Squat was obv. affected by the back tweak. I couldn’t sit back as much and wasn’t attacking as much as I could. But it also had it’s good sides - I was focused on my bracing above all.
less jumpy more power on the cleans. Felt good today. Tried to follow coach’s advice
If I want to fuel my workouts better and slightly increase my calories again, does that just mean I add carbs back in? Right now I run off a lot of protein, decent amount of fat and very low carbs.
For me personally, I’m observing something interesting: I “need” far fewer carbs now that my total calories are up. When I was losing fat, carbs were critical, and I needed them before big workouts as I was coming in really depleted, but now that my total calories are up I think I’m getting enough residual carbs from things like yogurt and nuts that I no longer need to focus on getting them in the diet.
So for me, I am keeping carbs low and increasing good fat sources. Been focusing on cage free organic whole eggs, grass fed beef and grass fed butter. I’ve slashed carbs moreso than before.
Thanks bro, I am flattered and feel encouraged to show a blurry pic I took on Wednesday which shows where years of overhead pressing but no biceps curls lead you.
Haha well not no curls but if you go back through the log you’ll see I was never consistent with them. Haven’t done curls for half a year now.
My anterior delts are probably about the best developed parts of my body, together with my upper back maybe
This morning I met up with 4 of my classmates to practise for our practical exam next week. We got a key card to use the school (our’s don’t work after hours). Ten minutes after our arrival the fire alarm goes off. Disturbingly loud. So imagine us 5 (only people in the whole complex) in shorts and t-shirts standing outside, while 5 fire fighter vehicle approach with sirens blarring. The school is part of the university clinic (huge hospital) which is why the alarm is directly connected to the fire brigade stationed next to the clinic. At this point we envisioned we must have done something to offset the alarm or the teacher forgot to tell us how to disengage it or whatever. Soooo… we were quite tense.
After the fire fighters and clinic’s security personal cleared the building again, we could resume and to our relief the man told us the alarm was triggered in the attic, probably by malfunction or too much dust or something, so us being there was just an incredible coincidence.
Still made for an exciting morning and a funny stroy to tell. Although we aren’t fully relieved before we haven’t heard from the head master.
I think the stretches helped a bit. As you can see I still didn’t reach a sufficient position on lockout but I got closer and with less pain and discomfort. Still uncomfortable. On the other hand 110 kg felt heavier than it should have today. But we’re at the start of the build up and I am way too much in my head. Anyone know how to turn that down, lol?
how does one go from being a good overhead athlete to not getting a clear lockout in a few weeks? This is really weird and scary.
Coach wanted me to use straps on the bar instead of cross grip. Felt horrible but so far so good on warm ups. Then on rep 3, set 1 the bar rolled a bit and my left biceps fought against that. I got a sharp pain in it, which felt like a warning a la “can’t do that too often buddy”. I think you need to show me how to really place the straps and hands on this variation, Paul. Right now this feels less stable than no hands.
the good: I could complete overheads today. The bad: It hurt, was uncomfortable and the reps were ugly. You can really see how the movement slows down and my body starts to shake when I try to get my shoulder into lockout position. That’s not from core engagement.
