Reply With QuoteAw man, sorry you're feeling sick and low. Hope it passes soon.
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I have Friday's workout to log, but later. I'm feeling a little sick and a lot low.
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Aw man, sorry you're feeling sick and low. Hope it passes soon.
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Your chins are super impressive.
Definitely get a belt ASAP - I held off on getting one until I felt like I deserved / needed one and that was dumb and I regret it. There's a learning curve to using one and you might as well start on it without having to do as big a reset. General Leathercraft has reasonable prices, is super-responsive, and delivers quickly.
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If you need to tighten your body a belt is indispensable. Get one now. The belt if tightened enough will become something one squeezes his/her body against. It helps to tightened your body enough for heavier lifts.
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I'm not sure how I got this wrong. It's my left shoulder.Originally Posted by pertuset
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Thank you
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11/21 workout
squat 185 x 5, 175 x 5, 5
bench 135x5, 3, 2
chin 6,5,4
Feeling crappy w cold, definitely not at 100%
squats
Tried to stick at 185 with form correction but this felt impossible, either because of form work or illness; more likely both together.
bench
Second go at 135, still missing reps. Again, not sure if I just shouldn't be there yet, or if this is the illness.
chins
The only thing that felt good.
general notes
Logging this with too long of a delay to remember much except feeling physically and emotionally blech.
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11/23 workout
squat 175x5,5,5
press 80x5,5,5
dead 255x4
chins 5,5,5
squat
Felt solid. I hate that this is the third time I've deloaded in 6 weeks. With my most recent correction, I was back to being a bit high. I'm getting depth again and now I think I've finally got form dialed in. I'll be glad to start progressing again.
press
Feeling strong. The only thing that's still progressing steadily with no hiccups. Sticking with 1lb jumps, not getting greedy.
dead
Rested maybe 30 seconds between reps 3 & 4. So maybe really 3 + a single. 250 felt easy last week, today's 255 kicked my ass.
chins
Same volume of chins as last time. Finally have a plan thanks to Wolf. Tried to go up 1 total this time but didn't have it in me.
general notes
Still sick, but getting better. Low energy. Again, too long a delay in logging to remember more. Should take more notes in the gym if I'm not going to log right away.
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11/25 workout
squat 180x5,5,5
bench 135x3,3,2,2,2
snatch-grip dead 135x5, 145x5, 155x5, 165x5, 175x5
chins 5,4,4,4
squat
hooray for progressing again
bench
feeling stuck at 135, switched to triples. Still missing reps. Think I may deload a bit and take another run at it.
snatch-grip dead
per Wolf, adding a light deadlift day where I would otherwise be doing power cleans but for shoulder
chins
Spread to 4 sets, added 2 to total volume
general notes
still a wee bit sick
skeletal/neuro
left shoulder hurting, hard to get it in good position under bar for squat, but gets better during workout
women's health
would be shark week but for IUD which seems to reduce or eliminate bleeding but not other aspects of cycle. 2 things usually affected for me: everything feels heavier and I'm more likely to experience stress incontinence
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11/27 workout
squat 145x5,5
press 81x5,5,5
dead 250x5
chins 5,5,5,4
squat
Introducing a light/low volume day, per Wolf.
press
Still progressing nicely 1lb at a time
dead
Accidentally misloaded, expected to do 255, but still struggled with 250 (on 11/18 they came up quick). These were more like 3+1+1 with about 30-60 seconds rest
chins
Went up 2 in volume again. Yay
general notes
Feeling better. Not 100% over illness, but close.
skeletal/neuro
Left shoulder feels terrible. Enough pain to wake me repeatedly last night. Felt better by end of workout but it's feeling super unstable recently and gets painful often. I need to figure out what to do about it. Waiting it out isn't working this time.
women's health
still shark week, still a little crampy, much more leaking w deads
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