SA DB OHP
30 x 10
35 x 10
40 x 8
45 x 6
50 x 4
55 x 4
SA DB INCLINE
50 x 10
55 x 8
60 x 6
65 x 4
70 x 4
TABATA SQUATS
45 x 15 for 7 sets, 18 on last set I felt a bit nauseaus going into this and didn’t really want to do it. I slacked off by stopping at 15 each set except the last. I actually had about three seconds left in each round and did the reps unbroken. I had to pause for a second on the latter rounds last time. I’d say this was an improvement despite the slacking off. I recovered pretty quickly, too.
TRI SET
SA CABLE FLY
70 x 15, 9, 7
LAT CABLE RAISE
20 x 18, 11, 8+8 partials
CABLE KICK BACK
40 x 14, 12, 9
Another solid session. It’s really strange doing the same exercises every push session. I’m really messed up in the head with variation and hitting every angle possible.
This easy to say but its really hard to do. It is basically how i’ve been training since I returned to the gym, but every day I look at other peoples logs and or new articles on training and think about changing.
It is justice that he will be arrested eventually, however he’s still tieing up a hospital bed that surely could go to someone worthy. Too many wastes of space in the world, I am sure in your kind of work your view of society must drop.
I have a lot more dark thoughts since joining law enforcement…
And the jail won’t take him without medical clearance. If he’s “in custody” then whichever agency has him will have to pay the medical bills. That’s why he wasn’t arrested. I’ve taken the handcuffs off of people and let them climb into the ambulance just to save the City money. The charges don’t change or go away.
Woke at 212.6 lbs. I overate a bit yesterday. We had wood fire baked pizza for dinner and mine was 1000 calories. It was delicious and I could have eaten two. I think coming in at 212 after pizza is a win.
The downside is that today is a lower calorie, lower carb day and I’m hungry. This back and forth approach is tricky. I’m using my higher days for training days, but I find that I wake up hungry. I’m not sure if it’s a result of my workouts or just from eating more food and getting my metabolism going. Either way, it makes these lower carb days a bit longer.
The nice thing about carb cycling is that I only have to be hungry for one day at a time instead of the whole week.
I’m trying new things. Sometimes it’s good to get out of your comfort zone for a bit. Also, the old school approach to this training thing was to copy someone who had what you wanted. Well, Ryan Fischer is muscular, strong, and lean. He does carb cycling and advocates it so I’m going to try it.
I’ll just ignore the part about him being way shorter than me.
Some good news from the physical therapy department. I can’t help but think ahead to my appointment with my surgeon and my eventual release date. I find it odd that they give all these restrictions and then on that magical day I’ll be free to do anything I want. It seems logical to me that there would be some sort of slow progression.
I asked my therapist if I could start rowing or pressing or doing anything that I would normally do in the gym. She agreed that it’s silly that I go from doing nothing to being able to do everything and gave me permission to start doing pulling movements. My weight limit is still 15 pounds but I can make that work. Most of my PT exercises have a five-second hold or eccentric. I hate it but it’s effective.
Woke at 209.6 lbs. Guess this carb cycling and not eating like an ass is working okay.
Yeah, I’m aware of that. But if I could look like my avatar year round while eating well then I’d be happy. On top of that, I expect to be in pretty darn good shape if I can run those workouts for a long period of time.
Yep, watch out for this guy! He’ll be doing 15 lb DB rows for days to reach fatigue.
SA PULL DOWN
60 x 10
70 x 10
80 x 10
90 x 10
100 x 6, 5, 5
DB RDL
100 x 10 x 2 sets
LYING LEG CURL
100 x 15, 10
SA CABLE ROW
90 x 8
80 x 10 x 2 sets
And some PT exercises. I tried doing pull downs with my right arm with 20 lbs and it was a waste of time. Too light to do anything. I tried a straight arm pull down with 30 lbs and that felt good. I also did scapular push ups and lying reverse fly’s. That last one is very methodical. Depress and retract the scaps, raise the arms, hold for 5 seconds, lower, repeat. 5 lbs is plenty hard.
I had to rush my workout. The lady that is covering my spot today wanted to go to lunch at 1130. I messed around and wasted time and didn’t get into the gym til 1100. I did the best I could with the time. I’m going to meet a shift partner for lunch at a barbeque place later. I wanted to lift before that so the food goes to good use. I also don’t think I’ll want to do much afterwards.
Damn J been away for about a week and +100 post here, been skimming them.
Good to see you’ve been released for at least light work with your right arm.
Loved the video of man vs fish.
Woke at 210.6 lbs. I’m excited about that because yesterday was a high carb day. I don’t think I’ve been in the 210s after 340g of carbs and high sodium (had BBQ for lunch).
I’m headed to Colorado for a wedding this weekend. My wife can’t go because it’s the first week of school so I’m hitching a ride with my parents. I’m hoping to keep myself in check with my food choices.
You have to remember that literature is based on the masses, and most people aren’t looking to do (nor are they even capable) what you want to do; your first progression may be their end game, so all the doctors have to off is a risk rate based on lifting 15lbs. (or whatever).
Anyway, like you’re doing, this is where an experience therapist comes into play and can start moving you by gradations; that’s not really the surgeon’s area of expertise.
