Soldato
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Hey all,
I've decided to start one of these training logs so I can track progress over the weeks/months/years.
A little about me:
Age: 35 years old
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 69.35kg (18/02/2020)
Current 5RM:
Squat - 122.5kg
Bench - 77.5kg
Deadlift - 130kg
OHP - 45kg
Health issues:
I'm a type 1 diabetic who is very luckily on the Freetyle Libre program. This doesn't make too much difference to my training but lifting weights/cardio does greatly affect my blood sugar levels. I may post this information as it could be useful to others.
Essentially lifting weights elicits an adrenaline response which makes my blood sugar levels rise, cardio does the opposite
A little bit about blood sugar levels:
Normal levels in a non diabetic is between 4.0mmol/L - 8.0mmol/L.
In someone with diabetes up to 10mmol/L is acceptable but you will see mine go way higher than that. In a type 1 diabetic this is normal and on the most part unavoidable but my A1C (which is my average levels over a 6 months period) always average out to that of a non-diabetic (but on the upper range). Essentially the hospital is almost always happy with the range that my blood sugar levels sit between even though they are higher than those of a non-diabetic.
I also regularly suffer from lower back pain in my SI joint. I've seen physios/chiropractors and had MRI's but no one really know's what's going on with it. When it flares up I've tried both resting and training through it and neither really affects how long it takes ease off. When it's at it's worse the most I normally do is take a week off or at least deload a little.
I've also had 3 surgeries on my right elbow due to bone spurs. My right elbow is totally fine but I have slight pain in my left elbow locking out dumbells so there may be some sort of spur there too but it's nowhere near bad enough to consider surgery yet.
Lastly, I have mild arthritis in my right shoulder but it doesn't really affect anything yet as long as I warm it up properly.
Other than lifting I'm a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I train this 2-3 times a week, always after lifting.
My goals:
To get big and strong really. I've just finished Stronglifts 5x5 which I have now stalled on but I managed to add lots onto each of my 5RM's so now onto Madcow to see if I can eek a little more out. Due to starting light with stronglifts and thanks to the guidance of many on this forum I feel like my form has improved massively.
I have entered the numbers into the Madcow spreadsheet. I'm looking to match my 5rm's on weeks 5 or 6 depending on the exercise.
Here we go.
I've decided to start one of these training logs so I can track progress over the weeks/months/years.
A little about me:
Age: 35 years old
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 69.35kg (18/02/2020)
Current 5RM:
Squat - 122.5kg
Bench - 77.5kg
Deadlift - 130kg
OHP - 45kg
Health issues:
I'm a type 1 diabetic who is very luckily on the Freetyle Libre program. This doesn't make too much difference to my training but lifting weights/cardio does greatly affect my blood sugar levels. I may post this information as it could be useful to others.
Essentially lifting weights elicits an adrenaline response which makes my blood sugar levels rise, cardio does the opposite
A little bit about blood sugar levels:
Normal levels in a non diabetic is between 4.0mmol/L - 8.0mmol/L.
In someone with diabetes up to 10mmol/L is acceptable but you will see mine go way higher than that. In a type 1 diabetic this is normal and on the most part unavoidable but my A1C (which is my average levels over a 6 months period) always average out to that of a non-diabetic (but on the upper range). Essentially the hospital is almost always happy with the range that my blood sugar levels sit between even though they are higher than those of a non-diabetic.
I also regularly suffer from lower back pain in my SI joint. I've seen physios/chiropractors and had MRI's but no one really know's what's going on with it. When it flares up I've tried both resting and training through it and neither really affects how long it takes ease off. When it's at it's worse the most I normally do is take a week off or at least deload a little.
I've also had 3 surgeries on my right elbow due to bone spurs. My right elbow is totally fine but I have slight pain in my left elbow locking out dumbells so there may be some sort of spur there too but it's nowhere near bad enough to consider surgery yet.
Lastly, I have mild arthritis in my right shoulder but it doesn't really affect anything yet as long as I warm it up properly.
Other than lifting I'm a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I train this 2-3 times a week, always after lifting.
My goals:
To get big and strong really. I've just finished Stronglifts 5x5 which I have now stalled on but I managed to add lots onto each of my 5RM's so now onto Madcow to see if I can eek a little more out. Due to starting light with stronglifts and thanks to the guidance of many on this forum I feel like my form has improved massively.
I have entered the numbers into the Madcow spreadsheet. I'm looking to match my 5rm's on weeks 5 or 6 depending on the exercise.
Here we go.
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(I have to train Monday, Tuesday, Thursday). Luckily tonight is light squats day. I don't really suffer from DOMs anymore. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing?