It's Big. It's Heavy. It's Wood.

[Kate]

...my anxiety levels went through the roof, my stupid GI problems got worse....

Those 2 things usually go together, I've found. Sorry to hear about the death-related travel; glad you're home again and maybe getting some downtime.

Without thinking, I blurted out "Well, the indoctrination just didn't take"!

That is very funny.

One of the signs of growing up is that you start choosing your battles a little better.

Amen to that.

Hope your lifting goes better...and with no spider attacks or anything icky like that. (I have a cheapie standard bar, too. Hadn't used a "real" bar until the Cleveland seminar; it felt much better for pressing & cleaning, so I'll be saving up for that.)

[tertius]

So. I'm hurt, apparently.

I need to rehab my stupid thigh, and groin, again. Appears to stem from the very top of my left thigh, and the adductors on the same leg.

I am less than pleased. I did at least do a new PR over the break, even if it was only five or ten pounds higher, and still a pitiful weight.

I am also having the worst allergy attack (going on its second day), ever, after having rearranged my study, and apparently disrupting the Angry, Vengeful God of Dust Mites.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Jeez, I'm sorry to hear this. As for your dust mite allergies, our daughter has this same problem and it turns out theres a spray that kills the little buggers. I bought some at the local Ace Hardware. It could help with at least one of your current travails.

[tertius]

Jeez, I'm sorry to hear this. As for your dust mite allergies, our daughter has this same problem and it turns out theres a spray that kills the little buggers. I bought some at the local Ace Hardware. It could help with at least one of your current travails.

How odd. I'll keep it in mind. I'm also going to remember not to move shit around in the winter, when I can't open windows.

The advantage is that I now have much more floor space, and can foam roll much more easily, and it does seem to be helping.
Even if foam rolling your adductors is kind of awkward, at best.

[tertius]

Well, four months later, here we are again.

I am basically starting all over again. I don't mind, so much. Except that it makes me feel weak. Which is... accurate?

But I am actually sleeping these days, and can get my diet more in order. So that's something.

Today, as a test, I went down into the dungeon (which has only just now dried out) and lifted, in exploratory manner.

Squat
135 x5x3

Bench
85x5x3

Deadlift
135x5x1

First set of squats felt hard, second felt easy, and the third felt heavy again.

Benching was probably heavier than I should have gone, and I'll end up repeating that weight when I start up SS on monday.

Could have done more on the deadlift, but I'm not in a rush. Or I'm trying not to be, anyway.

So that's where I stand. Sad, but oh well.
For reference, the heaviest I have lifted is 185x5x3 for Squat, 120x5x3 for Bench, and 195x5 for Deadlift (all the weight I currently possess).

I'm about 6'2", somewhere between 165 and 180, I think. I hope to weigh myself next week. Skinny-fat around the middle, reasonable legs, and scrawny upper body. Two years ago, you could see my heartbeat on the skin of my chest.

My goals for the moment are to squat 300 by the end of August, bench close to bodyweight, and pull 350, maybe.
And not get too fat doing it, as I know the chances of me shedding excess mass in the fall are essentially nil, as my cortisol will be back through the roof, and I'll stop sleeping or eating in anything like a healthy pattern.

Things to do to meet those goals:

Train.
Build some squat stands.
Get a proper bar and plates.
Not pull my stupid groin again.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Hey welcome back, and glad to see you posting here again. By all means don't hurt yourself again, but unless you are getting laid regularly you find yourself pulling at your groin. But in a non-injurious way.

[tertius]

Hey welcome back, and glad to see you posting here again. By all means don't hurt yourself again, but unless you are getting laid regularly you find yourself pulling at your groin. But in a non-injurious way.

That's not what the priests tell me...

[Mark E. Hurling]

Bless me Father, for I was bogus.

[tertius]

Official Training Session #1

warmups not included here, because I'm lazy.

Squat
135x5x3

Press
65x5x3

Power clean
70x3x2

Power Snatch
70x3x3


Squatting felt weird. Started getting a random pain at the crease of my left hip, coming out of the hole. Stretched my left quad in between sets, and it was pretty much okay during the last set. I'm probably squatting excessively deep (just to the moment when my thighs and calves touch), but no biggie.

Pressing was oddly hard, given that I was bent pressing a 16 kilo kettlebell for fives a few weeks ago.

I remain a complete moron when attempting to power clean. I don't know why, but I cannot do the lift correctly. Some part of my motor cortex shuts off as the bar passes my knees, and the whole things goes to shit. The last clean somehow ended up becoming a snatch, so I just decided to say screw it, and power snatch instead. Which I can do, and actually enjoy. So I will not be power cleaning anymore. Snatching is cooler, anyway. Not as much load, and all that, but what the hell?

[The Emancipated Freak]

Official Training Session #1

warmups not included here, because I'm lazy.

It seems we share a common infirmity. It looks like you've had real bad luck with injuries before this. Good luck, man.