@bjiral Appreciate you checking in dude! Don’t thank me for Malcolm X Method though: that’s purely Jim Wendler’s work. My shoulder injury happened when I was 16 during a wrestling match, so I definitely didn’t detail my comeback from it, nor did I approach it the way I do currently. Under the purview of my parents, I got labrum reconstructive surgery (which was a mistake, 16 year olds shouldn’t get that) and went through physical therapy before returning back to combat sports and dislocating the shoulder 5 more times and subluxing it a few dozen more times before I retired from those sports.
@TrainForPain Pain train keeps on rolling! Figure you’d appreciate that, haha. I genuinely have no idea what hypoglycemia is to be able to say if I’m experiencing it, but the increased hunger I’m experiencing currently tends to correspond with where I am in my gaining program process, which is to say that, yes, my hunger IS growing, but not beyond unexpected levels. It’s worth appreciating that hunger is a constant in my life. I’ve said it a few times, but I’ve literally only ever been full 3 times in my life, and 2 of those were after making weight for a 24 hour weigh in and then eating the weight back up. Typically, if I’m not feeling hunger, it’s a sign of illness.
Since they seem to be wizards over at BioTest, I’ll say that I don’t experience the typical carb crash that I was having back when I was fueling up with breakfast cereal pre-workout. It’s a pretty even burn. It settles pretty well too. Goes down fast for sure, haha.
AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via alarm, day off work so I slept in)
LAST CALL FOR LITVINOL
- Prowler distance: FAR
- Keg: 100+lbs
3 rounds of
- 8 keg loads to truck flatbed
- Load keg onto prowler, high handle push
- Front carry keg back to truck, load onto flatbed
- Bearhug carry keg back to prowler
- Reverse drag prowler back to start
TIME: 32:30
- High handle push and reverse drag back
TIME: 7:30
4 minutes of keg loading to flatbed
- 52 reps total (42 in first 3 minutes, 3 rep PR from previous week)
3 MINUTE DRIVE HOME, SPEED UNLOAD TRUCK
5 minutes of ABCs w/24 kg bells (20 rounds total)
5 rounds in 5:30 of
- 10 dips
- 4 standing ab wheels
- 8 reverse hypers w/90lbs
50 pull aparts
25 push downs
Neck harness work
- 50 burpee chins in 6:40
Notes:
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Day before first day of school, kid doesn’t have childcare, so I took the day off work and wanted to get in all my training so it’s off my plates.
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Went to bed with my knee swollen to the point of agony and immobility, woke up with it loose and feeling normal.
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Felt a small pop in my left forearm/bicep on the third round of bearhug carries, as I was sweaty and the keg was slipping. As you can see from the keg loading and burpee chins, it wasn’t a big deal, but it’s becoming a frequent annoyance.
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Friction was turned up on the pavement today. Much harder to move the prowler. Showed up on some of the time.
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Focused on moving quick on the burpee chins and got the first 20 in 2 minutes, but faded after that.
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On the ABCs, caught myself really cheating on the first clean, even moreso than usual. Going to make a point that my thumbs have to touch my shoulders for it to count.
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That keg loading at the end continues to be the real moneymaker. I should honestly just make a workout of that sometime. Might be my next “go for an hour” stupidity.
