Granny's Log (deb)

[granny]

CYCLE 15, WEEK 2, DAY 4 12_12_17 Tuesday, Hannukah. And our anniversary. Happy Happy.
Squat Light Triples 152#/3 (5) feels like Ive been squatting that forever. wth.
DEADLIFT HEAVY 3's 210#/3 (3) These are getting easier. Getting over my FODL.
Snatch Grip RDL 135#/8, 6, 6
Shrug 135#/10 (4)

[granny]

CYCLE 15, WEEK 3, DAY 1 12_14_17 Thursday. Today, I was Super Granny!!!!
OHP Heavy Singles 94.408#, 94.408#, 95# (kilo plates really suck) PR! Thrilled, but I may do these over, they felt TOO easy.
CGBP 100#/8, 8, 8 I annilhilated these.
Triceps
LTE 45#/12, 45#/8, 40#/12
Crossbody Dumbbell things 20#/6, 17.5#/8
French Press 25#/10 (3)
Pressdown (split rope handle) 50#/10, 40#/7, 40#+30#+20#/7+7+7 (3) IDK why these were so hard; my arms feel all big & stiff like they'll explode, yet I still have no muscle.

[BrooklynJerry]

You gotta command them to grow alla CT Fletcher.

[Oldster]

It's days like this that keep us coming back! Congratulations!

[granny]

thanks!1CYCLE 15, WEEK 3, DAY 2 12_16_17 Saturday
IDK if my rib is out, it IS a month ago I had a spazz like this, or just not recovered. Trying to get to eye dr, bake cookies, squat in basement. Got to 165, yeah. NO SOUP FOR GRANNY.

oh yeah. had a fight with my boss. maybe that.

[granny]

CYCLE 15, WEEK 3, DAY 3 12_17_17 Sunday
OHP Light Triples 77#/3
HEAVY BENCH SINGLES 126# (3) PR Finally get a longtime goal of 125 (rather than 135# for the year, darnit). So I am stubborn and added a pound, 126#, grindy but got them.
Incline Bench 75#/10, 80#/8 (2)
the first spotter i had to tell get off the bar dont touch it.
and, my rib/back IS out. *sigh*

[Oldster]

A PR...nice!

As to the rib, have you tried two tennis balls tied off tight in the bottom of a sock? Lie on the floor and put them beneath your low back with a ball on either side of your spine. Sloooowly roll down so the balls go up your back. Usually about 5-10 minutes. Take time at each painful place. It will either move back where it should, or relax the muscles to help with pain. I tend to do it two or three times in a day if the rib doesn't go back in. The first time will relax the muscles and a few more attempts will, but not always, get it. Check with your chiro to see if he doesn't mind. I go to two separate doc's and both promote it.

[granny]

A PR...nice!

As to the rib, have you tried two tennis balls tied off tight in the bottom of a sock? Lie on the floor and put them beneath your low back with a ball on either side of your spine. Sloooowly roll down so the balls go up your back. Usually about 5-10 minutes. Take time at each painful place. It will either move back where it should, or relax the muscles to help with pain. I tend to do it two or three times in a day if the rib doesn't go back in. The first time will relax the muscles and a few more attempts will, but not always, get it. Check with your chiro to see if he doesn't mind. I go to two separate doc's and both promote it.

Thank you! Yes I use two lacrosse balls (much harder) in a sock and a foam roller. Pretty sure the globo people think Im crazy using the balls on my traps/pecs against a pole before I press and bench. The thing with the rib is it seems like its more toward my rhomboid/shoulder which seems to affect everything down the line, if you will? (I roll/trigger point the whole scapular/shoulder girdle area). I think its happening more now (rib) because of my tendency to forget/lose my tight (I use a belt on heavy press, benchpress, squat, dead all of it; still catch myself sometimes w/soft quads in the press etc. - the setup/tight, it matters a lot more with heavier weights Im finding) and also one adductor/etc is super tight compared to the other. My chiro is fine with the stretch/trigger point - BUT he says, dont lift heavy weights!

[granny]

You gotta command them to grow alla CT Fletcher.

ha. I probably need to cut weight...less food; no whisky or beer. I can do that NEXT year.

CYCLE 15, WEEK 3, DAY 4 12_19_17 Tuesday
Squat Light Triples 153#/3 (5) right knee, wut?
DEADLIFT HEAVY SINGLES 230# (3)
RDL 140#/6 (3)
Shrug 140#/10 (3)

[BrooklynJerry]

No sense depriving yourself during Christmas and New Years.