Thanks people, I need to find time to catch up on what everyone is up too
I am only reading slivers
That is a good question-
I would try to tip the therapist directly
I imagine some places want the tip giving- to be public
so there is no way for any one to have any accusations of ‘shenanigans’ or ‘happy endings’
some super spendy hair dressers In NYC have you use envelopes-
maybe you could do that if you can’t give it directly to the therapist…
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Thanks people, I need to find time to catch up on what everyone is up too
I am only reading slivers
That is a good question-
I would try to tip the therapist directly
I imagine some places want the tip giving- to be public
so there is no way for any one to have any accusations of ‘shenanigans’ or ‘happy endings’
some super spendy hair dressers In NYC have you use envelopes-
maybe you could do that if you can’t give it directly to the therapist…
[/quote]
That’s what I thought but she disappeared after the session. I was expecting her to be around when I came out of the room to say “Good-bye, hope to see you again” or something. Then I would have tipped her and said thank you. Oh well…
I think I’ll ask for an introduction to my friend’s therapist.
couldn’t train this weekend.
Gonna Pick up and brine our turkey later tonight…
11.23.10
lower - volume sort of
Mobility.train.swim
jump rope
mobility allot but not enough
hops skips, lunges crawls etc
12,345 leg swings
OH squat 95x5,95x10 135 2(2x3)
A front squat 135x8,225 3x3, 245 4(3x2)
B standing broad jumps 3x5
C Glute Ham raise 4x8
D Good girl bad girl 3x12 each
E seated calves 10x10 rest pause
F abs roman chair 3x10
Notes
It all needs work.
OH squats again these are my best diagnostic tool tells me when the ankles are too tight
or the shoulders are too stiff.
today they told me my torso- abs and low back are not ready for real loading
A needs work - I like doing the doubles or triples seems easier then straight reps
this is something like 24 reps at 245.
needs work- my rack position is off too elbows need to get higher.
this gym the rack faces a mirror lame.
B jumps fun- needed to cut them short too deconditioned for more
C GHR- did these out of the lat pull down. these sucked ass
D took the chiro’s advice and added these in for some direct hip work
E calves same here - need these for some ankle stability
F needs work.
shit it all needs work
thanks for looking
Meant to say then I swam for 10 mins.
This was kind of too much work and took to long.
that and front squats crushed my elbows today.
I guess “good boy bad boy” don’t have the same descriptive power. 
Interesting that your chiro recommended those for hips. I’ve been adding them in myself.
How’s it feeling-- pain/ache wise?
I dunno man - overhead squats work my neck something fierce. Mebbe I’m doing 'em wrong.
Nice to have ye back.
thanks people!!
DOMS feel good-
actually they feel great!!!
my neck?
it’s always stiff. Its a dull ache - and cause of headaches
and jaw pain.
the elbow joint stuff is just what I guess is anyone who is active and pushing 40 feels like
or is it??
my right shoulder is just kind of fucked up- broke that clavicle a few times,
dislocated the shoulder itself a number times and I have some general grinding, clicking and poping all the time.
It sits lower, and further back then the other one and has a more limited range of motion.
this also applies to left hip and left ankle
surprise!
New Chiro guy says the neck shoulder and tendonitis-joint stuff are all cause and effect.
go figure.
seems like lighter loads and things for a ‘pump’ do wonders
Chiro and I talked about most of my lifting
he is familiar or has performed most of the stuff himself
I’m sure if I really think about it and do some more controlled training-
only do a few movement at time-
Id figure out what hurts the worst or does the most damage.
I think stuff I love like hanging leg raises, snatch pulls or snatch dead lifts,
or even OH squats do more damage then good to my elbows.
its the time under tension, of the joints in the locked out position.
Lots of stuff with the neck is where the traps are firing or contracting-
are likely problematic
shit even things like curls if heavy enough, are probably bad.
I’m sure if the chiro saw me train lots more would be of the menu
Have a great thanksgiving Kevin. You are doing some serious work in here.
Made any bad TV lately?
thanksgiving was good kept it small brined and roasted a 16lb turkey
Had 7 people over- just fam.
