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Fourth session: strong lifts B
Squat: 5x5 @ 67.5kg
OHP: 5x5 @ 37.5kg
Deadlift: 2x5 @ 105kg
I'm sensing iminent failure during the next Deadlift session which is strange because i thought my OHP would go first.. Funnily enough i found the 37.5 quite easy?!
I seem to have twinged something in my right hip so I gave it a rollering yesterday and will probably do more tonight so that i'm ok for tomorrow mornings workout. Still enjoying it though!
Squat: 5x5 @ 67.5kg
OHP: 5x5 @ 37.5kg
Deadlift: 2x5 @ 105kg
I'm sensing iminent failure during the next Deadlift session which is strange because i thought my OHP would go first.. Funnily enough i found the 37.5 quite easy?!
I seem to have twinged something in my right hip so I gave it a rollering yesterday and will probably do more tonight so that i'm ok for tomorrow mornings workout. Still enjoying it though!
Rollering is good: see if you can find something like a mini basket ball (and then a hockey ball!) for even better deep tissue pounding.
I noticed my hips got massively tight when starting out with deadlifts, simply because those muscles aren't generally used to being smacked around and so need a lot of TLC in the first few weeks.
Google Mobility WOD Hip Opener and see what comes up - some very good material there.
Weights are going up nicely, however! Keep going!
I noticed my hips got massively tight when starting out with deadlifts, simply because those muscles aren't generally used to being smacked around and so need a lot of TLC in the first few weeks.
Google Mobility WOD Hip Opener and see what comes up - some very good material there.
Weights are going up nicely, however! Keep going!
Deadlifting has a large mental component, and it could also be that you're not pulling optimally.
Rolling around on stuff is awesome. I twinged something very mildly (in my TFL) on friday, but somehow the tension was pulling my hip out of alignment. I tried to get out of my car and screamed like a girl
5 mins smashing TFL and glutes and everything relaxes back into place.
Rolling around on stuff is awesome. I twinged something very mildly (in my TFL) on friday, but somehow the tension was pulling my hip out of alignment. I tried to get out of my car and screamed like a girl
5 mins smashing TFL and glutes and everything relaxes back into place.Rollering is good: see if you can find something like a mini basket ball (and then a hockey ball!) for even better deep tissue pounding.
I noticed my hips got massively tight when starting out with deadlifts, simply because those muscles aren't generally used to being smacked around and so need a lot of TLC in the first few weeks.
Google Mobility WOD Hip Opener and see what comes up - some very good material there.
Weights are going up nicely, however! Keep going!
I've taken a quick look at the 'Mobility WOD Hip Opener' serch you suggested and i think i'll try it out with my rollering tonight just to see how infelxible i actually am... Haha!
Deadlifting has a large mental component, and it could also be that you're not pulling optimally.
Rolling around on stuff is awesome. I twinged something very mildly (in my TFL) on friday, but somehow the tension was pulling my hip out of alignment. I tried to get out of my car and screamed like a girl
I'll see if i can get my mate to video it for me and check it out. Or even better post it here.
I didnt even realise i'd done something to my hip until i went to get up from sitting on the floor and it made me aware that it wasn't interested. Lol! I need to invest in one of these magic lacrosse balls i've read so much about. This rollering certainly raises pain thresholds though! Haha!
Fifth session: strong lifts A
Squat: 5x5 @ 70kg
Bench Press: 5x5 @ 55kg
Barbell Rows: 5x5 @ 50kg
Felt pretty good.
Will probably feel awful at lunch! Haha!
Although the weights are still going up and I don't feel like there will be an imminent failure soon... (Famous last words!)
Squat: 5x5 @ 70kg
Bench Press: 5x5 @ 55kg
Barbell Rows: 5x5 @ 50kg
Felt pretty good.
Will probably feel awful at lunch! Haha! Although the weights are still going up and I don't feel like there will be an imminent failure soon... (Famous last words!)
Good work - chasing me, pareticularly as I can't do anything for the next week!
Its going ok.
Although i still have a bit of a pain in my hip. I feel it when squatting weightless but not so much during the proper sets?! I'll probably go to work on it later with the roller. What have you done to yourself then? Or is it just being unable to get to the gym? I get sent away with work a lot so its tough to fit them in as regularly as i want sometimes...My gym buddy is slightly ahead of me weight wise so i might try and close the gap over the next few sessions... (As long as my form stays good ayway..)
I might whack an updated picture up later too. (nohomo..)
I'm not too worried all the while i'm getting stronger. But there will probably come a point where i'll need to put more food away.
With regards to abz, these are the best mine have looked since i was about 17 and i'm now 29 so it can be recaptured!!! Lol!
Just thought i'd workout the progress i've made in the last 4 months to hopefully spur on some lurkers/fello gym ratz out there:
Bench: 38Kg --> 55Kg
Squats: 38Kg --> 70Kg
Deadlift: 78kg --> 105Kg
Barbell Row: 28.5Kg --> 50Kg
Overhead Press: 30kg --> 37.5Kg
With regards to abz, these are the best mine have looked since i was about 17 and i'm now 29 so it can be recaptured!!! Lol!
Just thought i'd workout the progress i've made in the last 4 months to hopefully spur on some lurkers/fello gym ratz out there:
Bench: 38Kg --> 55Kg
Squats: 38Kg --> 70Kg
Deadlift: 78kg --> 105Kg
Barbell Row: 28.5Kg --> 50Kg
Overhead Press: 30kg --> 37.5Kg
Seventh session: strong lifts A
Squat: 5x5 @ 75kg
Bench: 5x5 @ 57.5kg
BB row: 5x5 @ 52.5kg
Bench was horrific and I'll be keeping with that weight for the next session. My gym buddy wasn't quite doing bicep curls while spotting me but it was going that way! Haha!
Edit: I forgot to mention that 57.5kg on the bench was the most i've ever done! Previous best ever was 56kg and i'm pretty sure that was only a 1RM back last year!!! Really pleased with that and hoping that the next A session is easier than this one with no spotter involvment at all. Then its onwards and upwards.
Squat: 5x5 @ 75kg
Bench: 5x5 @ 57.5kg
BB row: 5x5 @ 52.5kg
Bench was horrific and I'll be keeping with that weight for the next session. My gym buddy wasn't quite doing bicep curls while spotting me but it was going that way! Haha!
Edit: I forgot to mention that 57.5kg on the bench was the most i've ever done! Previous best ever was 56kg and i'm pretty sure that was only a 1RM back last year!!! Really pleased with that and hoping that the next A session is easier than this one with no spotter involvment at all. Then its onwards and upwards.
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Went for my first run since my half marathon two months ago and was pleasantly surprised. Did 4.16 miles in 30 minutes 20 seconds. A mere minute off my personal best! Not even aching today either! Which is a further bonus.
I won't be doing too much running but I need to stay reasonably fit for the tough mudder next year while concentrating on strength training of course. So I'll probably aim to do a 4 mile run t least once a week with an 8/9 miler every now and then just to mix it up.
Not even aching today either! Which is a further bonus. I won't be doing too much running but I need to stay reasonably fit for the tough mudder next year while concentrating on strength training of course. So I'll probably aim to do a 4 mile run t least once a week with an 8/9 miler every now and then just to mix it up.