What training are you doing/have you done today? Vol.2

[Burwood]

DD, your instagram act is offline??

[Halb]

Johnny said:

Deadlifts and beard trim today

Lots of dead volume @100kg, approx. 20x5

Finished with plenty of stiff leg deads, 5x10@60kg

Feeling it.

But looking fly.

20 sets of five reps?

I also shaved off my muttonchops today.

Edited by Halb on Wednesday 16th August 18:11

[chris watton]

Today:

Bench Press - 6x12-3 reps
DB Fly's - 4x20-12 reps
Chest Dips - 4x30-12 reps
DB Cross-Bench Pullover - 4x16-12 reps

Wide Grip Pull Ups - 4x10-7 reps (Dead hang each rep)
BB BOR (Reverse grip) - 4x12-8 reps
SLDL - 4x10, 8, 6 & 4 reps
Seated Pulley Row - 4x16-12 reps

[ORD]

PT session in the afternoon rather than my usual evening workouts on my own. Pleasantly surprised by fitness level / work capacity.

RDLs: 4 sets of 8-6 reps @ 80-100kg
Super-setted with KB swings.

Weighted chins: 4 sets of 5 reps @ 5,10,15,15kg
Super-setted with 15kg overhead slams.

Chest supported row: 4 x 8 @ 25kg DBs.
Super-setted with 8 reps of straight arm lat pull downs.

3 rounds of pushing and pulling a weighted sled to finish.

I think 6 x 100kg is a PR for RDLs.

[Granfondo]

61km cycle with 3000ft climbing.
Climbing legs are getting there for trip to Tuscany where they love the hills!

[Johnny]

Halb said:

Johnny said:

Deadlifts and beard trim today

Lots of dead volume @100kg, approx. 20x5

Finished with plenty of stiff leg deads, 5x10@60kg

Feeling it.

But looking fly.

20 sets of five reps?

I also shaved off my muttonchops today.

Edited by Halb on Wednesday 16th August 18:11

Yah, 20 sets of 5 @100kg

[chris watton]

Today:

Seated DB Shoulder Press - 5x20-8 reps
Low Pulley Lat Raises - 4x16-12 reps
High Pull - 4x10-5 reps
BB Shoulder Shrug - 4x18-12 reps
Face Pull - 4x14-10 reps

CG Bench Press - 4x12-6 reps
Seated Triceps bar Extensions - 4x12-8 reps
Low Pulley Preacher Curl - 4x16-10 reps
Incline DB Curl - 4x12-7 reps

[Halb]

Johnny said:

Yah, 20 sets of 5 @100kg

10,000kg, that's some volume.
How did you feel after that?

[Burwood]

I changed things up a bit this week. My normal split is chest/tri, back/bicep/ shoulders/legs. I really like to feel the DOMS the next day but my triceps are very difficult to hit that hard to encounter soreness the following day. I think it's because of all the pressing. They are just immune to stress and by the time I've pounded chest which is always sore the next day i'm spent.

Yesterday my chest was still sore so i just did triceps/biceps. 30 odd sets of rope extensions/push downs and overhead extensions. I can certainly feel it today

Now that my right shoulder is fine, I've developed the same rotator cuff issue in my left debt and my Brachialis in the right arm is very sore. It's definitely holding me back. A year ago i was shoulder pressing 80kg for 8. I can't do more than 60kg at the moment.

[chris watton]

Today:

Back Extensions - 2x25

Squats:
5x12-8 reps
5x5-1 rep

DB Static Lunges - 4x12-8 reps
Leg Press - 4x20-5 reps
BB Standing Calf Raises - 5x14-9reps

Power Clean - 8x6-1 rep

Weighted Back Extensions - 3x15 reps

[jontysafe]

Carb loaded this morning for an afternoon on the bike and it's currently thunder, lightening and hail.

Hate that.

[chris watton]

Burwood said:

I changed things up a bit this week. My normal split is chest/tri, back/bicep/ shoulders/legs. I really like to feel the DOMS the next day but my triceps are very difficult to hit that hard to encounter soreness the following day. I think it's because of all the pressing. They are just immune to stress and by the time I've pounded chest which is always sore the next day i'm spent.

Yesterday my chest was still sore so i just did triceps/biceps. 30 odd sets of rope extensions/push downs and overhead extensions. I can certainly feel it today

Now that my right shoulder is fine, I've developed the same rotator cuff issue in my left debt and my Brachialis in the right arm is very sore. It's definitely holding me back. A year ago i was shoulder pressing 80kg for 8. I can't do more than 60kg at the moment.

