When your entire lumbar is deformed, anything over 30 degrees hurts 
Me too, man.
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Well this just sounds extremely uncomfortable.
It’s not too bad when I’m laying down but once I’m up it feels like my spine is balanced on a knife edge…
My wife and I moved 3 tons of clay from our yard today to clear a spot for a patio. Given that we did it in 4 hours, that’s some serious cardio. Cassie is an absolute monster of a worker, she matched my work output today despite not weight training and being about 40 pounds lighter than me. I married a serious ass kicker 
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Currently 6 sets into my deadlift workout and am bleeding from not one, but two places. Knurling cut my knee when I bumped it and I accidentally filleted my finger against a rough edge on one of my J-hooks.
That’s so metal.
Starting to think maybe this Cassie person should be doing your lifts =)
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She used to lift with me but has been away for a year or two because she’s working 50+ hours a week and doesn’t have motivation after that (we’re working to fix that though). When she lifted she was pretty strong and the one day she deadlifted with me she hit 185 pretty easy despite not doing much for awhile. We shall see
5/4/2020 - Deadlift Day
Every part of my being told me that I should have pushed this workout back a day to give more recovery time from the massive work we did this weekend. All tolled we’re looking at 5 tons of materials moved, some of that moved twice or more. But I made a point to shovel both left-handed and right-handed to keep my back balanced and I woke up feeling better than I have in my adult life, so I lifted.
Deadlift
135 x 6
165 x 5
210 x 5
255 x 3
300 x 5
345 x 5
385 x 5
345 x 5
385 x 1
430 x 2 - shoulda been 3 but almost ripped my fingernail off catching it on my shorts on rep 2…
Press
110 x 5 x 5
Assistance
SS w/Deadlift
Ab wheel - 3 x 10
Push ups - 3 x 15
SS w/Press
Band pull-apart - 5 x 10
Felt really, really good today. Manual labor this weekend left me really limber despite being sore. I’m starting to understand how far out I have to shove my knees to properly sumo deadlift and it’s a lot. More foot flare is very important, but I’m struggling to balance at the moment (almost fell backwards with 300 lbs…). I may back off a bit on the flare, but we’ll see. 430 looked like speed reps. Press felt good and the assistance felt really good. Liking push ups in lieu of the bastardized standing flyes I was doing.
5/6/2020 - Squat Day
Up and feeling OK today. Normal PWO routine.
Squat
45 x 5
165 x 5
205 x 5
245 x 5
285 x 5
330 x 5
370 x 5
330 x 5
370 x 1
410 x 1
Bench
195 x 5 x 5
Assistance
SS w/Squat
Seated DB lateral raise - 12 lbs 3 x 10
Side plank - 10 deep breaths per side x 3 sets
SS w/Bench
DB curls - 25 lbs 3 x 10
I felt odd today balance-wise. Had a hard time keeping the bar tracking vertical and my knees were all over the place. 370 x 5 was pretty difficult but 410 for the single went well. I need to eat a little more (recurring theme, because I’m a jackass), but I do think backing off a bit on squat was a good idea today. I pushed for a hard triple last week and it went really well, so this week it’s time to push deadlifts a little extra.
5/8/2020 - Press Day
My back has been bothering me for the last few days, I think it’s because I’m back to working and sitting a lot. I’ve had a lot of intestinal bloating and discomfort too, they’re most likely related. Being more careful about what I eat (no trigger foods) and trying to move around more throughout the day. Having some luck so far.
Normal PWO routine, but took the Agile 8 extra slow today and focused on getting my hips and glutes properly loose.
Press
45 x 5
65 x 5
80 x 5
95 x 3
110 x 5
125 x 5
140 x 5
125 x 5
140 x 1
155 x 3 - felt really easy and fast
Deadlift
300 x 5 x 5
Assistance
SS with Press
Pull Ups - 4 x 8 - volume PR
Ab wheel - 3 x 10
SS with Deadlift
Banded triceps extensions - 3 x 15
I think pull ups and ab wheel rollouts are the best things I can be doing for my back. Within a few sets I was feeling a lot better and the tightness I’ve been dealing with went away. Yesterday it was even hard for me to push mow my yard. Glutes/piriformis are still tight but they’re gonna get better. Press flew up, really a good sign. Deads felt good too, starting to zero in on how much foot flare I need to get my knees outta the way and not tip backwards at the top. Time for some bourbon and rye tonight.
