Holy bicep pump. I think this is my favorite way I’ve approached bicep curls. The axle is 30lbs empty, so I just stack three 5lb plates on either side to get up to 60lbs. Between each weight bump, do a set of 10 with the empty bar, then once I get to the top weight, just drop set back down.
Hey dude. It’s right on the medial epicondyle, definitely golfers elbows. Low bar squats are about the only thing that really causes it any grief though, I’ve gotten it to a point where climbing and other lifting movements don’t really bother it.
Thanks dude! I should probably be more proactive with treatment, I was last year when it was really a daily problem. I can’t say I have enough desire to low bar squat to really get me in the habit of treating it.
Had an early day today and it’s pretty nice out. About 50* sunny and some wind. Don’t have a lot of days like this left in the year so figured I’d get outside for a bit.
Run felt pretty good. Picked up a new pair of sneakers and they make a world of a difference on the lower legs. Lungs felt pretty strong, definitely had plenty of distance left in me.
Not sure where this workout came from, just what I started doing when I walked downstairs. That assistance finisher is another winner, I’d like some heavier DBs but until then I could just push reps with it.
Single arm BB row:
50x3x8
45x2x10 (switch to pinch grip row)
Dips:
BWx6
+10x6
+20x6
+30x6
+40x6
BWx27
SUPER SETS (chest - triceps)
Band chest crossover:
3x10
Band tricep pushdown:
3x10
Totally off program for this. And with that, I’m calling it for the committed challenge. At this stage I shouldn’t be in charge of my own programming, and trying to combine multiple methodologies into this weird Frankenstein thing isn’t the move.
Yesterdays session, lot of fun but definitely noticed I hadn’t been out in about a month. Forearms are pretty beat up today.
@Voxel You ever deal with/have any insight into dealing with an A4/5 pulley injury? Mine wasn’t bad, some soreness if I let the joint go into full ROM with any pressure but a few weeks off seems to have fixed it up.
Hoo boy, that’s what I needed apparently. Woke up a little sick today, but it feels like a head cold so I went for it anyway. I was hoping for get 235 for the top set but 225 felt like enough, had a rugged headache by then. Almost tossed my lunch a couple times and nearly quit mid assistance but managed to keep it together to get half the conditioning done. Felt like I made my illness way worse after, but I’m feeling back to baseline already. This should be a kick ass program.
No experience with A4/A5-injuries. I strained my A2 and injured a nerve and it took months to heal even though an ultrasound did not show any soft-tissue damage, so really my main injury was harming the nerve and it required a lot of nerve flossing and reducing my amount of weekly climbing.
After some time off I’d get a really soft ball and grip it hundreds of times per day working up to a thousand daily reps. Make sure you do the same with the other hand.
EMOM x10:
Ring inverted rows (15) x5
Ring dips x5
Flutter kicks x20s
This was actually a lot less work than I’m used to for my press workouts. Could probably do a little more assistance next time.
That pushup ladder was a solid challenge, and shows how pitiful I am at pushups. It’s something Brian has on his site where you do 1 pushup, stand, 2 pushups, stand and so on until you can’t do another round, then you work your way back down.
Kilos or pounds my friend? It’d be cool if the forum platform could auto-show weights in the unit we as readers expect. I guess we could use #freedom-units and #oppressed-units/#empire-units (or the less coy #lbs/#kg) tags on our logs.
