I would do the exact same try to use it as much as I could.
Hope you’re over the shoulder quickly.
I suspect the hip is another animal.
Before you know it your abs will be back!! You skinny git. Lol 
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10.27.18
Woke at 248+ lbs. I had three tiny slices of store bought pepperoni pizza last night and BBQ for lunch at work. I think I’ve been eating pretty good so my body latched on to the salt.
Pressing was okay. Pulling felt awful. It feels like the tendon moves across the head of my humerus and kind of gets stuck until I move my arm around in a circle. It’s an unpleasant sensation.
I’m trying to rest my hip but I ought to load it up soon to see if the injection worked. I might try squatting next week. It’s really not bad at the moment; it just hasn’t been good. I’d love to deadlift but my shoulder is preventing that.
Fat chance! My belly roll is real and it’s depressing.
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10.28.18
Woke at 246.2 lbs.
Back to work for one more day. It’s still dark outside which is making it difficult for me to get out of bed.
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Have you started shriveling away to nothing yet?
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Nope. Belly is still there, dammit. I haven’t done much this week (compared to my usual training) but I’ve stimulated the muscles enough to keep them. I think I’ll start my Shoulder Overhaul program that I planned to do and I’ll just do single arm stuff on anything that hurts.
I’ll be doing shoulders on Mondays and Thursdays or Fridays (can’t decide). I’ll do legs on Wednesdays. Saturdays will be chest and back.
When my shoulder allows it I’ll be doing cleans on Mondays, deadlifts on Wednesdays, and clean pulls on Thursday/Friday. I’ll also be running a couple times a week or doing some sort of conditioning. I think I’ll have plenty of leg stimulation for maintenance. I’m actually kind of excited about the program - just wish I could run it at 100%.
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What direction of pulling hurts? Upwards, downwards, or towards you? Or all 3?
Using my bicep hurts. Picking up my kids, rowing movements. I haven’t tried a pull up.
I was carrying something tonight and figured out that if my arm is extended behind me (like a triceps kickback) then I can use my bicep pain free. The moment my upper arm got back to a neutral position it hurt.
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Watching this I thought if your struggle
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Is that Kristen Pope? I used to love her in high school when all I did was olympic lifting, then she started to annoy the shit out of me after a few months. Mainly because she’s the self-proclaimed amateur weightlifter who all of a sudden made the switch to charging people for programs and diet plans, even though she seems to be (or did last time I checked up on her) a mediocre weight lifter who has great genetics that help keep her thin. She manages to portray herself as someone who knows nothing, yet knows everything. It’s really weird.
She seems like a nice enough person. She’s just the epitome of “annoying social media fitness influencer.” My unwarranted 2 cents lmao
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On the plus side I don’t think I’ve taken a step back with my hip yet (but I’m close).
10.29.18
I completely forgot about the scale this morning. I slept in a bit which was great.
Shoulder Overhaul Program
2 LAP DYNAMIC WARM UP
SQUAT (testing the hip)
135 x 10 x 2 sets
A little discomfort during the movement but I wouldn’t call it pain. A little achiness after the movement though.
HANG POWER CLEAN (testing the shoulder)
135 x 4 (not bad)
185 x 1 (Fuck no! A pop, a crunch, and the sensation of the tendon sliding across the head of my humerus. Dammit.)
on to the program…
MACHINE OHP
60 x 12
80 x 12 x 3
LAT CABLE RAISE
20 x 15 x 2 sets
10 x 15
LEAN AWAY DB LAT RAISE
10s x 15 x 3 sets
STRAIGHT BAR CURL (another test)
No f-ing chance! As soon as I created tension I felt my biceps tendon move.
Finished by shooting baskets for a few minutes. My shoulder doesn’t feel good when I shoot. Some shots are manageable; others I feel movement and occasionally a pop. No Bueno. I can’t wait to see the Doc on Thursday.
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I really hate reading that you’re having pain. I hope the doctor is able to figure it out quickly and put you on a quick path to recovery, dude. Sorry you have to be dealing with this right now
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I appreciate that. I was hoping to ignore my shoulder until I was in my 40s. I guess now is as good of a time as ever.
I’m not so sure this will be the typical “rest it and it’ll be fine” recovery. Pain is one thing, but this movement I’m feeling isn’t something I can ignore - - or live with.
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We break shit, we fix shit. You’ll be back. Lots of years ahead of you to get bigger and stronger.
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Thought we might move our discussion over here to keep from hijacking @mortdk thread
What numbers do you need? And what should I expect
After seeing @anon96032531 and @simo74 talking about casein, I remembered that I forgot to brag.
I picked up 7 tubs of whey and casein (plus a couple 2 lb tubs of vegan protein) for $50 this week. That’s the kind of deal you can get when you buy your stuff out of a garage guarded by bull mastiffs in a shady part of town.
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Your Deadlift is at 495 officially right now which is exactly where I was when I ran SGSS. I topped out at 465 in week 12 and then went on to pull 500 and 545 a week later.
I topped out at 285 on bencg and then hit 305.
I think it worked well to hold back a bit when planning the workouts. I’ve missed reps on OHP both times I’ve run the program and I haven’t hit any PRs on it. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.
Tell me your exercises and week 12 weights and I can make the spreadsheet for ya.
Four exercises for upper and lower body. A loaded carry is the supplemental on lower body day and you get to pick your exercise on upper body day (curls, fly’s, face pulls, etc).
I think I posted something on @lava2007’s log. I’ll look for it.
Edit: I found it but it looks like crap. I can upload a screen shot from my PC tomorrow if you want to see how it looks.
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Is there somewhere I can read about the program?
Main lift or four additional?
Upper:
Bench, OHP, Barbell Row, Incline Close Grip
Lower:
Squat, Deadlift, RDL, SSB squat
My numbers are gonna move from where I’m at. I’m certain I can Squat 430 ish now, Dead will be 525-550 ish by Jan, bench will be close to 300, and OHP who knows 195-205 by then…
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It’s on ThibArmy in the blog section. He sells a program with that name but the one I run is the free one.
Google Simple Guaranteed Strength and Size. It’s the first result for me but it could be because I’ve been to the page already.
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