[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
i’m sure your surgeon would love to see a vid of one of my reverse grip benches…would probably have a heart attack.
3x3 on chins are awesome. are those palms in or palms out??[/quote]
I almost had a heart attack watching those reverse grip benches. But you say they’re easier on your shoulders?
Palms in on the chins. I call the palms out ones “pullups.” I’ll start going for those when I hit 10 chins. Might take me awhile.
Yeah, Kimba. The emotional breakdown is over. I think it’s perimenopausal mood issues. Some hormonal imbalance every now and then. Gotta increase the fish oil to combat that. Or just slit my wrists and be done with it.
Yeah, Kimba. The emotional breakdown is over. I think it’s perimenopausal mood issues. Some hormonal imbalance every now and then. Gotta increase the fish oil to combat that. Or just slit my wrists and be done with it.[/quote]
How much fish oil do you take? The feeling down for no reason does bite hard, but thankfully its usually short-lived.
Slitting your wrists is awfully messy and easily fucked up, leaving you alive with nasty-ass scars. I wouldn’t recommend it.
That was a strong training. Not even any whining about pussy weights.
I’m sure my down periods are hormonally related. Truly, I shouldn’t joke about the wrist slitting. It’s no funny matter and I have absolutely no plans to go down that path.
I’ll have to look up the fish oil dosage. I need to be more consistent with my supplements if I expect them to have any effect.
So. I have to get in the bench next week with my coach. Nervous. Really don’t wanna do it. If I never had to get under a bar again I’d be a happy camper.
MJ: I want to learn sumo. Just because. And I think cross-training it will help my conventional pull.
Yes, Soldog, I’ve benched small bars. And DBs. It’s just the idea of getting in the actual bench under the “big bar.” Silly, I know. And I apologize for my wrist slitting comment. I don’t know what you experienced last winter, but my thoughts are with you.
So I played around with upper body in the gym today. Just supersetty stuff.
A) Flat Bench DB Press
3/10/15
B) Kroc Rows
3/10/15
Then went over to the pec deck, which my surgeon recommended I do. Maybe to increase my cleavage? I did it both ways and found it difficult with my shoulder in that position.
A) Pecs
3/10/30
B) Rear Delt
3/8/20 . . . Very weak here.
Moved on to vanity shit. And you can’t believe the vein popping in the shoulder that was operated on when I curl. Unbelievable.
A) Bicep Concentration Curl
3/8/17.5
B) Tricep Kickback
10/10
2/10/12.5
Seated Row
3/10/60
Chins
4
Yep 4 chins today. These are coming back WAY faster than I anticipated. I should easily hit 10 before the year’s end.
YAY on the chins. I guess a small side benift to surgery is you have acess to a professional you wouldnt normally have to ask questions like grip positions. Love the new avi pic too.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
It looks to me like you have increased your squat by 75 lbs. in only a few weeks. That is great work, even if you don’t think so. [/quote]
Wish you the best in your rehab. I’ve run into a lot of people with rotator cuff issues recently (yesterday we had three out of five people at the mediation with them).
Great job on the chins, fast work on the increase…It’s took me like 6-7 months of concerted effort to get to my PR of 9 chins (in 1 set out of 5) and I haven’t managed to do that many lately…mostly 8 reps in 2 sets declining usually to 5 chins by the last set. I do 'em every 5 days or so.
Well, damn. I better work harder 'cause I don’t like anyone beating me in the chins department. I have three more months to get to ten. Should be easy.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Well, damn. I better work harder 'cause I don’t like anyone beating me in the chins department. I have three more months to get to ten. Should be easy.[/quote]
At your current rate you will catch me no prob. even post-injury/rehab. I hang my head in shame! I’m wondering how often you do chins…I’ve been advised to do it once every five days, the better to avoid injury but it sure makes for slow progress. My younger brother came to visit (young guy of 47) in August and was able to bang out 5-6 chins (he only swims, never lifts but is fairly lean) 3-4 weeks later he called me triumphantly to say he had just gotten 9. Damn him! We get older but sibling rivalry never dies…
Idt: I usually chin once or twice a week. I got a little overeager in this last week with the excitement that I can actually do them and did chins every time I went to the gym. And I paid for it. My shoulder was unhappy yesterday. So I’ll back off to a more moderate pace.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Idt: I usually chin once or twice a week. I got a little overeager in this last week with the excitement that I can actually do them and did chins every time I went to the gym. And I paid for it. My shoulder was unhappy yesterday. So I’ll back off to a more moderate pace.