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blut wump said:
My weight was 124.0 again this morning. I think I'll drop the Sunday Weigh-In now. It did it's job.

Over the past three months, I've gained about a pound and definitely lost my post-Christmas bulge. It might be time to start working on the paunch from the previous Christmas.
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Nice, up a pound and paunch is gone. Can't complain.

Especially at your age :p
 
My wife told me this morning that when I suck it in I look beefy but slim. I told her she must be wearing the wrong glasses.

On another note, I ordered a couple of Bompa's books: "Serious Strength Training" and "Periodization, Theory and Methodology of Training" which arrived yesterday.

The former, "Serious Strength Training", I think I wasted money on. It seems to be all about bodybuilding and foo-foo exercises. I might read it before I die but I wouldn't put money on it. Can anyone recommend any parts of this book they found worth the effort of rolling their eyes from side to side for?

"Periodization" seems very dry and covers training principles behind lots of sports. It's probably a good read for gaining some understanding behind aerobic capacity and GPP and working different rep ranges. I'm not sure I'll gain any practical information from it but it seems worth the read.
 
blut wump said:
Can anyone recommend any parts of this book they found worth the effort of rolling their eyes from side to side for?
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I think Vicky Pratt is the female model in SST, so that'd be worth a glance. Otherwise yeah it's lot of iso and machine exercises IIRC.
 
Week 13 - No Mans' Land

It felt great to get back to the gym. I started to think yesterday that I was feeling deloaded, today I was just feeling restless. Since I'd gone almost a full week and I wasn't sure how my right hamstring was going to react, I decided to make today a reconditioning workout rather than try to push for anything.

I could feel the tightness in my hamstring during warmups so kept then slow and held the position at the bottom. When I did the set at 90, my right inner thigh/groin started complaining too and there was a slight twinge in my left knee. I'm a wreck. No problems at 120 but I just had to be careful feeling everything as I did the reps.

Bench was fine. I started to stretch out my hamstring a little but OK. I did a single back-off at 100 for the close-grip and it felt a lot harder than the same weight had been last Tuesday.

Every rep on deads was upsetting my hamstring. I reckoned that nothing was likely to get damaged but I really only had to be especially careful near the bottom of the movement, both up and down. The 120 felt a lot lighter than expected.

I was going to do abs but spent about 15 minutes stretching thighs, back and hamstrings. It's feeling a lot better and I think I'll make a huge effort to keep on top of doing some work and stretching on my off-days.

I've not given up on this training cycle by any means.


Weights in Kilos
Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 120x5 for 3 sets, 60x8
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 90x5W, 110x5 W for 3 sets, 100x5N
Deadlift
20x10, 60x8, 100x5, 120x5 for 3 sets
 
Week 13 Day 2 - No Mans' Land

I really like the simplicity of a Squat, Bench, Deadlift workout. I had doms from the last workout and it's quite shocking how quickly one loses conditioning. For today's workout I just bumped the weights a little from Monday and for Friday I'll bump more and switch to triples. The real question is whether to regress a week for next week or whether just to pick up where I left off.

Squats were easier than Monday. I'm not as used to five reps as I was and these almost felt like high-intensity cardio.

Bench fine, no real comment. The close-grip back-off set felt easier than Monday but still harder than I recall it's being last week. While resting between sets, I flicked back through the weeks and this weight was a 5-set PR in week3. I could have done another two sets easily which was an uplifting thought. Same for squats for that matter.

Deads went well. A small amount of tightness in the hamstring but nothing that I'd call discomfort and it didn't feel as though it was interfering with the lift. This is very encouraging.

My bodyweight is continuing to fall. I was down to 123.2 yesterday and 123.0 (270.6) today. I'm not really sure why the continuing weight loss but I was paranoid that strength might have been down. Libido is still down but I'm feeling quite well in myself. With any luck, I might get away with no crash and minimal loss.


Weights in Kilos, Monday in Orange
Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 120x5 for 3 sets, 60x8
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 110x3, 130x5 for 3 sets, 60x8
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 90x5W, 110x5 W for 3 sets, 100x5N
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 90x3W, 110x1W, 115x5 for 3 sets, 100x5N
Deadlift
20x10, 60x8, 100x5, 120x5 for 3 sets
20x10, 60x8, 100x5, 120x3, 140x5 for 3 sets
Decline Sit-Up
BW x 20, 20
 
Glad you're feeling better. So what was it you think, just a pull or something? How did you hurt it again? or did it just show up?

blut wump said:
I really like the simplicity of a Squat, Bench, Deadlift workout.
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Time to run Korte again :p
 
It's a chicken and the egg situation 'twixt lower back and hamstring. I'd been feeling the lower back getting out of shape and then the hamstring became noticably uncomfortable too. Often I can do my own adjustments but sometimes I just can't quite get anything to happen.

