Yeah I’ve heard it somewhere on tnation before. Here it means literally ‘stone’ without any alternative meaning that I’m aware of.
I find that slightly odd, because “beer stein” is probably the most german phrase most British could think of.
Apart from “ich have mein hausaufgabe vergessen”
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Ok that’s really strange because I’ve never heard that term used for a beer glass.
Hahaha why though??
The word stein is an English word not a German word. It is used to refer to the traditional drinking mugs that were made of stone, hence stein.
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01.09.
Today was vastly different than yesterday. It was meant to be THE day - my big big goal of a 140 kg overhead was meant to be reached today.
Spoiler: It didn’t go up. Not only that but I failed my last warm up of 135 kg twice.
What happened? I met with a friend for this workout. I enjoy her company and had a good workout experience with her before. Today the cheese factory unexpectedly got crowded all of a sudden. Literally everyone with a key was there. That threw me off BIG time. Those people are the opposite of a good, hyped/ focused training enviroment.
I just couldn’t get my head right. No matter how much I tried, I did not get hyped whatsoever and couldn’t get in the head space that I would have needed for this.
You know that peak of adrenalin, that hits when you get really in the zone? The elevated heart rate, the stomach butterflies, the feeling that you have something to prove and that you can run through a brick wall if that’s what it takes? I couldn’t for the life of me get there.
I messaged my coach afterwards if I should continue with the rest of my training but he responded to shut it all down, rest up a bit and retry the entire workout.
So all in all, this was what I had done up until then:
1 push jerk
1 @ 110 kg
1 @ 120 kg
1 @ 130 kg
2 x 0 @ 135 kg
2 front squats
Up to
1 @ 100 kg
Surprisingly, I am okay. I am not defeated yet. Two days of rest and than I will run through that brick wall.
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Why isn’t it stone then? Why the German word for stone? I thought from the get go that it was a coincodence but that explanation makes sense.
With how hyped up you got yesterday you’re maybe just run down a bit still.
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Exactly! I think two days of rest might make a big difference.
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Look at it as you got 130kg even on a bad day.
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I idea why stein not stone. I guess someone asked a German what the mugs were made of and they said stein. So they just adopted that as the word.
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CNS fried from getting hyped up and hitting a deadlift PB a day ago. Your actual ability would be higher if it wasn’t masked by that acute fatigue. Blame ur coach for putting these back to back unless the point was to set a fatigued PR
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Always good to not have to blame myself lol.
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Yeah, the fatigue from DL seems the obvious answer. Or better to say, with that fatigue, you probably did not give yourself a fair chance at 140.
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True. Played some very chill tennis tonight and I was basically moving in slow motion. So surely cns.
Coach agreed with my plans to go again on friday. I need to try and get some more sleep in somehow to recover (damn internship).
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Had a doctor’s appointment and no internship today. That meant a little more sleep, more variables that I can control (the factory to myself), so I started thinking wether to go today or tomorrow. I felt that fire back, felt fired up. Since that was the main thing I decided to go in today. That one day wouldn’t make a difference anyways.
1 push jerk
1 @ 110 kg
1 @ 120 kg
1 @ 127,5 kg
1 @ 135 kg - tied PR
2 x 0 @ 140 kg
I came somewhat close on the second one. But you know what they say - miss by an inch, miss by a mile.
This wasn’t to blame on missing hype up or something. I didn’t bring it. It was too heavy. 140 kg felt like a ton on the unrack on the first attempt. That zapped all confidence. It was better on the second but yeah… didn’t get it and that’s all that matters.
Upper back tightened up pretty good. Might have actually pinched or dislocated something there. I’ve had that before - nothing you die from. Still went on with front squats.
2 front squats
6 @ 60 kg
1 @ 100 kg
1 @ 120 kg
1 @ 130 kg
1 @ 140 kg - PR (+10 kg to last single. + 7.5 kg to best dpuble from 2 weeks ago)
3 yoke
5 x 9m @ 285 kg
4 an exercise of my choice: chose log
Did a single at 106 kg and called it a day
5 face pulls + biceps
Notes:
- if the deadlift was my most hyped PR, than the front squat was my least hyped PR ever, haha. Although tbh I don’t care as much as I should.
