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[Erok]

Ah! Yes! There's also the birds that fly down the chimney & get stuck in the fireplace. Great memories.

[gatorinexile]

Pop.

Almost made it.

On my last squat warmup (300 for a single), there was a slight popping sensation in the groin. Area. Region. Not to get too anatomically technical. I threw my work set on the bar, but knew by rep 2 that it wha'n' gone happen. I've been resting and it's been getting better daily. Dunno.

I wasn't very kind to myself this week as I've been helping friends move; poor sleep, poor nutrition, unplanned lifting, etc. I was glad to help and got to show off some functional strength when I helped carry a woodstove out of the basement up a tight twisty stairwell. So, there's that.

After BP, I couldn't break my DL off the floor. 3 attempts. Did actually get it off the floor on #3, but only barely. I know it was my mind failing me after the 'pop'.

Combining that bit of news with a March that has me out of town a lot and the pressing numbers of a 14 year old, I'm going to do some fuckarouding for a few weeks then I'll start structured programming again with a 4-day split.

Here's the very anti-climactic end to my HLM run:

BW: 221 (HIIT seems to be working. Too well, perhaps? Eat moar!)

Sa:
SQ: pop
BP: 177.5 5x5
DL: 395 F/F/F
sad
Chins: 7 min DB for 26

Su:
HIIT

M:
OHP: 135 x5 / 115 3x5
Chins: DB for 27

T:
HIIT

W:
BP: 190 x 4 / 155 10/9/7
Chins: +25# 5/5/3
Curls: yes, curls

[gatorinexile]

Skied my ass off.

May have actually skied some of my ass off. It always amazes me how I go on these mini-vacations (4-5 days), eat like absolute crap (high CHO / F and low PRO), drink way too much, don't exercise yet come back the same weight or less. I can only figure I'm trading in some muscle for adipose tissue. Yay!

BW: 220

Friday: Drank, skied, drank, ate.
Saturday: Skied, drank, skied, drank, ate.
Sunday: Well, you get the idea.

On the groin front, I can do air squats pain free now, and whatever I did didn't effect my ability to ski - so that's good.

I have volume squats planed for Sunday - will warm up slow and hope for the best.

[kessg]

How is the training going? I'm also curious if you set up your 4 day split, and how that compares to HLM.

[gatorinexile]

Haven't really gotten into it, yet. I was out of town for more than 1/3 of March, so I just played around with the 4-day set-up (though I only got one 4-day week in) and did some bro stuff.

Still can't squat heavy, but I feel like it's almost there / healed. I need it badly. My DL is barely holding steady. Only pulled 385x3 last week. As much as I never looked forward to squatting heavy, now I miss it.

I'm planning on kicking it off in earnest this weekend.

[kessg]

How is the lifting going? Or back still an issue?

[gatorinexile]

Groin seems to be healed, but now I'm groin deep in a frame up bathroom remodel (while keeping my day job).

This is tiring and unhealthy. I'm already down to <215 and I've got over a week to go. Pretty sure that more than adipose is being consumed.

I really miss the iron. Can't wait to get back.

[gatorinexile]

Hmm. I wonder what happened to the rest of that post ^^? I probably said something illuminating. Shame.

That 9 day bathroom remodel turned into 6 weeks. I'm down to 208. Sheesh. That was lame. Bathroom looks pretty sweet doe.

1st day lifting since pre-demo. Trying to keep DOMS to a minimum.

Sq: 225 2x5
Ohp: 95 5/5/8-just cause
Dl: 315x3

I left on the 5 hole (belt), now I squeeze it into the 3 hole with ease. Hoping to pick back up all regular-like.