minimal - yes! I love books! I’ve been getting stuck into physics (oh! biomechanics is physics, really) and chemistry (oh! nutrition is chemistry, really) and biology (oh! can’t believe i never studied that - how cool is fungus? no… how cool is fungus REALLY). and epidemiology and… well… how many ways can I procrastinate writing my thesis…
but i am allowed to train… but i need to see it as a reward for doing my other work and not a way of avoiding it (e.g., cardio coma). discipline… as always…
Welcome back!
Thanks Matty, great to be back!
Yesterday:
20kg 1x5
25kg 1x5
35kg 1x5
37.5kg 1x5
42.5kg 1x5
45kg 5x5
start of the third set, not entirely sure what happened but i got stuck relaxed in the hole for the first set.
these felt…
like work, ha! like i couldn’t do any more (just like last time).
only, i think i’ve got more in me.
i just do have a sticking point where it takes a second and a half or so for my muscles to kick in properly on the ascent (as i approach parallel from the hole). i think that is what you get for having long femurs. the movement feels smooth and comfortable, though, and i am using my glutes properly and not crumpling forwards / using my quads. Deep muscular ache in my ass today, anyway heh.
i’m finding myself, again. feeling a bit snivley about these… little bit whiney, heh. trying to be calmer.
working sets at 47.5kg next time… (lost my fractional plates).
I think a lot of this is psychological - I’m used to think of front squats as ‘Squats’ so keep thinking of what I could do on those (so freaking out a bit at the weights). I also haven’t been deadlifting or anything, so these weights are a bit of a shock to the system (embarrassing, but there it is)
i’ll try and take vids but i’m not sure they will let me.
I remember when you got so excited about the fractional plates.
yeah, me too minimal.
i really need to prioritize work for now. my back is pretty cranky because of the number of hours that i’m sitting… but i really need to prioritize work for now, so that is the way it is. i try and work on the floor sometimes - prop myself up on my elbows to work thoracic extension. that certainly helps. but basically, when i’ve found my proper work focus i don’t seem to be able to maintain any kind of body awareness to make little adjustments. just become aware all of a sudden that something is painful because it has been stuck in the exact same position for an hour or so… ah, well…
i could feel my glutes for several days after the 5x5@ 45kg. thinking about it… not sure why i think it is a good idea to do 5x5 linear increase until i get injured before moving to something else. here’s a thought alex: how about not getting injured? maybe… given my work committments at the moment… maybe i can be a bit of a wuss… mix things up a bit depending on how my back is feeling etc. especially since i have to go back to work after squats and falling into a coma sleep really won’t do.
chin-ups. got my first jump to grab bar, straight arms, and then pull myself up. with my sneakers on. happy i’ve got that back, finally. don’t have many of them in me, though. trying to work the negatives.
squats. played around a bit one session… front squat and overhead squat mobility still good. some cleaning and snatching. just the bar, really.
squats. 3x10 then 2x20 with just the bar. not too bad. might try this again @25kg next time.
still a long way from an L-sit. getting better at the tuck hold on the roman chair, though. with the backrest (posterior pelvic tilt) and on the dip bars.
Hey, I was just working with my youngest two on L-sits last night! They are back in gymnastics in the fall and skipped the spring session so haven’t really done anything since December.
I wish I had kept up on things gymnastic from when I was a kid. I fear I am beyond hope now. I still climb like an ape though.
Sitting is the devil, and I seem to have become a satanist…but at least I get to hang around forums while at work… 
I remember you working on lsits, are they like chins, once you stop its back to the drawing board?
Nice to have you back!
So how are those plate loaded front squats going
Haven’t the right planets been aligned yet for you to do some posting again?