- I stand by my decision to try today. It was the right thing to do and no one is to blame but me. I’m very disappointed obv.
- surprisingly yoke didn’t bother the upper back further. I would have shut down if that had been the case I’d say we’ll know more about it in the coming days.
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Didn’t really know what to do with myself and back feels better than I thought. A bit of a pinch on extension but no real pain. So I went to the gym. I will now rest two days over the weekend. Since I also have to work tomorrow, a bit of relaxation will probably be good for me.
1 log press (clean each rep)
3 x 8 @ 71 kg - easier than thought cardio wise
2 farmer’s walk
3 x 18m (set down & turn at 9m) @ 115 kg (meant to be 110 but the handles are 25 kg)
3 pull ups (overhand, no band support)
5 x 2
4 hanging leg raises (straight legs)
4 x 8
Felt good. Grip is not feeling it’s best. Not it’s worst either though. I am nervous about log because I have no idea where I’m at and what to choose on comp day. Need to figure that out before the 19th.
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Something different I wanted to mention on here:
I finally received the long awaited letter from my endocrinologist (after 9 weeks).
Almost every single result was at the very low end of what’s considered normal. Test dropped significantly after stopping the gel, obviously.
Total test is at 4.36 (2.8-8.8), free test is at 11 (8.8-27), I don’t know what all the other results are but they are all the very low end of the reference witht the exemption of one that is below of what’s ‘normal’.
The letter mentions several times that my BMI indicates that I am obese (no measurements taken, sport wasn’t mentioned etc. Just BMI to go off on).
The recommendation is to do nothing. Despite me saying that I feel worse and never trying anything in the first place.
Here’s what grinds my gears: I know that the correction of a potential hormone imbalance will not be a miracle cure for me. I am neither naive nor stupid.
However what fucks with me is that I only have to snip my fingers and I can have about any kind of psychopharmaceutical. I have enough shit here to kill me at least once, just mentioning for reference. But fuck me if I want to try a natural hormone. You know, what is there to lose if we just bring myself to the upper end of what’s ‘normal’ according to the reference areas and see if I feel better? If I don’t, then fine! At least we tried something! This is a pretty risk free procedure after all.
Another thing that makes me furious with that woman is the way she talks down to me while completely ignoring the fact that I am actually seeking help (I don’t go there because I have no idea how to fill out the day!). When she informed me that supplementing testosterone could make me sterile, I replied that a) the chance that I already am is rather high because of the chemo, b) I won’t have children if I don’t find a long term solution to my issues and c) ‘naturally’ conceiving a child is not important to me, I am fine with adoption, artifical fertilization and whatever. Her response was simply “yeah but I am older than you and I know that will change”. Looking back I should have responded with a “fuck you”.
Two options here: 1) Try another doctor and see if he agrees with my point of view. 2) Buy and use illegaly. I don’t want to do number 2 and I feel bad being pushed into that direction.
Maybe I am in the wrong here but I think my standpoint is pretty plausible, no?
This is a sucky situation to be in. I’d definitely pursue another Dr before doing anything illegal, are there no TRT clinics that can do telemedicine near you?
That’s a good place to start, don’t hang too many hopes on it, but I’d definitely pursue it further if possible. I would probably avoid BM if at all possible - could do more harm than good sticking something someone cooked up in a bathtub in your glutes.
Agree with @alex_uk find another doctor. There must be a doctor somewhere that is sued to treating this and sympathetic to your needs. Are there any other legal alternatives that could assist ? We have age clinics where they deal with Testosterone replacement treatments and also peptides and other ‘anti aging’ treatments. These are legal as it is prescribed.
What does that stand for?
I am not aware of the existence of either of those things in Germany. For some reason hormone therapy is not at all common here and actually kinda frowned upon.
The only places you can get help are endocrinologists and some urologists. At least as far as I’m aware.
I definitely don’t want to experiment on myself with illegal medication but if I can’t find a doctor it’s still an option. I mean I’ve been literally running around trying to get qualified help on this for fucking 11 months!
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