@aldebaran et al: bon quatorze juillet à nos amis en France!
81,9 kg
I have doubled the size of breakfast (I don’t think I’ve knowingly consumed 813 kcal by the end of breakfast once in my whole life! ) and I’ve slightly increased the size of lunch, so I’m now feeling much better during the day. No need to put my head down on my desk after lunch and wait for the feeling of dying to pass . . .
Morning — Round 2, Week 3, Day 2: Leg Tabatas
Warm-up
Beat your boots
8 x 7
Lunges
2 x 3 + 6 x 4
Good mornings
1 x 6 + 7 x 7
Good energy for this morning’s routine. Improved on every exercise over the last round.
Afternoon: PLP
For P & P always explosive up, 1-2-sec pause, 6-sec eccentric; for L always 6-sec pause at bottom each side
Not much of an improvement over last round on this one. That last superset is brutal and leaves a good anterior burn in the shoulders — which just proves that my shoulders are weaker than kittens.
Afternoon: PLP
For P & P always explosive up, 1-2-sec pause, 6-sec eccentric; for L always 6-sec pause at bottom each side
Day 11: Pronated grip: 6 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 (24)
For some reason, the first two sets were a bit grindy today. Not sure why, because I’ve been eating like a rapacious animal!
I said it before, and I’ll say it again: programming these after squats is evil. Doing them with such a long hold at bottom leaves no rest time between sets = double evil.
For some reason, was struggling by this point today. Struggled to get properly awake this morning, despite (or perhaps because of) 11 hours’ sleep last night (I was dead tired).
Afternoon: PLP
For P & P always explosive up, 1-2-sec pause, 6-sec eccentric; for L always 6-sec pause at bottom each side
Day 12 is a scheduled rest day, but I took a rest day on Sunday, so pressed ahead with Day 13. Neutral grip is always my favourite because the (body) weight just flies up!
On Wednesday, I travelled for a non-life-threatening, emergency medical appointment. Yesterday, I had the first of two emergency surgeries (the next one is tomorrow) that will require that I remain bed-ridden for a five-week recovery. The reason for this is that I have to maintain a certain position for recovery to take place properly, even during sleep.
I’m allowed out of bed for a maximum of 10 minutes of every hour, so I plan to try to do some light exercise for about 5 of those minutes, just to maintain some sort of conditioning during the convalescence. However, I’ll have to see how it goes and make adjustments accordingly.
I will be away for a while, and wish all of you the very best. My grateful thanks to all the wonderful and supportive new friends I’ve made here. I will miss all of you during this time, and I hope to be back to my usual routine again soon.
Thanks everyone for all the good wishes. The second surgery was successful, and now it’s a question of recovery. I’m not allowed to exercise for two weeks. But after that, I’m looking forward to getting back to things.
