Shoulders were pretty cranky and sore on overheads… probably just under recovered. Made presses feel shit though. Pretty similar to my problems from before the lockdown
pressing shit, shoulder ouchie but rest was good. Just a little slow
squats were like Bambi on ice. No idea where my coordination was hiding but I had a good bit of that good morning action going on and they felt all over the place. I think I may have forced excessive depth on a few which was a mistake and not on purpose but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to squat higher. Until I tried a wider stance in set 4. I think I just need to get used to squats again.
deadlifts hit differently after 8 sets of squats but still the triple was easy enough, even with the fatigue and all. The set did look less clean on video but that might be angles and over analyzing.
Thoughts:
Sore, tired and unmotivated as fuck today. Didn’t get my arse into gear. So I wasn’t too fast on anything.
I get to do this, I don’t have to. I like that statement although I’m not sure it’s true in my case.
1 log lift (clean first and last rep; push press technique)
3 x 8 @ 86 kg
cleans: Changed technique in set 3 to focusing on jumping outwards with my feet to avoid absorbing all force by leaning back. Much better. Shoulders felt shit tho
this session was either terrible or glorious - depending on how you look at it. Nothing felt good and every weight about 20 kg heavier. I wanted nothing more than to crawl back into bed. Then again I toughened the fuck up and got shit done. You guys being in my head definitely helped me get through. Thanks people, much love!
“I was beaten, I was bruised, I couldn’t score at an orgy - but boy I was happy”
Went for a walk and i have every intention do some stretching. Pretty inconsistent with meditation but I still do it here and there.
For the next week coach has dialed things back a little to give my shoulders and back a bit of a break. He is excited (as am I) about how my deadlift is currently going and said he expects a very big PB for me next year.
Bit warmer this evening. 7°C (4° perceived) says the internet. Definitely not recovered but knee feels good again. I think I just need to make a conscious effort to recover better. I spent the entire weekend at my desk and that’s not helping a tight lower back.
Deadlifts are not in range of a rep PR yet but if we want to get analyzing, I have never moved these weights that controlled and easy WITH a similiar amount of fatigue. A peak next year will be exciting. Set 3 was definitely the best technique wise
rather easy session but that’s what I need right now.
I feel like I might be getting sick again. Not sure. Maybe just fatigued and tired and what not. I felt better in the afternoon. I have a covid test tomorrow morning anyway (wanted to take it as a cautious measure before driving home for christmas and am enabled to do so by my employer, who is offering a free test every two weeks if you want to have one).
overheads are still feeling way off from what they were like around September but maybe that’s the trade off for deadlifts atm? That being said they were less painful than last week so that’s a positive. Positions were still crap and to have 105 kg feel this heavy (100 x 13-15(?) And 110 x 9 are rep PRs) is a bit discouraging. It will change in time tho.
floor presses are funny. First set felt like I could have done the same with 15 kg more. Then on set 3 I gas out. I can’t handle boob lactate, lol.
long session. Rest times were off the charts. All in all a solid session still. Felt better going out than going in
That confuses me. But floor press is a shoulder shredder for me. It’s weird, when I do things that are supposed to protect the shoulder and emphasise the triceps such as tucking I don’t get decent Tricep activation and my shoulder dies. If I’m flaring so I’m pressing in like a diamond push-up I feel my triceps real good and I just figured this out on the bench. Haven’t tried on floor press yet.
That is indeed confusing. For me my pecs will give out first and they receive the greatest stimulus. I imagine an explanation could be that my shoulders and triceps are far more developed than my pecs. I don’t train chest year round and even when I do, I prioritize delts and triceps a lot in comparison. Last week alone I did 14 sets of vertical pressing and 3 sets of horizontal pressing work. That’s not even a crazy discrapency compared to past training cycles. I’m also (and in conclusion) a terrible bench presser, so even in absolute numbers, my chesticles are lacking.
But then, on the floor press which should be triceps dominant it should be hard for you to use boobs and the triceps should take the brunt of the work :s
It’s a valid theory but then your chest muscles would have to be really really weak. When gyms open back up it’d be interesting if you could do some machine isolation work for your boobs and your triceps and we can compare ratios.
That would be pretty interesting indeed. My bench press and overhead press are around the same for a max. if that is an indicator. For reps bench used to have the upper hand but definitely lost it in the second half of this year.
squats did feel better than last time (as coach predicted, lol)! I assumed the wide stance from the get go. Might be a little too posterior dominant this way but I felt more stable and in control. As @guinepig said once: I am daddy long legs… and I have to deal with it, haha.
deadlifts: Felt harder than they looked. They hit diffetently after all those squats. Lost a bit of tension in my upper back, which screwed the third rep up to a degree. Still, we are getting into some good territory here under difficult circumstances. Upon review I think I was a little too high with my hips. I am more explosive if I get my quads more involved. Will look out for this next time.
good little session overall. I need to do some muscle relaxation stuff on my back. My muscles feel as hard as the spine, lel.
