it for sure.
A lot of catching up in here; sounds like things are coming around finally. Slow, but improving. Back raise/hip extension piece is cool. I’m a big fan of those myself.
Keep on rocking it Brute! Hope to see you around soon!!
Congratulations on accomplishing the wage increase. Great job.
I’m glad Moss is getting better.
Your farmers carry work is very impressive.
I will be one of the others. Having done a whole lot of both dead hang is much tougher than non dead hang pullups. Non dead hang= 3/4 squat dead hang= full squat would be my analogy. There is a reason very few people perform dead hang pull ups. They aren’t strong enough to do them but can do partials.
Dbashler! I will attempt to take a video to show what I mean. They might have a different name than non dead hangs that would make sens but MAN I feel them! Also I have quite long arms so dead hangs are about all I could start from.
Today
fs 45x5, 135, 185, 195, 205, 215, 225
200x6,205x3, 215
200x5, 205x3, 215
200x3, 205x3
pull ups normal 8 , 4 non dead/slow?
farmers handle carries 132#/arm x 50 feet x 2 trips
Big break through for me and my dog today. I am SO PLEASED. We went outside.
Today
deadlifts 45x8, 135, 205, 275, 315, 335, belted 345
on two mat rack pulls 135x3, 225x3, 315x3, 335x3 x 3 sets
wide stance Anderson Zerchers 135x3, 185x4x2 sets, 185x5
pull ups 8, 4
yesterdays home stuff–daily total of 50 pull ups, back extensions x 30, 1 legged back extension (weird) 8 per leg
Is this getting old? Or me just not training well for 5 weeks? I feel like I’ve lost a marked degree of muscle. I feel thinner but not better.
This has never happened to me, usually when I am not training well I plump up unless I am doing a ton of cardio instead then I thin out. Gotta pump it up and fill those muscles up some. My legs and bummy for sure. Why not add some reps ?
Today
farmer’s handle carries 132#/arm x 100 feet, x50 feet, x 50 feet
walk
laundry
fs 45x5, 135, 185, 195, 205, 215, 225
200x3 x 5 sets
walk to laundromat and change out machines, walk back to gym
clean grip reverse alternating lunges total reps not per leg 95x10, 105x10, 115x10, 125x10, 135x8, 145x5
fs 45, 135, 185, 195, 205, walked out 215 only
pull ups 9, 6, 2 sets of 5
got laundry from laundry mat.
Sweet-- unplanned lifting went well.
home stuff yesterday - total of 50 pull ups,
b o rows 2 sets of 5 x 135#. I hate rows and I must do them. Stubbornly I …don’t
Today
Dead lifts 45x5, 135, 205, 275, 320 340, belted 350
Fs 45x4, 135, 185, 195, 205, 215, 225, tried a belt 205
Anderson zerchers 135x3, 205x3, 225x3, 245x3
Knee high rack pulls 245x3, 315x3, 340x3 365x3, 385
Pull ups 8, 7, 6, 5, sets of misc reps for a total of 45
T bar rows plates added 25x10, 45x10 x2 sets, 65 x6
Tried bb glute bridges 135x5x3 sets – still scared of these since it looks like a lower back/disc damager, dunno if I’ll do them again with wt. Also a bit painful on the general anatomy even with a pad on the bar. : {
Home stuff yestetday - back extensions with a 35# plate 3 sets of 15, x10
Some misc bb shoulder presses with 65#
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This and stress.
Once things get back to a regular pattern, you’ll feel better.
Definitely this; first thing I thought of. Stress from work/Moss, not training or eating to maintain lean muscle, poor sleep…all adds up. The good news is, because you chose the right parents, you always start a few notches above those ‘regular’ people.
You’ll be back to busting ass soon enough!
But I really have to dial back my expectations. I can’t really expect massive feats if I don’t really do more then 20 minute lifting days. Its not a rag on myself but its a reality check that I can’t expect a ton if I don’t put in a ton. MEH. A part of me is disappointed in myself but the other part knows I have more in me if I had the true desire to do so. I suppose I’m not that hungry for it.
Slow hole to China continues. I am slightly changing my lifting day stuff though, just a wee bit.
Today
fs 45x3, 135, 185, 195, 205, 215, 225
200x7, 210x2, 220
205x3 x 4 sets
pull ups a set of 8 so far today
back extensions with a 35# 2 sets of 25
today
dead lifts 45x9, 135, 205, 275, 325, 345
fs 45x4, 135, 185, 195, 205, 215, walk out and hold only 225 x 20 seconds
rack pulls on two mats 135x3, 225x3, 315x3, 335x3, 355x2
pull ups 9, 2 sets of 5
back extensions w/45 x 2 sets of 25
home stuff yesterday - total of 55 pull ups, more back extensions w/35 x 2 sets of 25
Thanks Eric! Its just life I suppose. And thanks! I am pleased with the 345 for being fairly useless in the gym for weeks. Today was a continuation of that, but it was ok since I felt useful to the animal patients at least.
Called in at 1am Wednesday, worked 12 hours of busting ass with triage’s plus 24 inpatients. Tried to get sleep last night and I did about 6 hours but it was full of judgmental and stressful dreams–disappointing my parents somehow at an airport, somehow being responsible for someones kid (?). The night before was fairly similar with awful caught in embarrassing situation dreams.
Work kept calling me while I was sleeping but I needed to sleep so I ignored them. I picked up the phone though at the 2am call on my day off, worked 2am to 8am on a dog who was trying to bleed out. Took a nap–better dreams but still strange people in it–then lifted this afternoon. I am pleased for what I got in, not a real charmer of a lifting day but it was on low sleep and all my body parts still work.
fs 45x5, 135, 185, 195, 205, 215, 220
200x3 x 5 sets
anderson zerchers 185x3, 205x3, 225x3 x 2 sets
pull ups 9, 3 sets of 6
walk
pull ups 10, misc sets to make a total of 50 today
back extensions with a 35# plate x 30, with 45# x 10, then iso kinda hold and rows with that same 45# for 10 in the back extension.
Now I get to chill with my Beautiful Boy Mossimo. My house no longer smells like a barn. I splurged and got a bad ass black licorice scented candle and am MOST PLEASED. I just need black licorice lotion or deodorant to be swathed in deliciousness 24 hours a day.