After today's weights I did more stretching and put myself into some spinal traction on the reverse hyper. I managed a satisfying separation of a couple of vertebrae so I think the hassle will be over this week. I'll just keep on top of the hamstring stretching and see how it goes.

I was thinking about the Korte, unsurprisingly. I like the volume phase but the intensity phase with it's quick switch from volume to singles is asking for trouble. If I decide to run it again, I'll modify the intensity phase to have more triples work and be more like a 5x5.
 
Well, this program is probably in trouble now. I spent all of yesterday either sleeping or rushing to the toilet. I don't feel much better today and I've hardly eaten for 24 hours. What I do eat goes straight through. Any attempt to exert myself makes my head feel as though its about to pop.

I can't see myself getting near any weights before Monday which will mean another 5-day layoff from the last workout. :(

On the good side, my hamstring is feeling pretty much OK. :)
 
Getting sick sucks, it kind of sounds like food poisoning.

At least your little injury will heal and you’ll be back at it in no time.
 
No, not at all. I called the doctor yesterday and their response was to wait and see how I feel after weekend. I have neither appetite nor energy and just want to spend the day back in bed. I'm aghast at how much I've slept these past few days.
 
I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who has sent me "Get Well Soon" PMs. It's very much appreciated.

I was feeling a little better yesterday in that I wasn't wanting to go straight back to bed every time I woke up. Today I feel a little better again.

This diet of boiled eggs, soup and rice with an occasional can of tuna is getting a little thin but it seems the least stressful on my system. I was down another two pounds yesterday morning. It's hard to know how well I'm managing hydration.

Zero chance of training today.
 
Is a doctor visit in the cards? Keep strong, hydrated, and fed. If you don't hurry up, I'm going to have to put you on the Injured List.

You don't want that.
 
blut wump said:
I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who has sent me "Get Well Soon" PMs. It's very much appreciated.

I was feeling a little better yesterday in that I wasn't wanting to go straight back to bed every time I woke up. Today I feel a little better again.

This diet of boiled eggs, soup and rice with an occasional can of tuna is getting a little thin but it seems the least stressful on my system. I was down another two pounds yesterday morning. It's hard to know how well I'm managing hydration.

Zero chance of training today.
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Wow, that diet sounds pretty rough! Glad you're feeling better. :)
 
I just returned from the doctors' surgery. After a careful examination of my abdomen and a lengthy interrogation, it seems that his professional opinion is that I'm suffering from diarrhoea. Who'd have guessed?

He didn't seem able to believe that I could reach my age (49 in August) without having gone through something like this before. If this is what old age has to offer, it sucks.

I'm still going about once an hour. This is grim.
 
Do you know what might have caused it? Anything you think you ought to cook more? I sometimes have chicken 4 days after I've defrosted it, but, touch wood (taps side of head), I've been ok so far.
 
anotherbutters said:
Do you know what might have caused it? Anything you think you ought to cook more? I sometimes have chicken 4 days after I've defrosted it, but, touch wood (taps side of head), I've been ok so far.
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No, I've always been paranoid about sniffing meat and discarding anything that didn't smell absolutely good.

My dear spouse is sometimes (ok, often nay typically) lax with keeping dog stuff away from human stuff and it's possible that her laxness finally overcame my diligence but I don't know. The dogs suffered badly with campylobacter a couple of months back and I'm suspecting some transference that way.

Nothing much I can do but buy in extra paper and wait for the results. ;)
 
Sorry you're not feeling well. Sometimes I get lactose intolerant - for example I drank a big glass of 2% last week when I usually drink skim - and it's no fun.

Hope everything comes out alright :rolleyes:
 
Everything is certainly coming out.

I took a small nosedive today so they've finally given me the anti-biotics rather than wait for the results of the tests. It seems that my extra symptoms were adequate to convince them to concur with my diagnosis. My wife's worried now. :(

One of the known possible side-effects of the medication is diarrhoea. :p


Regarding the state of this log: I don't anticipate hitting the gym this week, although it could happen towards the end of the week but, given that the anti-biotic can induce confusion, dizzyness etc., I doubt it'll happen. As such, this run of the 5x5 is over. I'll have gone a fortnight without training by next week and this, on top of the previous patchy fortnight, kind of squashes things.
 
blut wump said:
Everything is certainly coming out.

