5/2 log
My left thumb got jammed in bball yesterday and I have a big bruise on my palm. Gripping anything thin is quite painful atm. Luckily I was able to get through everything without any issues until my last 2 DL reps. I had to regrip in between those reps (which allowed me to also refocus on keeping my back tight and lower back straight). I'm a bit worried I've already started stalling with Press, but I dno, I guess I'll see. Now for the routine:
Foam rolling - I did a lot on my left leg/IT band area. Every time I roll it it basically is tingly for all stretching I do. I used to have to run 2-3 miles before it would get tingly, and not in a very good way.
Lacrosse ball - I really hit my rhomboid area muscle the last couple days with the ball and I feel like it's what's been missing from my life the last few years. I *always* have sore tissue/muscle/whatever right next to the insides of my upper shoulder blades. This lets me hit those knots.
Mobility/activation - I found a way to do the quad stretch Cha showed me that's 124324 x better than what I was doing. Many my left quad was tingly (I was careful not to stretch it too much).
Squats
45x5x3
70x3x1
95x2x1
120x5x3
I know my knees wobbled in on the last rep or two. I felt like I was doing these much more "correctly" after the box squats I did on Saturday. Buuut, the last rep was definitely tough to get up until I dug in with what was likely my quads.
Press
45x5x3
55x3x1
65x2x1
80x5x2 (my last reps for each set I barely got up)
80x4x1 (ehhh, still better than last Press workout)
DL (I forgot to take my shoes off for Squats but I did for DLs and it felt very comfortable and good, I was worried my arch would get messed up from pressure on my foot but since it's mainly on the heel, it seems fine):
135x5x1
135x4x1
155x3x1
175x2x1
210x5x1
Besides my grip going a bit on the last couple DL reps I really concentrated on both the post Soulman linked to and video Cha linked to in his log to keep my back and everything else tight and squeeeeeze the bar up. This was the first time it really felt like I was "squeezing" it up rather than lifting it up. If that makes sense.
As for eating I'm also apparently eating an Oh Yeah! bar and an extra kashi cookie that was at work in addition to that stuff above. So, yeah, now that I'm paying attention, my old routine diet seems to be coming up short so I'm going to bring more food to work.
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Originally Posted by Soulman
You'll be fine imo.
Thanks, I appreciate the encouragement
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Originally Posted by cha59
You have to get over the fear of getting fat from eating when you're hungry now.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm protein!
Those pictures don't look appetizing at all! I think it's the lighting. Man that food looks lifeless and like it's been sitting out for hours, lol. If you want me to get unfraid of meat, just link to glamor shots of bison burgers & grilled fish man!
That being said, I'm pretty sure a couple of those would look super delicious to me real time fresh off the whatever.