Drizzt Lifts Things

[drizzt]

Tyres again for conditioning, and again, only had one other person show up (15mins later than I said too :roll:), with the other 3-4 guys giving me last minute excuses as to why they couldn't make it. The guy who showed up was quite an unfit fella, but good on him for showing up. Pretty much the same circuit as last time, but we went through it one at a time tonight instead of together/chasing each other through. It went a little something like this:

• 15 x tyre flips (I did behemoth, mate did the smaller one)
  
• 100m farmers walk with 2 x medium-sized tyres
  
• 10 x OHP with small tyre, followed by 10 x pushups with the tyre on your back
  
• Tyre drags with small-medium tyre, 100m
  
• Jumping in and out of a big tyre (just under knee height), 15x each
  

Did the above 3x which was enough. Didn't have the intensity of the other day, but with a partner who wasn't in as good a state as the guy I was training with on Friday, it was a bit harder to push myself with him. Still, good on him for getting out there, and was good to get out there myself. Back came away a little sore, but not too bad. Gonna ice/wheat bag it tonight.

[Big john]

Volume/tyre work... :clap:

i just keep seeing that OHP flyin up in numbers bro nice work

[drizzt]

Cheers man

So, just got back from the physio (good recommendation on Michelle, TFB! :nod:), and she says its a strain of my Hamstring tendon. Better news than I thought, as I was thinking it was something of the ligament variety in my knee. Turns out, the sore(-est) point I'm feeling is where the tendon inserts just below the knee.

Further, I mentioned the lower back injury to her, and she suspects they are related - she suggests the hamstring is probably picking up a bit of the slack from the lower back being injured, and has in turn, cakked itself.

So she has prescribed a few stretches for both the lower back and the hammy for me, and suggested I stay away from running for the week, as well as dropping the weights on anything involving the legs. Until it clears up, I think I'll cut Deads and power cleans out completely, drop the squats back to 60s (which she said was ok), and be wary of anything else that may involve the lower back/hammy.

I have another session with her on Thursday, and she was mentioning dry needle treatment which I haven't had for a while. The massage made it feel much better anyway. Fingers crossed she can clear me for the weekend, as we have a bit of a boot camp I'd like to take part in

[Big john]

good to hear its all good news bro and nothing to serious :nod:

[BigRunna]

Hey drizzt, nice log looks like you came pretty far in the last couple months. I'm gonna start following it.

Where do you do your conditioning work with the tyres?

[drizzt]

good to hear its all good news bro and nothing to serious :nod:

Thanks mate, fingers crossed it mends quickly.

Hey drizzt, nice log looks like you came pretty far in the last couple months. I'm gonna start following it.

Where do you do your conditioning work with the tyres?

Cheers man, good to have ya on board

I gathered the tyres myself from a local tyre store (not sure where you're located, but from Kaiwharawhara in Wellington if you know the area), and have been given a nice little patch of space at a local college to do the sessions at. Pretty much self taught, but I'd love to get a "proper" strongman or something like that along some time to make sure I've got the technique on things right, and pick their brains a bit for some ideas :nod:

Nice little setup anyway I reckon

[nate225]

Bro,

Feel free to turn up to the HB Strongman Comp in April - there will be a bunch of top SM competitors there to get tips off. They're always keen to talk training and help others where they can, especially if you bring the Kava!

[Draft]

Sucks about the knee bro. You got another pre-season this weekend? You reckon you will play or give it some time off?

Also, congrats re moderator status! That's awesome bro.

[Draft]

Bro,

Feel free to turn up to the HB Strongman Comp in April - there will be a bunch of top SM competitors there to get tips off. They're always keen to talk training and help others where they can, especially if you bring the Kava!

Does HB = Hawkes Bay?

[BigRunna]

I gathered the tyres myself from a local tyre store (not sure where you're located, but from Kaiwharawhara in Wellington if you know the area), and have been given a nice little patch of space at a local college to do the sessions at. Pretty much self taught, but I'd love to get a "proper" strongman or something like that along some time to make sure I've got the technique on things right, and pick their brains a bit for some ideas :nod:

Nice little setup anyway I reckon

Oh nice, yea I'm in chch, just looks like a good way to mix things up for a bit. Might neeed to ring arround and see if I can get some and set them up at the rugby club. Chain them to a tree maybe.

[teamfatboy]

Glad to hear the physio hit the spot, I've really been quite impressed with her diagnosis and explanation skills to say nothing of the effective treatment...although this morning when she was working on my lumbar, I wasn't quite thinking that :grin:

rugby club. Chain them to a tree maybe.

