The Slow Grind

[JFick]

Welcome back man! I was just wondering how you were doing.

First baby + new job? Those aren't stressful life events at all. Good luck!

Thanks!

Thanks man. I had actually got laid off from my old job 3 weeks before the baby came. No stress at all!

[JFick]

Congratulations on the new arrival!

Thanks peez!

[JFick]

Another week (#2)

August 22
BW 334

Squat
280 x 5 x 3
Bench
190 x 5 x 3


August 25
BW 334

Deadlift
325 x 5 x 1
Press
140 x 5 x 3

Things are going ok. Trying to not drain myself too fast. So 2 days a week at the moment is what I can manage. Hopefully I will be adding more days in the near future.

[JFick]

That blows. Glad to hear things are on the upswing!



We have an appointment to get measured for a helmet... delivery was really long, and our guy ended up with some muscle tightness in his neck so he was turning right 80% of the time, and ended up with a flat spot. We got the neck fixed, but he was still on the edge of the line where they recommend the helmet, so he gets scanned in a few weeks.

Thanks, small light at the end of the tunnel.

Oh man. Good to hear his neck is getting better. That's really seems to be the new trend. Since no one is allowed to put their child in any other position, everybody's skull is flattening. They really scare the SIDS into ya at the hospital, no? I remember leaving and thinking about the list of things not to do and was like holy shit, anything I do will kill
my child, lol. My daughter likes to immediately roll on to her side when we lay her on her back, and she loves "tummy time" (thank goodness) so her head is nice and round. It's a wonder the human race has survived at all the way scare the shit out of parents.

[JFick]

Ha, yeah, our kiddo (if we could get him to sleep in the crib/pack n play at all) would and still does sleep on his side most of the time. But we could only get him to sleep at all in the rocking crib thing for >4 months, and that kept him on his back. So combine that with his tight neck muscles, and he was gassy and would only calm down while in his car seat taking a walk (where he would also tend to look right) and he ended up with a flat spot.

It certainly isn't easy. You got to do what you got to do when they won't sleep. Hope the little guy keeps getting better.

[JFick]

Aug 29

BW 336

Bench
195 x 5 x 3
Squat
285 x 5 x 3

First time I've gotten any sort of endorphin rush after lifting since I restarted. That's good to see again.

[JFick]

Sept 1

Deadlift
335 x 5
Press
145 x 5 x 3

Rolling along.

[JFick]

Sept 7

Squat
290 x 5 x 3
Bench
200 x 5 x 3

I felt much stronger today, which is nice to see. Tuesday was scrubbed by the baby not letting me sleep. Such is life.

[JFick]

Sept 12

Squat
295 x 5 x 3
Bench
205 x 5 x 3
Pulldowns
150 x 10 x 3

Things continue to move just fine. Bench feels much better than the squat for whatever reason. Actually got my ass out of bed early enough to do an assistance exercise. I hope to add some days into the week so I can actually run out my LP properly. The little one is giving us 6 hours of good sleep pretty consistently, so hopefully that continues.

[irongeek]

6 hours of sleep? Not ideal, but what in life is? Just keep the grind on!