'Ello! I’m a new user on T-Nation. I’ve been logging my training on a Danish site for a number of years now, but wanted new response, so I’m trying T-Nation.
The plan is to update this log regularly, but since I’m doing HST the training is pretty much outlined already.
I’m 30 years old and have been doing some sort of physical training regularly for the last ten years. Everything from running to bodybuilding really. Now I’m training HST 3 x weekly and 1 x weekly MMA on an amateur level.
I’ve implemented a stretching routine at the end of my training as well. I’ve been noticing that my flexibility has been getting poorer and poorer the last few months.
My knee is getting better. The Eight Mobility routine seems to have helped.
I hurt my knees almost a year ago doing heavy front squatting. I took a brake from leg-training, which helped but I’m still not able to do heavy squats of any kind. That really sucks. Lunges work okay, thou.
I have been walking around with a pedometer (is it even called that in English too?) for a week now, and I walk an average of 10,000 paces every day. That’s okay I think, considering I haven’t been at work, where I usually walk a lot more.
The Danish Health Department recommends at least 10,000 paces every day. Is there a similar recommendation in the US?
[quote]Hr.Kirchebrandt wrote:
I have been walking around with a pedometer (is it even called that in English too?) for a week now, and I walk an average of 10,000 paces every day. That’s okay I think, considering I haven’t been at work, where I usually walk a lot more.
The Danish Health Department recommends at least 10,000 paces every day. Is there a similar recommendation in the US?
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Yeah it’s the same in English. Dunno about the US, but the recommendation is the same in the UK.
If you have some problems with your knees check out Mike Robertsons Bulletproof Knees:
I’ve read the article and I’m already doing some of the stuff like using knee-warmers, mobility work and single-leg work. Unfortunately progress is slow.
Almost finished with the first two weeks of HST 9.0. I used to hate the 15 reps, but now I like them as much as the 10’s and 5’s.
The odd thing about HST-training is, that I used to think low reps and heavy weight was the way to go for me. I’ve been doing the Bill Starr program for a few years and progress was good. I was power lifting back then, so it seemed natural to lift heavy. Unfortunately I ran into shoulder and wrist-injuries.
With HST injuries have been almost nonexistent and think that’s because of the lower weight. I’ve also been gaining quite fast. In little over one year I’ve gone from 92 kg to 97. That’s 5 kg! Of course some of it is fat too. But I’m satisfied considering, I also have work, wife and two small children.
Back from a study trip with my students. Excellent trip but it kept me away from training for 7 days. Instead of continuing with HST 9.0, I’ve begun a new round of HST. HST 10.0 is basically the same except for me adding a few new exercises.
HST 10.0
Lunges
Bench press
Reverse Curls
Deadlift
Chin ups
Ab-work
One-legged deadlift
Bent over rows
Seated military press
Oh yeah, and I’ve lost a few more kilograms on the study trip.
[quote]Lift and Eat wrote:
How about Landmines? Video of correct technique here, about half way down the page:
but you can hold the bar at the end like this:
and put it in a corner, if you don’t want to buy the special fixtures. Then you can add weight to the bar to increase.
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Thanks a lot. I tried it today and it feels good. I didn’t want to ruin the wood fillet in my floor, so I put a 5 kg sandbag and a towel between the end of my barbell and the wall. Works great.
Still training with no knee pain. I’m wondering if I should attempt to implement a form of squat. Perhaps lumberjack squats.
Anyways … HST 10.0 is going as it should. I’ve just bought a chin-up bar from Iron Gym, which can hold a few more kilograms (up to 130 kg). My “old” wooden one is bending and cracking around the 100 kg. So I’m looking forward to adding 40-45 kg to my chin ups instead of the 20 kg plus a towel.
My t-shirts are driving me insane, by the way. Due to some mystical event they all are to short around the lower back region. The wife says it’s due to my v-shape. I hope she’s right. It still sucks having to buy new clothes again …
Almost done with HST week 3-4. And progress is going as good as the circumstances allow. I have a baby-daughter, who keeps the wife and me busy during the night. My other daughter is an early bird, so with a bit of luck I get 5-6 hours sleep every night, sometimes less than that. That’s no good for a growing viking like myself.
I’ve hit my old bench press plateau again. I can’t seem to get 10 reps with 100 kg … only 8-9 reps. I think it’s mostly mental, really. It’s beginning to really really annoy me.
I’m almost done with HST 10.0. Frankly I’m a bit bored of HST for now. And I looking for a new program.
I’ve found Waterbury’s 25 reps approach interesting, and I think I’ll try that protocol for the next few months.
Now I just need some suggestions for new exercises. My set-up can be seen in my first entry, and I only do single leg work for the legs due to my knees. 5-6 exercises should be enough.
