Building myself back up
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All the best Ranc. A timely reminder to all of us about what's important in life, thanks for writing mate.
I'm starting to realize that the more sophisticated this world seems to get, life is increasingly about the simple things - decent food, exercise and time with loved ones.
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Thanks so much for your kind words fellas.
I think the best thing is to have lots to do and to stay busy. No point in just sitting at home dwelling over this. I promised my wife that this wouldn't break us and that we'd do her proud. I intend to keep that promise.
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Pretty good session this morning and good start to the day.
Shoulders:
Presses, side raises, front raises, and shrugsFinished off with the rower.
Not feeling like a cripple any more which is nice. Not seeing as much of a wraith in the mirror either.
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Absolutely feel for you mate @Rancid-Schnitzel.
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@rancid-schnitzel Much love to you and yours. A couple of weeks ago I lost two family members in the space of a few days, both unexpectedly, both healthy, active men. Just reinforces the idea to focus on what really matters, which is who you love. I'm glad that exercise is offering a little comfort at this incredibly tough time. All the best.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel my condolences RS, keep strong!
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Thanks again girl and guys.
It's all very up and down. You think you're past it or turning a corner but small things can set you off. But just coming on TSF helps out, so I appreciate you all putting up with my shit for the past few years. You're a great bunch of human beings.
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Wednesday: Son had gymnastics so had 1h30 to kill. Hit legs for first time in weeks. Went OK initially, but suddenly went to jelly. Sensibly moved on to other things.
Did 500m row, 20 push ups x 4
and also 15 burpees plus 20 crunches x 4.
Also went for a 2km run and was good to discover that I can now run without back pain.Still a long way from where I was but getting better faster than expected.
Today: Back
Latpulldowns, seated rows, Incline rows, back extensions.15 burpees, 20 crunches x 4.
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Friday: Arms
Started with 2km row.
Barbell curls, hammers, concentration curls
Overhead tris, pushdownsFelt OK.
Was hungry so smashed a chicken parmagana for lunch and a proper Wiener Schnitzel for dinner.
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Was a nice weekend at the beach which included a little ceremony for my wife. We'll have to go up more often.
Today: Chest
Started with some abs and burpees then:
Flat bench: 20, 15, 10, 10, 6
Incline: 20, 15, 10, 10,
Cable crossovers crossovers plus cable pushes 15 x 3.
100 push-ups.Did the job.
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Tuesday: shoulders, very nice
But
Wednesday: leg day,
I managed to fark up my shoulder. How is that possible on leg day? Well was just finishing up with some burpees and bam, the pain. Hurt just raising my arm.
Feeling a bit better today and hope itll be OK after the weekend. I Absolutely freak out about shoulder injuries, particularly anything that might involve the rotator cuff. Really pissed off it happened on farking leg day.
Might try some cardio tomorrow. Have to do something.
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Age sucks man. I twinged my good knee scrubbing the shower floor and my left wrist doing some very light boxing training. Gym is purely low impact cycling for now, at least its something! (silverlining is I'm catching up on my youtube vids while working out )
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@rembrandt said in Building myself back up:
Age sucks man. I twinged my good knee scrubbing the shower floor and my left wrist doing some very light boxing training. Gym is purely low impact cycling for now, at least its something! (silverlining is I'm catching up on my youtube vids while working out )
And I'm sure there are plenty to catch up on!
Shoulder has improved heaps during the day, but still pretty bloody annoying when a simple burpee can cause damage.
I'm going to blame poor technique or overtraining not age. I'm only 38 (soon 39).....wish I was 19 again.
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Arms today. Probably should have taken day off but it went OK and I was careful. Only pain from hanging leg raises when warming up.
Also managed 2km row without trouble which was a good sign. Will hopefully be 100% or close to it by Monday.
Felt good after this workout, which just shows how much I need to do it.
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Saturday: On my feet all day so plenty of motion but KFC for lunch (which was fucking disgusting, can't recall Zingers being that bad) and then 9 tacos for dinner. Was hungry.
Sunday: Run at oval for the first time since everything happened. Did 10 laps with 5 involving 6 pullups. Shoulder ok but not sure if it's ready for benchpress tomorrow. Run went really well so fitness is still there. Will ramp that up in the coming weeks.
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Monday: Didn't have time. Was a really bad day. Have to make time.
Tuesday: Chest. Shoulder a little ginger but otherwise OK. Good session.
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@rancid-schnitzel gotta give yourself those days when things just don't line up. Good to hear the shoulder is on the improve.
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Bit of a lag here.
Wednesday: Trained while son had gym for hour and a half. Don't usually got into the weights room at around that time (5pm) and it was of course farking jammed. I hate that and perhaps went much faster and harder than necessary. Anyway, did back and was fooking knackered after about 30 minutes. Managed some rows and a bit of running after that but was as drained as a vampire victim. Shoulder held up well though.
Thursday: Legs. Good session.
Friday: Arms. Wasn't big on a dedicated arm day before, but am becoming a fan. I gots my pump on. Some rowing and burpees as well. Did the job.
Today: Hit the oval and of course it pissed down raining when I did, but fuck it I'm from NZ and lived in Norway for 10 years. Some dudes who were playing soccer ran straight under cover and were still there when I left. Considering it's rained non-stop since I guess they're still there.
Anyway 10 laps with 5 involving 10 burpees and 10 dips. Apart from the rain it felt really good. Not back to where I was but not that far off either which is nice.