What, the players? Oh, you mean the tyres :doh: :grin:

[drizzt]

Bro,

Feel free to turn up to the HB Strongman Comp in April - there will be a bunch of top SM competitors there to get tips off. They're always keen to talk training and help others where they can, especially if you bring the Kava!

Good idea, it's on a Sunday isn't it? That should be sweet if I'm up for a drive up on the day :nod: Will try to remember the Kava if I do, we have a couple of Fijians in our team who love the stuff, unfortunately it doesn't agree with me much :shifty:

Sucks about the knee bro. You got another pre-season this weekend? You reckon you will play or give it some time off?

Also, congrats re moderator status! That's awesome bro.

Cheers man, yeah we're playing the Linton Army team up in Palmy this weekend, should be a tough match. Probably won't be playing (depends on how the physio goes on Thursday), but I'm itching to get back out there. I am kinda tempering it with the fear of rushing it back too early and ruining my start to the season, so will err on the side of caution.

Might neeed to ring arround and see if I can get some and set them up at the rugby club. Chain them to a tree maybe.

Yeah man, that's all I did, just called around all of the tyre stores in my area. Ask for Loader tyres - they'll likely give them away for free because they have to pay to dispose of them, so you're saving them a bit of money. And if they are more reliable than the one I went to (long story) they may even deliver to you.

Also, I wouldn't bother chaining them to a tree. You'll find that they are quite hard to nick due to the size, and they're not exactly something that is hot property because you'd only wanna nick them if you had a pretty specific use for them Plus, they aren't too hard to come by again once you've found a place to get them, so it's not too much of a tragedy if, on the off chance, they do get stolen. In a secluded area should be good enough :nod:

Glad to hear the physio hit the spot, I've really been quite impressed with her diagnosis and explanation skills to say nothing of the effective treatment...although this morning when she was working on my lumbar, I wasn't quite thinking that

Yeah, thanks again. She really did seem to know her stuff, and the massage definitely hit the spot(s). Looking forward to Thursday

[drizzt]

Workout A

93.8 again today. Glad I'm sticking around this weight point after almost a week off the creatine. The definition I lost on the creatine is slowly starting to come back too, so I guess a bit of water retention has gone away. Still, happy with this weight.

• BB Bench
  Warmups @ 60kg
  3 x 100kg
  3 x 120kg
  1 x 130kg
  1 x 135kg
  10 x 100kg (drop)
  15 x 60kg (drop)
  
• Calf Raises
  12 x Stack (can't remember how much the stack was)
  12 x Stack
  12 x Stack
  
• Leg Extenzione (hammer strength machine)
  10 x 40kg
  5 x 80kg
  6 x 80kg
  5 x 100kg
  
• Hyper Extensions
  20 x BW
  10 x BW
  10 x BW
  

Comments

• Bench felt good, saw an old mate there who gave me a spot at 135 so I wasn't scared to tell him not to touch it at all unless I'm in trouble. Good touch and go off the chest, probably had 1 more in the tank but wanted to keep the max effort down. Repped out 100 in a drop set which was comfortable (probably had more than 10 in the tank), and then 60 just to rub it in a tad. Will shoot for 140 next week, and regardless of whether I make it or not I'll deload the next week. May actually make it a full deload on everything considering my squats/deads have taken another hit back with the injury(s).
  
• Tried front squats with just the bar, but not only did the back not agree, I could feel it pulling on the damaged tendon, so I decided not to try these. Tried back squats instead, felt the back injury pulling a bit :roll: So decided not to risk these either and just do some calves (which I haven't done for a few weeks now).
  
• Leg extensions felt good, just wanted to do an exercise where there was no stress on the back or the tendon. Thought that since the sore part was on the front my leg these may affect it, so I started light, but didn't feel any trouble so went heavier with no issues. Been a while since I've done these, but they were good.
  
• Did some bodyweight hypers to stretch the back out a bit. Intended to do 20 reps each set, but after the first set the back was beginning to feel a little sore, so I cut the reps back.

Finished off with some foam rolling (had never done it before, so I'm not sure how unco I looked :pfft:) which felt pretty good, and about 10mins of stretching out the back/hammy as directed by the Physio yesterday.

Basically skipped out on Front Squats and Power Cleans today due to the injury, so it wasn't my typical Workout A, but still good.

[teamfatboy]

Finished off with some foam rolling (had never done it before, so I'm not sure how unco I looked :pfft:) which felt pretty good, and about 10mins of stretching out the back/hammy as directed by the Physio yesterday.

Foam rolling the ITB, yeah? You'll know when you're doing it right when you start to scream!. It's good, but kinda ungainly sliding around on the roller.

[drizzt]

Foam rolling the ITB, yeah? You'll know when you're doing it right when you start to scream!. It's good, but kinda ungainly sliding around on the roller.

