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Wednesday 2nd March 2022

Poor sleep, even more stress

While walking today my left mid bottom foot feels a bit beat up, like plantar fasciitis type ache
So I stumbled a bit when moving at the Optometrist today, which made my quads do a very sudden burst contraction,
and my left patella tendon shot out pain... ophhh so it's still nowhere near ready to jump..... :/
Probably time to up the tendon rehab

F*ck Sony, under Muso TNT, deleted my secondary gaming YouTube channel...
All those years of work making, uploading and editing my videos down the tubes
Plus losing whatever subs I had.
What gives Sony the right to just do things like this?!
And you can't even reverse it


More rest

527
Tuesday 1st March 2022

Stress, and poor sleep, achey

Didn't feel ready to train again, so rested
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rotating sets -
Finger tip ISO  - 4x 35 secs
Single leg Wall sit, soleus calf raise ISO combo - at 60 degrees 3x 40 secs
Push up ISO - against stair railing - mid range 3x 40 secs
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Side plank ISO - partial ROM to side of lower leg - 3x30 secs
Glute bridge Hold - 3x 30secs

528
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 28, 2022, 12:21:22 pm »
Monday 28th February 2022

Moderately sore mid upper back, and mild soreness everywhere else.
Posterior chain much less sore than previous post deadlift /RDL sessions - WTF

both achilles feeling better post session than past weeks.

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Finger tip ISO  - 4x 35 secs

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 27, 2022, 04:06:14 pm »
Sunday 27th February 2022

Erectors still sore.... but not enough to stop me deadlifting today

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches

soft tissue work on lower and back
Finger ISO 3x 40secs

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Tendon health+rehab - Day 1 Lower1
10G beef gelatin + 1g vitamin C one hour before session

Bodyweight in shoes = 90.4kg

general mobility drills
Walking on sides of ankle, side to side ankle rocking drills

BBall ball control and dribbling drills - 15 mins

split squat ISO, rear leg straight, on balls of feet, at 80 degrees knee angle - x 35 secs
Front plank x 35 secs
glute bridge hold x 35secs
Side plank- x 35 secs each side

rotating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Leg extension ISO, single leg - 6 sec concentric, then 15 sec hold at 60 degrees, no eccentric after - 10kg
6 sec Concentric to 60 degrees strap, 30 secs hold, no eccentric - x20kg, 25kg x 3 sets

B)Calf Raise eccentric - single leg - 1 cm elevated in oly shoes, controlled up, 6 sec eccentric - BW x3, dip belt+12.5kg 3x6
felt Ok, will go up to 15kg next time

C) Kettle bell Swing - 24kg x10 warmup, 24kg 3x10
Bumped up all sets +2 reps. Feeling easy enough to toss around now


Olys - - shoulder dislocate + behind the back press stretch drill

5 low hang power clean + 5 high hang power clean, with no foot movement x 20kg bar
5 snatch high pull +3 low hang power snatch + 5 high hang power snatch + 10 1/4 overhead squats x 20kg bar

Sumo Deadlift - flat shoes, hook-gripped, bar not controlled between reps - 60kg x10, 80kg x8, 100kg x5,
belt, straps - 120kg x5, 140kg x5, 150kg x3, 160kg x2
belt, straps - 170kg x5 @ RPE 9 PR!!
belt, straps - 150kg x4 @ RPE 7

everything from 140kg and under is feeling quite comfortable, but 150kg and up feels so much harder

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co82naKsQVs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co82naKsQVs</a>


Alternating sets - 2 mins rest

A) RDL -  oly shoes, lowered under control to just above the floor
deadlifted off the floor - straps/belt 125kg x8, x7 @ RPE 8 PR!!

B) SSB tibialis raise - in oly shoes, Romaleos 2 - BW x10, 30kg x6
50kg 2x10 @ RPE 8



Single leg, split stance, Tibialis raise - in oly shoes (Romaleos 2) -  BW 2x10 @ RPE 8
Side Lying Clam - hip straight, resisting the band eccentric, hold at top -  Xxheavy + heavy band 2x16 @ RPE 8 (+1 rep)

530
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 26, 2022, 10:39:18 am »
Saturday 26th February 2022

Upper body pretty sore - pecs, biceps, total traps and lats. Those straight arm rows toasted my lats and posterior shoulder
Posterior chain pretty sore as well from the rows, and my calves and quads

