Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis

Training Training Logs
921

Take a training vacation buddy. I’ll be glad to see you back. If you’ve got any tendonitis action (slipping out of the socket and popping and whatnot) that can a lot of times just take several weeks to kind of heal itself up. After that you just gotta do a better job of preventing it from recurring. Dislocations and thoracic mobility drills helped me. Lots of holding at the back of a dislocation as well. I’d just sit in front of the computer holding those.

My training partner has had a couple periods where he took several months off of lifting actually and he always comes back stronger than ever within a few weeks lol. Your body will remember what to do whenever you are in the right place in your life to get back into training again. I think it’s very normal to need something like that sometimes.

922

Trivium has made it nicely into my music playlist during training.

Live vicariously through us during your rest period.

Look forward to your return when ready.

923

Thank you for all the well wishes. I really do appreciate all of you guys reading and helping me.

So, here is an update. Last week went well.

I moved into a new apartment in Pittsburgh. It is a dump.

I am still busy, but I have nothing else to do but lift weights, so that is what I am going to do.

I am going to take a bit more moderate of an approach, as I detailed before.

924

Here is a lift from last week.

Some upper body rehab stuff…(I cant remember what I did.)

Shoulder Shocker
1 circuit using 35 lb plate and 20 lb dumbbell for 20 reps at each exercise. (Video of this set.)
1 circuit using 32 lb plate and 20 lb dumbbell for 10 reps at each exercise.
The one set of 10 lateral raises with a 15 lb dumbbell.

Chest Supported Row (Kind of an odd machine.)
10 x 2 plates
8 x 2.5 plates (Felt really heavy for some reason. Maybe a longer bar?)
10 x 2 plates (Controlled reps.)
10 x 2 plates (Controlled reps.)
10 x 2 plates (Controlled reps.)
10 x 2 plates (Controlled reps.)
5 x 2 plates (Controlled reps.)

I skipped Chin Ups and Curls. I was just beat up and discouraged at that point.

925

9/8/14

Did a small portion of the limber 11. Basically my own static stretching version of it, real quick.

Squat
5x135
5x185
5x225
3x275
5x315 (Belted up here. Felt ok. I could have gone for more if I had the motivation.)
2x365 (Belted. First rep was quality, second got forward a bit.)
(I then went to put 385 on the bar, but decided that I shouldn’t. So, I didn’t.)

Arched Back Hyperextensions
40 lbs for sets of 10/10/10/10
(These were supersetted with standing calf raises.)

Standing Calf Raise
180 lbs on stack for sets of 10/10/10/10

A nice easy session today. I didn’t have access to a safety squat bar, so I skipped that portion. Not a big deal for the first day back.

I’ll take it.

926

Oddly enough, I am getting a very, very mild shoulder pain back. It is right in the front of my shoulder.

I have an appointment to discuss getting an MRI coming up next week I believe.

I am not taking any more time off though. Fuck that.

Thanks again for all the support and reading.

I do appreciate it!

Have a good night everyone!

927

That shoulder shocker made me feel extremely weak… light DB’s were even a struggle for the half ohp…

Its going to be a regular for me though.

928

[quote]raven78 wrote:
That shoulder shocker made me feel extremely weak… light DB’s were even a struggle for the half ohp…

Its going to be a regular for me though.[/quote]

I am going to replace OHP with this for a little bit. Hopefully it allows me adequate recovery.

I am hoping I can get the MRI on my shoulder. I want to know what the heck is going on in there haha.

929

9/11/14

Shoulder warm up/stretches.

Bench Press
5x45
5x135
5x185
5x225
3x275 (Paused. Felt ok. Second rep was the most iffy feeling of them all.)

Kroc Row
110 lb dumbbell for sets of 10/10/10/10/5
(This is the biggest dumbbell that my gym has.)

Cable Rope Pushdown
10x70
10x80
10x100
10x100
9x100 (Failed last rep.)

One Arm Cable Rope Pushdown
6x40
5x40
5x40
(I love these, and they are easier on my joints/give me a better pump. No rest between sets, do one arm, switch. Do the other arm, switch back.)

Very minor pains in the front of my shoulder. Almost not even noticeable.

I contemplated doing neutral grip chin up, but I ran out of time. It is written to be on a separate day, but I didn’t get to do them last time. I will possibly do them tomorrow, or I will just keep them as scheduled.

Legs are still sore, and I am glad. I am going to cut my volume down like I have been doing. More joint recovery temporarily, and I am still getting nice and sore from less. Why do more, when I can do less at the time being?

930

I am really glad to see that I didn’t lose much strength (if any) from taking that time off.

It was much needed.

Thank you for reading everyone!

Have a good night.

931

Get as strong as you can while using the least amount of weight possible.
Lose weight by eating the most calories as possible.
Gain weight by eating as few as calories as needed.
I like this trend.

932

are you dropping OHP? I say try it. Mine grew a lot when I was doing a lot of lateral variations, but I’ve been lazy since then

933

[quote]chobbs wrote:
Get as strong as you can while using the least amount of weight possible.
Lose weight by eating the most calories as possible.
Gain weight by eating as few as calories as needed.
I like this trend.[/quote]

Me too. Let’s see how it goes for a bit.

934

[quote]browndisaster wrote:
are you dropping OHP? I say try it. Mine grew a lot when I was doing a lot of lateral variations, but I’ve been lazy since then[/quote]

Yes, I am going to temporarily drop them. Hopefully I don’t lose too much strength from taking a short break.

935

9/14/14

Lower body stretching.

Deadlift
5x135
5x185
5x225
5x275
3x315
3x365 (Belted. Right hand up.)
3x405 (Belted. Left hand up. Form felt better.)
(I was able to grind the shit out of the last rep with very, very little rounding. It felt much better than my reps at 365. I would call this a form PR, but that is some BS haha.)

Stiff Leg Deadlift
5x275
5x275
5x275
5x275
5x275
5x275
(I hope my form was good here.)

Gym closed on me. I will finish the rest of this lift tomorrow after work.

936

Tomorrow I will do:

Face Pull, Shrug, Rear Lateral Raise.

Thank you for reading, have a great night!

937

9/15/14

Shoulder warm up and stretch.

Face Pull
10x100
10x120
10x140
10x160
10x180
10x180
10x180 (Questionable form here.)
10x180
10x180 (I could feel my left shoulder here. No pain though.)

Barbell Shrug
10x135
7 3x225 (Wasn’t feeling these for some reason.)

Meadows Shrug
5x10 with 85 lb dumbbells

Dumbbell Rear Lateral Raise
6x10 with 20 lb dumbbells

My upper back and hamstrings felt awesome from stiff legs.

I had fun this workout.

938

I am sore all over.

I am going to take a day off to recover, and to get two assignments that hit me out of nowhere done.

Will lift tomorrow.

Shoulders and back day.

939

Glad to see that you’re getting back into things.

Saw your post in the “Dating Advice” thread about you making a similar thread about life and whatnot. Please do, as I would love to hear other perspectives, and views on life in general.

940

[quote]Oxen wrote:
Glad to see that you’re getting back into things.

Saw your post in the “Dating Advice” thread about you making a similar thread about life and whatnot. Please do, as I would love to hear other perspectives, and views on life in general.[/quote]

I definitely will when I get more time.

I am pretty backed up with school at the moment, but I think that we could all vent, and have a few good laughs at my expense haha.