J4GGA2's Log: Becoming More Athletic

Training Training Logs
1585

Yep :joy:. Itā€™s a novice meet and Iā€™m not super stressed about smashing it out of the park, just signing up for a bit of fun for now

1586

Saturday 23rd of November
DE Upper

Warm-Up: 2 rounds

  • Pull-Ups
  • GHRā€™s
  • Cable Rows
  • Hanging Leg Raises
  • Push-Ups
  • Face Pulls

Comp Bench:

  • Up to 40 x 8 x 3 EMOM

Standing Axle Press:

  • Up to 28 x 4 x 15

Seated DB Press:

  • 15ā€™s x 3 x 8

Axle Curls:

  • up to 28 x 12

Barbell Rows to Lower Sternum:

  • 55 x 4 x 8

Face Pulls: 3 x 15

1587

Monday 25th of November
ME Lower

Favourite day of the week

Zercher Squat:

  • 20 x 5
  • 30 x 5
  • 40 x 5
  • 50 x 5
  • 60 x 5
  • 70 x 5
  • 80 x 5
  • 90 x 5
  • 95 x 5

So happy with that

GHR with Plate on Chest

  • 5kg x 4 x 6

IL DB Reverse Lunge / Pull-Ups

  • 25kg x 3 x 12 / 8, 8, 6

Farmerā€™s Carries

  • 50kg per hand x 40m
  • 70kg per hand x 40m
1588

Wednesday 27th of November
ME Upper

Quick humblebrag: I got my results back for first year physiotherapy. Iā€™m on a GPA 6.5 out 7, so Iā€™m on track for Honours Class 1. Hell yeah :sunglasses:

Warm-Up: 2 Rounds

  • Pull-Ups
  • Single-Leg Hip Thrusts
  • Seal Rows
  • Hanging Leg Raises
  • Push-Ups
  • Band Face Pull-Aparts

Swiss Bar Bench: 3rd Grip Position

  • 25 x 5
  • 35 x 5
  • 45 x 5
  • 55 x 5
  • 65 x 5 grind
  • 70 x 3 grind

Drew said I was touching these way too low on my chest, which seems to happen most times I use this bar. Have to keep that in mind next time these come around

Axle Press

  • 8 x lots
  • 18 x some
  • 28 x 8, 6, 6, 5 + 1 push press PR

Seal Rows / YTWā€™s

  • 20 x lots / 5 each
  • 30 x some / 5 each
  • 40 x some / 5 each
  • 47.5 x 10, 8, 6 PR / 3 x 2 5s hold + 5s transition

Seated DB Lateral Raises

  • 3ā€™s x 10
  • 5ā€™s x 6, 10 PR

EZ-Bar Reverse Curl

  • 15 x 8
  • 20 x 12 PR + 15 x 6 drop-set
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1589

6.5 out of 7. Good shit man, proud of you!

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1590

Keep at it bro! People always say grades or numbers donā€™t define you and bla bla bla. We had this really good (hard) professor that disagreed. She openly told us they did. Good thing we all liked her before she said that lol. It wasnā€™t long before we realized she had a point. Sad reality is, the world cares about numbers. Who can blame them? Itā€™s the only objective way they can measure you against others. Grades not only reflect how smart you are, but it can also reflect how hard you work for it

1591

Wuts that in WAM though?

1592

Cheers man, I hope your results come out looking good too

Couldnā€™t agree more. I donā€™t understand the ā€œI just want to passā€ mentality a lot of my peers have, seems irresponsible to me. Youā€™re studying medicine right?

Iā€™m gonna need a translation for WAM

1593

Weighted average mark so like 80.30

1594

Well, to each his own. Some just want to get by. In the future, your clients or patients or whatever will not care about your grades but will care more how you treat them. Itā€™s just gonna suck if you get into a situation like applications where you need to show good grades and you got nothing to show for.

And yep, medicine, although Iā€™ve technically graduated already

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1595

Not totally sure I understand, but threshold for a 7 is 85% and threshold for a 6 is 75%

1596

Congrats man. Why the technically? Are you on your internship or something?

1597

Nah, just technically not in medical school anymore. Thought you were asking if I was currently a medical student. And thanks! On to more challenges ahead!