Littleman ate like SteelyD
11.26.10
traing upper - random shit
mobility/jumprope/lytp
lots of mini DB power cleans
A Power snatch bar x lots, 95 3x3, 115 3x3, 135 2x2
B1 Yates row 135x8,185x5,225x5,225x5 225x5
B2 BB bench bar, 95x10,135x10,185x5,225 2x2
C1 Tbar row 2 plates x10, 3x8, 4x8,4x8,4x8
C2 decline RG press 135 4x8
D1 Tbar 1 arm oh press 25 plate x10 2x25’s 3x10
D2 facepull 4x12
E1 pushup +45 3x10
E2 ab BB rollout 3x10
Notes.
A power snatch- yay lots of fun last 2x2 got shaky
B rows and bench- rows felt ok- somehow I suck at all BB rows cant do overhand kills my elbow
did these underhand
BB bench this was to see what was going on with me- needs work to say the least
felt pretty stable- I suck at these needs work.
C tbar rows & decline reverse grip- now we are getting somewhere. all my push movements are weak
D tbar over head press- these are fun- good pump- I can see loading these up for push presses
facepulls - got to do them.
E weighted pushups more fun then benching, rollouts of any kind work so well.
other random shit- the good girl bad girl machine - left me crippled
the adduction portion- killed my inner thigh and groin, and somehow made me feel like I had blue balls.
thanks for reading.
Kevin- Great work, welcome back!! Very impressed with the positive attitude and work given your situation.
Loved the Jaws picture.
Somehow I missed your earlier commentary about working out at a family YMCA. That is my deal as well, and the cross-section of life is HUGE entertainment. Luckily, there is no comparable locker room horror in the ladies’.
Hey, great to see you are back at it in full force. It sounds like you had a great thanksgiving.
Thanks people
11.29.10
lower
mobility jump rope
lots of skips lunges hops, etc
lytp nothing to do dislocates with this sucks
A trap bar DL 135x10,225x8 315x5 405 5x3
B RDL 225x5, 245 3x5, 275 3x5
C Db 1 arm snatch 60x5 70 2x5
D seated calf raise 1x100 RP
E1 ab pull down 3xlots
E2 med ball twists 3xlots
Notes
looks like not much on paper but I felt like I got my ass kicked
A- trap bar deadlift- I can only get 405 or 425 on this bar fat squatty plates, and short bar go figure.
the handles you grab on this one are super thin kind of sucks
grip needs work I have never had grip issues- but I just took 5 or 6 months off so I can deal with it
B RDL- did these mixed grip- straps use straps last week they just make my grip worse- go figure
C yay for jumping shit- wanted to do some unilateral lower work -and wanted to jump decent compromise
D seated calves stole thise from PeteS and Meat 100 reps rest paused , more please
E some ab jumk
more strange shit at the YMCA-
the dumbells are rubber coated hex- with a handle part that sucks- its not like a bar it flares out and gets fatter in the middle
thanks for reading.
Damn, dude. No DL’ing for half a year and you can still pull 400+ off the floor. For reps! went heavy on the RDLs too.
And no - it looks like a LOT on paper.
Great work, that is some heavy pulling.
Catching up.
So great you can lift again. I really, really admire your perseverance when so many of your lifting activities have been curtailed/eliminated. Really speaks to your character. I mean, you could just throw in the towel and watch TV shows that you’ve produced, you know?
There’s a great website that has all kinds of exercises to target each muscle group. You might take a gander and see what you can do.
Thanks People…
Jack thank you It feels good
Tony- these are with a trap bar so who knows what the carry over or equivalent is
Ksnap- thank you for that link- very good info.
12.2.10 horizontal upper
mobility + jumprope a bunch of scap shit.
A1 DB floor press 60x10, 80x10, 95x5, 95x5, 95 2x3
A2 chest supported row 1 platex10, 2p 4x6
B1 db row 80x10, 100 4x12
B2 low incline db press 60 5x10
db curl to press 15 3x20
db power cleans yes lots
face pulls
10 minute swim
Notes-
this gym has the most uncomfortable chest supported row ever.
and I found out it only has one 100lb db.
A floor presses felt ok… chest rows felt awful
B certainly not Kroc rows-just some db BO rows
DB curl to press- felt good- embarassingly low weight
swim - ‘fast’
My obliques are killing me.
glad you are back, training looks good. time to fatten up
