[quote]alexus wrote:
that is why i want to do BJJ. i mean… i guess it takes at least a couple years before one would actually be effective at defending yourself in a groundfight against a dude that is around 2x your bodyweight… but i bet the knowledge that you can is liberating. i never used to feel this way… but once i injured my feet… i’m very conscious that i can’t run away. and once i’m knocked over i’m pretty much useless. i will do BJJ one day… i will…[/quote]
You’d be surprised how much you can learn in a few months of BJJ! I trained for half a year and I definitely felt like I could defend myself against an average man with no grappling experience. It’s very hard on the body though, and destroyed my knees. I’d recommend gi training. Learn a lot of chokes and sweeps and you’re set and it’s slower so it’s not as hard on the body.
Coyote: Our bodies are built to run. 12 miles is a good distance. So! What are you up to these days? Are you focused on body comp or strength? Have you gotten back in to that powerlifting gym, signed up for your first meet?
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Training:
6 mile run. Nonsensical. No training value, inflamed my already angry sicatic nerve. But, the numbers–the rep prs, the miles logged–are just arbitrary measures.
To endure. That’s my goal. That’s why I ran today. Because pain like gravity is a worthwhile opponent–indifferent, unrelenting.
What I don’t know is whether my compulsion–to meet pain and gravity and overcome when good sense and reason dictate otherwise–is a gift to myself or a danger.
What I do know is that this is what makes training meaningful to me. So, I’m not going to stop. No arguments about it.
Hey Nadia, ended up taking a bit of a break over the summer (a month to be exact) and I am working on strength right now. My bench came back really well, my deadlift is following but my squat is still suffering. It will come tho. For some reason I have become a bit afraid and am second guessing myself on the heavy squats…have to get over that! Tuesday I am hoping to meet with someone and get a training plan or to choose one myself by then the latest. I have been lifting for too many months now with no real plan and you can see it in my results. The following Tuesday (if not this Tuesday) I plan to test my maxes and see exactly where I am at these days.
Coyote: Sounds great. YOur bench was always so stellar. I’m sure your confidence on the squats will come as you get your strength back up there too—“From strength comes courage” or so some old saying goes.
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Bench – 5-5-5 --done yesterday
Bench
I’m lost. Set my maxes super low. Feels wrong to just bench 65 and 75 for 5. I used to do my BBB sets with 75. So, I increased the reps…
Barx10
65x10
75x10
85x15
Because that still felt like not enough work: 95x3; 105x2 But I was tired with these so maybe it was. Really, I shouldn’t think at all. I should just do the program. I have terrible training instincts.
Pullups 5 sets of 2. For the frequency of it.
Rows Blah.
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Today:
Lots of corrective work. Got some advice about my sciatica from the guy helping me with my pullups. I’m feeling optimistic. I’d say what I did, but I don’t have names for some of the stuff.
a. Heavy band wrap it around your knee, behing your back, and around your other knee. Lay on your back and kick your feet like a beetle who is stuck and wants to turn over.
B. same set up with the band then glute bridges
C. Roll over on to all fours and rock back and forth sort of.
A. rear stepping lunge, unweighted
B. GHR
C. Reverse hyper using GHR
trying to figure that movement out. lol. hope it works for you though. why did you reset your bench? going through the log, and not seeing where you got hung up.
I really like it when you ruminate on what makes training meaningful to you. If meeting the pain and beating it gives you an added dimension to your life, then more power to you.
At first I trained to get nice arms, etc. Once I got where I wanted to be, then I trained to become stronger. Now I’m re-evaluating the idea of “stronger” and what that means for me today. No answers, just some vague questions.
Koub: I tried to video it for you today, but my camera was dead. Lucky me! I’m not sure I could have posted it.
Koub and Snap: With respect to my bench, the last workout before I reset I hit 100x6. That weight is pretty close to my max–the most I have ever benched is 115. I reset because I hit that same rep pr in March, July and then again in September. I figured since I hadn’t made any progress since the spring that I’d do better working in a higher rep range. But now, It doesn’t feel like I’m doing better in the higher rep range–can’t easily pr here either.
