Come on now, be reasonable!
My buddy that always seemed to have bloody shins (looked badass IMO) from DLing, eventually got a staph infection from it. Now he wears shin protectors or tall socks.
I just use my knee sleeves on my shins. There are some disadvantages to doing this though. First it has taken chunks out of my knee sleeves. That is okay, because I just use them for warmth. Second is that they are 7 mm thick, so that is extra distance away from the body. It isn’t extreme, but 7 mm is about a quarter inch, and with heavy weight it can be noticeable.
I hate to be that guy, but I actually enjoy hard cardio. It’s one of the few times I can get my conscious thought to shut up. Plus I feel a million times better since adding regular cardio.
I actually just get some bruising and some minor rash from it and no broken skin, luckily I’ve had years of bloody shins to practice. If I were at a public gym instead of in my basement, I would absolutely rock long socks, though. I can’t deadlift in socks downstairs because my platform is wood and my feet slip into a full split (which I can’t do) when going sumo. If it becomes a problem I may look into just cutting the foot portion of my socks off as shin protectors, so thanks for sparking the idea!
1/22/2021 - Pervertor L1W1D4
Slept in just a touch, but feeling good.
Press
45 x 5
55 x 5
70 x 5
85 x 3
100 x 5
115 x 5
130 x 5
100 - 10 x 5
Assistance - SS w/press
Chin/pull up - BWT - 5
Chin/pull up - 25 lbs - 5 x 5
SS w/each other
Banded triceps pressdowns - 2 x 25
SLDL - 135 lbs - 15, 10
Cardio - 15 minutes on rower
Press is feeling strong - I think I’ve made a real step forward. Assistance felt good, other than SLDL, which I may need to replace. First week of Pervertor is in the books and I’m feeling good, but sore. Probably over-eating by just a touch, we’ll see where weight shakes out on Monday. Appearance-wise I can see a big difference already even from my t-ransformation pictures.
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Think the SLDL are too stressful?
I’ve been weighing myself first thing in the morning, but weighed myself a minute ago (despite downing a protein shake and fig bar) just as a gut-check. I was 200 lbs on the nose. That means I’m on the right track and my fasted weight is likely between 198-199. I do think I should try to drop to 190 just to see what happens.
Not so much stressful, but they de-stabilize my lumbar spine more than I remember. I can’t really afford that. Good mornings are likely a better choice because they don’t put my low back through as large a range of motion. Another option would be to use dumbbells and single leg, but I think it would still be a higher risk situation than I’d like.
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Yeah dude knee high socks should help with occasional scrapping and still being unnoticeable in thickness
If they wouldn’t make me do a split I’d definitely use them 
1/25/2020 - Pervertor L1W2D1
Up and moving, slept like an absolute dead man last night and am refreshed and ready to go. Ate some bad (or at least sketchy) lamb chops and threw a couple shots of rye on top on Saturday and have been nauseous since. Normal PWO routine.
Squat
45 x 5
135 x 5
170 x 5
205 x 3
240 x 5
270 x 5 - whoops, shoulda been 280…
315 x 5
240 - 5 x 10
Assistance - SS w/ squat
Nordic hamstring curls - 3 x 10
DB curls - 25 lbs - 5 x 10
Incline DB bench - 55 lbs - 3 x 10
Cardio
Circuit - 55 lbs - 10 total reps of each movement - 90 sec rest between circuits
Push press
High pull
Hang clean
Front squat
Front rack reverse lunge
Good lift today, other than dislocating and re-locating my collarbone on my first set of squats (yes, the set with an empty fucking bar). The 5 x 10 work was a cakewalk until the 4th set when I hit a wall. Assistance felt good, the NHC’s really kept my hip and knee joints feeling good throughout the squat work. Cardio was awful but I’m glad I did it.
Had a bit of a tilly with my family this weekend over politics and was essentially called a commie for not worshipping Trump (even though I openly profess my disdain for our current president as well), and that’s been bothering me since. That being said, I’m pretty sure I’m gonna try running for local office here - either township trustee or something with the county. Neither major party is worth half their weight in manure and I really don’t like whining about something without putting in effort to make it better.
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Without getting into specific politics, I’m becoming increasingly convinced the problem with politics is politicians. To the point that I actually couldn’t force myself to vote in any of the millions of recent elections over here because I couldn’t bring myself to vote for any of the people on the ballot paper.
Long story short: good for you man. And good lifting too.
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Yep, they’re more interested in building their brand and fame than in helping folks out which is dead wrong. Given our political structure, local government is extremely important over here to the point that my wife and I spent 10x more time researching the local races than the national ones. And, lo-and-behold, the more moderate and sensible candidates won almost every time at the local level. Thanks for the encouragement man, appreciate it.
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I’m sorry, what??
I had a brain fart on my warm-up set and pushed up on the bar instead of pulling down. Didn’t pack the scaps and my collarbone moved/popped. Cue 60 seconds of immense pain followed by a bunch of different movements trying to get it to go back in. Eventually popped again and pain died down over the rest of the workout.
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Garage collarbone is indestructible
Well that sounds absolutely miserable. Glad it wasn’t a catastrophe.
1/26/2021 - Pervertor L1W2D2
Up and moving, normal PWO routine. No food after dinner last night so fasted for roughly 14 hours at start of session.
Bench
45 x 5
90 x 5
115 x 5
140 x 3
165 x 5
190 x 5
215 x 5
165 - 5 x 10
Assistance - SS w/ bench
DB row - 105 lbs - 3 x 15 reps/arm
Bulgarian split squat - 40 lbs - 3 x 10 - ready to add a bit of weight here
DB “plate” raise - 40 lbs - 3 x 10 - probably a bit more weight than I needed
Cardio - 15 minutes steady state rowing while listening to The History of WW2 Podcast
Good session again today. Bench felt good, but being fasted bit me in the ass a bit on the last 2 BBB sets. Finished them but damn were they rough. Assistance was good, really glad to be doing rows again. Can probably add some weight there as well. Cardio was a nice way to detach and catch up on my favorite era of history.
Album for today’s session:
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Go straight from your DB row into the BSS. That’ll add some weight!
You could 100% do it. I was doing 5 set of 9 with 100 on BSS immediately after front squats, and you’re way stronger than I am. DB in the elevated leg side hand, free hand stabilizing myself on my rack.
After I did the first set, I realized it really wasn’t that bad. More of a mental thing.
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I believe I’m bilaterally stronger than you (not that much anymore), but unilateral exercises are my kryptonite. Medial glutes are absolute trash. I’m trying to work my way up slowly with them to help keep my hips/core balanced. I notice that when I push BSS or 1-legged SLDL my bilateral stuff gets way outta whack and I get a 2" hip shift with a lean and all sorts of abomination.