@flappinit I laughed enough at what you wrote that I shared it with my wife, who read through it and laughed as well. That poor woman has to live with me and see it first hand. Same woman that came home and saw me shirtless in my home gym with the fans blowing on me in the middle of December after my knee surgery when all I had to offer was “The surgeon said to not get any sweat in the incision so I’m keeping my body temp down”, haha. I am happy to hear that there’s been something positive to be had from the outside looking in. I never recommend my approach to anyone else, but it seems to work for me better than anything else has.
I’ve stolen the idea of “paleo rehab” from Steve Pulcinella. The idea being, if you keep subjecting the body to trauma and stress, especially after an injury, it will accelerate the healing and recovery process because it thinks there’s some necessary demand for it to do so. “If we don’t heal: we don’t eat.” The Deep Water book has a bit on it as well talking about how Jon recovered from ACL surgery.
And all that said, your comments mean a lot dude. I’m a big fan of you. “Get to yes” is something I am BIG on, and people who refuse to do it drive me nuts (hence my rant on Dick’s Sporting Goods, haha). Seeing how you made BtM work during a shortage of equipment AND food was inspirational, and lets me know I can keep my empathy low because there IS always a way: it just might suck.
@liftangryordie500 They were a blast. Once college started, I never had a school to train at for long and was just doing the ronin thing, so these throwdowns were a good chance to get in some sparring with some different folks. It was eye opening for a lot of dudes too: they’d come in with a background with heavy restrictions on sparring, go with more open rules, and learn about BIG holes in their game. I actually made one dude quit his art and get his school shutdown after I punched him square in the face and choked him out with some VERY bad jiujitsu, haha. Site was bullshido dot net. It’s not very populated these days, but they may be bigger on facebook. When the world opens up again, you may be able to find a throwdown.
Stretched in the AM. Hamstring is slightly tender again, but I’m following my normal healing process of set myself back but not as far as before so I can heal further. 2 steps forward, 1 step back, net gain.
PM WORKOUT
SUPERSETS (press-chin)
Axle strict press
5xAxle
5x66
3x176
3x196
7x221
9x196
NG chins w/30lbs (various grips)
1x9
5x8
SUPERSETS (press-dip-raise-pull apart: sets 1 and 4: axle, sets 2 and 5: trap bar, sets 3 and 6: log)
Axle strict press 156
1x12
1x10
Trap bar press 175
1x10
1x6
Log clean and strict press away 150
2x12
Dips
6xFailure
DB lateral raise 30s
3x12
2x11
1x12
Band pull aparts
6x13
Neck harness 45
3x20
DB rows 105
1x21
Notes: 3:45 between heavy press, 2:00 between giant sets. The neck harness was tacked on to the odd sets of giant sets. The topset of presses wasn’t bad. Wanted 9, but my strength seems to be settling at least. I also realized I haven’t done one of my ultra grindy reps in a while, so I threw it in on the backoff set. Been eyeing neck harness work for a while, and think I may have found a way to work it in without making things ridiculous. Took it easy for today, since it’s been a while.
My triceps were really being dumb on the log today. May need to get in some direct work on it, OR make my dips a bit more honest.