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rotating sets -
Single leg Wall sit - at 60 degrees 4x35 secs
Calf raise drive against wall ISO - single leg - mid range position - 4 x 35 secs


531
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 25, 2022, 11:55:32 am »
Friday 25th February 2022

Erectors still a bit sore... damn don't think repping out on deadlifts is such a good idea after all

Still feeling a bit poopy
left patella tendon advancing well, achilles insertion while still achey does appear to be improving


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Waking mobility work and upper body stretches

Finger tip ISO - 3x 40 secs

soft tissue work for glutes and upper body


Tendon health+rehab -  fasted -  Upper 1, day 4
10G beef gelatin + 1g vitamin C one hour before session

Bodyweight with shoes - 90.4kg

general mobility drills
Walking on sides of ankle, side to side ankle rocking drills
side leg raises - x 20

BBall ball control and dribbling drills - 10 mins - pretty crisp and clean today

split squat ISO, rear leg straight, on balls of feet, at 80 degrees knee angle - x 35 secs
Front plank x 35 secs
glute bridge hold x 35secs
Side plank x 35secs each side

rotating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Leg extension ISO, single leg - 10 sec concentric, then 30 sec hold at 60 degrees - 10kg, 15kg
10 sec concentric, 1 sec hold at top, then 30 sec hold at 60 degrees x 20kg, x25kg
10 sec Concentric to 60 degrees strap, 30 secs hold x 25kg

felt good, but 3/10 left patella tendon pain on the 25kg set right at the top lockout position, possibly due to compression.
Other than that no pain anywhere else


B)Calf Raise eccentric - single leg - 1 cm elevated in oly shoes, 6 sec hold, 6 sec eccentric - BW x3, dip belt+12.5kg 3x6
No pain

C) High angle rows - 20kg x15, 40kg x10, 60kg x10, straps - 80kg x5
deadlifted off the floor to start -
straps  - 85kg x10 @ RPE 9   PR!! (+2.5kg)
straps  - 85kg x5 @ RPE 6
straps  - 85kg 3x5 @ RPE 7

felt good



Bench - shoulder width, thumbs on smooth - 20kg x15, 40kg x10, 60kg x10, 70kgx3, 80kg x3
90kg x7 @ RPE 9 (+5kg, -1rep)
80kg 3x5 @ RPE 7

That puts my e1RM at 108kg, which appears to be going up 1kg every week.
100kg in sight!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLLQW3GzZs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLLQW3GzZs</a>

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rotating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Dumbbell curl - 20lbs x12, 30lbs 2x9 @ RPE 9
misloaded the Powerblock dumbbell, wondering why it felt harder, turns out it was 5lbs heavier!
And I do believe I'm also a couple of reps stronger at 30lbs

B) Dumbbell, overhead press, arms in line with ears -  rotating grip - 15lbs x10, 27.5lbs x17 @8  (+2.5lbs, -3 reps)

Chest supported row, external rotation into partial press - 45 degree angle - 2.5lbs x10 @ RPE 6, 5lb dumbbell x10, x9 @ RPE 8/7

Straight arm row, single arm - 5lbs x20 10 Palms down/10 Palms up
15lbs x20 - 10 Palms down/10 Palms up @RPE 8

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stretch

532
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 24, 2022, 11:54:11 am »
Thursday 24th February 2022

Happy 51st birthday to me! :)

Still achey all over
Felt like crap today, decided not to train

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rotating sets -
Single leg Wall sit - at 60 degrees 3x 40 secs
Calf raise drive against wall ISO - single leg - mid range position - 3 x 35 secs

533
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 23, 2022, 01:21:01 pm »
Wednesday 23rd February 2022

Feeling achey and not too motivated to train so rested today
quads and glutes more sore than I was expecting. Same for my pecs and upper back

Patella tendon felt better today, overall inflamed feeling when pressing directly against it, is going down over time, the last 2 weeks.

I turn 51 tomorrow!
Got a bunch of shoes and stuff arriving as presents I guess :)

I can also recommend activated bamboo charcoal bags for keeping your room, car and shoes smelling nice, or having no smell at all.
I tried a few this week and they work suprisingly well. Got rid of the sweat smell from my oly shoes

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches

Finger tip ISO  - 3x 40 secs

534
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 22, 2022, 07:03:18 am »
Tuesday 22nd February 2022

Yesterday was more fatiguing than expected, and fairly sore all over.