I took a small nosedive today so they've finally given me the anti-biotics rather than wait for the results of the tests. It seems that my extra symptoms were adequate to convince them to concur with my diagnosis. My wife's worried now. :(

One of the known possible side-effects of the medication is diarrhoea. :p


Regarding the state of this log: I don't anticipate hitting the gym this week, although it could happen towards the end of the week but, given that the anti-biotic can induce confusion, dizzyness etc., I doubt it'll happen. As such, this run of the 5x5 is over. I'll have gone a fortnight without training by next week and this, on top of the previous patchy fortnight, kind of squashes things.
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trust me, you'll come back strongly and get into PR territory sooner than you expect it. for one thing, you won't be feeling jaded when you come in again. BTW, what does the doc mean by saying old guys should get upset stomach's more often?! doesn't he know who he's talking to?! tell him who he's talking to! ;)
 
He was just a locum doctor yesterday. When I phoned today I got the regular doc and he listened to my new symptoms and just agreed that I have a campylobacter infection and said he'd do a scrip for me to go and collect. Ignoring the odd flu and a couple of strep throats, I think this is the first time I've been sick enough to ask for medical attention. I just don't know the ropes. I always reckoned that it'd be good to save all my anti-biotic receptors for my dotage. ;)
 
Wow, that sucks, if it's any consolation I know all to well about being bound to the toilet for weeks on end (UC).

Hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon and you'll be back 100%.
 
Well, I don't feel ill today. I think I might go for a walk.

I got weighed and came in at 120.4Kg (264.8 lbs). All my precious weight down the toilet.
 
blut wump said:
Well, I don't feel ill today. I think I might go for a walk.

I got weighed and came in at 120.4Kg (264.8 lbs). All my precious weight down the toilet.
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yea that sucks, especially just after a cycle. i once got some kind of infection near my eye during my PCT once. the doc prescribed me some antibiotics, to which i developed a mild allergic reaction... the skin specialist i went to described it as a drug rash. lasted a few days, with mild fever, after which i lost almost all gains from the cycle :mad:
 
anotherbutters said:
Shouldn't the fabled muscle memory help your return somewhat?
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in my experience, on a comeback i have always returned and overshot very quickly what i had achieved earlier, both in terms of bodyweight & PRs. what i'm saying is that once i reach my previous max weight, i will cross it at a much faster rate then the gain rate prior to the layoff. however, i'm not sure if this is muscle memory, a form of deconditioning, or my better knowledge about training/diet the second time.
 
blut wump said:
It looks like I was a joint winner on the last vote for best profile but George has decided to run the vote again. I'm really sorry to hassle everyone again but I'd really appreciate it if you could vote for me here:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484937

Thanks.
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Since you obviously put a lot of work into your profile, I guess I'll use this temporary plat to vote for you. :p What's the equivalent in British political history of Tammany Hall?

Good to hear you're feeling better.
 
how many k's for voting ? :evil:

:edit: nevermind i don't have plat :(
How many k's for the fact that i was gunna vote for you if i had plat ?
 
Thanks everyone. You can still wager your Karma on the Bookie Event on whether I win. ;)

I'm feeling ever improved and grateful for antibiotics. I expect to take a light gym visit tomorrow to see what's left of me.
 
I'd vote for you if I were Plat.

I hope you get better quick......264....damn....you're coming down into my range now, lol.....you'll slap it all back on once you can keep your fluids in your body, start up a new journal as soon as you begin training again.
 
Lol, being ill really sucks.

I just got back from the gym after a light workout. I went to 100Kg for 3 sets of 5 on squat and bench and 85Kg for bent rows. Nothing actually felt hard but everything was a struggle to do even the abs to finish off with. Towards the end of the rows I felt light-headed and sweating.

Still, it was important to get this simple workout in just to stop the downward rot. I'd lost another two pounds by this morning and I could tell in the gym mirror that there was less of me than just a few short weeks ago.

Still, it seems like the illness is over. Thanks to everyone for all your well-wishes and apologies to everyone for a rather disappointing end to the program.
 
blut wump said:
Lol, being ill really sucks.

I just got back from the gym after a light workout. I went to 100Kg for 3 sets of 5 on squat and bench and 85Kg for bent rows. Nothing actually felt hard but everything was a struggle to do even the abs to finish off with. Towards the end of the rows I felt light-headed and sweating.

