Congrats on the 9 pound weight loss.
Boo on the shoulder.
Don’t push yourself too hard Dearie.
pussy. 
Nice work on the deads and the weight loss.
Did the band assisted pullups not hurt your shoulders?, they’re one of the things that make mine hurt.
Nice work, dday. And congrats on the weight loss!
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
pussy. :)[/quote]
Where?
Nikki- Thank you, trying to ease back into it.
Matty-
Brett- Thanks. Normally pull ups don’t bother me. I tried a couple body weight pull ups and there was some discomfort, added the band to assist, up to 5 reps felt ok, anymore discomfort became pain.
Thanks Strick!
Bulldog- thanks for stopping by.
Right now my shoulder has made it to the point where normal activity doesn’t cause any pain. There are some awkward positions that irritate it. Shrugging motion doesn’t hurt much but pushing still isn’t right. Still hope to be back full speed Monday, fingers crossed.
HA HA, that was a great retort! In all seriousness, very smart move.
Kept trying to come up with something witty, that was the extent of my creativity.
Last night
Foam rolled
misc mobility exercises
Squat
135x3
135x5
135x5
183x3
185x3
185x3
225x3
225x3
225x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
275x3
275x3
GHR
3x10-15
Was really just not into it, took everything I had to get in the gym. Once in the gym things were SLOOOWWW going, ended up running out of time.
Really focused on the best form I could muster. It’s still coming along and some reps would likely not pass but no 1/4 squats at all.
Shoulder has gotten to the point where I forget there is anything wrong then end up doing something that reminds me, still got some issue there. Do not think I’ll be benching next week either, maybe around Thursday or Friday at the earliest.
Just watched your DL vid. You pull with a very high hip position. I do too. Always try to drop my hips down more but they just lift back up. I do think it would be good if you could get a wee bit of an arch to transfer some more of the work to the hammies/glutes.
What’s up with all the squat sets? Are you following any program right now?
Dday I am right there with you on the shoulder, cant remember a day when it didnt hurt. Going on 4-5 months now. We may have to suck it up and go see an orthopedic Dr. 
That’s a hell of a lot of squat volume. Nice!!
How’re you doing your GHRs?
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Just watched your DL vid. You pull with a very high hip position. I do too. Always try to drop my hips down more but they just lift back up. I do think it would be good if you could get a wee bit of an arch to transfer some more of the work to the hammies/glutes.
What’s up with all the squat sets? Are you following any program right now?[/quote]
You’re right, I always begin with a tight arch then when I go down to grab the bar I either lose my arch or my shoulders go past the bar. There are times when I’ve gotten everything perfect for a set and pulled nice weight, then there are the train wrecks(the session in question). I need to find someone locally who can coach me, one on one.
As for all the squat sets, just working to get lower. Kind of following a program that James (atypical1) uses. I do sets of 3 until form breaks down. Keep the weight heavy enough to get good feed back but light enough to maintain form.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
Dday I am right there with you on the shoulder, cant remember a day when it didnt hurt. Going on 4-5 months now. We may have to suck it up and go see an orthopedic Dr. :/[/quote]
I went to an ortho for the diagnosis of a stained AC joint, just worked out that way. It’s been 2 weeks today and getting better each day, he said it could take 3-4 weeks to be 100%. The pisser is didn’t hurt it going for a bench PR or fighting off zombies, it was from loading a plastic bass boat into the bed of a truck.
Yea if you’re into 4-5 months it’s probably time to get it looked at.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
That’s a hell of a lot of squat volume. Nice!!
How’re you doing your GHRs?[/quote]
Ghetto style. I have a smith machine, so the first thing I do is set the bar at the bottom and load 45’s, decline my bench all the way, and raise the set to the incline position then put a 45 under the legs at the seat end, use a section of pipe insulation as a pad around the bar. Hook my heals under the bar of the smith, and lay on the bench with my quads/hip area just over the edge of the bench. Hope that makes sense. He is a pic, hope that helps.
It’s not perfect but it works.
Nice squat volume.
Happy Father’s Day Papa
Thank you Nikki.
Been busy as heck the last few days and my diet reflected how off everything was, basically ate like crap all weekend. Spent the last 3 days playing golf and renewed my love for the game, which is good and bad. Shoulder has felt 90% of late however push ups still bother it as well as weird angles but it’s down to just uncomfortable not pain. Probably won’t bench press this week but will do everything else.
Trying to get my cousin into the gym with me. He’s a great football player and with some muscle he’d be awesome. Problem with him is he’s what I call a Benchy McCurl boy, he doesn’t really lift except for bench press and curls. We’ll see, I asked him over tonight to deadlift with me.
Got in almost 3 miles this morning, mixed running and walking, yesterday about the same without the running.
Why do all the gifted guys head straight for the curl rack? Must be a law of nature or something.
^I know right! So frustrating. He had 5 sacks, punt block and 10 tackles in one game this last year then hurt his shoulder mid season and missed the rest of the year. Hopefully he will take his senior year more seriously and go somewhere with his gifts.
Hopefully he could use me as an example, now I was devoid of talent as a football player however I ruined my shoulder from benching wrong and waaaay too much when I was younger, oh and bro curlz gives you the case of the ghey if they are incorporated too much