Achilles heading in the right direction, left patella tendon a little worse

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rotating sets -
Single leg Wall sit - at 45 degrees 3x 35 secs
Calf raise  Finger ISO combo - single leg - mid range position, pulling with upper body finger tip curl style - 3 x 35 secs
Toe + hamstring ISO combo - single leg - pawing the mat with toes  - 3x 35 secs
Push up ISO - against bench top - mid range 3x 35secs

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Side plank ISO - against wall - 3x30secs



535
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 21, 2022, 12:44:54 pm »
Monday 21st February 2022

Erectors still feeling a bit sore...

3 days before my 51st birthday :)

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches

Finger tip ISO  - combo lat pec stretch  - 3x 40 secs

soft tissue for lower body

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Tendon health+rehab - Day 3 Lower 2
10G beef gelatin + 1g vitamin C one hour before session

Bodyweight in shoes = 90.7kg

general mobility drills

BBall ball control and dribbling drills - 10 mins
kept it short and mostly stationary stuff, 75% of it wrapping and moving the ball around my body instead of dribbling

split squat ISO, rear leg straight, on balls of feet, at 80 degrees knee angle - x 35 secs
Front plank x 35 secs
glute bridge hold x 35secs
Side plank- x35secs each side - mild shake, getting easier


rotating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Leg extension ISO, single leg - 10 sec Concentric, 30 sec hold at 60 degrees, slow eccentric - 10kg, 15kg, 20kg , 22.5kg, 25kg
no pain on left patella tendon on any set, on concentric, first time it's been like this since starting these

B)Calf Raise eccentric - single leg - 1 cm elevated in oly shoes, 6 sec hold at top, 6 sec eccentric - BW x6, dip belt+10kg  3x6
felt decent, and no pain, so will go up 2.5kg next time

C) lateral leg drive against wall ISO - glute medius - at 70% effort - 3 x30secs


Alternating sets - 2 mins rest

A1) Single leg, split stance, Tibialis raise - in oly shoes (Romaleos 2) -  free standing warmup BW x10
BW x10, x10 @ RPE 8

Trying this variant I thought up out, doing it like this allows you to make it easier as needed, by using your arms, hence same reps and RPE on both sets

A2) SSB tibialis raise - in oly shoes, Romaleos 2 - 30kg x8, x12 @ RPE 8

B) Leg Curls - end of unit elevated 5 inches - 10kg x10, 20kg x10
30kg x10 @RPE 6
35kg x10 @RPE 7
37.5kg x6 @RPE 7

C1) Bulgarian split squat - 3 secs down and up - BW x10, single arm dumbbell held on working leg side - 15kg x10
SSB - arms supported - 30kg x10 @ RPE 5

C2) SSB reverse lunge - arms supported, oly shoes, down to 80 degrees - 35kg x10 @ RPE5

D)High angle barbell row - 20kg x15, 40kg x19, 50kg x22 @ RPE 7  PR!! +5kg, +2 reps

I'm pushing these single 20 repper sets again, they seemed to improve my gains. And you recover fast from them.
Doing them inbetween my main session for each exercise - helps stops things from regressing and keeps the groove greased



Bench press - shoulder width, thumbs on smooth - 20kg x15, 40kg x10, 60kg x20 @ RPE 8 PR!! +3reps

Wasn't expecting to hit 20 reps on 60kg this easily, since the last time I repped it out I hit 17 reps, but with a wider grip.
Rep calculator says my max is 125kg and I should be able to do 100kg x8....
Which if true is a huge jump from the 100kg x2 (maybe 3 when fresh) I did last session, 8 days ago.
Maybe going heavy last session and the ISO pushups yesterday did something :)
But high reps tend to be not that accurate, so will find out soon enough.

3 position reverse raise - lying face down, arms out to side, arms against body palms down, palms up
2.5kg plate x 15 reps each position

Dumbbell Curl - 15lbs x10, 20lbs x22 @ RPE 8 PR!! +2.5lbs +2 reps

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stretch

536
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 20, 2022, 06:58:57 am »
Sunday 20th February 2022

Still sore all over.
Felt stressed today, decided to postpone main weights session

left patella tendon is feeling much better
achilles insertions - hard to tell

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rotating sets -
Single leg Wall sit - at 45 degrees 3x 40secs

Calf raise  Finger ISO combo - single leg - mid range position, pulling with upper body finger tip curl style - 3 x 35 secs
using the weight scale to measure, doing this adds about 15-20kg extra sustained force onto the calves/achilles

