Best ever

Testing the thumb. Seems fine. Did disc golf the other day (bandage and tape on thumb), no problem. Today c+j kinda hurt, so I'll probably wait a bit before any wl movements. overall... k.

8.11.17
aka "right at the cusp of even being a workout"

press
155x5x3

pc+pj
135x3(1+1)x2
thumb injury site hurt, so I stopped.

a. dips
2x10

b. ez-bar curls
75x10
115x10

k.

amazing on so many levels

OP did it better imo.

8.15.17

Sauna 15 mins

Training is going great.

: thumb:

Generally I'd go with 3 sets of 15min. Superset with vodka shots. Tasteless light beer is generally the peri-WO drink of choice.

Thank you.

8.16.17

More training! What a pace.

Bench
235x5x3

FS (testing back out... should be k)
45x10x2
135x5x2
185x3x2
light/easy of course

A. Rack Pull
315x5
365x3
385x2

B. KB Swing (44)
3x10

k

8.29.17

idk

press
95x5
135x5
145x5
155x5

rdl
45x5x2
135x5x2
225x5
315x5

k-

​9.1.2017

idk trying to lift, we'll see

weight: high 25xs somewhere, pretty fat, not really any fatter than any recent history. Not really any skinnier. Maybe I try to cut, but beer. There's some local decent sour release tomorrow I may hit, zwanze day coming up, then another sour fest, a GOAT BA fest in Chicago, constant pastry stouts everywhere, solid NEIPAs etc. so we got some serious drinking to do bros be safe. k.

life: lots of stuff always going on, good, bad, etc. Now more than usual!

oook. k.
Lifting:

If I can stick with this, I'm gonna theoretically rework WU to try to get some semblance of movement patterns back (or even better for the first time)

Something like today, at least:

Normal static stretching and (abbreviated) McGill, glute activation, then

Bar
Snatch Press + Overhead Squat: 1 set x 10 reps
Heave Snatch: 1 set x 3 reps
Snatch Balance: 1 set x 3 reps
Drop Snatch: 1 set x 3 reps
Snatch from Full Extension: 1 set x 3 reps

95
Snatch Liftoff: 2 sets x 3 reps
Muscle Snatch: 2 sets x 3 reps
Power Snatch + Overhead Squat: 2 sets x 3 Reps
Snatch + hang snatch
135
135
145
155
165

Front Squat
135x5
185x3
225x3

Bench Press
135x5x2
185x5
225x5

Incline bench press (rest-pause)
135x10

k

9.7.17

R shoulder is weirdly tight, too much work and ipad prob. Idk.

Cl + hang clean )+ jerk
135
135
185
185
225

Press
135x5
155x5

Sauna

Life

k

Loved the life update, I'm glad to be all caught up!

Where do you sauna is it a home sauna you built yourself otherwise i dunno, more gay I suppose

is it a public sauna

do you have any cool public sauna stories

I am actually looking at buying a home sauna (well, and a home), but this was a gym sauna. Co-ed so no noods bc puritans settled this fine land. There's a steam room inside the locker room area, but I am kinda afraid of that and also I prefer a dry sauna anyway, luckily.

There's a subset of GGO gym bros that are sauna bros. One sauna bro is always flexing. One is always doing pushups. It's weird.

I saw one hot chick in there once ever (icwydt, dt), so that was also cool.

k

I dream of steam

k

dont be scurred


eta

holy fuuunk that thumb, also, mr popular, you look lean, but not mean, so thats good

​9.12.17

wu
mcgill
glute bridges + warrior pose supersets

Bar:
Snatch Press + Overhead Squat: 1 set x 10 reps
Heave Snatch: 1 set x 5 reps
Snatch Balance: 1 set x 5 reps
Drop Snatch: 1 set x 5 reps
Snatch from Full Extension: 1 set x 5 reps

95:
Snatch Liftoff: 2 sets x 3-5 reps
5
5

Muscle Snatch: 2 sets x 3-5 reps
3
5

Power Snatch + Overhead Squat: 2-3 sets x 3 Reps
3
3
3

Snatch + hang snatch + high hang snatch
95
135
155 poor form
135
135

Barbell Step Ups (20" box)
45x10
95x10x2

Bench press
135x5x2
185x4
205x8
135x15

Incline bench press
135x10 paused

Lat pulldown
105x15 paused

sauna

K?

k

​9.14.17
Couldn't really sleep so I went to the gym. Olds.

wu
mcgill
glute bridges + warrior pose supersets

Bar:
Snatch Press + Overhead Squat: 1 set x 10 reps
Heave Snatch: 1 set x 3 reps
Snatch Balance: 1 set x 3 reps
Drop Snatch: 1 set x 3 reps
Snatch from Full Extension: 1 set x 3 reps

95:
Snatch Liftoff: 2 sets x 3 reps
3
3
Muscle Snatch: 2 sets x 3 reps
3
3
Power Snatch + Overhead Squat: 2 sets x 3 Reps
3
3

Clean + low hang clean + high hang clean + jerk
95
135
155
165
R elbow kinda hurt, some wrist/grip thing, nothing major

Rack Pull
~8RMish idk, keeping it light
225x4
315x8

Jerk
135x3
185x4

Overhead press
135x5 rest pause

Neck felt kinda bad too, so I took it easy on all the OH stuff.

