2017 log

[soundsgood]

Practise makes permanent and my squat form is near perfect so practise makes perfect... Just keep wrapping.

 

 

Not even boasting lol.  Nah srsly your squat form is probably one of the best in NZ outside of Brett Gibbs.   Come play in the mono next week at Kiwistrength see if theres anything else that can be worked on.

 

You have new slingshot wraps right?  You just need to wear them in, they can be real hard to hit depth the first few times.  Don't let that stop you from still wrapping tight.  You'll get battle scars on your knees but its all worth it when you nail that 300 in Rotorua in a few weeks bro

[Realtalk]

I'm just saying the form is good but plenty of improvement to be made on the weight. And weight is the most important part in powerlifting. There are no points for form. Yeah newish Iv probably had 20 squat sessions at most in them. I'll be using them for rest of the year at least once a week I would say so can only improve and get more comfortable in them.

Got an oki DL bar to use now too so will be helpful to train with bar will be competing with. Knurling is NASTY!!! haha

[Realtalk]

Speed bench

4 sets of 3 @ 120, 4 sets of 3 @ 100

Db press

25x8, 40x8

End.

Not an enjoyable workout at all. Physio again in an hour. Bench is going down the toilet bring on ultrasound.

[Realtalk]

Had my ultrasound today.. Not "tennis" or "golfers" elbow, no water on the elbow joint, no inflammation of muscles, no torn or strained tendons/ligaments... Everything looked really normal bicep tendons are fine and the all the fibres everywhere are perfect. So didn't fine the problem but ruled a lot of things out. So we think might just be a repetitive use injury which is better than having a damages tendon or muscles. Physio will get those results back Friday and I'll have another appt with him then.

[jimmybro1]

Had my ultrasound today.. Not "tennis" or "golfers" elbow, no water on the elbow joint, no inflammation of muscles, no torn or strained tendons/ligaments... Everything looked really normal bicep tendons are fine and the all the fibres everywhere are perfect. So didn't fine the problem but ruled a lot of things out. So we think might just be a repetitive use injury which is better than having a damages tendon or muscles. Physio will get those results back Friday and I'll have another appt with him then.

Pinched/impinging nerve?  

[Realtalk]

Had my ultrasound today.. Not "tennis" or "golfers" elbow, no water on the elbow joint, no inflammation of muscles, no torn or strained tendons/ligaments... Everything looked really normal bicep tendons are fine and the all the fibres everywhere are perfect. So didn't fine the problem but ruled a lot of things out. So we think might just be a repetitive use injury which is better than having a damages tendon or muscles. Physio will get those results back Friday and I'll have another appt with him then.

Pinched/impinging nerve?

Not sure bro, not sure what that is or what symptoms would be for that. It's in both arms, but worse in my right. I'm right handed. Only sore from squat positioning (high bar is fine) and bench press... Close grip bench seems to be more ok than wide I'm talking super close grip though like direct tricep press. I'll raise that suggestion with the physio. He said me today it could be wrist mobility or shoulder mobility and could even go as far as pec mobility on the squat which is causing the pain and carrying over to bench (I have benched heavier and more often than I am now in the past and could go all day) so it's definitlt linked to the low bar squat. I do no stretching and foam rolling f*ck all only on my legs. So I'm starting a mobility programme this week which I'll do at home. Might fix it might not.. Worth a crack though.

[maccaz]

 

 

Had my ultrasound today.. Not "tennis" or "golfers" elbow, no water on the elbow joint, no inflammation of muscles, no torn or strained tendons/ligaments... Everything looked really normal bicep tendons are fine and the all the fibres everywhere are perfect. So didn't fine the problem but ruled a lot of things out. So we think might just be a repetitive use injury which is better than having a damages tendon or muscles. Physio will get those results back Friday and I'll have another appt with him then.

Pinched/impinging nerve?

Not sure bro, not sure what that is or what symptoms would be for that. It's in both arms, but worse in my right. I'm right handed. Only sore from squat positioning (high bar is fine) and bench press... Close grip bench seems to be more ok than wide I'm talking super close grip though like direct tricep press. I'll raise that suggestion with the physio. He said me today it could be wrist mobility or shoulder mobility and could even go as far as pec mobility on the squat which is causing the pain and carrying over to bench (I have benched heavier and more often than I am now in the past and could go all day) so it's definitlt linked to the low bar squat. I do no stretching and foam rolling f*ck all only on my legs. So I'm starting a mobility programme this week which I'll do at home. Might fix it might not.. Worth a crack though.