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1598

Ahhh fair enough. Do you know which field youā€™d like to go into? Iā€™m tossing up between emergency, sports medicine or pain medicine

1599

Yup! Trying to get into internal medicine. You donā€™t need to think about it too much right now. Your preferences can still change, specially during clinical rotations. I thought I wanted surgery all the way until clinical rotations, then when that started, I wanted ophthalmology, ended up liking internal medicine very much in the end. Lol. Wonā€™t hurt to have a preference at first, just donā€™t force it and be open to other fields.

Emergency medicine is nice but the downside is even after training (residency) youā€™d still have duties in the hospital where you have to stay overnight every so often. Not sure how the system in your country is though, might be different

Sports medicine is really good too given your background. Quality of life as a physician there is so good man. Thereā€™s a chance you might end up working more with old people needing rehab rather than athletes though. You have to note though that thereā€™s somewhat of an overlap between PT, sports/rehab medicine, and orthopedic surgery. No need to go through med school if you want to be a PT. For orthopedics, you usually diagnose and operate and send them to rehab or sprots med afterwards, who eventually sends them to their partner PT. Thatā€™s the system here, at least

Not too sure about pain medicine. Didnā€™t get exposure to it when I was a student or intern.

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1600

Awesome man, best of luck. I have a close family friend who is an internal medicine specialist out in Indiana and loves it

Hahah yeah for a while I thought neurology sounded really interesting, but then as soon as we started studying some neuro at uni I tapped out :joy:

Yeah itā€™s basically shift work here unless you get promoted to a more management/supervision style role

Thatā€™s really encouraging! I honest to God know very little about sports med as itā€™s practiced here in Australia. All I know is, like you said, my physio background will help me a lot there, and Iā€™d like to work with athletes.

Neither to be honest, all I know is itā€™s a growing field here in Australia and it seems like a soecialty where a lot of people need help

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1601

Saturday 30th of November
DE Upper and Lower

Missed Fridayā€™s DE Lower and had enough time to train today so I put the two together. Took like 2.5 hours oops

Warm-Up: 1 Round

  • GHR
  • Pull-Ups
  • Figure-4 Hip Thrusts
  • Hanging Leg Raises
  • Single-Leg Calf Raises
  • Single-Arm Cable Rows
  • Plyo Push-Ups
  • Copenhagens
  • Band Face Pull-Aparts

Comp Squat:

  • 20 x 2 x 5
  • 30 x 2 x 3
  • 40 x 3
  • 50 x 2
  • 60 x 8 x 2 EMOM

Took a while to get these feeling smooth, but they felt pretty solid by the end

Deadlifts:

  • 90 x 8 x 1 EMOM

Like butter

Comp Bench

  • 20 x 5
  • 37.5 x 5
  • 45 x 8 x 3 EMOM

Moved insanely fast, I think from some CNS activation from the squats and deads

Snatch Grip SLDLā€™s

  • 60 x 6 DOH
  • 80 x 6 DOH PR
  • 90 x 2 x 6 Hook Grip PR
  • 90 x 2 x 6 straps

Hook grip hurt like a bitch so Iā€™m sticking with straps for this

Military Press

  • 20 x lots
  • 30 x 10
  • 35 x 4 x 6 PR

Also felt really strong

Chin-Ups off Mono / Clockwork YTWā€™s on Incline Bench

  • 8 I think / 2 rounds
  • 5 / 2 rounds
  • 5 / 2 rounds

Barbell Rows / Band Face Pull-Aparts

  • 60 x 2 x 6 super jerky / 8-12
  • 50 x 10 / 8-12

Misloaded the rows and meant to use 55, was wondering why they were so tough (even though my back was already fatigued)

1602

Neurology is damn hard dude lol

Lots of routes to get you ending up working with athletes, but if ever you do decide to go the medicine route, just have a really good reason why you chose medicine. Because youā€™ll reach the point where youā€™ll want to quit it everyday, and the only thing youā€™ll fall back on to keep you going is that reason why you chose it in the first place

1603

Thank you for the advice man, I really appreciate it. To be honest, even though I worked my ass off to get the med place last year, Iā€™ve been enjoying physio so much Iā€™m wondering if I should just stay here. I guess Iā€™ll figure it out in a few years

1604

Yeah dude just enjoy college for now. Just be aware of when you should start looking into med school requirements and stuff so you donā€™t miss out. Iā€™m guessing itā€™s somewhere 3rd year or 4th year college

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