I’m guessing this isn’t advisable
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Its not ideal mate, no! I sort of nodded off, then had to remind myself that my eyes were still closed. Took myself for a bit of fresh air after, wasnt too bad after that.
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95.2kg on waking
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19-8-17
Front Squat - Med
Lazy lift + Shoulders, YTWLs between warmups (5x3), leg swings
Front Squat 20kg 2x5, 60kg 2x5, 80kg x5, 100kg x5, 127.5kg 4x5
SSB Paused Squats 135kg 3x5
SSB Pin Good Mornings 125kg 3x8
Belt Squat 80kgs 3x8
Row Machine 100kg 3x8
Chins BW 3x8
Elbows were complaining a little today, but nothing drastic, just got in n got my stuff done!
Front Squat weight felt about right, Im thinking all my Paused work will be SSB from now on, I can feel it working my core a lot more than High Bar
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Woke at 95.5kg
Woke at 96.4kg
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21-8-17
Deadlift - Med
Lazy Lifter, band dislocations, leg swings, dimmel
Deadlifts @ 60kg 2x8
Deadlift 60kg x5, 100kg x5, 140kg x5, 170kg x1 195kg 4x5
Paused Deadlift 160kg 3x5
RDL 142.5kg 3x8
45 Back Raise 20kg 3x8
Pullups BW x 8, 8, 8, 6
Shrugs 140kg 4x10
Walked into the gym feeling really good today, Deadlifts felt easy compared to usual, I think I’m settling into pulling with higher hips.
Pullups seems to be getting better session to session, getting close to 4 full sets of 8 now!
3rd set of Deadlifts, 2nd set of Paused:
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Woke at 96.5kg
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22-8-17
Bench - Low
Lazy lifter + shoulders, 5x3 YTWL’s between warmups, stretch hip flexors and TFL.
Bench 20kg 2x5, 60kg 2x5, 80kg x5, 100kg 2x1, 110kg x1, 117.5kg 4x6
CGBP to 2" block 105kg 3x6
Pin Press 97.5kg 3x8
DB OHP 30kg x6, 35kg x6, 42.5kg 2x6
Cable Flys 4 plates 3x8
DB Side Laterals 12.5kg 3x8
Dips BW 4x8
Bench felt really good today, benched with my feet out rather than under me. Feet under has been causing me a little back pain / cramp last couple of times Benching, feet out today felt like I was driving myself up the Bench rather than just driving my ass up towards my shoulders.
3rd set of Bench:
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Woke at 96.1kg
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Well it took a whole 1 work set of Squats for my elbow to flare up so much I cudnt get under the bar, really starting to lose motivation!
Just called it a day and came home.
That sucks, man. I assume you have tried widening your grip?
You are stronger than me, so take my advice for what it is.
EDIT: My shoulders and elbows have felt better since I went out to the end of the bar, but I am only a 190kg squatter.
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Yea I’ve tried it and my squat suffers, I cant get tight at all and it feels awful. It may be something I look at getting used to when I decide to train again but right now I’m taking atleast a week off. The flare ups are starting to effect my work, and that has to come first sadly.
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Possibly lose the wrist wraps on squat anytime I wear them I get pain
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It takes a few weeks to get used to it, but it is very well worth it. Check this out, it helped me a ton
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Thanks man I’ll give it a go, never thought of that as a possible cause!
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Great article, thanks Mark! Can always count on you to throw some knowledge at me!
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What’s up dude you alright?
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Elbow is still causin me issues mate, it’ll be alright for a day or so then i’ll do something and all of a sudden its painful again. Not half as bad as it was but I’m just letting it sort itself.
I cant afford for it to get worse, its already effecting my work (Right elbow being a dick, and I’m right handed)
Gotcha. Hopefully your back soon