Thank you, thank you everyone 
In the end I’m just a fucking basketcase. I complain and bitch about my body, and then I get so many great compliments from all of you. I feel like a jerk! I put myself down and just cant see myself in the positive way that you guys do. ugh! I’m a work in progress…
But again, thanks for compliments on my swoleness!! Its amazing what pullups and pork products can do.
Nadia, well…I never actually got in touch with Harry, so there’s no pullup assignment to speak of. Oops. And now it just seems too late in the game to change up my strategy, so I’m pretty much sticking to my original plan which is to hit (on separate days) 5 sets weighted pullups, 10 sets BW pullups, pullup pyramid and if I can, another bunch of pullups on a random day throughout the week. So far my new pullup max is 7 (gauged from my pullup pyramid), so I’m getting there!! If I keep hammering them and drop a few pounds…
One shitty thing is that of course come the end of the month when it go-time I’m going to be all hormonal, which inevitably affects my training. Meh!
Birdman! Hiya. Season starts Mid-March. So far I’m telling myself that I’m going to be playing, but I need to get cleared from the surgeon. March is a bit earlier than I’m sure he’d like, since 9 months is the general rule on getting cleared for playing (March will be only 8). But we’ll see. I’ll probably start in the B division and then switch back into A (standard protocol on our team for players who come back from serious injury) later in the season, assuming all goes well.
Pre-season is, well, now I guess. Lol! I’m still in a bit of a rehab mode though, and I expect that until February I won’t be pitch ready. I’m working the agility, conditioning and ball skills as of today actually!
In training news…
I wrote up an entire new lifting cycle that was EPIC! 2 lower/2 upper, full on. But then as of yesterday I decided to scrap the whole fucking thing and just tossed it in the garbage.
I need to step away from my training for a bit. I realize that I’ve gained a lot of momentum in my training, which is awesome, but I’m sort of muddled about everything and that’s working against me. I know I want to lift and I’m excited to test my limits now that I’ve had some barriers removed, but I’m just feeling my way through it all, and its making me overly emotional about my training - can’t see my way through the trees, so to speak. I need a solid plan that makes sense! And I need goals in order to make this plan. But I need time to reflect and see how I want to move forward.
So, I’m taking December to work on my pullups and hit some conditioning/agility/ball skills work until January when I can make some solid plans. In the meantime, I’m just gonna get back in touch with Maschy.
To give you an idea, yesterday I did this little lifting circuit:
Back sqwatz - 4x10x 105
Millies - 4x10x 55
Deads - 4x10x 135
BB Row - 4x10x 70
You just hit them with minimal rest. Classic strength conditioning.
Then I did some single leg work - pistols, lunges, hammie curls, back extension - to keep up with the rehab.
So the rest of the month its going to be lifting circuits, metabolic circuits, complexes, concurrent training sesh’s, maybe throw in a little BBing just to keep things juicy, all the while working on the agility, etc. AND of course my pullups
Thanks for tuning in folks! Off to hit the gym now. Getting ready for Meeami!!! So much to do, so much to do.
Lotsa love for you all!!
Stay sexy T Nation! Keep killing it out there!
