[quote]corrmhona wrote:
Most people would kill to have a regular workout like your rehab workout… :)[/quote]
x2
Way to stay after it, Matty. Looking and lifting stout!
Thanks Fellas…Im trying…
Today
Deads - worked up to 405x5 then dropped to “speed” work 315 plus minis x 5 x 5
Front Squat - 135, 185, 205, 225 x 5
DB Cleans - 35,45,45,45 x 12 (SS with Leaning DB Laterals 30x4x15)
Cable FLys - 4x15
HS High Row - 2plt x 15 3plt x 2 x 13
A1) DB Swings - 40, 50, 60, 70 x10
A2) Goblet Squats - 40, 50, 60, 70 x10
Good work in here Matty.
Does your arm shake when pressing?
Does your Trap on the injured side cramp a lot?
Great work especially on the heavy deads and squats.
[quote]FISCHER613 wrote:
Good work in here Matty.
Does your arm shake when pressing?
Does your Trap on the injured side cramp a lot?
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Hey Rick, shake no, but it lags and is uneven if I push the weight or reps. Ironically if I go wider with my elbows on the presses the uneveness of the bench is not as severe. There is no point in pushing any amount of weight or testing as it is not improving at all.
Cramp, no but it is noticeably sorer than the uninjured side.
Now that the epidural has helped quell the pain to a good degree I have to be mindful that nothing is cured, simply masked.
[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
Great work especially on the heavy deads and squats.[/quote]
Thanks a ton GV. I figure I need to have more recovery time between my heavy days, so Doing Deads and Heavy Squats in the beginning of the week really will increase my recovery time.
Yesterday…
SGHP - 2x3 of the following - 90,135,155,185,205,225,245
Pendlay Row - 135x10 185x10 205x10 225x5 245x5 (SS w chins 4x8)
Hammer Strength Incline - 1plt x 4 x 15 (SS with Face Pull 95x4x15)
Spoon Press - 35,45,50,60 - 12 - 15 (SS with Band Pushdowns)
A1 - DB Swings - 35, 45, 60, 60 x15
A2 - Goblet Squats - 35, 45, 60, 60 x10
Rockin’.
You finding machines better of worse on the arm than free weights?
You’re the man.
[quote]corrmhona wrote:
Rockin’.
You finding machines better of worse on the arm than free weights?
You’re the man.[/quote]
Thanks brother…honestly it all feels like shit!
Today
Hang Cleans - 90x10 135x10 155x2X10 165x10 (ss with inverted rows)
1 arm Tbars - 25x20 50x15 75x10 100x5 (ss with band pushdowns)
Klokov Press - Bar x 3 x 20 (ss with front raise)
Meadows 6 way - 10x10 15x10 20x5 15x5 10x5 (ss with band shrugs)
Bro curls - some x some
Pin Squat - up to 315 x 3
Matty,
In the interest of saving people from wasted time and monumental embarrassment you should have to wear a shirt that says “I am really strong but I am injured, If you do Hammer Benches with one plate you will not look like me, even if you do sets of 1,000” I know that is a lot to put on a shirt, maybe you could just have it tattooed on your enormous biceps almost like a warning tag that they put on hair dryers (i.e. don’t use in shower) to keep folks safe. I hope you continue to recover big man, it’s like the 6th circle of hell being able to deadlift but not bench, good luck and nice work.
Hopefully, all the lifting you’re doing will keep that bench in tune.
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
Matty,
In the interest of saving people from wasted time and monumental embarrassment you should have to wear a shirt that says “I am really strong but I am injured, If you do Hammer Benches with one plate you will not look like me, even if you do sets of 1,000” I know that is a lot to put on a shirt, maybe you could just have it tattooed on your enormous biceps almost like a warning tag that they put on hair dryers (i.e. don’t use in shower) to keep folks safe. I hope you continue to recover big man, it’s like the 6th circle of hell being able to deadlift but not bench, good luck and nice work.[/quote]
Im not going to lie, sometimes my ego gets the best of me when I see a bunch of dickseats half repping 3 plates, I want to show its how its done so bad. Thanks for the kind words, you have an excellent way with them!
[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
Hopefully, all the lifting you’re doing will keep that bench in tune.[/quote]
I hope so GV…I expect a dropoff hopefully it wont be severe
Today
Deads - Worked up to 455x2, didnt feel good, stopped there.
Belt Squats - 25x15 50x15 75x15 90x15 135x15 - trying to give my spine some relief, and trying to target the quads, the biceps of the legs lol
Floor Press - 135x15 155x2x15 - (SS) with seated facepulls 95x2x15 120x2x15
Chins - 5x8
SG High Pull - 90,135,155,185,205 x 5 225x4
Band Pushdowns and Pullovers
Matty (purely anecdotal of course): I started experiencing occasional, mild tingling in my left forearm and hand, especially when doing chin tuck, i.e. cervical neck stretching; partly from reading about your travails, I moved the bar on my back squats an inch or so (making sure my puny traps were taking as much of the weight as possible). A few weeks later now, no more tingling; and I squat baby weights, 225 max these days.
My .02.
Nice work going on Matty! That DL is hard to comprehend, especially given all the crap you’ve been dealing with. Just goes as motivation for the rest of us that have no excuse, to work harder and improve. Hope everything is going well for you man.
Pretty solid DL for being off…you’re the man!
Oh hell just slap 800 on the bar and give it a tug! Great work even though the going is rough. It’s no pic-a-nic being a bear(I think that a Yogi the bear quote).
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Matty (purely anecdotal of course): I started experiencing occasional, mild tingling in my left forearm and hand, especially when doing chin tuck, i.e. cervical neck stretching; partly from reading about your travails, I moved the bar on my back squats an inch or so (making sure my puny traps were taking as much of the weight as possible). A few weeks later now, no more tingling; and I squat baby weights, 225 max these days.
My .02.[/quote]
Im all about the anecdotal PG lol. when you moved the bar was it higher or lower? I am not comfortable with the really low bar PL squat, nor the high bar oly placement. I tend to go across my traps