Day 2
GG/ BG (double bands)
2x20
Lying ham curls band
2x20
DB SA hip thrusts (@dagill2 don’t tell PC I got these from him )
2x20/15
Rings
DL
5x1/155 clipped the damn cable machine again just not as bad
Squat
1x10/bar
1x5/85
1x5/105
1x5/125
Surprise the crap out of myself with these! I Unracked the 85 and it flew up like an emty bar…lol I was like wow! Same with the other two.
Power clean from hang
1x5/55
2x5/65
BSS
2x10/15
Meadows rows
1x10/35lb bar with a 10lb plate, I have never done these so just getting a feel for it
Hanging knee raise
2x10
Actually broke out the lifting shoes today, and after several YouTube videos and some practice yesterday and today figured out how the use the straps!!! So double over hand on the DL Bout time.
No, but seen a guy once that had the head tattooed purple with big yellow eyes…close enough.
Just for the record he was showing it off at a party. No intimate details.
Tell that to my back side which is sore for the third consecutive day. I thought soreness meant damage and damage is repaired and occasionally results in growth? If it’s not potential growth then I guess I’m just hurt.
Oh, and CT wrote an article this past week bashing deadlifts for athletes. It’s not an invalid article; it just hurt me to see him saying they weren’t a good choice.
I know the mechanisms in place for growth. It’s kind of simple (at least to explain). We do something and cause micro tears to the muscle fibers. The body lays down new tissue to repair this damage and overcompensates (it adds more tissue than necessary). The end result of this is growth or hypertrophy.
I don’t think DOMS = growth but it has to be an indicator, right? I’ve heard coaches preach not to judge a workout for the presence or absence of DOMs.
You train primarily for strength, too. There are different components to that and muscular failure isn’t always one of them. For those of us chasing physique oriented goals, muscular failure is usually part of the training program. It’s known to lead to hypertrophy regardless of the loads used.
This made me pause for a second, because I always think that physique is a big part of why I train. It’s not though, and my training demonstrates that every time.
It makes me feel like I did something useful. If I have no soreness or stiffness, then I fear that I’m not making progress. It’s a strange psychological connection I’ve made up in my head.
Doggone, do I hear that! I’ve simplified things so much, my current plan, which is subject to change at will, is upper body/ LISS/ lower body, day off, repeat.
I dunno, the first impression is usually the lasting impression. Pretty much every newb gets consistently sore when first lifting, and every consistent newb makes progress. Our brains, muscles, and memories seem to connect soreness + gainz.
Just felt good this morning so I did a little extra workout
BPAs
Band face pulls
SA Lat pull band
Rings left shoulder is getting less crunchy
Rear delt raise/ flyes whatever
4x10/15s
1x failure
3xfailure rear delt swings
Incline bench rear delt raise thnigys
3x10/15s
Just didn’t build the fire I was hoping for.
Batwings
3x20/15
Since I had the incline bench out…
Lying ham curls
3x10/20 no hammie cramps! It’s a miracle!
Push press
1x5/bar
1x5/45
1x5/55
5x5/60
Got done with this and set the bar up for the power cleans and damn if the phone didn’t ring and it was the same people I had been with ALL day!
I’m here, at night, trying to burn off the crazy I have accumulated all day… and now you’re calling me?
So, 10 min break then
Practiced power cleans
4x3-4/65
Spent all day at the hospital with my Parkinson’s lady. A week before Christmas she broke her right leg at her hip joint, that finally got healed up and she fell in the rehab facility last night and broke the left leg in the exact same spot. Ugh!
I am convinced that I am allgeric to whatever they clean that hospital with. Everytime I have to take her the back of my throat burns for days.
Got this one in way too late, probably won’t sleep night.
Anyway… I tried the power cleans from the floor on the last set. Might be on to something here.
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Bout time.
