I’ve seen a lot of people have multiple surgeries and come back stronger than ever, much like the owner of this log. Surgeries happen, but you can still be strong and follow some type of programming with them.
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I keep training but it definitely sets you up for a back and forth journey. I’m approaching my third New Years proclamation of “I’m going to get healthy and train at 100% this year.”
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I have to quote this one as well as all the other dudes around here.
That is really a compliment to take home.
@jshaving and @mortdk It was definitely one of the more creative ones I’ve heard before. That and “You look like you ate Matt Damon”, haha.
@simo74 I’m a big fan of the notion of “anything said before a qualifier doesn’t count”. It’s a helpful thing to remember when GIVING compliments along with receiving them. But we all say stupid things until we get to be the other guy. I remember being in my 20s and razzing the guys in their 30s, and now I’m the “old guy”, haha.
@oldbeancam Glad that method worked out for you. Definitely something I figured out in a moment of “why not”. Seems to be paying off for me as well.
@mr.v3lv3t Wife and I have gotten the “Barbie and Ken” thing before. I prefer to think of myself as G.I. Joe, haha. And yeah, Ken is too fancy.
@liftangryordie500 Do some Poundstone curls! You got the axle, they’ll pay off big, haha. But good to see you trucking along.
@dagill2 It was pretty funny. My kiddo is starting to realize I’m bigger and stronger than the other dads. That was definitely a dad goal.
PM WORKOUT
SUPERSETS (squat-stone-hyper)
Buffalo Bar Squats
8xBar
8x140
8x230
8x320
8x400
8x320
Stone of steel lap and extension (55lbs + spacers)
6x3
Reverse hyper 440
6x10
Notes: 3:45 between sets, 4:45 between penultimate and final set. Yesterday, I wore my Rehband soft belt through the whole workout and it really went a long way in mitigating lower back fatigue, so I tried it as much as I could with this workout, basically wearing it between sets and then under one of my Inzer belts on the sets of 320. Definitely helpful for those purposes, but makes depth a bit tougher to get to, so I went without it for the set of 400. That was pretty awesome to hit under these conditions. Whenever I can manage 405 for 8, I know I’m good for 500 for a single, and being able to get it under this significant amount of fatigue just means there’s even more there if I need it.
The stone is getting to the point where I’m gonna need to switch to doubles. The weight isn’t so much the issue as is the sweat. Hard to get a grip, which is putting a lot of stress on my biceps. Compounding that with the sandbag and the curls, they’re feeling beat up. Gotta watch for that. That said, being able to lap the stone each time on this gives me some confidence.
Lower back pump was intense on this one. Had to lay down before the last 2 sets.
Was able to wring out my shirt post workout. This one REALLY sucked.
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Ken from Streetfighter wouldn’t be too bad. Except, “Streetfigher Ken” conjures the imagery of a stereotypical alcohol tough guy that gets knocked out by Kimbo Slice in like 10 seconds next to some loading dock on YouTube.
How far out from the comp are you?
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Man, story of my life. Not that I’m trying to give advice, nor am I in a position to, but I think I may have just figured this out with myself. In the pursuit of pushing more and more overhead I kept trying to make the push press movement so much of a leg dominant movement that I realized I was just never engaging my triceps properly!
Finally, just in this last cycle I really started focusing on snapping my triceps is forcefully as I could to drive the bar overhead. Wouldn’t you know, I feel stronger than ever And I’m really thinking that’s going to have some serious carryover - finally.
yeah, i should definitely throw those in. time for some vanity training disguised as shoulder maintenance 
@mr.v3lv3t I was always more a Balrog fan (assuming American version). Or Guile. Zangief too. Ken was too pretty, haha. I’m just about a month out now. I honeslty don’t have the normal excitement I usually do. Genuinely wonder if I’m a little burnt out, but maybe getting another comp in will relight the fire.
@TX_iron that’s a pretty fair observation, and probably makes a lot of sense regarding who gets carryover and how. Goes to show the downfall of things requiring skill, haha.
