re: Daily Strength Check-In

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Calves in the leg press machine 1x30 with 280lbs 3x20 with 280 lbs

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So much more comfortable than the seated calf press we have at my gym. You can really get the stretch without feeling like you might pop something.

PushA W1

Meadows Laterals 20sx10, 35sx12, 16, 19

Bench 135x10, 185x6, 230x6, 6, 6, 275x1

BH DB Fly 35sx10, 50sx14, 12

OH Cable Triceps 95x24, 20, Dropset 95x16, 80x8, 50x12

68 minutes

PullA W1

SROM Cable Row 150x10, 195x15, 14, 13

Pull-ups BWx5, BW-25x10, 8

Inverse Zottmans 40sx10, 10, 10

Close Grip Pulldown 160x10, 10, 10

Bayesian Curl 80sx9, 8

Really seeing a drop off in reps without the rest time built into a split utilizing opposing muscle group alternation. I’m hoping that is a good thing though.

Lego W1

Prone Leg Curl 80x10, 100x10, 11, 12

Machine Leg Press 300x8, 395x7, 7, 8

Machine Calf Press 320x15, 13, 12

BB RDL 195x8, 245x8, 8

Hip Abduction 130x12, 175x10, 10, 15

73 minutes

Checking in with a new bench 1rm. Sitting at 295.

Zero strength and motivation today. This time change is bullshite, man.

Checking with new bench 1rm. Got 300 lbs today. Feels great.

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well my dang 13 year old

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Wait til he hits 14 and surpasses you in everything but bench. As a 45 year old man who lifts consistently, it was sobering to say the least.

ETA: I'm proud of him no doubt but it must be nice to have no stress, sleep 9 hours, have a personal chef, and a personal trainer. Oh and you don't have to work, and probably have a test level of 1000

Every rep I perform that includes pain, in any form or intensity*, I am forced to hear the voices of all the adults who coached or taught me as a youth, and I am hearing them say things such as, "Enjoy it now, while you can, this doesn't last forever." Every time I heard someone say that, I would agree with them because I trusted them and I trusted their knowledge as "older people", not because I knew they were right. How could I? I was young. Of course, most of them would also immediately follow up statement #1 with it's inevitable chaser --- statement #2, "None of you are gonna understand this until you're older anyway." Holy Crap! These old frickers know everything, are they in my head?

But I also remember how I felt that these coaches/teachers/adults were just using their age as an excuse and I vowed never to be like that. I can't stand excuses.

Anyway. My anterior left shoulder feels like shite when I press/bench press now and I don't like it. It makes the voices louder.

5/3/1(5th cycle) - W2D3 - Bench Press

Warm-Up sets: 45 x 5 x 2, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 225 x 1

Work Sets:
#1 - 250 x 3
#2 - 285 x 3
#3 - 320 x 4(+3 MINRAP)

*every rep hurts...every damn one.

Until recently, I've been a left side, left arm cranked up under my head, sleeper. Just like any PT tells you NOT to sleep if you want to have good shoulder health(not the left side part, the arm raised up to support your head part). It finally bit me in the arse after not being a problem for who knows how long, maybe my whole life. I can only say for sure I've slept like this for about 10 years, all with no issues or pain as a result.

For about a month now I've been pretty consistent about keeping my arm down near my side when I sleep, hopefully this helps, I really need to break that bad habit. I'm at the age where it's always something. It used to be pain in the elbows and shoulders only while squatting, but as soon as I fixed all of that I started having left wrist pain with pressing/push-ups, and now I've added left shoulder pain while bench pressing. I'm just gonna start pumping myself full of HGH and be done with it.