Without instructions then I still think the program is suboptimal. There is no accounting for Said scenario and auf followed the instructions precisely. I would get it If I entered a once in a life time outlier lift as my 1 RM but that was not the case at all. I am not trying to shift the blame here. I missed the lifts and no one else is to blame! It just might be the case that the program is mit working as good as it should for me under the given circumstances.
@mortdk That’s exactly what I’m gonna do as you all pretty much suggested. I’ll just try to grind through.
No training today. Debated it in the morning and Made the right call as I felt shittier as the day went on. Will have to take a few days off and fingers crossed that it’s not gonna end Up being as ridiculous as last time where I was sick for 7-8 weeks. At least I learned a little and stopped myself today.
I guess I am gonna start with the deload week again as soon as my body is ready
I feel a little better compared to how I was doing over the christmas holidays. Spent lots of time drinking huge amounts of alcohol with my friends between christmas and new year. That was fun, although not a healthy activity obviously. I started to watch the amount I drink a little more critically and will have to stop drinking for the duration of my clinical treatment anyways. Maybe not the worst thing, doesn’t matter anyhow because they won’t accept you into the program if you aren’t sure that you can stay off drugs (funnily enough that doesn’t apply to smokers).
Other then that I am constantly tired again. I hope at least some of that is from the cold. Naps despite 8 hours at night + no work or sport have become a thing again.
I went to the urologist I have been talking about to get my hormon levels checked. Was surprisingly easy as we have a new law that forces specialised doctors to set up an ‘open office hour’ so that people have a chance at seeing a specialist without waiting months for an appointment. Rules were simple in that office: Be there at 8 am sharp, first 5 will be seen by the doctors, rest can fuck off.
Waited an hour, doctor saw me for like 30 sec, agreed to take blood and I got an appointment for the 14th to discuss the results. I like that new law!
I am trying not to to have any expectations but it’s hard to not catch a glimpse of hope/ anticipation. Anyway we have one thing crossed of the list in one way or another. So thanks for pushing me to further pursue this @Voxel.
Fingers crossed for you, and although you might disagree with my conclusion I’d be amiss to not put this into writing:
Let’s postulate that your hormone levels are fine, and that there isn’t anything wrong with you physically. This was a scenario I had to consider at one point. My view at that time was that if that were to be the case it’d be fine, because it’d reduce the search space within which I’d have to explore for myself to continue functioning for the rest of my life.
And, if it is entirely psychological psilocybin seems to be a promising form of treatment. Check the Independent for the headline “Magic mushroom compound psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study".
If you end up with levels within range but that are at the low end, it’s going to be a judgement call as to whether or not you should push for TRT or not. Then I believe it’d be best to chat with @unreal24278 and @dextermorgan
I was occasionally in range, barely, and didn’t pursue other avenues before seeking TRT - i.e. taking adequate time with low stress, less (but still some) exercise and a caloric surplus (I’d been dieting for a long time) before retaking my blood tests but my need to receive the treatment was corroborated beyond my blood levels as one of my testicles is abnormally small. And even with TRT, and a caloric surplus, changing jobs to one far less stressful I still have lower values than you’d expect for my age which I’ve concluded to mean that this is indeed a treatment that I need.
It’s one of the only good things to come out of our minister of healthcare’s head. Otherwise one of my most hated politicians but that’s off topic
That’s exactly what I have been thinking. At least I wouldn’t have to look back in 5 years and learn that the solution was right in front of me all the time but I didn’t look into it.
I checked an article about the study on a website intended for doctors which heavily criticized the study as it wasn’t done to scientific standards and not representative because there were only 12 participants, 6 of which had experimented with the drug before. But we’ll see if the law will change and allow for bigger studies.
In any way I’ll have clarity. I don’t really expect too much from the test and will have to keep looking into other treatments.
On Monday I also have an appointment with a psychiatrist so I’ll finally have someone to interpret the drug monitoring I had done a while ago and maybe decide about my medication.
First 3 beltless + naked knees; 4th with belt; 5th belt + wraps.
2 yoke
3 x 1 lane @ 195 kg
Notes:
squats felt a little detrained. Not necessarily the weight, just the motion + was a little stiff.
forgot flat shoes. Yoke in weightlifting shoes = awkward.
I now have my yoke, farmer’s and sandbag upstairs. Makes life easier. The distance is suboptimal but as said before: What am I to do? Not train carries? So from now on until I say otherwise: 1 lane = ca. 9 meter.
Edit: Just realized that I was meant to do 125 kg. No big difference anyway. I must say, I enjoyed this light workout (22 year old Koestrizer must be at loss of words right now, if he read that)
I just learned that I am going to compete in a team contest on the 1st of February. Someone withdrew and I know the organizer, she asked me if I wanted to fill in (we chatted a few weeks ago about the contest). I don’t know my team mate, she just put us together in a team because we both were willing to fill in but had no partner.
Events are as follows:
Stone2Shoulder, for reps in 90 seconds (M/M 85kg, M/F 63kg, F/F 52kg)
Log Lift,for max. weight ( both of best results will be added together)
Partner Deadlift (tandem deadlift) for reps in 60 seconds (M/M 360kg, M/F 240kg, F/F 180kg)
Front hold for max. time (time will be added together)
(M/M 20kg/20kg, M/F 20kg/15kg, F/F 10kg/10kg)
Partner Tire Flip for reps in 60 seconds, (M/M 500kg, M/F 350kg, F/F
250kg)
I will mostly start out of my training. I will probably adjust my training slightly but will keep the bulk. I can’t train a lot of the events anyway. I’ll just do this for fun. It takes place in Hamburg, which is only a 2 - 2.5 h drive.
One thing I dislike is that the deadlift will be without straps. As you know my hands are tiny, grip sucks and I can’t fully supinate my hands.
I made the trip to Göttingen this morning for my appointment with the psychiatrist. She explained what I already figured myself - I am metabolizing the medication (too) fast and therefore the drug level is at the lower end. She explained to me that for this medication, it works better if the concentration is higher (which is not the case for every anti depressant seemingly). So she decided to raise my dosage from 150 mg to 225 mg which is about standard, as she assured me. Opposite to my former psychiatrist she said that my weight has no influence on the dosage, only the rate at which I am metabolizing it, which is abnormally fast.
She also tried to calm me down (I suppose) by explaining that there are lots of ways to treat my symptoms like trying different medication and even electroconvulsive therapy, if both psychotherapy and the current medication should fail to do the trick.
Then I gave a blood sample and had an EKG done.
Good to hear you got the appointment and she has adjusted the meds to suit you.
Great news about the show, do you know your partner or will you get any time to train with them before hand ?? time to start adding a little front hold practice to the end of every session. I used to do these for fun back when I was younger and it is something you can improve really quickly in if you practice often.
I’ll hope for the best. I think the earliest I could notice a difference is in about 2-3 weeks.
No I have no idea who he is. The woman who organizes the comp introduced us via Facebook. He is from Berlin and it will be his first competition. So we won’t have a chance to train together.
2 Log lift
Singles up to
1 @ 80 kg
1 @ 95 kg
1 @ 100 kg
1 @ 105 kg - not as solid as I hoped but for not training it since September and zero hype, a good effort.
3a db incline press - pause in the bottom position
4 x 8 @ 32,5 kg
3b db incline row
4 x 10 @ 32,5 kg
Notes
forgot the external rotations. Will do them at home
maybe I can squeeze out a little PR come comp time in the log. I just hope that we don’t zero the deadlift because of my grip :o that would be embarrassing …
I don’t care too much about the rest. I will say though that the upcoming comp created a good bit of excitement for training that I haven’t felt in some time
