wozza2k's pursuit of vanity

Not sure I'd use awesome to describe it, but it's as though the 'travel' on one side seems longer than the other :confused: my dad friends physio did mention it until I mentioned I have scoliosis then he just backed off and left me alone

Tonight:
This maybe the last session of the year for me due to social commitments over the festive period. If I'm not too lazy I may do a write up of 2014...

Squat
Bar 10 10
60 8
80 5 5
100 3 x 3
110 2 x 2

Bench
Bar 10
40 5 5
50 5
60 3
65 3 5 5 5 5

Row
40 10 10
50 5 5
55 5 x 5

Cable row

Split squat
 
Managed to find some time to squeeze in a quick session although bit of a maggot session which is probably a result of few days of not really monitoring food intake (although my weight have gone down...). Was supposed to do OHP but shoulder felt really strange when getting into position for squats and there is a soreness to my right should (which is being seen by the physio next week) so left that off. Deads felt impossible at 80kg so I left it at that.

Squat
Bar 10 10
60 10 5 5
80 5 5
100 5 5
110 3 3

DL
60 10 10
80 5 5
 
Conservative workout tonight, felt very tight throughout so didn't want to push it, right shoulder felt especially tight hence kept the bench numbers down.

Squat
Bar 10 10
60 5 5 5
80 5 5
100 5 5

Row
40 10 10
50 8 8
60 5 X 5

Bench
Bar 10 10
40 10 8
50 3 x 5
 
dod said:
what's caused the shoulder problem?
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Stacked it down some stairs (whilst sober :eek:), so I put my arms out to break the fall and my shoulders must have taken a majority of the shock and now I'm paying for it.

Tonight:
Felt surprisingly comfortable with everything tonight despite lack of sleep over the last few days, still don't feel as strong as before hence the squat numbers are conservative.

Avoided OHP tonight as want to be cautious with the shoulders until I'm seen by the physio next week.

Squat
Bar 10 10
60 5 x 5
80 5 3
100 3 x 3
110 3 1

DL
60 5 5
80 5 5
100 3 x 3
110 3 3

Cable rows

Split squats

Chin ups
 
mrthingyx said:
Ho-yeah: upper body out, so time for 24^7 leg work. :cool:
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Even with that I have a million and one things to fix :roll eyes:

Today:
Gym session following 90 mins of swimming (started taking lessons as I was never good at it and it's a good life skill aka I can't swim and should learn...).

This was interesting to say the least as this was going in slightly pre-exhausted, I'm not sure how people manage to knock out an extended run/cycle/row then lift weights on the regular.

Squat
Bar
60 5 5 5
80 5 3
100 5 x 3

Row
40 10 10
50 10
60 3 x 5

Pull ups
6 3 3
 
Felt weak doing the 100s but felt ok-ish on the 110 what sort of wizardry is this? Shoulder needs a lot of work from the physio as its tight as hell and really didn't like me doing OHP at all. 2015 looks to be a year of repairs for me...

Squat
Bar
60 5 5 5
80 5 5
100 5 5 5
110 3 5

DL
60 5 5 5
80 5 5
100 5 3
110 3

OHP
Bar
 
2014 Review

2014 PB's

Squat 140
Bench 75
DL 140

So my 2014 hit some highs and lows, I managed some good numbers (for myself) but also I managed to injure myself somehow so it feels as though those numbers are a million miles away.

2015 will be a year of really tidying up form, muscle imbalances and hopefully getting back to 2014 numbers and more. In addition to lifting I've taken up swimming lessons which may or may not help things but we'll see.

Some targets for 2015:
Squat 160
Bench 80 - Can't say I am hugely fussed about this one...
DL 160
 
Felt ok with 110 on squats but will still with this and aim for 5 x 5 on next workout whilst tidying up form. No bench tonight as some noobies decided they wanted to hoard it for the best part of an hour...


Squat
Bar
60 8 5
80 5
100 2 x 5
110 3 x 5

Row
40 10 10
50 5 5
60 5 x 5

Cable row

Pull ups
5 5 4 3
 
New year rush in full flow today so kept it simple and short, nothing to do with feeling fatigued from swimming yesterday....