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5/11/2020 - Bench Day
Up and at 'em. Been extra tired and sore lately, meaning I’m probably pushing training very close to my limits. Gonna really tighten up the diet this week and make sure I get what I need to recover. Also, adding sled days back in now that choring is down to a normal level. I think that really helps my back.
Normal PWO routine
Bench
45 x 5
120 x 5
145 x 5
170 x 3
195 x 5
220 x 5
250 x 5
220 x 5
250 x 1
275 x 3 - PR
Squat
285 x 5 x 5
Assistance
SS with Bench
DB row - 105 - 3 x 10 reps per side
Side plank - 10 deep breaths/side x 3 sets
SS with Squat
Plate raise - 25 - 3 x 15
Cramped the absolute shit out of the upper part of my left spinal erector on my 250 x 5 bench set, likely due to awkward foot placement. Still set a paused PR though so that was cool. My low back is angry from getting my knees further out when deadlifting, so I really focused on bracing for my life with squats. Bar flew and I felt strong, no low back pain until the last two sets. It’s muscle pain, so I’m not worried. Probably something that’s lagging and it’s finally getting the work it needs.
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5/13/2020 - Deadlift Day
Up and at ‘em. Didn’t have cold brew coffee and didn’t want heartburn/assburn, so I had AmiN.O. Energy (200mg caffeine serving) as my caffeine source. I was riproarin’ on that dosage of caffeine, which leads me to believe my usual cold brew is likely in the 120-150mg caffeine range. Normal PWO routine otherwise, just getting started a bit later due to work meetings.
Deadlift
165 x 5
210 x 5
255 x 3
300 x 5
345 x 5
385 x 5
345 x 5
385 x 1
430 x 3
Press
110 x 5 x 5
Assistance
SS w/Deadlift
Ab wheel - 3 x 10
Push ups - 2 x 20
SS w/Press
Weighted pull up - 20 lbs - 2 x 5 - bad idea, not doing again
Band pull-apart - 4 x 10
Deadlift and press flew today. Third rep on deads was very solid and quick, back feels pretty damn good. Slight discomfort in left glute/ham junction but nothing like it has been. Assistance was great until weighted pull ups, that was stupid and I won’t be doing that again. Sticking to band pull aparts on deadlift day. Push ups seemed to really hit my upper chest, which is great.
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What happened there?
Not sure if deadlifts wore my lats out or if I’m just not strong enough, but it was more of a struggle than assistance work should be. I coulda done non-weighted 5 x 5, which is what I’ll likely do next time, but adding weight was a bad idea.
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5/15/2020 - Squat Day
Up and at ‘em. I absolutely have to find a way to wear my foot lift when I golf, my left SI joint and knee are seriously torn up from walking without it. The bad part is it lifts my heel high enough to come out of the golf spikes’ heel cup so that walking is awkward. Guess I’ll have to deal with it though. Normal PWO routine including AmiN.O. Energy instead of coffee.
Squat
45 x 5
145 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
265 x 5
310 x 5
350 - 3 x 5
Assistance
SS w/Squat
DB Lateral Raise - 15 lbs 3 x 10
Side Plank - 10 deep breaths per side x 3 sets
Curls - 25 lbs 3 x 10
The squats wore me out, my left knee definitely had a twinge of pain. Got through it and it felt heavy as shit. Assistance felt great which was nice. Finding that golfing more is starting to bother my elbows and my knees. Elbows are likely because I swing way too hard most of the time and need to learn a smoother swing. The ball flies the same regardless of 100% or 75% effort so I need to get my head outta my ass.
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In on this thread
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So this is the log of garage. @boilerman
you right, he is strong.
Yup, definitely. Very good log to follow along with. I like it especially because he’s hitting numbers that are as of this point my “goals”… But he’s repping them haha.
If I’m not mistaken @garagerocker13 you had told me you’ve been lifting for 5+ years?