Back at old haunt McQuinns Gym, Bendigo for a morning push session. It’s still the same as always. Solid gym in every way.
Weight felt heavy, maybe unfamiliar equipment, but moved well enough. Didn’t have any of my gym gear but dress-ish boots did the job lol especially giving a bit of a heel on hack squats which I seem to be able to do alright with my back. Still not something I can push hard.
Frustrating to not be able to train lower body as I’d like but do appreciate the fun of getting an upper body pump.
Nope. Haven’t gonna around to it. Gonna wait a week for symptoms to settle a bit. If someone were to run tests right now everything would be positive so defeats the purpose.
Supersetted some back with some lower back rehab stuff for a pretty good sesh. Volume today and then light week next week beginning to feel a little beat.
Big push workout today for a big pump then some light sessions to finish off the week later.
After the light sessions gonna rotate exercises again and soon will go to the local GP/doctor and explain how my back issue has been around for a while and doesn’t really go away, hopefully getting some treatment subsidised by Medicare.
Gonna start some high frequency (4x ish) comp bench stuff to try and bump up upper body while I chill on lower body. Has worked well for me in the past so hopefully same again this time.
Haven’t gone heavy in a while so was worried I’d get shit on by higher intensity but top set of 100kg x 3 moved well with back offs at 90kg. Maybe the break from heavy stuff was good for me. Plenty of time to let the familiarity with higher weights come back. Bit of light Spoto too to re learn staying tight under load. Ez. Undershot a bit today but first sesh in no worries.
Backs been feeling good past few days. Nothings really changed but I did bike race my girlfriend around Albert park lake ~ 5km ish. One would think the hunched over position of a bike would be bad for me back but I’ve felt great since. Maybe it was something else. I’ll ride again and see what happens.
Comp Bench 5x3 @ 90-100kg Spoto Press 3x8 @ 70kg Pec Flyes 1 Set DB Seal Row 3 Sets @ 25kg Rear Delt Flye 2 Sets Face Pull 2 Sets
Bit of everything today. Working heavier on chin ups but lower volume while high frequency pressing takes the front seat.
Maybe low volume will be good and allow for better recovery as the chins get heavier. My best was a couple of reps at 40kg when I was a bit lighter so 35kg for a few is a good starting point.
It is, aside from the spinal flexion it will also tighten your hip flexors. I used to do a lot of biking and not lift seriously and my back felt like shit a lot of the time.
Where do you train now? Your chin up video looks like it was filmed in a prison yard.
Sorry to hear your excitement for training has gone a little, but that is understandable given your back. You have years of solid training ahead of you so don’t worry too much. Get yourself healthy, enjoy life, keeping cooking those kick arse steaks and smashing that kfc. You’ll be sorted soon enough and then you’ll be back here kicking arse again for sure.
