Well, 5 of the 6 are gone. The 6th is homesick and wants to leave, but can’t.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much entertainment that I can provide a 21 year old college girl. At least not that would leave my marriage intact
So, I told her to figure what she wants to do and I will try to find a place where she can do it. Also, as a backup, I bought a fifth of tequila and margarita mix. Maybe she can drown her whines. If nothing else, it would be entertaining…muahahahaha.
MrsS is going to take today off. She is still not feeling great and I still think that her iron is low, as the blood test, a couple of months back, showed. The surgery she had makes it difficult to absorb certain things. This must be one of them. She is on a supp, but I think we need more red meat and high iron veggies on the menu.
In any case, she has grown frustrated with her apparent loss of strength. So we are going back to heavier weights and lower reps.
For my part, I am going to do something (not sure of the load) this evening. Then I am decompressing from this week’s chaos. Vacation starts tomorrow and I am off for 10 days. Now, if a homesick sister-in-law doesn’t make me miserable, for the next 4 days, life will be good.
I’m not convinced it’s iron issues. I think I’m just being a wuss. But since iron issues sound better we’ll go with that
Of course, I haven’t eaten real food in days, with all the chaos. I apparently suck at taking care of myself, so I’m not expecting much in the weight room tonight. And I am not sure there’s such a thing as “light” deads. But I’ll try.
[quote]MrsS wrote:
I’m not convinced it’s iron issues. I think I’m just being a wuss. But since iron issues sound better we’ll go with that
Of course, I haven’t eaten real food in days, with all the chaos. I apparently suck at taking care of myself, so I’m not expecting much in the weight room tonight. And I am not sure there’s such a thing as “light” deads. But I’ll try.[/quote]
Did something to her back. I wasn’t watching, at the time, but my bet is she snatched it off the floor, due to the weight. Form and technique! She is sitting around with a heating pad right now.
Me
Lat Pulls
100x15
160x15
170x14
180x13
190x12
200x11
Bench - regular grip - thought I would try these given my CGB PRs, last week
barx20
95x10
135x5
185x5
225x3
265x3
295x2
315x1
335x1
355x1 - most I have managed this year…lifetime best is 370#
375x0 - This felt heavy as heck, but I think it would have gone. Pulled muscle in my right thigh (see deads on Tuesday) seized as soon as I pushed off, as the bar hit my chest. Foot came off the floor, arch dropped, bar dropped. Shit! I really think it would have gone.
Seated Rows - Wide Neutral
160x15x3
That be it. I’m gonna nurse my thigh. MrsS is gonna nurse her back. I am gonna drink adult beverages and kick my vacation off right.
Big pulling and big pressing- nice work.
I think you will hit that liftme bench PR soon enough.
I can commiserate about the family
we have a weekend house, and its like they smell each other
what starts as a weekend visit for one sister, suddenly
13 members of my family descend and eat us out of house and home.
problem is that we love to host but do need our downtime.
No updates from the Strick camp? How is Mrs S and her back? How many in-laws did you strap to the weight stack so at least they had some value!!! Hope all is well
Thanks for keeping the log where I could find it, OG.
Sorry, I have been on vacation, this week, and haven’t been logging anything
MrsS is doing better. She tried to workout with me, Sunday, going very light, but it was a bad idea. Even doing exercises that avoided direct work still stressed it. She did not workout Tuesday and I am not letting her workout today. Muscle relaxers are helping. She really need to give it until Sunday before she tries again, though.
As for me…
Sunday - Shoulders
Military Press
barx20
95x10
135x5
175x3
205x3
230x2
250x1
270x1
285x0 - tweaked my wrist unracking it and got it only about 6" up
Speed Deads
225x3x3
***interesting thing here. On my last set, I pulled the slack out of the bar, to start the lift, and realized that the weight was off the floor.
No lunges. My right quad is still bothering me, but wasn’t bothered by the pulls.
Thanks, gents. It’s nothing earth shaking, but weight is being moved. That’s the most important thing…right?
Today’s uninspired effort…
Lat Pulls
115x15
175x15
185x14
195x13
205x12
215x10
Bench - playing with hand placement…couldn’t find a good one
barx20
95x10
135x8
185x5
225x3
265x2
295x1
315x1
335x1
Seated Rows - wide neutral
220x12x4
Bench kind of sucked. Might have been tied to the maxing of MPs on Sunday and the less than 5 hours of sleep, last night. Or, I might just suck. Either one works…lol.
