It’s all about my ass!
May. 6th, 2015 09:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarzI think I’m going to pull back on the labral tear tag...maybe swap over to make a gym tag. But as I was, and am, worried my ass on the other side might be related -
I think I may be ok though slightly injured. Unlike the joint issue, in this case I _can_ target the problem with a lacross ball. Rolling I can find the part that hurts, and rolling / hurting does result in relief (not complete, but some). I’m pretty sure that’s good news.
In other gym news, progress.
I’m not ashamed, much, of my old man yoga shit. So I stretch out for 30-45 minutes, so what. I’m used to it.
Yesterday I overhead-pressed (OP) 135 for 3 - all my weights are jumping pretty quickly to old levels, really bolstering the theory of muscle degradation vs. neurotransmitter storage. Or my body reacts better to full body work overall than trying to just do upper body? Or I’m now resting each part more even while overall I’m working out more?
So my DL was 335 (or 345?) for 5, squat for 255 for 5 (not ez), bench is meh but around 215 max when it used to be 235 just shy of a 245? I think on bench and OP I’m facing bad and good impact of form issues. That’s all to say, I’m recovered enough that I think I may both chill a little on the weight while honing my form a lot more plus add in more volume training. Mike noted and I agree support work is both key and important for...well like single leg work. Sure a farmer’s carry isn’t a lunge, but it’s practical (“I carry groceries!”) and involves transitions. Problem is things like farmer’s and prowler are only out in Tysons’, which is a royal pain to get to...imagine when I’m downtown.
In other gym news, questioning my goals and behavior
As I go from injury to injury, and as I’m not “scared” of my workouts now, I am revisiting how much energy I put in the gym. I’m eating food for fun right now, drinking often if not much, and my entire life is not revolving around the gym. When I was trying to be strong, everything was timed or avoided for the gym, and I was in constant pain - working to get out of a chair at work or home. Honestly I don’t miss that. Plus - for what? Worse, it seems the entire gym is stronger...maybe crossfit isn’t a bad trend after all, but just yesterday there were 2 guys squatting sets at 315 (only 1 to depth, but still). Sure they’re bigger than me, but I really was one of the few just a year ago. Hooray for them, and how do I catch up? I’m not near a 405 squat.
Or...or am I :p
Quick post - I never did get around to my giant race/poverty/politics post.
I think I may be ok though slightly injured. Unlike the joint issue, in this case I _can_ target the problem with a lacross ball. Rolling I can find the part that hurts, and rolling / hurting does result in relief (not complete, but some). I’m pretty sure that’s good news.
In other gym news, progress.
I’m not ashamed, much, of my old man yoga shit. So I stretch out for 30-45 minutes, so what. I’m used to it.
Yesterday I overhead-pressed (OP) 135 for 3 - all my weights are jumping pretty quickly to old levels, really bolstering the theory of muscle degradation vs. neurotransmitter storage. Or my body reacts better to full body work overall than trying to just do upper body? Or I’m now resting each part more even while overall I’m working out more?
So my DL was 335 (or 345?) for 5, squat for 255 for 5 (not ez), bench is meh but around 215 max when it used to be 235 just shy of a 245? I think on bench and OP I’m facing bad and good impact of form issues. That’s all to say, I’m recovered enough that I think I may both chill a little on the weight while honing my form a lot more plus add in more volume training. Mike noted and I agree support work is both key and important for...well like single leg work. Sure a farmer’s carry isn’t a lunge, but it’s practical (“I carry groceries!”) and involves transitions. Problem is things like farmer’s and prowler are only out in Tysons’, which is a royal pain to get to...imagine when I’m downtown.
In other gym news, questioning my goals and behavior
As I go from injury to injury, and as I’m not “scared” of my workouts now, I am revisiting how much energy I put in the gym. I’m eating food for fun right now, drinking often if not much, and my entire life is not revolving around the gym. When I was trying to be strong, everything was timed or avoided for the gym, and I was in constant pain - working to get out of a chair at work or home. Honestly I don’t miss that. Plus - for what? Worse, it seems the entire gym is stronger...maybe crossfit isn’t a bad trend after all, but just yesterday there were 2 guys squatting sets at 315 (only 1 to depth, but still). Sure they’re bigger than me, but I really was one of the few just a year ago. Hooray for them, and how do I catch up? I’m not near a 405 squat.
Or...or am I :p
Quick post - I never did get around to my giant race/poverty/politics post.