Still, it was important to get this simple workout in just to stop the downward rot. I'd lost another two pounds by this morning and I could tell in the gym mirror that there was less of me than just a few short weeks ago.

Still, it seems like the illness is over. Thanks to everyone for all your well-wishes and apologies to everyone for a rather disappointing end to the program.
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Glad to see you're back at it.

Don't worry about the workout today, the first day back after being sick is always a train wreck.

You'll be back at full stride by the end of next week.
 
Yeah, give yourself a week.....coming back from a layoff is completely different than coming back from illness. After being sick, you just feel light, shaky, and unconditioned.
 
blut wump said:
Lol, being ill really sucks.

I just got back from the gym after a light workout. I went to 100Kg for 3 sets of 5 on squat and bench and 85Kg for bent rows. Nothing actually felt hard but everything was a struggle to do even the abs to finish off with. Towards the end of the rows I felt light-headed and sweating.

Still, it was important to get this simple workout in just to stop the downward rot. I'd lost another two pounds by this morning and I could tell in the gym mirror that there was less of me than just a few short weeks ago.

Still, it seems like the illness is over. Thanks to everyone for all your well-wishes and apologies to everyone for a rather disappointing end to the program.
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good stuff. I just got over a 2-week bout of the flu. The first day back in is light, but it makes you feel better!
 
UrlMighty said:
Thanks for the free Plat BW. You get my vote.
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I can't believe someone would actually vote just so they could get a free plat. I find that dispickable.
 
I'm just posting to close this thread.

Many thanks to everyone who posted for your help, observations and advice. It was a good experience for me and I think I learned a lot from it. I hope others also gained from it as an example of an 'assisted' 5x5. It's just a shame that the intensity phase collapsed as it did.
 
blut wump said:
I'm just posting to close this thread.

Many thanks to everyone who posted for your help, observations and advice. It was a good experience for me and I think I learned a lot from it. I hope others also gained from it as an example of an 'assisted' 5x5. It's just a shame that the intensity phase collapsed as it did.
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It was a good run and a good read to see the weights you were moving.

I guess this the end of this thread just shows that we're all human and something you never think of like getting sick for a good week can throw a wrench in things, just like that.

I look forward to reading your next journal, what are your plans?
 
First job is to see what's left of my strength and conditioning. I've ordered a bar and some weights so that I have more options for exercising at home too so I'll see how that fits in. I haven't really thought much beyond that yet.
 
Yes, it's a shame about the ending, but I think it was a good run and I found it interesting seeing how much volume you could take whilst 'on'. Looking forward to the next journal if you keep one.

Introspective said:
I can't believe someone would actually vote just so they could get a free plat. I find that dispickable.
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lol at you suddenly becoming a plat after saying that. Have you voted yet? :)
 
I see your one-week anniversary Plat has expired AB. It's been such a long time since I was non-Plat that I've pretty much forgotten the differences and how much I take for granted. Do you miss anything about being Plat? My Plat expires fairly soon.
 
I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out. I think it must have expired just now. I probably shouldn't say this on the open forum, but the Firefox ad-blocker works wonders for making the site usable once you've configured it with suitable wildcards. The non-plat PM box can only hold 50 messages so you have to clear them out once in a while. My k power has halved, roughly, but that's not strictly a problem for me :). I used the search a couple of times, but I'm used to not having it and probably won't miss it.

To be honest, I come here for training info and to converse with likeminded people such as yourself. The bells and whistles brought by a plat membership don't add much to that, but each to their own.
 
Well sorry to see the end of this run. OTOH, I hope the runs have ended.

(I am sorry, I'm sure you've had your fill of lame diahrrea jokes)

Anyway, IIRC you've set a bunch of PR's this time around, so no complaints, right? Intensity phase would've been nice to see though. Why do you always get sick/injured when the fun starts? ;)
 
I'm beginning to wonder whether I'll ever workout again. I've sprained my ankle if not worse. I did it on Monday and, with some Ibuprofen, it wasn't too bad yesterday. It was in pain through the night, last night, however, and I'm hobbling around with pain and a very pronounced limp now.

Still, it's a fine example of going from the sublime to the ridiculous.
 
I just got back from having the ankle checked by the doctor. He's confident of no broken bones and that it's just a minor ligament tear. He reckons I should be properly mobile in 1-2 weeks. He also reckoned that I'd be aware of it for months.
 
Not until I get my foot back. :)

I haven't had this long a layoff for about three years. It's going to be almost embarrasing to return to the gym when I finally do.
 
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