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Quote from: LBSS on February 20, 2013, 04:24:31 pm

how do you know you lost strength? how do you know you gained 8 pounds?

Well about 10 days ago, I was down to 168 lb not totally wet, but not dry either.  I was able to manage 305 x 2, and 310 x 1.  Today, i weighed in at 176, and could not do 295 x 2.  Granted, I am sore from intense cardio on monday, but still, it is kind of demoralizing that your hard work is waved.

relax. strength doesn't come or go that quickly. i failed on 330x1 last week after hitting it for rest-pause sets of three two weeks in a row, and hated myself a little for a couple of hours. but it was just a fluke.

no idea about your weight but based on the tiny amount of information you provided my wild guess is that the swing is part water retention, part you underestimating how many kcals you ate and overestimating how many you burned, and part weighing yourself in different states (say, one time in the morning after taking a piss but before eating anything and one time in the evening after eating two meals and not taking a shit).

if you want to compare weight over time, you have to measure in the same "state" each time, and on the same scale (or on scales that you know to be equally calibrated). for example, i weigh myself on the scale in my gym's locker room after working out in the evening. no idea what you mean by "wet" and "dry" but my guess is that you were weighing yourself in different states when you weighed in at 168 and 176.

oh that looks quite different from "pavel's pin to pillars for back squat on the side." seems fine to me although again, that's pretty high-volume for squatting. i keep saying that one of these days i'm going to do smolov jr. again, and that tops out at 36 reps per workout.

WEIGHT: 176
SORENESS: right bicep (went bowling with my bro yesterday. not the one with issues, the other one. i have two.)
ACHES/INJURIES: left calf kinda tight (?)
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- mobility stuff for ankles, hips, and shoulders

- Pendlay sequence snatch practice with empty bar
my feet land all wonky when i jump. have pic, will post. tried to fix that. also knurling was worn all the way down on the bar so my hands kept slipping inward.

- HB squat warm up
lots of paused reps up to 185 x 5. mixed in some very fast reps, as well.

- C1: strict hanging leg raise x 10
- C1: push up x 15
- C1 info: 3 rounds, ~30s between rounds

a 135 pistol is impressive. i've never tried it with a bar...front rack position? ankle mobility is my limiting factor on pistols. in oly shoes i can do BW pistols all day but i still have to throw my weight forward. not sure if i could manage a bar. might try tonight, just for funsies.

maybe it's the fact that you're 165 pounds instead of 220.

it's not nerve pain or impingement -- i know what those feel like. this is completely different in kind. anyway, more below. pushing my shoulder blades together increases the discomfort.

WEIGHT: 175 
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right elbow/tricep ???
MENTAL STATE: kind of sleepy, otherwise relaxed, good

- warm up

- SVJ x 6
three at 26, all 25+, awesome

- low box depth jump x 4
26-27 although these are still uncoordinated w/r/t distance from my target vent. once i get that nailed down i think they'll be higher.

- squat 315 x 1; 325 x 1; 255 x 4,4
played it conservative, 325 went up fast but i decided not to push it too hard.

- C1: dimel DL 135 x 8
- C1: DB push press 45 x 8
- C1: Pendlay row 135 x 8
- C1: strict hanging leg raise x 10
- C1 info: 2 rounds, ~30s between exercises

- stretch

super pleased with this workout. did OH squat and then high bar squat up to 185 during warm up. spent extra time trying to find a position that was tolerable with high bar. it's still uncomfortable -- very uncomfortable with 185 -- but i'm going to keep warming up this way with the idea of eventually being able to do my work sets high bar. then going to try t0ddday's suggestion of working up to a heavy but strong single and then backing off for 2-3 sets with 80%.

also, 175 is the lightest i've been in months. not sure what that's about. i was pissing like a racehorse all weekend but it's not like i cut carbs or anything.

WEIGHT: 177 uh oh
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: stressed

- warm up

- broad jump x 4
i think i PR'd but the gym has no measuring tape.

- depth broad jump x 5
all around the distance of my "PR" jump, some longer some shorter.

- squat MSEM 330 x F; 315 x 3
what. the fuck. 330 was just not happening. probably a combination of poor diet, poor sleep and high stress but this weight should be handlable even in bad circumstances. i had to dump it because i was squatting outside safeties. guh.

- engage pansy mode. bail on rest of workout.

worst workout ever, despite excellent broad jumps. they just felt super explosive (for me).

also, i can't do high bar. holding the bar on my traps is intensely uncomfortable, even with an empty bar. it doesn't feel hard to describe but now that i'm typing it is. the pressure is just painful. make all the jokes you want about my puny traps, fact is that the one time i managed to get my gf in the gym she did high bar with no problems. it's not a matter of the muscles being too small.