Kimba: If I wanted to be a better runner, I’d stop doing all that shit throw away steady state running and I’d hit the track a la dasher style and run some intervals. But, I don’t. I like the steady state work even when it’s valueless. There is a tension in my training btw doing what I like, and training for improvement. Right now, I just want to run. For no good reason. And I’m giving in to that impulse.
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Training 5-5-5 Squats
warm up
working sets
95x5
110x5
125x16. (+2 rep pr). Squats don’t hurt my hip when I do them right. But, when I GM them even a little bit as I did through some (I’ll never tell how many) of these 16 reps, that bitch sciatic nerve lights up in a tattle tale like fashion. Guess who didn’t listen. Seriously, shut the fuck up. I have sacrificed conventional dls to you. That’s it. I will squat with shitty form to buy myself a rep pr if I want to. Bleggh.
Front squats. What can I say about these. I probably need to program them into 5-3-1 and set my max at the bar. Seriously, these blow.
barx10
65x10
75x5
Rehab/corrective stuff. My pullup guy might be a genius, and I might run later. It was a down pour this morning. So, I skipped it.
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Diet. I’m on a carb bender. The thought of meat makes me sick. Protein consumption is zero, zilch, nil.
[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
Squats don’t hurt my hip when I do them right. But, when I GM them even a little bit as I did through some (I’ll never tell how many) of these 16 reps, that bitch sciatic nerve lights up in a tattle tale like fashion. Guess who didn’t listen. Seriously, shut the fuck up. I have sacrificed conventional dls to you. That’s it. I will squat with shitty form to buy myself a rep pr if I want to. Bleggh. [/quote]
Egads, Nad. Sometimes I just wanna whip some sense into you. But I also wanna be as strong as you when I grow up. So I’ll just keep the whip in the closet.
You’re not a meat girl? No way. I could eat it at every meal.
lol. my phone does it too, especially when I need to video something.
was thinking. when I pulled my IT band, I started doing banded clam shells. also, Josh has me doing 1 legged glute bridges on the ground. more on the lines of kmcnyc’s post.
Git: I have protein powder. I need a break from that too. Yesterday I bought these Met-rx chocolate chip cookie dough protein bars. They’re a compromise. Hardly great in any sense of the word.
Snap: What did I say? The only way I know how to get better is to do better. Sometimes I have to force the doing better part a little bit. Getting strong is not pretty. And quoting someone else, “If you’re not cheating you’re not trying.” Go ahead, bring out the whip. But, I insist on a safe word. I have my limits.
Masch: Yes. This training thing we do is about so much more than numbers.
KMCNYC: Yep, that’s the theory more or less. The plan broadly is broadly focused on getting my hips balanced. We’re trying a lot of different things.
Koub: Those look good too. But they remind me of Jane Fonda. Less good. Thanks for the info.
Cal: I can. And I could drink protein shakes. But, I’m sick of those too.
Frenchie: Yogurt is a good idea. Dairy is nice.
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Training:
Tues: 5 mile run
Wed: gymnastics–tried to cut the caffeine down a little bit. My head was killing me by the end of the day. And I was weak. I still managed to engrage my sciatica thoug. So, I did something.
Today: 5 mile run–felt better than I was expecting. I did manage to spook myself again. Through the park, the rustle of the wind and the sound of my own foot steps made my heart quicken. I run the same route, around the same time almost every Tues and Thurs. Stupid. Rookie. Mistake.
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My friend from work came back from a month long trip to Africa. Rwanda brought her to despair. “HOw do I know that I wouldn’t get caught up like so many and arm myself with a machete and hack my neighbor to pieces?” “Because you wouldn’t. I know you wouldn’t.” “Coachroaches. All of us. That’s all we are.”
But really, getting those first 20 minutes totally sucks. Very generally, if I had to start over with my running, I’d run 3x a week–with one run a week being my long run–where you add your distance. On this long run day–run slow. Really slow. The point is to increase the time on your feet.
I wouldn’t fancy going to Rwanda or Congo or any of those places - far to depressing. The stuff that goes on in those countries is insane and horrific. Was she on a volunteer scheme?
Crazy girl 