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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1485 on: September 21, 2017, 11:57:02 pm »
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22/09/17-

Fasted lunch run

4.4 km in 24:44 min @ 5:35 pace.

No watch to look at today and I felt so much better. Ran a little above comfortable and was pretty happy with the result.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1486 on: September 25, 2017, 07:50:31 pm »
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Have had two ridiculously bad nights sleep the last two nights. Have also used this as an excuse not to get up at 4.30 and go to the gym. Often the worst thing to do as I feel great after doing the gym and I only get another 1-2 hours of broken sleep anyway. Anyway...

Started a new nightly practice though which I will carry on for the next few weeks:

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

into this:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp8KPPffIJw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp8KPPffIJw</a>

Have ignored my APT for too long and there's no doubt it negatively affects other areas of my life. I also sit at a computer for 8-10 hours a day so both of these should help quite a bit.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1487 on: September 26, 2017, 07:51:26 pm »
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27/09/17
5am

Banded scap work, Ido squat 2.0, HF & Piriformis stretch, monster walks

Squat (no oly shoes, sleeves or belt)
Bar x 5, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 5, 5

Machine Chest Press – enough to get some blood in the chest

Stretching x 20 mins

Going to ditch the oly shoes for the time being. I initially got them cause I thought they’d be a good idea, give me extra depth, stability, etc. In reality I think they are causing more harm than good. Depth is really no different with the shoes vs without them. Not sure if a mental issue, core stability issue or what the go is.  If anything I get less hip/glute involvement and more quad which has been an issue for me.

Needing to invest more time in stretching as per the goal for this time when I’m limited to what I can do. Got some good work in today but not really structured yet.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1488 on: September 29, 2017, 09:36:47 pm »
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man i've had some horrible nights trying to sleep lately too.. was actually going to create a thread on it a few days ago, i'll do that now.

Quote from: Coges on September 26, 2017, 07:51:26 pm
27/09/17
5am

Banded scap work, Ido squat 2.0, HF & Piriformis stretch, monster walks

Squat (no oly shoes, sleeves or belt)
Bar x 5, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 5, 5

Machine Chest Press – enough to get some blood in the chest

Stretching x 20 mins

Going to ditch the oly shoes for the time being. I initially got them cause I thought they’d be a good idea, give me extra depth, stability, etc. In reality I think they are causing more harm than good. Depth is really no different with the shoes vs without them. Not sure if a mental issue, core stability issue or what the go is.  If anything I get less hip/glute involvement and more quad which has been an issue for me.

Needing to invest more time in stretching as per the goal for this time when I’m limited to what I can do. Got some good work in today but not really structured yet.


ya that's why i loved elevating my heels, even for halfs. i was all about quad dominance for RVJ.  it's something to worry about though for sure, since it's not really "natural", it's introducing something that's changing our joint angles so, now i'd personally try to avoid it for running and such. Plus I feel like it can also tighten up the achilles a little, which is scary.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1489 on: October 01, 2017, 11:14:07 pm »
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Quote from: adarqui on September 29, 2017, 09:36:47 pm
man i've had some horrible nights trying to sleep lately too.. was actually going to create a thread on it a few days ago, i'll do that now.

Quote from: Coges on September 26, 2017, 07:51:26 pm
27/09/17
5am

Banded scap work, Ido squat 2.0, HF & Piriformis stretch, monster walks

Squat (no oly shoes, sleeves or belt)
Bar x 5, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 5, 5

Machine Chest Press – enough to get some blood in the chest

Stretching x 20 mins

Going to ditch the oly shoes for the time being. I initially got them cause I thought they’d be a good idea, give me extra depth, stability, etc. In reality I think they are causing more harm than good. Depth is really no different with the shoes vs without them. Not sure if a mental issue, core stability issue or what the go is.  If anything I get less hip/glute involvement and more quad which has been an issue for me.

Needing to invest more time in stretching as per the goal for this time when I’m limited to what I can do. Got some good work in today but not really structured yet.


ya that's why i loved elevating my heels, even for halfs. i was all about quad dominance for RVJ.  it's something to worry about though for sure, since it's not really "natural", it's introducing something that's changing our joint angles so, now i'd personally try to avoid it for running and such. Plus I feel like it can also tighten up the achilles a little, which is scary.

Yeah I think it's a bad combo for squatting and running. It took a harder toll on my hips as well than I would have expected.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1490 on: October 01, 2017, 11:15:26 pm »
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Quote from: fast does lie on September 30, 2017, 04:28:39 am
Send the OLY shoes to me, I will give you $20 for your time and pay shipping :)

Do you wear size 10? and are they in okay shape?  :trolldance:

Eh...no. Haha. I never say never to squatting in them again.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1491 on: October 22, 2017, 09:22:47 pm »
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Quick update- Still training albeit sporadically. Nothing major hence no logging. Get the finger evaluated next week and all going well will be mostly back to normal. Fingers crossed haha. 
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1492 on: November 05, 2017, 09:40:47 pm »
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6/11/17

Saw the hand therapist today. Got discharged with a 3 week plan to wean off the splint. Only a small amount of time out the first week, doing more basic stuff week 2 and then more again week 3. Said that the main thing for me to focus on is gradual work without the splint and if I notice any drooping then I should put it back in the splint full time for a week. She did give me the green light for exercise. Said that I would be extremely unlucky if it affected it now especially wearing the splint. Won't go full on but will take it a bit more seriously.

