The flu is just nature’s elevation training mask
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Friday 17 Mar - week 3
Axle deadlift
Bar x 10
60 x 5
100 x 3
Switch to mixed grip
120 x 3
150 x 5 x 3 sets - RPE 6,
Effort was pretty low but lungs were fked from my cold. No extra reps tonight. Happy with grip, I used chalk and it was very solid
Viking press
50 x 5
50 x 4
50 x
Getting proper hard now
Pull downs
69 x 12 x 3 sets
Tricep press down
50 x 12 x 3 sets
Left calf is very very sore. Not sure if a big knot or a tear. I did it doing farmers 2 weeks ago and still sore just to walk. I stepped down off a platform and bang it went again. Fkn hate being not young. Cold make it a very hot and sweaty session.
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Very rare feeling sorry for myself rant and moan post. Please ignore this and pretend I never wrote it.
This cold/flu virus is kicking my a$$. Didn’t train at the weekend but did try to stay active doing chores and going for walks. My left calf is definitely injured, tried picking up and cleaning my green barrel at the weekend and any type of triple extension lit up my calf like a electric shock. Hobbled around on it most of the weekend and tried to self massage it but still sore AF.
Monday morning here and my head is full of snott and I am tired from a weekend of no sleep. wife is sick too so at least my misery has had company.
I AM going to the gym tonight. I don’t care how shit I feel or if I have to do an abbreviated session and AM going.
Anyway enough moaning from me, I will get back in my box now and shut up.
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Ugh!!! Give yourself a break, rest, and come back as the beast we all know you are!!! I hope you feel better soon!!
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Thanks QQ. Rest is what I do at work. LOL
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Model employee, no doubt. LOL
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Perks of being the man in charge.
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Monday 20 Mar - week 5
Deficit deadlift - 2”
Bar x 10
60 x 5
100 x 3
140 x 3
160 x 4 x 4 sets RPE- 8, 8, 9, 9
First set mixed grip and then Add straps to save my elbow a bit, no belt. Lungs are really fked with this cold. These were proper tough pulls from a deficit, especially the first rep. Happy with them though.
Overhead press
Bar x 10
40 x 5
60 x 3
65 x 3
70 x 3
75 x 1 (155lbs) good rep not a max.
60 x 10
Pull downs
70 x 8 x 4 sets
SS
Tricep press down
55 x 12 x 4 sets
Overall happy with the session, especially given my current man flu.
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Dude get some rest. There’s likely more to loose than to gain from ignoring this. Listening to your body and adjusting accordingly is not the same as bein soft, my friend
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Thankyou for the kind words. I am really not that bad, just moaning about being sick. I will be fine.
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I’m with @Koestrizer - at least get your calf checked out. In case you tore something, you definitely want to nip the trouble in the bud instead of it interfering with months of training. Even if this strongman comp is a no-go, you’ll be positioning yourself for future competitions.
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It has been over 6 years since I tore the same calf back in my running days and I have aggravated it many times and managed it since then. It will be fine with some light massage and rest. I will add a compression to it for the comp and it will hold together no problems. 2 weeks in Bali post comp will be the perfect rest.
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Wednesday 22nd Mar - week 4
Squat
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 3
120 x 3
Belt on
135 x 4 x 4 sets (297 lbs) - RPE 7, 7, 8, 8
Nice and deep. Felt a little heavy by sets 3 and 4.
Db bench
35 x 5 warm up
47.5 x 5 x 3 sets (105 lbs)
Kept it short and sweet just like me.
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You are quite the stubborn old man Simo. Lol
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yep and also fat and uncool according to my children.
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Funny thing that.
My daughter told me I didn’t have abs this morning.
Cold hard truth.
I was chatting to the wife about a small pain in a section of abdominal muscle from last night (LOL), and the daughter pipes up with “Dad, you don’t even Have abs”.
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bless her, love it.
@TrainForPain Moving this to my log to not clog up the transformation thread:
No mate just blood tests and a bunch of ultra sounds. Dr actually thinks test may be showing artificially low because test were taken fasted first thing in the morning. He asked me to cut out the red meat or at least reduce it for 6 weeks and do another test but later during the day and not fasted. Going to get that done later this week and see him for results next week. I have an appointment to see a urologist about this and this and some other stuff mid April so will no doubt get a bunch of other tests then and hopefully learn more.
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Should also say that for the same tests my Creatine levels went up - a lot
8 years ago - 84, 4 years ago - 112, now - 141 umol/L range is 60-110.
@kleinhound dod you have a similar issue ?
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I hope you’re ok man. Those are scary numbers. Mine dropped to the 70s and it makes me nervous.
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