Building myself back up
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@Rancid-Schnitzel my condolences RS, keep strong!
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Thanks again girl and guys.
It's all very up and down. You think you're past it or turning a corner but small things can set you off. But just coming on TSF helps out, so I appreciate you all putting up with my shit for the past few years. You're a great bunch of human beings.
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Wednesday: Son had gymnastics so had 1h30 to kill. Hit legs for first time in weeks. Went OK initially, but suddenly went to jelly. Sensibly moved on to other things.
Did 500m row, 20 push ups x 4
and also 15 burpees plus 20 crunches x 4.
Also went for a 2km run and was good to discover that I can now run without back pain.Still a long way from where I was but getting better faster than expected.
Today: Back
Latpulldowns, seated rows, Incline rows, back extensions.15 burpees, 20 crunches x 4.
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Friday: Arms
Started with 2km row.
Barbell curls, hammers, concentration curls
Overhead tris, pushdownsFelt OK.
Was hungry so smashed a chicken parmagana for lunch and a proper Wiener Schnitzel for dinner.
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Was a nice weekend at the beach which included a little ceremony for my wife. We'll have to go up more often.
Today: Chest
Started with some abs and burpees then:
Flat bench: 20, 15, 10, 10, 6
Incline: 20, 15, 10, 10,
Cable crossovers crossovers plus cable pushes 15 x 3.
100 push-ups.Did the job.
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Tuesday: shoulders, very nice
But
Wednesday: leg day,
I managed to fark up my shoulder. How is that possible on leg day? Well was just finishing up with some burpees and bam, the pain. Hurt just raising my arm.
Feeling a bit better today and hope itll be OK after the weekend. I Absolutely freak out about shoulder injuries, particularly anything that might involve the rotator cuff. Really pissed off it happened on farking leg day.
Might try some cardio tomorrow. Have to do something.
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Age sucks man. I twinged my good knee scrubbing the shower floor and my left wrist doing some very light boxing training. Gym is purely low impact cycling for now, at least its something! (silverlining is I'm catching up on my youtube vids while working out )
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@rembrandt said in Building myself back up:
Age sucks man. I twinged my good knee scrubbing the shower floor and my left wrist doing some very light boxing training. Gym is purely low impact cycling for now, at least its something! (silverlining is I'm catching up on my youtube vids while working out )
And I'm sure there are plenty to catch up on!
Shoulder has improved heaps during the day, but still pretty bloody annoying when a simple burpee can cause damage.
I'm going to blame poor technique or overtraining not age. I'm only 38 (soon 39).....wish I was 19 again.
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Arms today. Probably should have taken day off but it went OK and I was careful. Only pain from hanging leg raises when warming up.
Also managed 2km row without trouble which was a good sign. Will hopefully be 100% or close to it by Monday.
Felt good after this workout, which just shows how much I need to do it.
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Saturday: On my feet all day so plenty of motion but KFC for lunch (which was fucking disgusting, can't recall Zingers being that bad) and then 9 tacos for dinner. Was hungry.
Sunday: Run at oval for the first time since everything happened. Did 10 laps with 5 involving 6 pullups. Shoulder ok but not sure if it's ready for benchpress tomorrow. Run went really well so fitness is still there. Will ramp that up in the coming weeks.
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Monday: Didn't have time. Was a really bad day. Have to make time.
Tuesday: Chest. Shoulder a little ginger but otherwise OK. Good session.
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@rancid-schnitzel gotta give yourself those days when things just don't line up. Good to hear the shoulder is on the improve.
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Bit of a lag here.
Wednesday: Trained while son had gym for hour and a half. Don't usually got into the weights room at around that time (5pm) and it was of course farking jammed. I hate that and perhaps went much faster and harder than necessary. Anyway, did back and was fooking knackered after about 30 minutes. Managed some rows and a bit of running after that but was as drained as a vampire victim. Shoulder held up well though.
Thursday: Legs. Good session.
Friday: Arms. Wasn't big on a dedicated arm day before, but am becoming a fan. I gots my pump on. Some rowing and burpees as well. Did the job.
Today: Hit the oval and of course it pissed down raining when I did, but fuck it I'm from NZ and lived in Norway for 10 years. Some dudes who were playing soccer ran straight under cover and were still there when I left. Considering it's rained non-stop since I guess they're still there.
Anyway 10 laps with 5 involving 10 burpees and 10 dips. Apart from the rain it felt really good. Not back to where I was but not that far off either which is nice.
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Sunday: Eldest has made relay team for state swimming championships so have decided that Sunday swimming at 50 metre pool is back on. Both of us did 20 laps and youngest 12. Was really enjoyable and we all slept soundly. I was in bed by 8:30.
Today: Chest. Up nice and early and gym was empty. Usual chest stuff. Benchpress, Incline press, cable crossovers etc.
Really happy with the way things are progressing from the absolute low point. Problem is I'm spending a month in Norway from mid December so training and eating are likely to be crap. Maybe there'll be a heap of snow so I can roll heaps of snow balls, pull sleds or some shit.
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@jk said in Building myself back up:
Impressive on the swimming mate. Dont think I could ever swim 20 laps (no matter how long the pool was)
Didn't do 20 without stopping but it was a decent effort. Swimming gives you a pretty mean pump too. Always feel great after.
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Tuesday: Shoulders. Good focussed session.
Wednesday: Legs. That went really well but burpees to finish stuffed the shoulder again. Obviously the body is telling me to lay off the burpees. Pissed off, but what can you do. Will take day off today and see how I go tomorrow.
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Backlog!
Took Thursday off, which was a bit annoying but shoulder all good.
Friday: back and arms. Bit rushed, but pretty good session.
Saturday: Got up at crack of dawn to hit north coast. Got there at 7 and had a good 2 and a half hours in the water. Had breakfast, visited some friends and got home in time to vote. Good day. Went a bit ballistic on the food though. 10 tacos, an entire packet of corn chips, 2 Mars bars and a shit load of icecream. Ah well I was hungry.
Sunday: 20 laps. Was a real struggle early on. Must have been battered by the waves a bit the previous day and was sore as. Ended OK and felt great. Swimming is the bomb.
Monday: Chest. Good sharp session.
Tuesday: Forgot mobile and therefore had nothing to do between sets and was very efficient. Should do that more often. Way back in the day I used to bring a book! Anyway, was shoulders and went very well.
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Too busy to train yesterday and surprise surprise was depressed as a mofo. Lack of sleep doesn't help, but I'm clearly on a bit of a tightrope and have to maintain the balance. This is going to be much harder than I expected and I expected it to be farking hard.
Back today. Good session.
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No doubt bro! plus nothing like a good workout to help you have a good sleep. Trying to maintain some kind of balance is the goal, but you shouldn't beat yourself up if there's a bit of wobble from time to time.
Nothing at all easy about what you and yours are dealing with man, but you've got a good sense of what needs to happen (exercise etc) to keep you in a better place. Which will absolutely help with all the other stuff on your plate.