Bw- ? (am pretty much in the worst shape of the last 6 years)
Injuries- low back a bit achy due to hip flexors
Finger obviously

Incline Bench
bar x 10, 40 x 5, 50 x 3, 55 x 1, 60 x 5, 55 x 6, 50 x 8

OHP
45 x 5, 40 x 6, 35 x 8

Lateral Raises
7.5s x 12, 12, 12

Skull Crushers
35 x 6, 6 (too heavy- drop weight next week)

Leg Raises
bw x 10, 10

Hanging x 30s

Stretching to come later
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1493 on: November 07, 2017, 07:24:31 pm »
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8/11/17

bw- 90.7
injuries- finger

Chins (alternated chins and pulls)
bw x 5, 4 3, 2

Trap Bar DL
40 x 5, 70 x 3, 90 x 1, 100 x 5, 90 x 6, 80 x 8

Rear Delt Flye-
6kg DBs x 12, 12, 12
 
BB Curl-
30 x 10, 8, 8

First time trying out chins in ages. Didn't help that I picked the wrong rack which is actually a fat bar. Interested to see what my numbers look like on a normal bar next week.

Stretching has been a bit better. I'm just doing bits and pieces during the day which I'm finding is much easier than one big session.
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Tactical Barbell - Day 1
« Reply #1494 on: November 12, 2017, 06:16:26 pm »
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13/11/17- 5am

Up at 4.30 and in the gym by 5am.

Warm Up-
Banded shoulder and scap work
Banded ankle dorsiflexion and hip flexor stretches, pigeon stretch

Squat-
bar x 10, 40 x 5, 60 x 5, 70 x 5, 5, 5

Bench Press-
bar x 10, 40 x 5, 60 x 5, 5, 5

Chin Ups-
bw x 5, 5, 4, 3, 4

Plank & Shank-
30s alternating x 3 with 10s rest between sets

Chins are still suffering from not having done them for 3 months and the finger has another 2 weeks before I'm fully out of the splint. Also, the current level of bodyfat probably isn't helping any either.

Planks were easy. Shanks were pretty good too. Done on a parallel extension bench and I think my glutes and erectors are going to love these. Plan is to work up to a min holds and then drop the time and add weight.

Squats were good. Pretty easy but that's the point. Bench, about the same. First set at 60 was medium to hard but the next two were fairly easy.

So far so good. 30 mins LISS tomorrow to look forward to.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1495 on: November 12, 2017, 06:18:17 pm »
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Got a bit of a passion back for training right now. Have set myself some pretty decent goals for the next 12 months which are not to dissimilar to some ones previously set. I had been in a training for aesthetics frame of mind but I'm just not wired that way and the motivation only lasts so long on that front before I get bored. It lasted about a week this time haha.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1496 on: November 13, 2017, 11:09:59 am »
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Quote from: Coges on November 12, 2017, 06:18:17 pm
Got a bit of a passion back for training right now. Have set myself some pretty decent goals for the next 12 months which are not to dissimilar to some ones previously set.

nice!!!!!

when will you be completely off the splint? December?

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I had been in a training for aesthetics frame of mind but I'm just not wired that way and the motivation only lasts so long on that front before I get bored. It lasted about a week this time haha.

lmao.

ya. train for athletics, transition into aesthetics .. seems easier and more fun :D
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1497 on: November 13, 2017, 08:34:07 pm »
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I’m on light duties without the splint this week and upping that to heavier duties next week. All going well I’ll be completely out of it by the last week of Nov.

Agreed on the athletics into aesthetics part. It always get me though. I look at some of the guys in my gym who train purely for aesthetics and they’re beasts. They put up huge numbers on their lifts and look the part too. It’s alluring. The obvious problem though is they don’t do anything else and that’s where it gets me. Training purely for the gym lacks something for me and the motivation is fleeting.
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1498 on: November 14, 2017, 03:57:26 pm »
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Usually aesthetics/size comes with strength. There are some exceptions though:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84vmuuuHRg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84vmuuuHRg</a>

Beast lift but looking at him there's no way I would expect him to be able to bench 300lbs let alone 410!!!
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Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« Reply #1499 on: November 17, 2017, 12:41:08 am »
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Quote from: Mutumbo000 on November 14, 2017, 03:57:26 pm
Usually aesthetics/size comes with strength. There are some exceptions though:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84vmuuuHRg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84vmuuuHRg</a>

Beast lift but looking at him there's no way I would expect him to be able to bench 300lbs let alone 410!!!

Yeah that's just nuts.
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