No one wants to deadlift. I shake my head when I hear people say it’s their favourite.
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They only say that because they’re embarrassed to say it’s tricep kickbacks !!
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I would much rather deadlift than squat. Squats get me out of breath because I’m out of shape, haha.
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I love deadlifts. I hate squats.
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9.17.19
Woke up feeling rather tired. I’m really setting myself up to get sick. My daughter is going on day five of being sick and not fit for school. She has something viral and still had a fever last night.
Lack of rest and being around her is a recipe for disaster. Fingers crossed.
She woke me up in the middle of night with a coughing fit. I’d planned to go to the gym early but I couldn’t fall back asleep after getting her settled. I knew it was my turn to miss work so I didn’t even try to get up at 4:15 when my alarm went off. I can train in the basement later. But first, coffee.
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Just getting caught up here. Very astute insight. And that’s no way to go. The things that matter NEED to take priority. And if the priorities are wrong (in your own view), then change what matters. The best executives I’ve come across in my career have a very narrow list of things that matter in business, and maybe 2 things outside of work (a hobby and family typically) - and so they are always focused on those, and in a sense, never busy - because the only do the things that matter. If training matters, then it matters and should take priority.
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I believe that training matters. But I also know that I can train 3-4 days per week and get results. That means training only needs to occupy 4-5 hours of my time per week.
I think I’ve been giving it a lot more time than it needs (mental time) so I’m trying to rebalance things.
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Have You Seen the Weight Room?
WARM UP
Shoulder PT stuff
Practice double indeed aka beat myself with a jump rope
GIANT SET 1 (5 ROUNDS)
Deadlift 225 x 5
Squat Jump x 3
Ab Wheel x 10
GIANT SET 2 (3 ROUNDS)
DB OHP (L Only) 45 x 8
DB Row (L Only) 105 x 8
RFESS BW x 8 ea
Supposed to do pull downs today but I trained at home. I can’t do pull ups yet so DB Rows were done again.
DB INCLINE R/P
55 x 12-5-3
SUPERSET (3 ROUNDS)
Lat Raise 10 x 10 (25 x 10 partials first set)
DB CURL 25s x 10
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same
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Hey, look! It’s a rare @lil.greggy sighting!
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How’s the back from the little tweak or whatever?
I never pop my back anymore. Twisting/torsion or hyper extending it to pop has caused me issues several times. Now it’s all stability through McGill big 3 and unilateral stuff. It’s in a good place now.
Pop everything, except your back.
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I’m good. It’s actually my SI joint that pops. It gets stuck. I can feel it and usually get it to release but occasionally it gets really restricted and I need the chiro’s help.
The extra day off was good for me (although I’m starting deadlifts at like 45% of my best lift on a power bar). It’ll be awhile before I work up to anything challenging but that’s where I’m at with my shoulder. It still feels good to deadlift two plates!
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EXACTLY THIS.
I remind myself the Bible actually talks about exercise - paraphrased, 1 Timothy 4:8 says physical training profits a little bit, but godliness has profit in all things, both now and the world to come. This tells me at least a few things:
- my body will be renewed, and the workouts I do now aren’t transferable
- do exercise, but don’t give it more ttime/mental/emotional investment than it deserves
- prioritize godliness. Starting with learning what that entails; self-righteousness is NOT godliness.
On a related note, why not write a blog post about getting a healthy balance in your time of thought and emotional expenditure on training? I’d like to read your thoughts about it. Plus, that article can touch on why you prioritize training. It could be a good mix of practical considerations and philosophical inquiry.
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Heck YES!! Even though the weight’s relatively light, welcome back to deadlifts! I dunno what @MarkKO is talking about - you don’t LOVE deadlifts? Do you even lift, bruh?!
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Thanks for this post!
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9.18.19
Another sick day for my daughter. She’s missed four straight days of school.
I’ve been doing full body training so I don’t need to lift today. I kind of want to but I’m also kind of sore. I used Map My Run and measured my block. It’s 0.45 miles. I’m tempted to run two or three laps today. I’d come by the house every four minutes so my daughter wouldn’t be totally abandoned.
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OUTDOOR RUN
1.49 miles, 12:39
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I think you look good in both pictures there J. Just to put the weight into perspective, you’re pretty tall right? 6’4" if memory serves?
I have a theory that if you want to look as if you lift (in clothes) while also looking good at the beach a rule of thumb is to take your height (in cm) and subtract 100.
So, for a 6’4 individual that’s 193cm → minimum weight 93. But, to look decidedly impressive it’s that +10, i. e. 103 kilos for this example. Which is roughly 225lbs.
If you grow your traps a bit you’d have that menacing fighter- / power athlete-look.
@jackolee defies this rule, he looks great at lighter weights too
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They’re stubborn! This shoulder surgery hasn’t helped but traps are definitely on my list of priorities.
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Do lateral raises the wrong way maybe if you can? Like, the proper way to do it is pushing your hands away from you to purposefully bias the shoulder muscle but if you do it by mostly using your upper traps then maybe they’ll grow.
Definitely the kind of exercise that as long as you can do it pain-free you can keep the reps high (20-100). I’m just guessing from what I’ve read others do though, I don’t need to train anymore than I already am. I’ve done lateral raises every day before but not to bias the traps.
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