Hope your daughter gets the treatment she needs and is able to compete in the future.
Thanks for all the well wishes for my daughter.
Today
Stretch
RDL
8/45
Pause DL (2 sec at knees)
5/45
3/95
3/115
Conventional pulls
2/135
12 singled at 145
^^Trying to work on setup
Lat pull down
3/12
Squat
5/45
3/70
5/95
^^Had to cut it off here. After 18 mos. of being largely asymptomatic, my hip pain has really flared. Just hurts constantly, especially when standing for any length of time or sitting in a car. Not sure how much longer I can keep doing this. Wish I could turn back the clock. Doing a meet probably isn’t in the cards for me right now.
Sorry to hear about the hip pain.
Better day yesterday both physically and mentally. Hip had calmed down. I never can predict when it is going to flare up.
Stretch, band pullaparts, cuff rolls
Pull-ups
3
Paused flat bench
8/45
5/55
3/65
3/8/70
T-bar row
Machine seated row
Bis and tris
Went the opening weekend of an old-timey amusement park. Really good times getting thrashed around on the wooden coaster,
Hip pain no es bueno!
Good luck with the injury. I’m a big believer in being careful with hips, knees, shoulders, and backs. It’s awful easy to make those things worse.
sorry about the hip
Monday
Stretch, squat, lunge
Squat
5/45
5/70
3/95
3/5/110
^^Squatted narrow. Felt terrible. Did a wider stance and pause squats on my last set. Felt better. It’s easier for me to stop in the hole and then push up rather than try to get any stretch reflex outta it. Go figure. Suit will help with that.
GMs
3/8/85
DB Stepups
3/8/15
Single leg extension machine
3/12
Full pistols to parallel bench
3/10
I need to find a sport where people compete in pistols and chins since I’m pretty good at both.
Very tired today after working a 15-hour election with lots of drama yesterday.
Stretch, band pullaparts, cuff rolls
Pull-ups
5
Flat bench
8/45
5/55
3/65
2/75
3/5/82
Seated row
3/10
Tricep cable push down
3/8
Going to watch friends lifts at a USPA meet this weekend. Will be interesting to experience this fed.
Nice job getting it in after a 15 hour shift.
Friday!
Stretch, squat, lunge
RDLs
8/45
5/95
Conventional pulls
5/115
3/135
12 singles at 153
Lat pull down
3/8
Squat
5/45
3/70
3/8/95
^^Squats felt good. Wish I could move some real weight. But I really LOVE squatting regardless.
Weighted hypers
3/10
Home.
Went to a USPA (actually USPLA, I think) meet yesterday in Colorado Springs. Totally cool. I was super impressed with the combination of reasonably strict judging and laxness about things that don’t matter. Might do a meet with them someday.
Today. Super quick in and out.
Stretch, band pullaparts, cuff rolls
Pause flat bench
8/45
5/55
3/65
3/8/70
T-bar row
3/10
Concentration curl
3/8
Headed home. Supposed to have a foot or more of snow in the next 24 hours.
Happy mothers’ day to all my female friends on T-Nation!
Happy Mothers Day.
I’ve done one USPA meet, and I’m planning on a second in November. My experience was ok. The biggest advantage for me is they have meets about an hour from my town.
Had a really shit day in the gym yesterday. Just could not squat.
If I am narrow, I have to ratchet down as the weight gets heavier because my stretch reflex doesn’t engage until I practically hit the floor. If I go wide, I can bounce it better at proper depth but at the expense of my hip.
Just frustrating.
Going to bench tomorrow and maybe have another go at the squats if I am feeling particularly motivated.
Do you do any hip mobility work? I do a bunch of deep tissue work rolling on different devices for torture and a lot of help.
[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
Do you do any hip mobility work? I do a bunch of deep tissue work rolling on different devices for torture and a lot of help.[/quote]
I stretch before every lifting session. But I have the opposite problem of most people. My joints are too lax, too hypermobile.
Woke up sick today. So maybe that explains things. I now believe I have been fighting this flu off for several days. Finally succumbed. So I will rest and come back next week.
I need to play catch up in here
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
I need to play catch up in here[/quote]
Naw. Nothing to see here right now. Maybe later this summer?
Still sick! Nasty flu!
But the good news is that I am heading out tomorrow for a long weekend with my sister at some hot springs at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains here in Colorado. I am excited!
Floor presses at my house.
Feel better and enjoy the hot springs. You say “nothing to see here” I will argue the determination to work through the pain and injuries is inspiring.