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Tuesday 21st June 2022

Felt better today, but still not great despite the extra days rest.
A little less achey.
Deloading a bit this week which should help

left upper bicep tendon still getting compressed in certain positions, mostly when arm externally rotated
So will drop overhead press for the time being

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches
soft tissue work on feet, calves, legs and back

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BBall practise session at WLC outdoor courts - 35 mins

Bodyweight without shoes  - ?

Dribbling drills - 15 mins

Low intensity jump shots, layups, post moves, around the rim, and slow jogs after ball here and there, on balls of feet

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Rotating sets - 30 secs to 1 min between each

A) Hops- low effort 2x10
both achilles felt achey during these so stopped

B) Jumps in place. Continuous: - Jumping 12 inches 3x5
Ok

C) Jumps/standing dunks on 8 feet rim x3 warmup - standing 2 handed
x4 - two standing, two 1 step with 1 hand
x4 - same

mid hand to 9 feet

Horizontal jumps, continuous: - low effort 2x4
ok

Split squat ISO on balls of foot, rear leg straight: at 90 degrees
35 secs x 2

Wall sit, heels off the floor: - 60 degrees
40 Seconds x2

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stretch

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Jumps about the same as last week... maybe slightly lower
Felt tired so didn't do much.

1/10 left patella tendon pain upon some jump landings... that single leg jump i did a week ago has set me back - sigh
Achilles felt more achey again as well

Sunday 19th June 2020

Fat loss cycle 3 - Week 6
Height - 5'8.5"
weighed - 90.8kg (+1.1 ), 200.2lbs

waist - 36.5   inches (-1/8)
hip = 42.25
upper thigh = 27 1/8 (+1/8)
Right calf = 16 (+1/8)
Neck = 15 7/8
Chest = 43
Right Arm (flexed) = 15.75
Wrist = 6 5/8

Tanita scale bodyfat % = 25.1% (-1.2)

Total loss so far - weight +0.1kg Waist 1 1/8 inches BF% Tanita -1.1%

Phone app TDEE Calculator is at 2882
Averaged 2900 calories over the week, 180g protein, 215g carbs, 121g fat.

More carbs this week, and water weight bloated up.
Still getting leaner and gaining size
Tanita scale Bodyfat% always drops when your holding more water, and vice versa

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Legs still feeling sore, and upper back.
More rest today

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches

soft tissue work for whole body
sartorius stretches
glute bridge with knees pushed in  x30secs
combo couch/TFL stretch x 2mins

Friday 17th June 2022

Felt like my soreness was quite down compared to previous weeks last night.
But felt more sore this morning upon waking, especially my upper rectus femoris, probably from those kneeling quad ISOs
Left patella tendon aches if I flex my quad with a straight leg, but less than yesterday

Felt stronger today vs last week... all from that extra rest day between BBall/jumps and the rest of the workouts it seems
So might roll with an 8 day training week. See how I feel on Sunday

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches
Soft tissue work for whole body just about

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Tendon health+rehab -  Upper Pull - Week 3, Wave 1

Bodyweight with shoes, winter clothing - 91.5kg

general mobility drills
side leg raises - x 20
Band pull aparts - Light rogue band x20

Split squat ISO on balls of foot, rear leg straight: 90 degree knee angle - 30 secs

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Rotating sets - 1 mins rest

A) SSB Calf Raise - single leg - BW warmups - hold at neutral, with 1 inch ROM slow Raises (x12) -
30secs x 30kg, 50kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg @ RPE 8  (+5kg)

ISO only - 30secs x 75kg @ RPE 8 (+5kg)

heaviest weights used in a while
1/10 right achilles insertion pain on 60kg set, 2/10 on 65kg and 70kg sets
fine on ISO set

B) Pull up/Chin up - Hang and 20 scap shrugs, 10 wide grip
alternating between 1 pull up, wide pull up and chin set each rotation

Pull up - leg assisted x10
BW x1, x1, x4, x3, x3 @ RPE 7  (+1 rep on first set, +1 set)

