tescott's log

[tescott]

Right anterior shoulder has been sore. Massage of anterior delts seems to help. Will need to keep up SMR with a tennis ball.

Also been doing a fair bit of quad SMR with a rolling pin. Still some knee pain, but getting better.

Warm up: high knees; butt kicks; squats; lunges; swings

Squats 3x5x132.5kg. These were really dodgy. Possible explanations: only had 6 hours sleep last night; training in the morning. Not sure whether or not I’ll progress weight next time.

Press 3x5x71kg. I was surprised that I got these, considering the squats sucked so much, and how hard the first set was. Stoke I got them.

Chin Ups 3xmax. 7-6-5

Hurt my knee running across the road.

[tescott]

A lot of knee pain today. Both knees.

Squat 3x5x132.5kg. Felt better than last time. Knees felt better after squats than before. Still not great form.

Bench Press 3x5x97.5kg. Tough! Really happy I got these. Will add 1-1.5kg next time. Left bicep sore again on eccentric portion, especially first rep of each set. Belted

No power cleans today. Will lay off them until knee pain gets better. Also not feeling great, so instead of chin ups, I just did some curls.

Curls 12x16kg, 12x21kg, 10x26kg.

[tescott]

Had pain in medial left knee today, feels like articular surface/meniscus.

Squat 2x5x110kg. Some knee pain during and after squatting. Didn’t feel as though it was making it worse. 3min rests.

Press 3x5x72.5kg. These felt great. Really happy to get this. 5min rests. Belted, as usual

Chin Ups 8-6-5. 4min rests

[tescott]

Started taking fish oil yesterday. 9 tablets/day (180/120) (3 lots of 3)

Squat 3x5x135kg. Felt pretty good, though my hips are drifting back in my later reps. Not sure how to fix…

Right knee was pretty sore before session and during warm up. Got better through sets. Left knee hurt during some reps.

Sore right bicep after squats.

Bench Press 3x5x98.5kg. Accidently did 101kg for first set. Managed 4 reps. Then did 98.5 for 5-4. Will continue to add weight next time. Belted.

Deadlift 1x5x170kg.

[tescott]

No training today. Woke up on Sunday with a bad cold, still feeling wrecked. Though, my knees have been feeling better and better over the weekend. May be the fish oil...

[tescott]

No training again today. Still sick. Plan to train on Friday. Two noteworthy training developments though:

1) My friend's younger brother is going to start training with me on Friday. Well, he's my friend too. Looking forward to teaching someone new again. He reckons he's committing to it too, so it will be good to have a training partner.

2) I'm lining up some coaching of my own. I've never had coaching, but I found great gym that charges $12 for a casual visit and provides coaching too. If his reputation is true, the coach is legit. He wants me to come in several times and we'll work on one lift a session. At $12 for a visit, can't go wrong.

[tescott]

No training today. Still sick.

Getting ~300g protein/day, and 6g vitamin C/day. Also looking after my sick wife. Well, looking after our boy while my wife rests. She's getting smashed by this one. Normally its the other way around!

Really, really looking forward to getting back to the gym. Been reading over at Dan John's site, as well as scouring Chaos and Pain (that guy's nuts). Just want to lift...