I felt fast on the sprints and my conditioning is good enough where the sprints and swings don’t suck but that walk back to the garage hits me
@T3hPwnisher these might become consistently done. Fast and will become more tough the more I do them. Thinking of one day of Front squat/sprint and then KBS/sprint
Playing around with the log but please vote on this to decide what I do tonight
Go to Bjj
Skip BJJ, let shoulder heal up, study for bio, and get an extra conditioning session in tonight
Definitely had the “What the hell am I even doing” feeling with the weights today. Everything feels like but that’s what 5/3/1 is so
Quads were trashed from Sprints yesterday so both squat sets were a good time to reenforce form
Even 195 felt like it took a lot of effort to keep knees forward because of my leg soreness
My brains weird. My mom is watching the dogs tonight so I can have an easy and chill night but my brain is thinking I’m a bitch for opting the easy way of have someone else watch the dogs. IDK man
Squat: 185x5x5
Press: 105x5, 80x10
Crap ton of face pulls and pull aparts
Notes:
Dips were ruled out instantly once I got warmed up. Did one set of chins and knew I shouldn’t do too many
Next cycle is going to be FSL with 5’s pro to reenforce all the technique work. I think the conservative mindset is going to play out well with this end of this training cycle. I could push myself through a normal session but what’s the point if it only worsens my shoulder issue
BJJ is the same way. I plan on going this week but rolling will not be hard rounds because I want my shoulder to heal up sooner than later and not become a larger issue
It’s proving to be mentally tough to be training easier. Kind of giving me a “What am I doing feeling” but some of this might be because of exams. Either way I’m moving forward
88.6 on Math final. Should leave me with a 92 or so in the class overall
We’ve all been there, so I definitely feel your pain! One of the most valuable lessons that I’ve learned over the past 6 months is to ‘embrace the suck’. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re happy that things are less than ideal, but rather adopting a mindset that it’s a) short-term pain for long-term gain, or b) getting through the crisis is going to make you better. Even when I’ve gotten injured and I’ve had to use lower weights or volume, I approach it as I would a deload week and think of it as a chance to really drill technique. I also focus on what I can do, and learning how to better recover, or possibly learn what not to do in the future. I also am constantly telling myself that I will be okay and that this is just a small hiccup in the grand scheme of things.
You definitely got this and are moving forward indeed!
Was warming up for bench and shoulder/bicep tenon area felt super sketchy and blocked
Plan is to take the rest of the week off from barbell movements (I know I can squat and deadlift but might as well take a full deload) and fine some other ways to train. Mainly just doing rehab shit for upper body
This is super aggravating and one of the first times in a while I’ve been genuinely mad. I will find other ways to train and shit but it just pisses me off.
I would be more reckless and train but this is already my bad shoulder so
Will evaluate how I feel next week and start up 5/3/1 with 5’s pro FSL.
Just took my last exam. Got a 66 on the final so that puts me at a 75 in the class. I cannot tell you how happy I am to pass this class because of how hard it was for me.
Goal complete. Finishing second semester with 4 A’s and 1 C. While not stellar, I feel like this puts me miles ahead of first semester because of the effort I put into bio (class with a C).
Break down of grades:
Bio- C
ISDS- 97.77
Kines- 97.88
Math- 93.02
Sociology- 92.97
Taking Bio lab over the summer but I’ve heard it is a lot easier.
Workout coming in a minute but just felt joyous enough where I had to post this
Lighter run. Some walking but I know next run I can get 3.00 miles done easily.
Taking the Mark Bell approach to this. Not going to be obsessive tracking the runs but instead just getting them done
Kinda had a cool moment this morning. Got up at 6:30 after going to be at midnight. Hinge dated ghosted me so me and my friends were hanging out blowing off steam. The shift is I got up walked the dogs and ran before they got up! I don’t know why but that’s pretty cool to me
Possibly going camping next weekend and planning to do a lot of outdoors things this summer so I’m looking into a hydration pack. Pretty exciting
I think I’m going to do the MURPH on July 1st. Will be at my aunt’s camp and I’ve always wanted to do it there but might have to make some modifications
With a doubt, had a day where it the lifting was stupid easy. Everything felt good just need to work on bracing
Easier dips and pullups because of shoulder. Went swimming this weekend and then all the pain was gone but I don’t want to try my luck just yet
Going with the lesser amount of accessory work because I want to up the conditioning (2x a week running style workouts and 1x a week prowler with BJJ 2x)
Going to focus on form and accessories then assess if I need to cough up the money for a coach on the squat
Excited to read this! Unsolicited opinion? I have tried hydration packs from random brands at Costco to Osprey. Just get one that doesn’t rub in weird places (admittedly, kind of hard with large biceps) and at least a 3L bladder. Other than that, not worth going expensive for your first one. My favorite pack is a $30 High Sierra from Costco that has been around for over a decade.