 

 

 

 

 

bit in bold sounds likely from what you describe

 

interested to see if improving pec mobility fixes it

sounds like exact problem I had but mine is not as bad,

Seems to be getting better over time since adjusting to low bar, but taking ages

 

if it is same thing, then taking week off or whatever is useless like you said, i did that, if anything made it worse cos lost some mobility from not using it

[Hu Gh]

Had my ultrasound today.. Not "tennis" or "golfers" elbow, no water on the elbow joint, no inflammation of muscles, no torn or strained tendons/ligaments... Everything looked really normal bicep tendons are fine and the all the fibres everywhere are perfect. So didn't fine the problem but ruled a lot of things out. So we think might just be a repetitive use injury which is better than having a damages tendon or muscles. Physio will get those results back Friday and I'll have another appt with him then.

Pinched/impinging nerve?

Fapping injury. Probably come right now you back can root your girl on regular basis

[Realtalk]

Wed 18th

Deadlift worked up to 250kg meant to be for 5 reps, on the 2nd my nose exploded with blood. Elbows were bout to fall off lol went home felt dizzy had mad sleep woke up in sweat sheets and have flu now. Had cold shivers in bed last night. Idgaf really just go hard soon.

[Spacebound]

that sucks man. just gotta roll with the punches i guess.

 

ever thought about getting some elbow sleeves to help with the pain? alot of guys these days who bench alot seem to wear them, mainly the sbd ones.

[Realtalk]

that sucks man. just gotta roll with the punches i guess.

 

ever thought about getting some elbow sleeves to help with the pain? alot of guys these days who bench alot seem to wear them, mainly the sbd ones.

Won't do anything really bro. I put my knee sleeves over elbows. I have compression bands for elbows and they offer minimal help. Yeah exactly just roll with it and not be lazy with my plan out of the gym to fix the problem and it'll get fixed just time. Still compete in March. All good.

[Realtalk]

Fri 20th

Standing ohp

Barx10, 60x5, 80x3, 90x1, 100x1, 110x1 (9rpe), 90x3 x5sets

Last 5 sets on 90kg were fast triples just pushing it up as fast as I could.

GC bar speed squats

60x5, 100x5, 140x3, 180x3 x6sets

These went up super quick iv got a video so I'll re download YouTube app and throw some stuff up starting next week as I was doing last year keeps journal way more interesting.

Leg press

6ppsx10 x4sets

Behind neck ohp

40x8 x4 sets

Good session. I max my squat Monday without failing will probably be around 260 at this stage which I'm fine with given the circumstances.

[Realtalk]

Today was max squat.

Warmed up on various weights up to 210 for a single next weight I called for on bar was 230 this was to be my first rep in wraps for a single as I made my way to a max lift without chance of fail. Bar got loaded I unracked it from the mono lift (which I really need practice on, completley didn't get it today) thought to myself holy shit this is a big 230 so I squatted it coming out of the hole I tipped forward and it was the heaviest 230 iv ever lifted I grinded it up and racked it. Walked off mad as f*ck because I felt so weak. Next minute the boys are laughing and shit because between 6 people no one can count and someone put 270.5kg on the bar... So I went from 210 single in sleeves to a 270.5 single in wraps... Strong build up and strong Math lol. Cbf doing any more squats after this so just finished. Am thanking the lord tonight I didn't get injuried today. I know I could have done better and beaten PB of 272.5kg if had of built up properly and been actually warm in wraps instead of doing 1 rep in wraps today lol. Pretty happy with where the squat at though considering. Thanks Dan at KS for putting that training on for us. Chur

[Wookie]

Hard facepalm. Glad you didn't miss

[maccaz]

Haha no wonder it felt like a hard 230

[Realtalk]

Hard facepalm. Glad you didn't miss

We will take it bro, money in the bank!

[Hu Gh]

You take too much duramine too br0?

[Realtalk]

You take too much duramine too br0?

None brO.

[Hu Gh]

Br0 I forgot about the 3.5h time difference so thought your post time of 3.33am was in nz time not aus central time or whatever f*ck it called

[ThreeWhiteLights]

Sounds dangerous mate.

[Realtalk]

It's all good I'm over it now.

Today was light leg assistance as a follow up to yday as I only did my single and no work afterwards.

Mon 23rd

SSB

60x10, 100x5, 140x8, 140x8, 140x8, 140x8 paused

Think the bar weighs 28kg so 140s actually 148kg but wtf eh. Last set was a paused rep set

Leg press

7ppsx8 4 sets

Leg extension

15 reps x 4 sets

[Realtalk]

Lat pull down

10x4

Ohp

70x10 x4

Bent over bb row

100x10 x4

Db side raise

10x3

Bodyweight 109.3kg, going to start doing more cardio

[Leeroid]

Bodyweight 109.3kg, going to start doing more cardio

Why's that man?

[Realtalk]

Bodyweight 109.3kg, going to start doing more cardio

Why's that man?

Getting Too fat bro lol

[maccaz]

 

 

Bodyweight 109.3kg, going to start doing more cardio

Why's that man?

Getting Too fat bro lol

 

you change diet at all or just add cardio to sus it?