Nice front squatting! I’m going to have to step up my game, that’s for sure!
And way to get in the gym for the make-up sesh. You got in there and killed it. Well done!
Believe it or not, I don’t like getting adjusted. Kinda grosses me out and makes me feel like i’m all ‘loose.’ HAHA! Who knows.
Yeah. I love working w/my hands. I just have a knack for it too. Very rewarding to spend 2-3 minutes analyzing and working on someone and get a positive result. I do a lot of trigger point therapy. Quick and effective.
Brute- Yeah. Awesome.
Alexus- Agreed. But doing the foam roller, etc works wonders. Wish more people did it.
Cal- I understand what you’re saying about hunching over computers, it is a big problem for MANY people. Also agree that there are many IMO terrible “rack’n’crack” chiros out there. We see their patients after they get fed up w/that and want real results.
Masch- Thanks. I was just having a great day. Feeling strong, relaxed, and motivated. The 2nd session was intense though and I went after I ate. Not weird that you don’t like getting adjusted. My boss does lots of instrument/no crack adjusting for people who are grossed out by the popping, etc.
Woke up this morning and I am feeling all of the work I did yesterday. Lucky for me, I think my bf is going to … uh, stretch me out… over lunch break;)
Great PR Sugar Snaps.
How nice of your bf to help you feel better <3
Veggie, how do you do your Janda sit-ups if you don’t mind me asking? I googled them and seems like there are several ways to do them?
Veggie,
I saw you mention you deal with patients, if you don’t mind me asking, what field of medicine are you involved in? I looked in your log and have not been able to find if you mentioned it or not.
Nikki- Thanks babe. The bf did his part, just wish we had more time yesterday. Could have used some actual assisted stretching.
German- Yes, there are several ways to do jandas. As you have probably read, the basics are: engage posterior chain, pelvic tilt, execute abdominal crunch. I do them a bunch of ways. Sometimes I hook my feet to the end of the bed and pull my heels against the bed. Also, just dig heels into floor. In the gym, I sometimes rest my legs, knees in flexion, on a swiss ball and use my post chain to pull the ball towards my body. IMO janda situps are really dependent on mind-muscle connection. I don’t know if Dr Janda would approve of my variations, but I find them to be effective. They really help me to reduce tension in my spinal erectors after lifting heavy. Oh, yeah, and they are a great core/ab exercise.
Max- Chiropractic
Yesterday was my rest day. Not much to report. I was somewhat sore from the double session on Thursday, but not too bad: a little bit around my shoulder girdle and some pretty minimal quad DOMS. It was a busy day at the office and I had a lunch date w/my bf. Nooner was nice. Went to the diner. Did a ton of kinesiotaping. People are getting incredible results. Decided I needed to try it out myself, so I had my boss put one on my left hammie. I could feel a difference in the muscles immediately. The real test will be on Monday for squats/DL. I might be impatient and “practice” some at the gym later… ya know, in the spirit of experimentation.
Like the electric blue tape?
I think you esploded my computer Veggie 
nice um tail, I mean tape.
Hamstring issue?
Veggie, that is a stellar picture of your…posterior chain. Such strong training in here! I’m inspired to add some overhead DB carries to my next training.
Not a hamstring issue exactly. Actually, more complicated than that. I will give this disclaimer now, I am prone to overanalyzing things.
So, i have always felt like my left hip/sacroilliac joint “drops back” when I squat. I have been a left-dominant athlete since I was a toddler, so the left side is a little beat-up and doesn’t move exactly the same as the right side. The purpose of the kinesiotaping experiment is to try to increase the activation of my hamstrings on the left and decrease my perceived over-recruitment of my (left) glutes and lateral hip rotators during squats. In turn, I hope to also balance/increase the glute activation on the right side. I’m trying to tweak a few things to improve my hip drive.
Bottom line: i am seeking balance in my squat. I hope that it carries over to more sound DL technique too.
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Hamstring issue?[/quote]
Yes, do tell. I have a recurring hamstring issue. Would kinotape be something that might help me?
Anyways, glad you got to hang with the bf and yeah, great pic!
oh ok, nevermind! We simul-posted! HAHA! Interesting on the tape…
You make kinesiotaping hawt <3
Thanks for the tips. Helps to know the basic idead behind the sit-up and can get creative from there. Appreciate the help.
Uh, that is quite an image!
I just Googled Jandas and tried to do one by hooking me knees through my gymnastic rings (they’re sat at push-up height at the moment - to be honest I don’t use 'em much). I could not bloody move. Think I’m going to have to work on my core!
Jandas are serious and highly effective IMO. We actually instruct our patients to do them. We have a small army of people, trained and untrained alike, who do them religiously every single day. And you know what, they don’t have low back pain anymore. I’m not a fan of “ab training”, but core training rocks. It just makes all of your lifts that much better.
I love Janda’s they are great. Excellent - do em as much as possible they are good for the soul!
So here is my training for tonight:
Back/tris
BB bent over row: 1x6x100, 2x8x100, 1x7x100
HS high row: 1x6x140, 2x6x160, 1x4x165
DB bench row: 3x6x65
Stretchers: 1x10x60, 2x4x70, 1x10x60
HS pulldown: 3x8x130
BB standing OH triceps ext: 3x8x51
SS: skullcrusher/CGBP: 2x8/8x56, 1x6/6x56
Some cable javelin-throw triceps ext
Ooops, at this point I realized that I hadn’t done any dips so I did them as a burnout: 1x8xbw, 1x3,bw, 1x7xbw
Done
Tonight there was an older man who was benching on the Smith machine while using an oxygen tank. He actually rested his head on the canister during sets. I was a little shocked to see this, but whatever, he seemed like he was doing ok. While I was doing my bench rows he came over to tell me that I “was putting everybody in here to shame.” He was really nice and I guess I commend him for training despite his condition. You just never know what you’re gonna see in the gym!
wow that is something else. Got to keep trying no matter what the circumstances are. Weird though for sure.