I find that CG Bench and weighted Dips work for me, regarding firing up the triceps, with the former being an absolute killer on the last few reps.

Don't force the issue with your RC, they take an age to heal. When I hurt my RC, it put me back at least 8 months (maybe even a year before fully healed), where OH Pressing is concerned

[knk]

Getting there, and uninjured.

[Burwood]

chris watton said:

Burwood said:

I changed things up a bit this week. My normal split is chest/tri, back/bicep/ shoulders/legs. I really like to feel the DOMS the next day but my triceps are very difficult to hit that hard to encounter soreness the following day. I think it's because of all the pressing. They are just immune to stress and by the time I've pounded chest which is always sore the next day i'm spent.

Yesterday my chest was still sore so i just did triceps/biceps. 30 odd sets of rope extensions/push downs and overhead extensions. I can certainly feel it today

Now that my right shoulder is fine, I've developed the same rotator cuff issue in my left debt and my Brachialis in the right arm is very sore. It's definitely holding me back. A year ago i was shoulder pressing 80kg for 8. I can't do more than 60kg at the moment.

I find that CG Bench and weighted Dips work for me, regarding firing up the triceps, with the former being an absolute killer on the last few reps.

Don't force the issue with your RC, they take an age to heal. When I hurt my RC, it put me back at least 8 months (maybe even a year before fully healed), where OH Pressing is concerned

I hear you Chris. I should go and seek treatment as it's only getting worse. I noticed after my 10 day holiday I came back to the gym full of beans so perhaps less is more. Part of my problem is I train a lot to counter my high caloric diet. Over summer I'll indulge so exercising daily keeps that in check. Cheers

[ORD]

If the price of healthy shoulders is staying off the cake, that's surely an easy decision!

[chris watton]

I have a strange one that I have had for a couple of weeks now. I must have let the bar drop a little too far when doing Squats, and it seemed I stretched/pulled a muscle in my upper pec. This was uncomfortable for a couple of days but went away.

However, since then, whenever I have my arm in a certain position, it feel like I have terrible cramp in my triceps (on the same side as my upper pec prob), and also get pins and needles in my hand.
It hasn't effected my training at all, and it doesn't hurt, have the cramp-like feel, but does when relaxing, it doesn't seem to want to go away. Could it be a trapped nerve?

[Burwood]

I wouldn't say I eat a lot of cake etc. Just eat what I want. My diet is very good actually. I'm in my 40s. Who wouldn't have a few muscle related niggles if you pound the gym for 25 years. I think I'm very healthy.

[Burwood]

chris watton said:

I have a strange one that I have had for a couple of weeks now. I must have let the bar drop a little too far when doing Squats, and it seemed I stretched/pulled a muscle in my upper pec. This was uncomfortable for a couple of days but went away.

However, since then, whenever I have my arm in a certain position, it feel like I have terrible cramp in my triceps (on the same side as my upper pec prob), and also get pins and needles in my hand.
It hasn't effected my training at all, and it doesn't hurt, have the cramp-like feel, but does when relaxing, it doesn't seem to want to go away. Could it be a trapped nerve?

I can get strange muscle pain after a lot of ab work. If I were you Chris I'd see your Dr. Highly likely you've pulled something and with quad exercises working everyone so to speak you just don't know. The feeling in your hands should be looked at in my opinion if anything just to put your mind at rest.

[ORD]

Burwood said:

I wouldn't say I eat a lot of cake etc. Just eat what I want. My diet is very good actually. I'm in my 40s. Who wouldn't have a few muscle related niggles if you pound the gym for 25 years. I think I'm very healthy.

It wasn't meant as a criticism, Burwood. I apologise if it came across that way.

[chris watton]

Burwood said:

I can get strange muscle pain after a lot of ab work. If I were you Chris I'd see your Dr. Highly likely you've pulled something and with quad exercises working everyone so to speak you just don't know. The feeling in your hands should be looked at in my opinion if anything just to put your mind at rest.

Cheers.

The last doctor's appointment (for my RC and lower back - both my fault and avoidable, TBH) took two weeks, and the referral to a physio was two months, by that time, I was all but healed. I'll wait a couple more weeks and see if it clears up by itself...