I’d be careful with this. I’m pretty sure I got de quervain’s tenosynovitis (basically tendonitis of the thumb) due to improper pressing form when I first started lifting.
Eventually had to get surgery to sort it out.
Try aggressively exerting force into your wrist as T3hPwnisher suggested. It should straighten out your wrist. If it becomes difficult then maybe you should lower the weight.
Were it me, I’d just mainline food and push through.
Sounds a lot like what I’m gonna do!
Bench TM 91.5 kg
Bench
60 kg x 5
68 kg x 5
77 kg x 5
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
Alternating with cable row 5 x 10-15
Squat TM 127.5 kg
Squat
82 kg x 5
95 kg x 5
108 kg x 5
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
Rope crunch 2 sets
Press
40 kg x 5
46 kg x 5
52 kg x 5
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
Alternating with lat pulldown 5 x 10-15
Lateral raise 2 sets
Deadlift
110 kg x 5
125 kg x 5
142 kg x 5
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
Training has felt like a chore lately. I’m pretty much on autopilot mode each time I go to the gym and discipline myself into doing the prescribed sets. This usually happens to me when I reach the end of the second of two back-to-back cycles.
I have to push through the rest of this week and the next one and I’ll finally get some well-deserved rest.
Bench
64 kg x 5
72 kg x 5
82 kg x 5
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
57 kg x 10
Alternating with cable row 5 x 10-15
Chest Press Machine 2 sets
Db curls 2 sets
So, i want to work some hard conditioning back into my training. I hate doing conditioning, but i also feel that those 30 minute walk that i’m doing 2-3x week just aren’t cutting it.
my go-to form of hard conditioning is hill sprints, as i have somewhat of a hill right in front of my door, so i really just get out of my house and i’m ready to go.
yesterday i did my first session. sunday night is perfect for me. i don’t have class on monday so not having to go to bed too early means that i can go about my day till late evening, then i do my sprints and have dinner afterwards. works perfectly.
i didn’t count how many sprints i did, but i trained for 15 minutes including warm up (a couple of minutes). each sprint lasts around 15 seconds, give or take. unfortunately the hill is kinda short so if i run to max speed it doesn’t take much longer than that to get to the top.
i hate the feeling of being out of breath, and i hate running with passion. but every time , when i am done with it, i end up being glad i did it.
lately i’ve been observing visible fat gain (nearing the threshold at which i don’t feel comfortable, but this time i’ll push through) even though i could swear that i don’t think i’m eating as much as i could. also, i noticed that some of the weights are suddenly feel lighter, despite around two weeks ago i would have sworn the opposite. so maybe i’m just not training hard enough to my capacity right now. increasing the tm cycle to cycle will hopefully take care of that by itself, but for now i hope adding in this weekly sprint session will help me support that caloric intake and make better use of it.
If possible, you should try battle ropes. They’re fun and REALLY hard if you push yourself (try a tabata 
) They’re also easy on joints and won’t interfering with training
This is exaclty my thoughts on conditioning. My personal preference for hard conditioning is intervals on the rower. “Easy” conditioning; whack a big incline on the treadmill and walk with YouTube in front of you. Can easily get my heart rate up into a decent training zone just by walking, and YouTube is distracting enough not to hate it too much.
I don’t really have access to them. I may have them at my gym but the point of doing hill sprints is to have an option that doesn’t require me to either drive to the gym (why isn’t open on Sunday nights anyway) or use additional equipment. Also I believe that for the purposes for which I’m doing hard conditioning, as long as I do something I’m going to be good regardless of what that specifically is.
It’s also exactly what Jim Wendler recommends for hard conditioning
If you did like the idea of battle ropes you can buy a good set cheap off amazon and do them at home as well.
I hadn’t thought of that and it’s not a bad option. However, part of me thinks that the fact that I hate running is the foremost reason why I should choose running, and get better at it, for my conditioning.
Squat
90 kg x 5
102 kg x 5
115 kg x 5
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
77 kg x 10
Press
43 kg x 5
49 kg x 5
54 kg x 5
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
37 kg x 10
alternating with lat pulldown 5 x 10-12
Laterals 2 sets
Deadlift
118 kg x 5
132 kg x 5
149 kg x 5
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
94.5 kg x 10
last main work set at 330 lb:
the set wasn’t super super difficult overall, but filming it made me realize that i still need to work on not letting the bar drift forwards and keeping it close to my body between reps. i guess i am subconsciously not keeping it super tight against my body because, each time i do, i annihilate my shins.
anyway, the bbb sets felt remotely challenging, but weren’t hard until maybe the fourth or fifth. it was almost like a hard warm up. this is telling me that it might be a sign that i have to up the percentage on the supplemental.
for this reason, i am considering doing BBB @ FSL for the next cycle. what do you think?
What’s your 1rm on dead’s? Those looked pretty easy