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NJL52
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Well thanks for the opinion, but my problem isn't the will. It's the injuries.
When it hurts to walk you tend to give up working out until walking feels comfortable again. When I'm healthy(75% even) I'm a gym/field rat.
NJL52
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Well thanks again, but my problem is genetic. My piriformis compresses a nerve in my back that causes (at times) severe pain. Low impact etc wouldn't do much. Just gotta get to the point where it stretches out and is conditioned well enough to not cause problems. And I'm almost there.
NJL52
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Time to bulk, time to bulk, time to bulk.
I still want to get leaner, but I realized a few things;
Cold weather is no fun to run in. My cardio will be limited during the winter.
Late November/December is the best time of the year to eat. Football gets serious, Thanksgiving, Christmas, family etc etc etc
School is out. Lots of friends will be town and time to party.
I can't heal without a calorie surplus. Too much hurts nowadays. Nothing is extraordinary, but so many nagging pains.
I've gotten too weak...
I can't dunk anymore...need more power.
Thanksgiving pickup football game next week. Biggest pickup game of the year. Gotta have my legs energized and ready to run.
Change of pace.
Details of the bulk will be posted as soon as I figure it out.
I still want to get leaner, but I realized a few things;
Cold weather is no fun to run in. My cardio will be limited during the winter.
Late November/December is the best time of the year to eat. Football gets serious, Thanksgiving, Christmas, family etc etc etc
School is out. Lots of friends will be town and time to party.
I can't heal without a calorie surplus. Too much hurts nowadays. Nothing is extraordinary, but so many nagging pains.
I've gotten too weak...
I can't dunk anymore...need more power.
Thanksgiving pickup football game next week. Biggest pickup game of the year. Gotta have my legs energized and ready to run.
Change of pace.
Details of the bulk will be posted as soon as I figure it out.
NJL52
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wtffffff
Left quadriceps tendon is hurting. Can't stay healthy. Back is fine. Right patella tendon is still bad. I hate my genetics as far as injuries go.
At any rate. Bulking. Up to 205. Benched 205 x 5 x 2 and 215 x 3 x 1.
Deadlift sucked. Don't have the stability in my legs to control the force needed to move the deadlift.
Press did 135 x 5 x 1. 135 x 4 x 1. 125 x 5 x 1 or something like that.
If I could only stay healthy for like, a month, I could get me numbers back up...
Left quadriceps tendon is hurting. Can't stay healthy. Back is fine. Right patella tendon is still bad. I hate my genetics as far as injuries go.
At any rate. Bulking. Up to 205. Benched 205 x 5 x 2 and 215 x 3 x 1.
Deadlift sucked. Don't have the stability in my legs to control the force needed to move the deadlift.
Press did 135 x 5 x 1. 135 x 4 x 1. 125 x 5 x 1 or something like that.
If I could only stay healthy for like, a month, I could get me numbers back up...
NJL52
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Left knee feels kinda good. Did deadlift today and it caused no pain. Right patella tendon has been a slight ache for a long time now, nothing extraordinary tho.
Not sure if I have mentioned it in this thread and I'm way too lazy to read, but I have been doing yoga. It is amazing how much it changes your comfort in just living. Every movement I make is easier and more comfortable now. Crazy how fluid you feel with loose hips. I can now bend over and palm the ground. Great feeling to be that loose.
Tho from a combination of a few things, my deadlift is terrible.
I believe that my knees being injured are causing me to lack stability to move the force generated by my back to the bar. So my deadlift is ridiculously weak.
Also, my lower back has been getting alot of work because that is where the greatest increase in my flexibility has came from. I guess the strength of my deadlift previously had been built up and accustomed to being inflexible and some how my new flexibility has caused it to lose strength. Shrug. I'll settle it eventually.
205ish still.
Deadlift today was like 235 x 3 and 235 x 4 for working sets. Bleh... As explained above, I blame other things for being so fucking weak.
Bench I did 205 x 5, 215 x 4, 205 x 5. I think, the last set might have been 4. I forget.
Press I did .... 135 x 4 x 1. 125 x 4 x 1. 115 x 4 x 1. Triceps were just totally dead at the end of the workout. The last rep of bench press I stalled mid way but somehow managed to eek out after sitting still for 5 seconds. Fatigued the hell out of my arms and I struggled on press because of it.
All I did today, still not comfortable with squatting or cleans and didn't have time to do shrugs or any other supplementary work.
Not sure if I have mentioned it in this thread and I'm way too lazy to read, but I have been doing yoga. It is amazing how much it changes your comfort in just living. Every movement I make is easier and more comfortable now. Crazy how fluid you feel with loose hips. I can now bend over and palm the ground. Great feeling to be that loose.
Tho from a combination of a few things, my deadlift is terrible.
I believe that my knees being injured are causing me to lack stability to move the force generated by my back to the bar. So my deadlift is ridiculously weak.
Also, my lower back has been getting alot of work because that is where the greatest increase in my flexibility has came from. I guess the strength of my deadlift previously had been built up and accustomed to being inflexible and some how my new flexibility has caused it to lose strength. Shrug. I'll settle it eventually.
205ish still.
Deadlift today was like 235 x 3 and 235 x 4 for working sets. Bleh... As explained above, I blame other things for being so fucking weak.
Bench I did 205 x 5, 215 x 4, 205 x 5. I think, the last set might have been 4. I forget.
Press I did .... 135 x 4 x 1. 125 x 4 x 1. 115 x 4 x 1. Triceps were just totally dead at the end of the workout. The last rep of bench press I stalled mid way but somehow managed to eek out after sitting still for 5 seconds. Fatigued the hell out of my arms and I struggled on press because of it.
All I did today, still not comfortable with squatting or cleans and didn't have time to do shrugs or any other supplementary work.
NJL52
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Just warmup sets. ie bar, 135, 185, etc until work weight for all exercises.
As far as supplements go, none. Never really considered it, kinda assumed it was for older individuals, and being that I'm 21 I thought I wouldn't need. But it might be a good idea to look into.
Today, didn't deadlift. Posterior chain still sore, letting rest.
Bench 205 x 5, 210 x 5, 210 x 4. Could have got final rep but no spot so didn't risk.
Press 135 x 5, 125 x 5, 115 x 5. Triceps just die by the end. Think I need to clean my technique to rely less on arms for this.
Shrugs - 90 pound dumbells, 3 x 8.
Short day.
For warmup, I like to ride the bike for at least 5 minutes (but not more than 10) at a moderate pace and fairly easy resistance (level 6-7 at 70-80rpm) just to get the blood flowing. I rotate my shoulders, elbows and wrists, about 20 times in each direction to help loosen and lubricate them.
Then I perform warmup sets, but I don't warmup excessively. If I do chest then shoulders, because shoulders were involved in my chest exercise (say bench), I will do much less warmup for my shoulder exercise (basically just getting adjusted to the exercise and weight I'll be using).
As far as supps for joints, I recommend glucosamine/chondrointin/MSM, and cissus quadrangularis. One of our board sponsors sells a couple pretty great supps with those combined and a few others too.
Check it out here: Joint Repair - Pain Relief
Oh and I can get you a discount code for that. Just PM me.
