Tuesday, 07/29/14
Reply With QuoteUpper body is going strong and will stay according to plan. However, we're making some adjustments to lower body training coming off the SI injury. We're going to need to use my deload week to rebuild strength without accumulating fatigue, which means ramping up intensity but keeping volume low. This is the last week of transmutation and deload week starts Monday. I press tomorrow and did some deadlifts and squats today.
My SI has been feeling very well, but there have been a series of unfortunate events that have been trying to prevent me from recovery and lifting today. If there wasn't so much pain and stress involved, I would almost have to laugh:
1) Tuesday night I didn't sleep very much, because I mowed the yard without my mask . My allergies flared up so badly that my lungs tightened up, and it was super hard to breathe. I had thoughts of going to the ER, but it cleared up a great deal after I just boiled some water and breathed in steam for awhile. I need to get an inhaler for when my allergies are this bad. On top of that, I spent a good amount of the evening on the toilet with some horrible stomach thing, which continued into Wednesday.
2) We had a pinhole leak in the water supply line to our refrigerator that, over the course of probably a few days, flooded water subtlety underneath our wood floor boards. So I spent all afternoon and evening yesterday up and down on my hands and knees removing flooring. It was just awful and couldn't be worse for getting the lower body recovery I need.
3) I had athlete's foot on my left foot and scratched it so much that now it is pretty painful. If that wasn't enough, I have an incredibly tender big toe that is infected from an ingrown toenail on the same foot. On top of that, I stubbed the pinky toe on my right foot so that it took a little chunk of skin off the top.
So training today:
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x2
385x1
425x1
475x1
455x1x2
Squat
135x4
225x2
315x2
405x1
425x1x3 2.5m Slingshot wraps, 7 revolutions
My SI starting aching some on warmups, but I went ahead with the planned singles, as it starting feeling a little better after some extra rest between sets. I probably irritated it a little more with the squats, but each set kept getting better than the last. I really worked on perfect technique with both lifts. I'm back to thumbs around on the squat, which just feels so much better to me.
I think the SI is gonna be okay, but I'm a little concerned, and I'm icing it now.
Originally Posted by Josiah Moye