Toe + hamstring ISO combo - single leg - pawing the mat with toes  - 3x 35 secs

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Side plank ISO -  down to side of knee - 3x30secs
pretty shakey

Glute bridge ISO - actively pushing hip up @ 70% effort - 3x 40secs
Push up ISO - against stair railing - mid range 3x 40secs

stretch

537
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 19, 2022, 11:46:37 am »
Saturday 19th February 2022

Light to Moderate soreness all over, but not too bad

Since I started Sumo deadlifting more often, I have noticed the bar sometimes lightly touching my shins and causing bleeding...
So I invested in a Smart Strength shin guard, which could be useful for box jumps later if needed :)




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Waking mobility work and upper body stretches


Single leg Wall sit - at 45 degrees 3x 40secs

Calf raise  Finger ISO combo - single leg - mid range - 3 x 40secs
basically just grabbing the bathroom counter with fingers and pulling myself downwards to provide downward resistance for the calves/achilles, kill two birds with one stone :)

Toe + hamstring ISO combo - single leg - pawing the mat with toes  - 3x 40secs
just an experiment

538
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 18, 2022, 12:47:39 pm »
Friday 19th February 2022

Erectors and hamstrings still fairly sore, but much less than yesterday

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Morning mobility work and upper body stretches

Finger tip ISO - 3x 40 secs




Tendon health+rehab - Upper 2, day 4 - fasted

10G beef gelatin + 1g vitamin C one hour before session

Bodyweight with shoes - 90.2kg

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general mobility drills


split squat ISO, rear leg straight, on balls of feet, at 80 degrees knee angle - x 45 secs
Front plank x 30 secs
glute bridge hold x 30secs

Band pull aparts high to low, reverse grip - light jumpstretch band x 20
alternating diagonals x 20

rotating sets - 1 mins rest

A) Leg extension ISO, single leg - 6 sec concentric, then 20 sec hold at 60 degrees - 10kg, 15kg, 20kg
Concentric to 60 degrees strap, 30 secs hold - 25kg x 3 sets

B) Side plank -  3x 30secs each side
more for my shoulders and hips, than midsection.
A bit shakey

C) Calf Raise eccentric - single leg - 1 cm elevated in oly shoes, 4sec hold, 6 sec eccentric - BW x6, dip belt+7.5kgx6
10kg 2x6



rotating sets - 2 mins rest

A) Military Press - barbell - 20kg x12, x5, 40kg x3, Belt 50kg x1
Belt - 50kg x10 @RPE 9  PR!! +1 rep
50kg x5, x5 @ RPE 6/7

alright, might go up to 55kg next time.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gZMJxJomQU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gZMJxJomQU</a>

B)Pull up/Chin up - Hang and 20 scap shrugs,
Pull up - dead hang/paused,  wider -  BW x3

Chin up, shoulder width -  BW x10 @ RPE 10 - shoulders 4 inches under bar on last rep
BW x5, x5, x5 @ RPE 7/7/10   (+1 rep on second set, +1 set)

Will add weight next session, as it seems endurance is just road blocking me at 10 reps

B) Dips- dip shrugs x 20 - felt pretty hard, I guess fatigue from press
 BW x10, x12 @ RPE 6/8

C) Single arm dumbbell row - supported - controlled down, straps - 42.5kg x3, 42.5kg x9 @ RPE 8  (PR!! +2.5kg -2 reps)



Dumbbell Curl - 15lbs x10, 25lbs x3 (Warm up)
27.5lbs x12, x9 @8

Bar Hang - pull up grip, leg raise switching between straight and bent knees x 25 secs

Draw letters of alphabet with slider pad - on knees, single arm: x 1 set

Chest supported row into external rotation: 5lb dumbbells x10, x13 @ RPE 7/8

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stretch

539
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 17, 2022, 11:07:42 am »

also got these just then, what I wanted originally, but only noticed my size come up on Ebay tonight, so quickly grabbed it, will return one of them


540
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« on: February 17, 2022, 11:02:35 am »
Saw Reebok blow out their Nano X shoe at half price on Ebay AU, so picked up a pair in a bright red colour, looks more orange here though for some reason..
This is a Crossfit WOD shoe, so it's a good all rounder for anything in a gym, agility, plyos etc.
Pretty comfy, while also being firm at the same time, and beefy feeling
Has a pretty wide toe box, wider than all my oly shoes!
Fairly flat, kinda like Chuck Taylors on steroids, but much wider  :)



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