Sorry I murdered the quote part and put my comment in your quote. I am so not good at this!

Last night was my rest day for lifting but I had our 2nd outside ball practice - season starts in 2.5 weeks! It was good to get together with the team and do some drills...looking forward to lifting tonight though. I may move up on my squats and OHP...will see how it feels.

Stronglifts B

Squat 135

Overhead press 45 3×5

Deadlift 125

May have to start doing pistol squats untilbi gain some upper body strength. My lower body is so much stronger than my upper body that is becoming a safety issue.

PRs today on squats and DL!

145x5x1
90x5x5

officially DL 111% of my total body weight!

had a hard time breaking through 135, but changed to an over/under grip and was definitely manageable.

gym highlights: bane from batman was at the gym with his oxygen mask. saw some interesting leg exercises on the smith machine.

barneychavez wrote: »

PRs today on squats and DL!

145x5x1
90x5x5

officially DL 111% of my total body weight!

had a hard time breaking through 135, but changed to an over/under grip and was definitely manageable.

gym highlights: bane from batman was at the gym with his oxygen mask. saw some interesting leg exercises on the smith machine.

Congrats on your PRs! Two in one day is awesome. Too bad it was bane and not Tom Hardy because I would have thrown my bra at Tom Hardy (that's how I lure men).

bunked off work early today on a sudden impulse to go show my shoulder to my gp. my gp is a year or two older than me and wears combat boots ;-) she looks like arlo guthrie too, which adds even more entertainment to her. little squidgy features all mushed into the middle of a long narrow face, and the frizzy hair thing. i asked her once where your ovaries go when you're pregnant, and i could tell just from her expression that i had just doomed her to a whole sleepless night.

anyway, on the one hand she's disappointingly minimalist. no ultrasounds, x-rays, mris or any of that other fancy-pants stuff americans seem to get showered on them at the drop of a hat, provided they have the gazillion bucks necessary to pay for health coverage of course. on the other hand, she's nice and hands-on and practical. so here's the way that my gp works:

her: *various tests*
me: *various ows or non-ows*
her: your serratus anterior and external rotators are weak on that side, and that shoulderblade's winged.
me: i thought so. thanks.
her: however, you are in luck. it just so happens that i blew out my own rotator cuff only six weeks ago.
me: oh yay.
her: *anecdote that includes the phrase 'my fricken shoulder' from her* so. i am now going to give you the benefit of my own physio.

which she did, but she also suggested that if a few days of these moves don't do it, then i'm into 'physio turf.' the thing is though, she gave me a few recommendations, which is what i'd been looking for. since i'll be paying for anything that i do with my own personal cash . . . i don't begrudge the cost exactly. but i don't want to keep blowing serial instances of 90 bucks every time just to find out a given randomly-chosen physio isn't worth a quarter of that.

tl;dr: went up the road from the doctor's complex and booked myself into a 'sports physio' place just a few blocks from my gym. appointment on saturday morning, cost around the same as an hour's massage, and it looks like they do things like active release and such-like as well. so fingers crossed.

Good luck Canadianlbs! It can be hard to find the right practitioner. I wasted a lot of time money & effort before I found someone to help me overcome dibilitating shin splints. It turned out to be a chiropractor who specialized in sports rehab that was recommended to me from an ortho doc who tried to tell me maybe I just couldn't run... Um, No! I hope this one is a good one for you!

Had a bit of an off day today. Went a little earlier than usual because I didn't work today, however, ended up at the gym for about 2 hours. Went a tad longer than expected. Got my hair cut earlier today so it's not really long anymore, didn't even use a band or anything. Not bad but think I need a couple clips for the longer parts. Nice not having lots of hair on the back of my neck though. Also tried out the top I thought would be good for running but wasn't. It's a bit snug and my fluff is obvious but it's also sleeveless and was nice not having as much material around my shoulders or near my neck. Still a bit self conscious in it but might wear it again for lifting in the future. The workout is a little out of order so I will post the order performed.

Stage 2 - A2
Warm up was with 10 minutes on elliptical, some trx work, rail pushups and body squats. Also for fun just did some hangs from the assisted chin-up machine.

front squat/push press 2x10 @ 55 - not bad but a tad rough still.

step-up 2x10 @ 20 - easy enough.
db 1 pt row 2x10 @ 20 - laughable, had to pause and get re-situated a few times.

static lunge 2x10 @ 40 - did a little more weight on the bar so it was tougher.
push-ups were fails. 1x5 then 1x maybe 3 with 2 risers, added another riser for step, 1x5 then 1x4 barely. I just struggled tonight with them.

plank 3 x 40 seconds. The cable machines for the wood chop were both being used by a group of guys so I ended p just doing the planks.

leg press 3x10 @ 110 - okay. Had a nice boy help me take off plates as someone had left on 6 45s.

good morning 3x10 @ 50 - tried adding a little weight to bar but just the 2.5 ones.

cable wood chop 2x 10 @ 12.5 - finally was able to get the place to do these.

hip thrusts 3x10 @ 10 - used step and risers in classroom so tried out the super light bar which someone had left and it just had two little 5 plates on it.

Now I need to finish writing a blog and maybe go to bed. Good thing I don't work tomorrow either.

Squat day 3
150 x 3, 160 x 3, 170 x 3 ish. I only counted it as 2, I've been working on form with squats a lot and I think I'll have to take it down quite a bit. I'm starting to think that my depth my be a smidgen off at higher weights but I am making some form tweaks (like looking down a little bit, not up a little bit) and depth is easier to hit just harder to get out of the hole with.

Cleans 45 lbs 3x8

Amrap 4 min
Sdhp
Lunges
Pike ups

Got 3/3/3

Not too bad considering how much I wanted to stay in bed this morning.

Workout B today:

Squats, 5x5@115 lbs. This is my 3rd time at this weight and I decided to use the weight belt to help stabilize my back a bit. They were still difficult, but I felt a bit stronger with this weight. I think I will try 120 lbs next time and again will plan to use the belt.

OHP, 4x5, 1x4@55 lbs. I cannot seem to get past this 55 lb hurdle. Some days they feel good and then I try 60 lbs and I can't even do one, and other days 5x5 @ 55 lbs is tough, like today. Damn you, OHP!!

Deadlift, 1x5@125 lbs. This set felt good, so I will try 135 lbs next time.

I did good mornings also, 3x10@55 lbs, and an hour on the elliptical.