Exactly. Which does support the idea that the bigger you are, the more recovery becomes an issue.
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Todays training
30 seconds each side
Couch stretch
Pigeon stretch
Supine twist
Hurdler stretch
Added 10 bracing hip thrusts and a few air squats holding the belt squat just to make sure my back was on the same page as the training.
3x5xbar squat
Squat
Worked up to
9x3x297 lbs
5x297 lbs
Kept as close to 10 second rests as I could, averaged 30 second per set overall. Head did its explodey thing again between sets 9 and 10, but not as bad as last time in terms of pain. Iced my nape properly too.
Bodybuilder squat
Which, it turns out, just means constant tension
2x8x297 lbs
Nausea came along for the ride just as pain hopped off. Brought its friend dizziness too.
Leg press
2x12x220 lbs of plates
Weight back raises
3x10x53 lbs
Oh boy, those were fucked up in my state. Nausea came on a bit stronger and dizziness increased
Pullups
3x3 wide overhand
5 wide neutral - max set I cut short because no fucking way was I pushing anything
All up an hour and a half because I kept resting between sets trying to figure out whether I wanted to puke or just thought I wanted to puke.
Driving home was interesting because any time I moved my head my vision took a half second or so to catch up with the movement. Legs are cooked as well.
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Shit -.-
Still a strong session. Hopefully your head will play nice again soon.
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Fk sorry to hear your head is playing up again. Have you done anything in the last two days that has added tension to your neck. Sitting at a desk with a lap top or looking down at your phone for long periods of time. Just wondering is there is a link to having a tight neck as this is the case for me when I get this.
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Long drive? I remember that being mentioned in Mark’s log recently with regards to lower back.
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Woke looking similar to yesterday. Didn’t remember I hadn’t weighed myself until I was dressed, so fuck it. Legs are made of lead and just feel swollen. Head is fine.
@simo74 I suspect for me it’s dehydration. First day back at work yesterday and I don’t think I drank quite enough. I was thirsty when I finished and headed to the gym, and I don’t think I realised this early enough.
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Damn Mark be careful. Yeah I know you are.
Still pretty hard to read. It does really not sound like something I would try.
Great session yet again well done.
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See a doctor!!! Your head blowing up and then that this really cant be great.
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I saw a doctor last time. He said it sounds most like that it is what is called a sexual exertion headache. Apparently most people only put that kind of effort in during sex. People are weird.
Good news, today my head and vision are fine and I slept well.
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Them feels when @MarkKO’s squat life is hotter than your sex life…
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Youre the man, im sure the air quality isn’t helping your case as a whole either man.
Good luck with everything, feel better and now I gotta go to the drawing board and figure out how I can exert myself that hard in 5 minutes… HIIT for a sex life i guess.
(that was a knock at myself)
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Easy @tireguy
Put 50% on the bar and do 50 squats resting 10 seconds as needed.
Todays training
T-spine roll (been forgetting this)
30 seconds each side of
Pec minor stretch
Long head bicep stretch
Thread the needle
4x12 lat pulldowns
2x15xbar bench supersetted with 20 each facepulls and pull aparts
Bench press
Worked up to
4x2x236 lbs
10x236 lbs
I has 11 and maybe 12 but after the beating I took yesterday I wasn’t about to push it.
Incline press
2x8x154 lbs
Dips
3x10
Inverted rows
2x10
15 (max)
Much fuckery setting the rings up for these. Worth it though.
DB lateral raise
3x10x22 lbs
An hour and 25 minutes.
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Sounds like a good session Mark. How’s the air up there today?
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It’s fine now, but apparently smoke is moving back in tomorrow.
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Fuck the smoke, apparently an old lady died at the airport after getting of a plane
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It’s weird but I haven’t noticed anything different with the smoke. I figure it’s just shitty it you’re asthmatic or something.
Woke at 267.4 lbs, looking much the same as the last few days. Had a bugger of a time falling asleep yesterday, probably took around two and a half hours. Slept like a baby once I did though, courtesy of the CPAP. Legs are still fucked.
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Todays training
30 seconds each side of
Couch stretch
Pigeon stretch
Supine twist
Hurdler stretch
3x5xbar deadlift
10 bracing hip thrusts
Deadlift, DL bar
Worked up to
2x5x489 lbs
This was an AFSAP of 10. I’m fatigued AF right now.
Dimel DL
2x7x346 lbs
Pendlay row
3x8x198 lbs
Goblet squats
4x10x53 lbs
An hour and 15 minutes
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I just figured out how to use the bookmark function on the site. I know I’ve seen you post similarly awesome breakdowns, as well as guys like Pwn and Flats. No chance in hell I’ll try looking for those other meaty posts but glad to have this one saved haha.
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