DL
60 8 8
80 5 5
100 5
110 5 3

Squat
Bar 10 10
60 5 5
80 5
100 5 3
110 3 3
 
Boom! Happy to manage 110kg 5 x 5 tonight, rows fell comfortable bench I'm happy with considering my shoulder is gaffed I'm content.

Physio have advised me to avoid overhead press motions until she's 'fixed' my shoulder more so thats ok with me considering that was a pants lift for me anyway :D

Squats
Bar
60 5 5
80 5
100 3
110 5 x 5

Row
40 10 10
50 5
60 5
62.5 5 x 5

Bench
Bar
40 10 10
50 8 5
60 5 5 5 5 3
 
She's not conventionally attractive, but her knowledge and ability to fix me makes her attractive if you get me?

Definitely feels good get back into squatting again, will have to be careful this time as ankle/calf (apparently it's my soles???) is still on the mend and being worked on.
 
After not managing a lot at yesterday's meet I thought I cram in a more serious session today, fasted with caffeine.

Squat
Bar
60 5 5 5
80 5 1
100 3
110 5 x 5

Row
50 5 5
60 5 x 5

Bench
Bar
40 8 5
50 5 5
60 5 x 5

Battle ropes
 
Light physio work then just Deads. Didn't appreciate being told I should lower the weights quietly midway through though.

DL

60 5 5
80 5
100 5
110 5 3
115 3 3 3
120 1
 
mrthingyx said:
Do you train at David Lloyd?
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Fortunately not. I think the 'manager' was worried newbies were being scared/put off by me...

Tonight:

Trying to get back into decent numbers whilst being cautious not to overdo it.

Physio have advised me I need to work on my hamstrings hence the leg curl thing at the end, will be more random exercises to follow in upcoming sessions whilst I am being fixed

Squat
Bar
60 5 5
80 5
100 5
110 3
115 5 x 3

Row
40 10 10
50 5 5
60 5 x 5

Bench
Bar
40 8 5
50 5 5
60 4 5 5 3 5

Leg curl thing...
 
Was quiet enough for me to take my time, setup the gorillapod and film a few of sets tonight, but lawd not sure what the hell is going on but form is absolutely shocking so I only included some of the better vids...

Squats
Bar
60 5 5
80 5
100 3
115 3 3
100 3 3

DL
60 1 1 1 3 3
80 3 3
100 3 3 3
120 2 2


2nd 115kg set, wonky as hell. Someone even asked me if this was some new technique :( Dropped the weight after reviewing this video to see if things improve

Last set of 100kg, looks slightly better but the winks still there.

Think this is the middle 100kg set, I'm seem to be struggling to get tight before initiating the pull, in addition my head is just in the wrong place.
 
Physio said I need to strengthen my hamstrings hence the Nordic curls and leg curls at the end, lawd they are killer! Hoping I can maybe hope crawl to work tomorrow

Squat
Bar 10 10
60 5 5 5
80 5 5
100 5 x 5

Row
40 10 10
50 8 8
60 5 x 5

Nordic Curls

Seated Leg Curls
 
New year starters started to dwindle down so it's getting better in the gym :D

Tonight was playing about with slowing down the movements on squats and dead to tidy up form, I felt a lot better with deads but need to get video to see if what i feel is right...

The hamstring work is interesting to say the least

Squats
Bar 20 10
60 5 5
80 3 3
100 3 x 5
105 3

DL
60
80 3 3
100 3 x 3
110 1

Nordic Curls

Cable rows

Leg curls
 
Physio recommendations as apparently I'm too quad dominant

Tonight:
Really quick session before heading out for dinner.

Squats
Bar
60 5 5 5
80 3 3
100 3 x 3

Bench
Bar
40 5 5
50 5 5
60 3 x 5
 
I'm not convinced the bar I was using for dead was a normal 20kg only bar as 120 felt a lot lighter than I'm used to...

On a different note a PT told me I have really good form on my deads but I'm not convinced watching the footage.

Squats
Bar
60 10 8
80 5 5
100 3 5 5 5 3

DL
60 5 5
80 5 5
100 3 3 2
120 1 3 3 2

Nordic Curls

Tyre Flips (80kg)
3 x 1 min

 
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