Bryan's journal

[Bryan Dobson]

Thursday 28 January 2016
Bwt 223.6

Wu and shoulder prhab

A little preface. I jacked up my right it band somehow on Monday doing those high bar squats..fuck high bar.( it started to feel it Monday night in the right knee and now the hot spot is the hip) . I did some yoga yesterday after work and though I was good but the it band lit up while I was sleeping and cost me a couple of hours of precious shut eye. Too much pain for such a minor problem. It felt a little better through the day so I decided to proceed cautiously on squats instead of hitting competition volume squat I am considering rescinding that extra occurrence of squatting in my 10 day week.
So a little set back for squats, but probably not for long,

Bench press
45x5x3,95x5,115x5.135x3,1555x1,185x1,210x1
242.5x5x3.... Yeah I just have to keep rolling with these easy gains. Eat, sleep and lift just a few heavy sets = gains.
Rep pr and volume pr.

Squats no belt no sleeves
(135,225,275,315)x5. @315 I started to shift a little involuntarily due to reflex from IT band and shut it down after that set.
I hope it feels better and let's me sleep.

Pull-ups 7,7,7

Tempo JM press myo reps. bar x 20,5,5,5,5,3

Shoulder Prehab.

Ps..
high work stress week 10% layoff. Happening today and tommorow. I hope to sleep better after tommorow.

[Bryan Dobson]

Sunday 31 January 2016
Bwt 222.8. #how to tell if you have a tapeworm..

Normal wu and shoulder Prehab/rehab

Press 45x5x2,95x5,115x4,135x3,155x1
176x5x3 woo progress.a pound is a pound, the tonnage adds up to enough to add another 1.5 pounds.

Deadlift warmup to 410x5
going linear for a while to get up to and past previous pr, shoulder seems to hold up well to pulls now.

Pendlay rows goldilocks style. 225x5( too light) 275x5(too heavy to do pretty). 245x5(just right)

21" step ups single leg +20 3x10ea. Working on hips and knee alignment and fixing that IT band.
Barbell curls 65x12,11,15


Ps. I didn't lose my job. Though I may gain extra responsibilities. Sleeping better now.

[Bryan Dobson]

Form and bat speed tracking
Last set of press
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Deadlift 410x5. Still 35 pounds out from 5 rep pr territory. These seem mundane.

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[paterfamilias]

Awesome recovery in progress, Bryan. You are coming roaring back.

Congrats on not losing your job. I always like it when that happens to me.

[Bryan Dobson]

Awesome recovery in progress, Bryan. You are coming roaring back.

Congrats on not losing your job. I always like it when that happens to me.

I like to eat too much to be unemployed.
I want to squeeze as many progressions as possible out of this set up before I complicate things. So trying to maximize the SRA cycles. more food, more sleep, try not to stress about the little things.

[mkgillman]

I hope you explained to your employer that their stress was counterproductive to your recovery and adaptation.

[Bryan Dobson]

I hope you explained to your employer that their stress was counterproductive to your recovery and adaptation.

The struggle is real. I encourage everyone to drive a lot and heat your homes to 72 degrees. Enjoy the low prices and use this cheap energy up.

In other struggles I am trying to figure out how to squeeze in a 5 th meal a day .

[mkgillman]

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[Bryan Dobson]

I am going to start with a bed time sandwich. That should bust me out of homeostasis.

[Leah Lutz]

I am certain you will find a way for that extra meal, you are determined.