Yeah it weighs on me a lot. I’m about to hit my 15 year mark in September. I plan on hitting my 20 and getting the F out haha.
Oh yeah LMNT is sending me 250 sample packs which have 8 sticks per box and I ordered some mineral drops for my water that’ll add too. Should help out.
Day 40 at sea.
Pull
Pull up – Fastest to 40 – 12, 10, 8, 9, 4
Barbell Row – 135x10 185x9 205x8
Felt ok, need to figure out form on this one. Always feels wrong
Single Arm Row - 95x12 100x10 100x8 100x8
Banded Back Extensions - 4 sets of 10 w/ 50lb and 20lb band
Single Arm Lat Pull Down - 90x12 105x8 105x7
Face Pull - 70x10 75x10 80x10
Shrugs – 80x15 80x10 80x10
Alternating Curls – 30x10 40x8 50x6
Cross Body Hammer Curl - 25x10 30x8 35x6
30 min incline walk
PM
30 min incline walk
Felt pretty strong today. Gotta fix my bent over row form, it just feels off. Could be my lower back injury or my form is just terrible idk. How can RDLs feel fine but barbell rows are so shit?
Whats up with the rows? How far are you bending over,where on the front of your body are you pulling the bar to?
Bending over a little higher than where I would stop for RDLs and I’m bringing the bar from upper shin up to my hip crease. Like driving it into my pockets.
If you’re tall, pulling the bar back into you, towards your hip, can make you over-extend or excessively arch your back.
Maybe try pulling the bar in a straighter path, like up into your lower ribs, and see if thats easier on your back.
Here’s a guy pulling to the hip crease, you can see hiw extended and almost kinked his back is.
Here’s Arnold pulling straight up, towards the ribs. You can see how much more neutral his back is.
I considered myself tall at 6’0" (at age 19)
With my wide stance I pulled the bar to my navel area.
He looks like he is using light weight to contract and hold at the top. But his back is arched hard. As you add weight holding the arch becomes more difficult. Once the weight breaks your arch it is difficult for the next rep. I should mention that if I took a breath between any reps, my brace slackened significantly, making the next rep much more difficult. In other words, I did all 8 reps with one breath.
IMO, Arnold’s back is humped. I would be weak as water with a humped back. It is also obvious that Arnold is rowing with an extreme stretch.
Day 41 at sea.
Rest Day
Again focusing on hydration, calories, and recovery.
This coming cycle I’ll try pendlay rows to see if those feel better on my back. Due to the issues I’ve had with back pain and rows, maybe these will help? I feel like I could do a lot more weight but my lower back screams. I just want to get stronger, bigger, and be able to put my own shoes on pain free lol. Looking forward to the gym tomorrow.
@RT_Nomad I’ve made the switch from PPL to Push Legs Pull as you suggested.
I noticed that from your log. The rests make more sense to me. Do you like it so far?
So far so good. I feel like I was stronger on my pull day than normal. Over then next couple weeks I’ll be able to tell better. Been having a issue about 30 min into my workout with focus, just like zoning out between sets. Trying to figure out if it’s a calorie issue or just my brain. I just added BCAAs with Glutamine that I’m drinking during my gym time, looking to see how that effects me.
