No worries dude. It was fun and the injury probably isn’t that bad anyways
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Hoping it is getting better. I tested mine today. It has issues but I’m lifting light with it to get some blood flow in there.
That’s good to hear.
As for how I’m going it’s better I guess. Now that a bit of time has passed I can say with more certainty that it’s not just some bad DOMS. Hopefully a low grade strain but time and how it responds to rehab will tell. Could be worse but that’s unlikely.
The pain has gone down from like a 7/10 with poking to a dull 4/10. Still bit tender but at least I can sit on the toilet alright now
Range is reduced more on the right side. Not full enough to do a deadlift (conventional) yet. Range is worse when I bring my knee up towards my chest and then try to fully straighten it.
I’d like to make a good thing out of this. I’ve never really trained hamstring directly at all since I started lifting but as part of rehab I will and I’ll just keep progressing this until I’m doing heavy ish Romanian deadlifts which will double as rehab and assistance work for sumo speaking of which I can still pull relatively heavy sumo. Might not push it but at least I’ll be maintaining something.
Sounds like yours is worse than mine. You being young will help with the healing time…it will be strong, very strong when it comes back. Make sure you are eating enough for healing. No deficits during repair.
What is a deficit and why can’t I eat it?
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Deficit is not eating enough. You should eat a surplus while healing. Ensure the body has enough to repair the damage
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lmao
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If I knew how to past gifs
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highlight, ctrl c, ctrl v should work
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Bad luck my dude. Work on bench a bit more and you’ll be repping two plates in no time.
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Even if the joke went so far over your head that it’s in orbit you bring up some good points. Right now I really don’t care that much for getting shredded anyways so bumping up the calories is what I’m gonna do.
more power needed to launch something out of earth’s gravitational pull than into orbit
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Anybody else do ice coffee?
I love the stuff and it’s not even the premium shit either. Just a little bit of coffee flavour and aroma and a lot of sugar.
I was browsing the sales and came upon some Mocha flavoured whey so I was thinking that I’d buy a 2L ice coffee bottle and mix myself up a whey coffee in the mornings.
I’m pretty shit with getting enough protein in even with a shake before bed. Hitting protein needs and going around hyped on caffeine sounds pretty good to me. Bulk life best life
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Fucking love it.
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19/2/18
Didn’t really feel like lifting today so put on some Powerlifting vids to get me to the gym.
Hamstring is feeling bit better with a lot less pain now unless I really dig into it. The DOMS fading probably mixed in with the injury healing to get that effect. Still feels a bit funky and there’s still noticeablely less range on one side.
Soon will start ranging exercises and really light movements within range
Will still pull sumo today and start working back into squats with some light weight to get the groove back. Squats should be fine as long as my calves aren’t bouncing hard off my hams
Lots of food pre workout maybe too much to close lol. Power belly gains is da wae
Mocha flavour whey and the Power Flannel should be rocking up any day now. Speaking off why did I impulse buy that shit again? Mark Bell and his bro look like shit in it and I’m not a lumberjack so when would I wear it?
Bench
90kg x 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2
More of the same with volume PR and still feeling alright technique wise which is saying a lot for bench.
Might go for a rep PR soon (current rep PR is 5 paused). No vids cos it’s just the same shit as always.
Sumo Deadlift
200kg x 6,3,2 Rep PR
Rep PR but felt and looked pretty bad at RPE 9 feeling it a lot in my back again. I solved it when I hit 200kg x 5 last week or the week before by pulling with more aggression and intent but I think the hamstring and just overall confidence with the weight is holding me back.
Didn’t feel anything explode in the hamstring so that’s a good thing. Some back off sets with music for volume gains. Conventional Deadlift isn’t going to be appearing for a long time with first hamstring rehab and then Romanian deadlifts for a while.
Pull Ups
BW x 15,14,12,14,12
I started out lifting with dreams of getting sexy with calisthenics like them fake natty skip leg day bar bros. Been decent at pull ups ever since even when I neglect them for a while.
Press
50kg x 5,5,5,5,5
Upping the weight to 50kg for a few sets and it feels decently heavier. I thinking that from this point on I’ll add like 2.5kg instead of 5kg every time it comes to upping the working weight.
Feeling pretty good with pressing since I started and have been consistent with it. Rep PRs coming up but no rush.
Squat
Playing around a bit on squat technique. High-ish low bar feels much better and dropping down between my legs is better than sitting back.
List of Things I Tried (for own reference pls ignore)
High Bar as possible
Grip width close
Bracing/Breathing
Walkout 2 step
Stance wide enough to drop torso between
Toe anglesz out
Breathing
Anterior pelvic tilt / arch back mayb
Descent smooth
Depth/Bounce as natural
Lead/Drive with back
Resist hip shooting up/back
Next Time Things
Learn Depth with box and tweak stance until bouncing at depth
Pauses at depth
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Also anybody have any tips to hit daily protein? Is it ok to do a shake in the morning and before bed (might not be ok on my wallet lol)
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Destruction lel
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Use it to wipe your ass. Return to shit, to the shitter
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