Had to google ITB :oops: But yep, that amongst other things. Just thought I'd give it a go, so rolled most bodyparts (one leg/side at a time) :pfft: It's almost a workout in itself!

[Old Bull]

Good work on the Bench Bro,

Read one of your posts about lack of people to hit the tyre with.

We are thinking of having a SM implement session once a week on sundays 230kg Tyre, Prowler, Prowler Rope Pulls, Trap Bar farmers Walk to start.

[drizzt]

Thanks OB Approaching 1.5x BW on Bench - which I've never hit before - so I'm very happy with it at the moment.

Sounds awesome re: the SM Implements sessions :nod: I guess it will depend on how I feel on Sundays (being the day after Rugby) as to whether I'll be fit to participate, but definitely keen otherwise. If you could keep me updated that'd be great

[drizzt]

Just got back from physio, and my leg is DEAD :pfft:

First time in quite a while (probably 6-7 years?) getting accupuncture, and I didn't expect it to be as painful as it was/is :oops: Definitely no training tonight, and 80% sure I won't be playing this weekend either. Depends how long the after-effects from this session last I suppose

She said to try and jog this weekend if I can, and let her know how that goes.

Dreading Tuesday's physio session :shifty: :pfft:

[HaNs]

Wonder if she hit some nerves.

Iv had lot of acupuncture and its never hurt as such.

[drizzt]

:shrug: Dunno, maybe different areas are different pain-wise? I've had calf muscles done when I was younger, and don't remember much pain apart from the short stab.

Also, not sure if this makes any difference to the accupuncture method, but the calf accupuncture was for a muscular injury, whereas this is for a tendon... just guessing though.

I'm not complaining at all, but I'd be lying if I said there was no pain!

[teamfatboy]

You might be right about the muscle-tendon difference... I was talking to a mate, long-time bb'er and fit as, who said when he got 'dry-needled' the first time, he leapt clean off the bench. But for me (and muscular issues, not tendons), no, not so bad....

[Old Bull]

Thanks OB Approaching 1.5x BW on Bench - which I've never hit before - so I'm very happy with it at the moment.

Close to 1.5 good stuff :clap: :clap:

Sounds awesome re: the SM Implements sessions :nod: I guess it will depend on how I feel on Sundays (being the day after Rugby) as to whether I'll be fit to participate, but definitely keen otherwise. If you could keep me updated that'd be great

No Problems sorry to hear about the leg, take it easy and heal up.

[drizzt]

Close to 1.5 good stuff :clap: :clap:

No Problems sorry to hear about the leg, take it easy and heal up.

Thanks OB

Went to do a light workout today... but, errr, forgot to bring a t-shirt to work out in :oops:

SO, instead of looking like a muppet and walking straight back out of the gym, I decided to try and save some face by doing some hot/cold recovery. Just did sauna 15mins (the spa looked and smelled FAR too skanky to be healthy - after seeing some of the guys that walk out of it, I'm not surprised! :pfft:) and braved the coldest setting on the shower for approximately 2mins, then repeated sauna/shower once more.

Not quite the same as an ice bath/sauna (or hot shower), but seemed to have a positive effect. The leg came away seemingly looser, and feels better right now, so it certainly hasn't done any harm.

May go back for a light session tomorrow, or just skip out completely and start the deload Monday.

[jono]

everyone i know who has done physio has said it hurts like hell :pfft:

[drizzt]

everyone i know who has done physio has said it hurts like hell :pfft:

Heh, well for me, Physio in general is usually ok (I'm fine with the rough massaging :pfft:), just the accupuncture that hurt this time around.

OK, today was Day: 1 of the deload, decided to do it this week where I'll be putting less emphasis on the core lifts, and more on bodyweight/assistance exercises for the week. Today went like this:

• Hammy Curls
  Light weights, single and double-legged to stretch the ham injury out
  
• Rear delt raises
  10 x 10kg
  10 x 10kg
  10 x 10kg
  
• Chinz (various grips)
  3 sets of 8 @ bodyweight
  
• Bench
  3 x 100kg
  3 x 110kg
  3 x 110kg
  3 x 110kg
  
• Decline pushups superset with Incline pushups superset with inverted rows
  3 sets of 10 reps on each exercise
  

Was pretty short and sharp, tried to keep the discussion TFB raised on "what a deload actually is" in mind, so kept the volume well below what a normal workout would be. Ham curls were in there for the injury as suggested by the physio, will probably do more light ones in the next workout (or maybe SLDL - although that brings the back into the equation)

Weighed 93 flat today, weight is slowly dropping down by the looks of it (after a pretty fatty weekend too )