Cool down
Elliptical trainer 10 min. (avg. heart rate 110)
I am enjoying my transmutation block. Landon has designed my program perfectly to hit all my weaknesses. I am anxious to see how I at NASA Unequipped Nationals next month.
I to stop squatting due to pain from my right upper glute injury and I also had to skip the snatch grip deadlifts. Deadlifting on Saturday aggravated my injured glute. I had hoped by thoroughly warming up my glutes that I would be able to squat, but that was not the case. After thinking about it and consulting with my chiropractor Jason Venn, we decided it would be better to not squat and deadlift at Unequipped Nationals. This was going to be my one of my toughest weeks of training in this block periodization program. If I couldn’t make it through the next few weeks of training my chances for a good meet and avoiding injury were not good. My plan is to train for bench only at the same meet and rehab my glute.
Since daughter has to be in Denton on Wednesday nights, I started training in Denton with my friend James Dunn tonight. This worked out well because James and I have been trying get together occasionally to train. We had a good workout and it was good to have someone to train with again. I had changed my schedule to Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, but with the lack of spotters I knew I had to change my schedule. So now I will be training Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
I to stop squatting due to pain from my right upper glute injury and I also had to skip the snatch grip deadlifts. Deadlifting on Saturday aggravated my injured glute. I had hoped by thoroughly warming up my glutes that I would be able to squat, but that was not the case. After thinking about it and consulting with my chiropractor Jason Venn, we decided it would be better to not squat and deadlift at Unequipped Nationals. This was going to be my one of my toughest weeks of training in this block periodization program. If I couldn’t make it through the next few weeks of training my chances for a good meet and avoiding injury were not good. My plan is to train for bench only at the same meet and rehab my glute.
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Could it be that you tore something in the past and now have some scar tissue floating around or is it something else entirely? Good luck with the rehab.
I to stop squatting due to pain from my right upper glute injury and I also had to skip the snatch grip deadlifts. Deadlifting on Saturday aggravated my injured glute. I had hoped by thoroughly warming up my glutes that I would be able to squat, but that was not the case. After thinking about it and consulting with my chiropractor Jason Venn, we decided it would be better to not squat and deadlift at Unequipped Nationals. This was going to be my one of my toughest weeks of training in this block periodization program. If I couldn’t make it through the next few weeks of training my chances for a good meet and avoiding injury were not good. My plan is to train for bench only at the same meet and rehab my glute.
Could it be that you tore something in the past and now have some scar tissue floating around or is it something else entirely? Good luck with the rehab.[/quote]
Thanks, novaeer! I am hoping my rehab doesn’t take too long. I injured my glute at USAPL Raw Nationals on July 26. I should have seen a chiro sooner and I would probably would have been fully recovered by now. I am seeing two different chiropractors. My holistic doctor and my friend and teammate Jason Venn. They both use different methods.
I see my holistic doctor for hepatitis C. He is a good chiro, but he doesn’t take insurance and charges $100 a visit, which is fine for the main reason I see him and I only have to see him once every 8 weeks. Jason on the other hand takes insurance and my copay is $20, so I can see him more frequently.
Lately I have been seeing Jason twice a week. I saw my holistic doctor this week and he was able to activate my glute and hip flexor, which were shutdown. Between chiro treatments and rehab I should bounce back soon. I historically have had great success with my holistic doctor and I think the additional treatments from Jason will speed the healing process.
4 way hip circuit w/monster mini band - 2x10 ea. direction
Since I will be competing bench only due to my glute injury, I decided it would be a good idea to add another bench press variation to my training program.
I had a great workout tonight and it’s nice to have someone to train with. I really like my block periodization program. It is hitting my weak points, which is just what I need.
Hip Thrust - 2x10
Glute Bridge - 2x10
Fire Hydrant - 2x10
DB Walking Lunges - 30x2x8
Standing Abs - 90x3x20
I started implementing some glute exercises from the “Dispelling the Glute Myth” article on TNation. This should help rehab my injury and improve a weakness of mine. This should also improve my deadlift lockout.
Block 2 (Deload) - Week 8 of 11 week training cycle for NASA Unequipped Nationals
AM body weight = 252.5
Static stretching (lower and upper body)
Foam roller and tennis ball (lower body)
Squat
45x2x10
135x10
225x8
275x2x5
Hip Thrust - 2x10
Glute Bridge - 2x10
Fire Hydrant - 2x10
I decided to start back squatting tonight. My glute didn’t hurt at all. I anticipated that it wouldn’t due to the amount of weight I used. I will gradually increase the weight and after Unequipped Nationals I should be ready to start my next accumulation block.
[quote]Phillip Wylie wrote:
The invitations for the USAPL Raw Challenge at the Arnold Classic are out and I qualified to compete there. I am very excited and will be competing. [/quote]
[quote]whup wrote:
Phillip Wylie wrote:
The invitations for the USAPL Raw Challenge at the Arnold Classic are out and I qualified to compete there. I am very excited and will be competing.
Congrats on the invite for the comp at the Arnold Classic![/quote]
Thanks for checking out my log and thanks for the congrats, HitEmHard!
I really like the glute work. I can really feel it in my glutes and it’s not taking much effort to do it. I plan to progress to the next phase in a couple weeks or so.