Pull up - Wide, snatch grip -  BW x3, x3, x2 @ RPE 8/9/9

Chin up, shoulder width -
BW x4, x4, x4 @RPE 6/7/7 (+1 rep per set)

C) Hip push against strap ISO: - seated, leaning forward @ 70% effort - 3x 30secs
Right hip/IT band no longer hurts on these

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Rotating sets - 2 mins rest

A) High angle rows - 20kg x12, belt 40kg x12, 50kg x6
belt-
60kg 4x12 @ RPE 6/7/7.5/8  (+1 set)

Woah, much stronger than last week, 60kg for all sets across without having to drop loads, and an extra set and despite more volume on pullups/chins before.

B) Leg extension, single leg - 1 sec up, 3 sec down between 10 and 60 degrees for 35secs - 15kg, 20kg,
35secs x 25kg (2/10 left patella tendon pain)
35secs x 27.5kg (1/10 left patella tendon pain)
35 secs x 30kg (1/10 left patella tendon pain)

ISO only 35secs - 35kg (2/10 left patella tendon pain)

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Pull up. Wide grip, leg assisted: BW 3x12 @8
Chin up, leg assisted: 2x12 @8/9

Lying face down, straight arm raises: 1kg 2x25
pretty easy now, need a 1.5kg weight next

Lying side external rotation, scapular retracted and depressed: - up to parallel only - 2.5kg 2x20
left shoulder hurts a bit at top/parallel

Elbow supported external rotation, scapular retracted and depressed: 5lbs x20
no pain on this one

Incline Dumbbell curl - 45 degrees, arms angled out, 1 sec up, 3 secs down - 15lbs x8 @8
Incline Dumbbell hammer curl - 45 degrees, arms angled out, 1 sec up, 3 secs down -  15lbs x8 @ RPE 9
Biceps tired, called it a day after one set....

Flag press, 2 handed: - scapular retracted and depressed: 2.2kg x20, 5kg x20

Larsen Bench press - 14 inch grip - Thumbs on smooth - 20kg x10, x6, 40kg 2x6, 50kg 2x6
Just testing things out

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stretch

Wednesday 15th June 2022

Upper body achey, but not as sore as I expected.
Lower back feels great after all those bar hangs yesterday, decompression!

So what I thought was a bicep tendon issue/pain in my left shoulder, is probably referral pain from my infraspinatus.
I get the same pain at the front of my shoulder in the bicep tendon area, when I wedge a massage ball against the back of shoulder and a wall,
putting pressure on my infraspinatus

see article here by Dr Andrew Lock
https://breakingmuscle.com/the-truth-about-your-benching-pain-it


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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches
soft tissue work for lower body and whole back

Shoulder health blitz

Lying face down, straight arm raises: 1kg 2x20
Lying face down, Palms down, arms by sides raises: 1kg x20
Lying face down, Palms up, arms by sides raises: 1kg x20
Lying side external rotation, scapular retracted and depressed: - up to parallel only - 1.9kg x20, 1.3kg x20 
Flag press, 2 handed: 1.9kg 2x20, 5kg x10

I got these exercises from Dr Andrew Lock.
Part blood flow, strengthening and motor patterning, so need to be done at high frequency for a few weeks until problems are fixed.
Supposed to use a club bell for the flag press, which I don't have, so used short cyclinder and then a plate.

I can already notice a difference already in my bum left shoulder!


Tendon health+rehab - Day 2 Lower 1 - Base Building Week32 - Wave 1

Bodyweight in shoes, winter clothing = 92.9kg
general mobility drills

split squat ISO, rear leg straight, on balls of feet, at 80 degrees knee angle - x 30 secs
Front plank x 30 secs
glute bridge hold x 30 secs
Side plank- x30 secs each side

Half kneeling weight shift: - 10kg in plates 5x5 secs x 2 sets

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Alternating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Leg extension ISO, single leg - 6 sec Concentric, 10 sec hold at top, 30 and 60 degrees, slow eccentric - 15kg, 20kg
3 sec Concentric to 60 degrees, 30 sec hold -  30kg x2 sets

left patella tendon hurt a little, from that single leg jump on Sunday....