@liftangryordie500 man, big strong arms NEVER need justification, haha.
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PM WORKOUT
Axle bench press 311
1x10
1x9
1x6
Close grip axle bench press 261
1x10
1x9
1x8
Swiss bar incline bench 215
1x10
2x7
Dips
1x36
1x30
1x26
Standing ab wheel between sets 8x6
Notes: 2:45 between sets of benching, 2:00 between dips. My right elbow is PISSED at me. Hardest part of the workout was pulling my left elbow sleeve on before each set. Imagine it’s all the stone and sandbag work. Was very stupidly set-up before the first set of the day, totally unfocused, thinking about what I was gonna make for dinner before I realized midway through I was doing a workset and not a warm-up. So I suppose it’s cool that I got that done. Kept hitting the j-hook on the second and third set of the incline swiss bar bench. I’ve started my job’s new shiftwork schedule, which has resulted in me getting about 3-4 hours of sleep when I get home before I get up, get my kid to school, and then grab another 1.5 hour nap. Fatigue may be a contributing factor.
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I’m sure once you get strapped in for that first event it’ll be go time haha.
Dude you totally look like Matt Damon in the face! (From what I’ve seen)
I have had total strangers stop me in the street to tell me the same. It is what prompted that comment. Co-worker said to another “Doesn’t he look like Matt Damon?” And the response was “He looks like he ATE Matt Damon”, haha.
@mr.v3lv3t I am sure I will give it my all. Excited it at least had a Conan’s wheel. Been on my bucket list. Seems to be my biggest motivator these days.
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Hey man, was rereading my old log earlier trying to find details of your ROM progression cycle, and stumbled across a few gems. The one I wanted to ask you about was supersetting ab work with main work. What kind of intensity would you aim to do with this? Is it literally just a case of doing “some” and letting the volume take care of the rest?
For the ab work, definitely keep it below failure and just accumulate volume. The ab wheel I’m doing on bench is a great example of that. I’m up to 8x6, but it originally started with 8x2, just to get in some reps. I then added 1 rep per workout across the sets, still keeping myself below failure that way. I use a similar method for back/rear delt work between sets as well.
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this is how I do it too. Some days I want to go heavier or do harder movements, some days I want to do easy shit. Some days it’s 3 reps of abs/back/rear delts/hamstrings, sometimes its 30 reps. I tend to not keep record of any of the weight either. Seen the best progress this way as well.
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@oldbeancam @T3hPwnisher thanks guys, I’ll try and remember to actually do it.
I had to take some time off recently due to some health stuff, but reading your log everyday kept me hungry to get back to it! Crazy inspirational work.
@oldbeancam Amazing how it can all add up when given enough time. Definitely effective.
@dagill2 Awesome dude: hope it works!
@jpmason1985 Hell yeah dude: happy to have you follow along. Good on you for your recovery.
PM WORKOUT
4.5 mile run, .5 mile walk
Notes: Did this with the Mrs, so she could get in some mileage and I could assess what sorta running shape I’m in. The answer: not great. Fun fact about this workout: I got home from work at 0330, slept until 0615 so I could walk my kid to school, got back to sleep at 0745 and woke up at 0930, then lived off a zero carb Rockstar in the morning and a zero carb Monster before the run. So…not awesome. The only advantage I had over the Mrs is that I was FAR better heat adapted than she was due to my training in the garage, so though she was beating me on speed and endurance, I was able to keep up just because the heat wasn’t beating me up as bad.
I may still try to tinker with the half-marathon, but I need to get some better shoes. Feet were definitely feeling this one.
Cheat meal’d it at a pizza buffet tonight. Wanna hit something big on the trap bar tomorrow.
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So good that you can do this with your wife and smile and suffer together. Nice job mate.!
Ever ran one before? Once I hit like the 5-6 mile mark, the amount of suck never increased beyond that point. I mean it sucked, just not worse lol.
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