Phil's Log of Extraordinary Mediocrity.

[omaniphil]

5/19/2017

Squats 285lbs for 5 sets of 5
Bench Press 190lbs for 5 sets of 5
RDLs 280lbs for 3 sets of 7

[omaniphil]

5/21/2017

Deadlift 375lbsx5, 340lbs for 2 sets of 5
OHP 150lbs for 5 sets of 5
Board Press 210lbs for 3 sets of 5


Hmm... Deadlifts felt heavier than they should. Might be sleep related. I did 395lbs for 5 triples a month ago, and I don't remember it being as hard as the 375lbsx5 was yesterday. I wonder if maybe its just a work capacity issue or lack thereof. Well, time to build that back up. OHP was not bad. Each set was probably RPE 8-8.5.

[omaniphil]

I haven't logged in a while, but I have been wanting to pick it up again for a while. But not here though. This place is not the same.

[Jonny Betts]

Hi Phil. If you don't mind me asking, how's your achilles doing now? I've been dealing with achilles tendinopathy for over a year now and I was wondering if you found a fix for it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[omaniphil]

Hi Phil. If you don't mind me asking, how's your achilles doing now? I've been dealing with achilles tendinopathy for over a year now and I was wondering if you found a fix for it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Its been fine - no problems at all. I was initially skeptical of the regime that the PT had me doing - but it seemed to have worked. Rest alone didn't fix it. The first exercise was basically just moving the ankle, while seated, with the leg up, through the range of motion of dorsiflexion - extension, the second exercise was doing calf raises. Initially on both feet, then one footed, and then weighted. Third exercise was pistol squats - didn't have to go all the way down. Let pain be your guide - if it starts to hurt, stop, and pick it up again later. I did that every day, and after 2-3 weeks, the tendinopathy was basically gone.

[Jonny Betts]

Its been fine - no problems at all. I was initially skeptical of the regime that the PT had me doing - but it seemed to have worked. Rest alone didn't fix it. The first exercise was basically just moving the ankle, while seated, with the leg up, through the range of motion of dorsiflexion - extension, the second exercise was doing calf raises. Initially on both feet, then one footed, and then weighted. Third exercise was pistol squats - didn't have to go all the way down. Let pain be your guide - if it starts to hurt, stop, and pick it up again later. I did that every day, and after 2-3 weeks, the tendinopathy was basically gone.

Ah that's great to hear you completely resolved it. How many sets/reps did they have you doing of the exercises?

[omaniphil]

Ah that's great to hear you completely resolved it. How many sets/reps did they have you doing of the exercises?

Don't remember off hand. High reps though - think 3-4 sets of 20

[Jonny Betts]

Don't remember off hand. High reps though - think 3-4 sets of 20

Thanks for the reply! Hopefully it can help me get rid of this shit too