B) olys with 20kg bar - powercleans, hang snatch hi pulls and power snatches
C) Overhead squat - slow tempo - Broom 2x10 in Nano X
D) Low bar good morning: 20kg x10

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Alternating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Clean/Snatch high pulls - 3 snatch high pull + 3x clean high pull - 40kg, 60kg
crisp


High bar squat: - Oly shoes - slow eccentrics - 20kg x10, 40kg x8, 60kg x8, 75kg x5, 90kg x2, x1, belt 100kg x1
belt -
100kg x12 @ RPE 7.5
95kg x12 @ RPE 7.5
90kg x12 @8
85kg x12 @8

Left patella tendon hurt a little earlier but ok for most.
Something in my right upper Peroneus/hamstring area also hurt, can't locate the pain exactly as it only shows up in certain squat foot positions, and in no other exercises

The extra rest day between BBall/Jumps on Sunday and today has helped. Squats didn't as heavy on my back unlike past weeks.
But still not that easy for my legs....
Today was torture with 4 sets of 12!
Would not have been as bad had I stayed at 90kg for all sets of 12.
Going to 100kg 2x10 next week for a semi deload to start wave 2

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Alternating sets - 2 mins rest

A1)Sumo Deadlift - belt, hook-gripped - 60kg x5
A2) Stiff legged deadlift - Nano X, lowered down to soft touch on floor, dead stop - belt -60kg x5, 80kg x6, 80kg x12, 100kg x12 @ RPE 8

made a mistake repping out 80kg x12, was wondering why it was so easy... definitely made the 100kg x12 set harder than it should have been...
Still easier than the 95kg x12 set last week, even after 4x12 on squats. Extra rest day helping here as well.

B) SSB Good Morning: - belt, oly shoes - 30kg x10, 50kg x6
belt - 55kg 2x12 @ RPE 7/8
52.5kg x12 @8

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A) SSB Bulgarian Split Squat -  hand supported - rear foot on 6 inch step, toes down. front foot heel off edge of 1 inch step.
2 mins rest beween sides - Non lock - BW x6, 30kg x6
50kg 3x6 @RPE 8

Dang, foot muscles were working hard, with heel off edge of step on front foot.

B) Leg Curls - end of unit elevated 5 inches - 20kg x10
explosive concentric
27.5kg 3x12 @RPE 7/8/8

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Jefferson curl, single dumbbell, 3 position - alternating to front, left and right - 15lbs x6, 25lbs x12, 27.5lbs x12 (+2.5lbs)

walks do not need to be long, I'm thinking like 15-20 mins, but I would wait till your knees settle down first

Every area of my quads, outer, inner, top , bottom,
glutes and adductors
calves and tibs
foam roller wasn't enough I had to use harder balls and rolls

couch stretch, hamstrings, calves/ankles, glutes, piriformis, internal hip rotation

like the above video showed, you need to fix every area

It was a lot of work, but how much do you want it?

Monday 13th June 2022

Pretty decent for a day after BBall/Jumps, less volume of jumps helped.

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches

Hammer curl, 90 degree ISO @70% effort against hand- 3x 30secs
External rotation, stretched range ISO @70% effort against hand - 3 x30secs
While lying in bed upon waking

Split squat ISO on balls of foot, rear leg straight: 90 degree angle - 2x35 secs
Single leg Calf raise ISO: above neutral - 2x 35 secs

Single leg, kneeling quad push into floor ISO: 70% effort - 2x 35 secs
A bit like a combo of a leg extension and reverse nordic for one leg

release sartorius, TFL and rectus femoris
stretches

Walk - 22 mins

patella and quad tendon injuries definitely hurt a lot on the end parts of the tendon

Jumper's Knee can cause swelling in the knee though

Do you get pain when doing a leg extension? Under the kneecap or on the tendons?
tendon injuries do feel better and reduce in pain after ISOs like Wall sits and Leg extension holds at 60 degrees knee angle for 30-50secs
Whereas other types of knee pain just hurt no matter what when loaded