Sauna

9.21.17

same warmups

feel kinda k
​
Snatch
135x2
155
175
185
195

Fs
135x3
185x3
225x3
265x2
285x2

Bench
135x5x2
185x3
225
255xf bad liftoff no shot just kinda dropped it idk
I was going for 2 reps... I think I have this no problem... who knows.
I was in a rack since I want to live.

Incline bench
135x15 rest pause

Lat pull down
120x15 rest pause

Do you know why Oly lifting masters is only age 35?

The OLY injury rate goes something like this

Oly >> powerlifting >>>>>>>> bodybuilding

Power clean is probably okay but I would think any lift where your hips are going below parallel would be causing loaded flexión. My man Andrew lock says all disk herniations occur in flexión. And my boy cándito says he has never seen a below parallel squat without some type of flexión.

1+1 equals 34 year old man with back issues to pump up the bodybuilding volume and core exercises and kill the Oly dream.

hold on let me look up and repost what you know about wl below:

if I don't post soon, just keep waiting

Look it up. There are some mixed studies but almost all agree. Good luck, that's why I brought up the age 35 masters fact.

Yet something like the tactical strength challenge keeps being won by OLDS.

Oh wait, I am a little cardio pussy so i will keep doing low volume. I hope you don't ban me like thremp, I do enjoy your life and actually would like more personal stuff posted (the hottie wife videos mainly). And also what the ex did. Thx. I won't use it against you, it's more about learning experience and going through the same thing. And you are team thremp so you don't have to worry about that side.

k

counterpoint: I like it and I feel k and it's fun and will always be fun for me.

My back kinda hurts all the time no matter what I do, but not too bad. It hurts less when I do wl more, I think because of the inherent mobility benefits of the sport, but idk. Squatting is always how I aggravated my back. I do lunges (WU mostly), step ups and FS. I do that lock kb thing, I did a bunch of that wall squat stuff. Seems fine. My main issue is sitting/standing at a damn desk to make moneys. What can you do. You personally have to sit or have had to in the past, around a table or in a car for years. Not great. We do what we need to. We live at a weird time, where people sit so much.

wl is, anecdotally and on the level of amateurs I know, mostly injurious to wrists, elbows, shoulders... but I don't have a major issue that I know of with any of those, so I carry on. I'm not gonna back squat, I'm just gonna FS light like today, and I pay more attention to form now than ever... see also my long and dumb warmup that is the same volume as many people here's workout. 195 snatch wasn't near a max, but maybe a technical max and 1-2x/week isn't gonna cut it for joint prep, so no way I push it this week.

life is going good, thanks for asking. Buying a new house tomorrow, plan to knock it down and build a new one I guess. Gotta go wire a bunch of cash right now, I hate that. Banks. Bleh. Gonna see if I can use part of the old house, but I doubt it. Idk. Anyone want to come GC this for me? I'm getting really into green building (for making a comfortable house, not for eco whatever)... sounds dumb, but current tech is pretty impressive. Gotta be cozy! Lot is amazing. Big in-ground pool, creek with bridge, fire pit, gazebo, a few koi ponds with waterfall. I'm not gonna change much of the landscaping. Trying to spend less than a miami condo on it, but it's hard.

Hard life. Sometimes life goes good, sometimes life goes bad... mostly the same either way though. Stop by and have a beer when I'm done with the house. Wife is preg and due in Jan. Preg ~1 week after our wedding for you math wizards. I don't think I said she was preg on here, I may have. Everything is going well. I like kids, family, house stuff, kids stuff. It's my thing. I want all my family and friends to live on the same block, we have a party and all hang out. Would be k+ imo.

I get along great w/ ex, kinda hard at the time but no worries now. I can tell you about it over a beer, it's not a secret but I'm not gonna post what happened online.

Beer update: I'll be in St. Louis this weekend for Zwanze Day. Trying to tick all the ticks. Can't wait!

Otherwise Just trying not to die. Trying not to buy a stupid Tesla. Trying to keep up my ~6-month streak of daily meditation. It's k in the end. Death soon!

/update

K.