Squat
Leg Curl
Row From Ground (Can work with this)
Pull Up (Still Painful)
DB Press/Dip (Minorly Painful)
Push-Up (Can work with this)
Incline Walk: 15:00
Squats actually felt pretty good. Worked up to an easy 315x5, then a few high-bar singles at that weight with my feet close + on a plate. Getting under/out from under the bar was much less uncomfortable that it was a week ago. Rows feel decent enough, so there’s two pulling exercises that work for the time being. And my shoulder, outside of pressing, seems to be feeling better day-by-day. I’m still going to check in with that doctor, but I’m feeling more optimistic about my prospects now, even if I just have to wait for this to clear up on its own.
I have a bad habit of catastrophizising this stuff, so writing it out helps.
Dr. advised two weeks of PT + max-dose Ibuprofen + no upper-body work, and he’ll schedule an MRI if that doesn’t get it to clear up.
Programming-wise, I’ll probably have been away from lifting for long enough to run an LP program for a little while when I’m back. Hopefully that should get be back to roughly where I was quickly.
Shoulder PT Exercises
Pause DL: 405x3/3/5
Leg Extensions: 275x7, 225x11/11
Sit-Ups, Back Extensions: Plenty
Incline Walk: 15:00
The PT agreed with the Dr.’s assessment of the situation. Got to try E-stim, and I have no idea if it works or not, but throwing more stuff at this can’t be a bad thing lol.
PT Exercises
Squat: 315x3/3/5
Leg Curls: 150x18/10/7 RP
Incline Walk: 15:00
Getting under the bar still feels like shit, and so did putting on the sleeves for it. I’m hoping the PT works quick because I’m pretty much at a loss as to what to do if it doesn’t. Part of me thinks that the smart thing to do would be to call this a sunk cost, take a decently long layoff to heal, and then run a full-fledged LP program coming back, but I really don’t want to do that for obvious reasons.
In less frustrating news, I went with my brother (5th grade) to a wrestling tournament yesterday and got to coach him through his matches. He went 2-2: a win by pin, an 8-9 loss (to a kid who was apparently a very diminutive 9th grader), another win by pin, and a loss by pin. Lots of learnable moments, and a fun time for him, plus I got to see some of my old coaches.
Surprised mostly - I was wrestling 113 and 120 for most of my high school career, so that’s the size they’re used to seeing me at. The team hasn’t had a very good heavyweight in six or seven years, so we joked about how much easier everything would’ve been if I had gotten started with this when I was a freshman.
That same brother of mine has been asking me to teach him how to lift, so hopefully he won’t ever be a 113 lol.
Deadlift: 405x13 (PR)
Pause Deadlift: 405x3/3
Press: Bar x10/10/10
Incline Walk: 15:00
Textbook shoulder rehab lol
(this is the first time I’ve gone hard on any movement in a little while now, so I’m really hyped to have been able to hit this. I have another PT appointment tomorrow, and then I see my doctor a few days later. It’s honestly kind of hard to tell if there’s day-to-day improvement or not, but I’m trying to remain optimistic. All I really need is one pressing exercise and one pulling exercise that I can do without pain, and then I have something to build from).
PT Exercises
Squat: 335x5/3/3
Ham Curl: 150x20+8+6 RP
Incline Walk: 15:00
Another appointment with my Doctor today—I’m going to get an MRI before I head back to school in a few weeks. He still thinks it’s some sort of tendinitis. I have pretty much come to peace with the fact that when I’m finally back to normal, the first step will be working back up to where I was before (except for deadlifts,) and that may take a little while. Shifting my expectations from maintenance to that has taken a bit of the pressure off of me, but I really just want this to be over already. I am way too neurotic to manage this lol. I’ve been keeping myself sane by reading a bunch about different programming options for when I’m able to program normally again.
A random thought, but I may wanna try tapering to a deadlift PR in the meantime. It’s the only lift I can push hard on right now, so maybe I should make something out of that.
No big training updates other than that my shoulders are feeling much better and should hopefully be back to normal very soon. I’m still just doing a minimal amounts of squats/deads.
I took the LSAT today, and it went better than I could’ve possibly hoped for. I’ll know my score for certain in about three weeks, but I think there’s a genuine chance that I didn’t miss a single question. Had lots of time to double/triple check everything.
I hope Harvard/Stanford/Duke are the three I’m most hopeful for. Georgetown would also be nice because I could stay at home and get out of paying HCOL-city rent + living expenses for three years. And @atlas13 potentially going there would make it just that much cooler lol.
Harvard/Stanford/Duke are the three I’m most hopeful for. Georgetown would also be nice because I could stay at home and get out of paying HCOL-city rent + living expenses for three years. And