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Still going strong!

[Mr. Bingley]

keeping at it is 2/3s of the battle...

[Cheesepuff]

8/31/2024 Saturday

Squat 45x5 70x5,5,5 +5
Bench 45x5 111x5,5,5 +1
Airdyne 68 min

[Cheesepuff]

Decided I need some remedial rehab. Bruise from May is still an issue, Back, knee and shoulder flakiness, and trouble walking.
I'm clearly not active enough.

Hope to get back on the LP train soon as I don't think I have a lot of clock without it.

9/1/2024 Sunday
Pushups 6,6,6 from knees

9/2/2024 Monday
Pushups 10,10,10 from knees +3

9/3/2024 Tuesday
Backwards sled pull 40#x 124' 3 reps 10 min rest


9/4/2024 Wednesday Travel
9/5/2024 Thursday travel
9/6/2024 Friday travel
9/7/2024 Saturday travel
9/8/2024 Sunday travel
9/9/2024 Monday travel

9/10/2024 Tuesday
Pushups 12,12,12 from knees

9/11/2024 Wednesday
Backwards sled pull 40#x 144' 3 reps 10 min rest +20'


9/12/2024 Thursday
Trekking pole 30 minutes

9/13/2024 Friday
Pushups 15,15,15 From knees

9/14/2024 Saturday
Backwards sled pull 50#x 144' 3 reps 10 min rest + 0#

9/15/2024
trekking pole 40 minutes will consider rucking next time

9/16/2024 off

9/17/2024
Pushups 5,5,5 First "full pushups" in years
Backwards sled pull 50#x 144' 3 reps 10 min rest

On my travel days I went to a lake in Wisconsin I've been going to for over 30 years.
My walking was so bad that I did not participate in the "group walks", I slept poorly due to shoulder and back pain.
My goal is to reverse this, and get back to more "reliable" LP program, where I'm not always both injured and over trained.
I'd also like to take my 2 year old grand daughter to the zoo.
So far I think I am closing in on these objectives. Time will tell.
The backwards sled pull is the opposite of the push up, and had greatly reduced the pain of going down stairs.

It may not be a fools errand if I can get back to squats and deads without pain or injury, and am able to recover reasonably.
Truth is, I have been too inactive outside of what little lifting I have done. Prior to that I had walked too much.

I am hopeful. Weather will force back to my garage gym soon enough.

[BrooklynJerry]

Sorry to hear about the pain issues. I have found that using bands to work out seems to be a way to keep the muscles moving.I bought a pretty good set up on Amazon for about 25 bucks.

[Mr. Bingley]

i'm hopeful for you too 'puff!

[Cheesepuff]

BrooklynJerry: Thanks! I'll have to look into those. Used some in the past for rehabs and swim training.

Mr. Bingley: Thanks!

9/18/2024
Wt 262
Pushups (full) 6,5,6 ***almost +1 (probably should have skipped a day)
Rucking w/trekking poles 262+16 = 278 / 42 min / 4200 ft (0.795 miles) (1,1 mph)

Appears to be time to cut the alcohol, outside of that my diet is pretty good.
Time will tell.

[Cheesepuff]

Thursday wt 262 was likely 267 (or so) prior to 40 minute ruck

9/19/2024 Thursday wt 264
push up (half) 5 scheduled off day thought I'd throw in warm up type set

9/20/2024 Friday wt 262
Push up full 4,4 (was going for 7)
Push up half 11,15 11 was continuation of set 2

Diet: cut alcohol, and way back on starch and sugar.

Recovery: Ruck was much harder to recover from than I anticipated. Yet if felt like it did a lot of good.
Plan a sled pull tomorrow and a similar ruck the next day.

"Everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth." Mike Tyson

[BrooklynJerry]

You got some good training in, 👍

[Cheesepuff]

BrooklynJerry: Thanks!

In retrospect, I should have started with about half of the rucking I did. Still struggling with recovery.
But, that workout really moved the chains. But I need it to be sustainable. A single workout is never the answer.
Diet has been much better... especially the "liquid portion".
It looks like rucking will be part of the solution.

9/21/2024 Saturday
off

9/22/2024 Sunday
Half pushups 15,20,20

9/23/2024 Monday
Wt 261
Off