Woke at 251.1 lbs, looking similar to yesterday.
Todays training
Pull aparts and kb bottoms up press
Pullups
3x5
Fives are starting to feel much easier.
Feet elevated pushups, hands at sides
3x12
I feel like these are what incline presses are meant to do.
KB rows
3x12x70 lbs
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I’m imagining a dude being the monolift. Holding the weight until the other guy is ready to unrack.
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Need two guys, one each side.
How Ed Coan recounts his first meet is that he was too short for the racks so two people had to load the bar onto his back.
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Did you seriously not get that reference? That’s a tnation classic, dude! 
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Yer but there are 10,000 posts in his last log to read through and find the story 
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Woke at 250.2 lbs. CPAP adaptor arrived yesterday so actually slept properly.
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Extra workout
50 pull aparts
50 air squats
50 reverse hypers
50 crunches
This still makes me suck wind for a little
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Woke at 251.1 lbs, looking pretty similar to yesterday. Maybe a tiny bit bloated.
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Lower back feeling funny all day, must have moved wrong. Maybe getting off the bed after laying face down propped up on my elbows for a bit yesterday evening. That felt odd when I got up, but nothing on waking. Came on suddenly at work.
Todays training
Pull aparts and kb bottoms up press
Pullups
3x3 weighted with 17 lbs kb
1x5 bodyweight
Grip was slippery, I think I didn’t wash all the barrier cream off before training. Other than that pullups felt good though.
KB swings
5x10x70 lbs, 10 second rests
I may need to add another set soon
Goblet lunges
2x10x70 lbs
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Woke at 250.2 lbs, looking much the same. Lower back or SI joint is now stiffer. Fucking yay. I can move, but bending down is a complicated process.
Back is still funny, almost certain it’s the SI joint now. It’s manageable though, which is a win.
Extra workout
50 pull aparts
50 reverse hypers
50 crunches
50 air squats
Changed the order because of my back, I figured squats could be shitty so I’d do them last.
Turns out they were fine. Reverse hypers lit up where it’s funky in a good way too.
Do you do these 50’s straight through or split them up?
I can see there is another post there, which is hopefully you saying your back is better, but t-nation won’t let me read it. Must be classified or something
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Classified, with an emphasis on ass lol
Pretty much straight through @dagill2 I started going 10, deep breath while not moving, 10, etc but now I can do the pull aparts in one, today was the first time for the reverse hypers in one and the crunches I think I did 35 and then the breaths. Squats was 30, breath, 20 or something.
I figure if I don’t stop for more than a second or two it still counts as one set.
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Woke at 249.1 lbs, looking much the same. Back/SI still stiff but seems better than when I got up yesterday.
Todays training
Pull aparts, KB bottoms up press and facepulls
Bench press
5x5x231 lbs
After the first set moved by grip out an inch each side to pinkie on the rings because it hurt just less enough to get through the sets. Let me press a little quicker too.
Fuck me but that bicep/armpit/delt join felt like it was going to rip every damn rep as soon as I touch my chest. That costs me any real speed off my chest because I haven’t figured out how to override my body’s reaction to slow down when that happens.
Could feel my SI joint or whatever goIng a bit funny during setup but the shit in my shoulders took centre stage for my focus
Spoto press
3x3x231 lbs
Back to my normal grip and wasn’t really painful.
Pushups
2x25
Hands at sides because I’m dumb but not stupid. Rest/paused both sets, triceps were shot
Rear delt flys
3x10x25 lbs
BB row replacing chest supported row
4x10x154 lbs
An hour and five minutes
I’m in the process of chatting to the Team Panora physio because at over two months of this shit I’ve had enough. The pain keeps waking me up at night too.
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That sucks man, hope it’s a simple fix for you.
Tell me about it.
I suppose a physio that handles powerlifters would now immediately what’s wrong.
And would know how to fix it.
Wise decision Mark.
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I hope so, because it’s got me stumped @mortdk
Most of the time when I’ve had something hurt it does one or two things: it reduces my ability to do something; and/or improves when I don’t do the thing that aggravates it.
This doesn’t do either. I can still bench fine, with some lost speed (ok, so it is kind of reducing my ability, but not much). It also doesn’t get better with rest and doesn’t get worse when I bench. It just hurts. It REALLY hurts when I’m benching, but the moment I rack, it doesn’t.
So hopefully he can figure out what is causing it so I can fix it.
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