Spliced and diced - perhaps one day, a little shredded!

Welcome to my blog :biggrin:

This is quite possible the most convoluted blog on TSR. It started off nearly a year ago with me being a gym bro, doing one body part a day and making precisely nought progress. This changed in the spring with me deciding to run a marathon with two flatmates. So I spent the spring and summer running and running some more! When it came to the marathon in September, heat and drinking Lucosade sport almost killed me; but I got there, with an awesome sprint finish. Time was 3 hours 59mins 30 seconds. I planned to run it in under 4 hours so I got there just :biggrin:

I might have been able to run it faster if it was cooler and I just drank water and ate jelly babies like I did in training :tongue:

Anyway, returned to lifting and some cycling after a few days of not being able to walk. Was a bit of a gym bro again, not much in the way of routine. Realising that I was wasting my time, I'm now doing a bastardised SS, with pullups/chins and Tbars/pendlay/cable rows/ inverted rows instead of power cleans. I progressed was going well, however a prior back injury flared badly which led to me stopping squatting and deadlifting

I then tore my meniscus and I had surgery for that 8 months later, which meant lower body work. I stopped lifting for a while as an attempt to heal it. I also started swimming.

My knee still isn't sorted but I'm back in the gym having had another 2 months off training post knee operation. Hopefully 2015 will be the year I can train properly!

Any questions, feel free to quote or PM

Never forget - "Push yourself, push yourself until you can think there is no more you can do, then take another step and another. One foot infront of the other; there is always more in your tank, you just have to believe.
Reach your potential - you can conquer any challenge, great or small. You know it. I know it. Now do it."

AC

Current PBs as of 05/3/14

Squat 1rm 125kg
3 x 3 120kg

Deadlift 155kg 1 x 5

Pause Bench 107.5kg

Pendlay rows 87.5kg x 3

Lifting bro style from first session

Spoiler

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 1160

Angry cucumber

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Same day isn't it? 23rd :smile:

Congrats.

Ah awesome, thought you were nearer the 20th :biggrin:

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Angry cucumber

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1175m in the pool

175m of that was centre of pool sprinting. Brutal

Training tonight

DOMS everywhere

Ah well

Bring it on :mwuaha:

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Angry cucumber

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Shouldn't have trained

Tired and sore

CGBP
50kg 1 x 7
70kg 1 x 6
1 x 8
1 x 10

Deadlift
60kg 1 x 5
80kg 1 x 3
100kg 1 x 3
110kg 1 x 3
120kg 1 x 2
130kg 1 x 1
140kg failed
Wanted a triple but its hardly surprising
100kg 1 x 5

One arm cable pulldown
Level 2.5 1 x 10
Level 3.5 supersetted with level 2.5 1 x 8/12

Cable row one arm
Level 4 1 x 10
Level 6 1 x 12
Level 6.5 1 x 8
Level 6 1 x 10

Fly's
15kg DBs 1 x 10
1 x 8

Rear delt fly's
7.5kg DBs 2 x 8

Campbell rows
22.5kg DBs 1 x 14

Curlz
DBs from 5kgs to 12.5kgs 1 x 5 each set

Cable woodchoppers
Level 4 1 x 12

Hanging leg raises
1 x 8

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Scrappy-coco

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How would trap bar deadlifts feel for your knee? As something that could work lower body?

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Angry cucumber

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by Scrappy-coco

How would trap bar deadlifts feel for your knee? As something that could work lower body?

Fine when not swollen. I just do regular deads tbh :smile:

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Scrappy-coco

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by Angry cucumber

Fine when not swollen. I just do regular deads tbh :smile:

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Just thinking if you ever wanted to work quads more, I see you coach is it coaching friends or something more formal?

I hope to coach soon.

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Angry cucumber

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by Scrappy-coco

Just thinking if you ever wanted to work quads more, I see you coach is it coaching friends or something more formal?

I hope to coach soon.

Not too worried ATM, might have a play with them on Friday :smile:

Just friends, don't charge or anything as I'm far from expert. Want to get some qualifications one day :smile:

How long you been lifting? Stats etc? :smile:

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Scrappy-coco

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by Angry cucumber

Not too worried ATM, might have a play with them on Friday :smile:

Just friends, don't charge or anything as I'm far from expert. Want to get some qualifications one day :smile:

How long you been lifting? Stats etc? :smile:

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To be fiat though just getting practice and hours in coaching will help you to improve on how you give cues!

Ahh it's a long story pal, started when I was 17, by the time I was 19 I had a 175kgx2 deadlift and a 140kg box squat. Was playing with the 40kg dumbells for benching (started with dumbells in an old gym and never stopped) nothing mind blowing or anything to brag about really. Anyway got to Uni and a relationship, poor programming on sheiko and terrible form for BB bench has left me with a shoulder that wasn't moving right lol

Long story short only able to consistently train gain with no pain, but doing floor presses and snatch grip rack pulls until I'm fixed.

Not to different to how you train in terms of variation which had me very interested!

Rant over.

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Angry cucumber

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Over trained badly

Rest day of peace

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by Scrappy-coco

To be fiat though just getting practice and hours in coaching will help you to improve on how you give cues!

Ahh it's a long story pal, started when I was 17, by the time I was 19 I had a 175kgx2 deadlift and a 140kg box squat. Was playing with the 40kg dumbells for benching (started with dumbells in an old gym and never stopped) nothing mind blowing or anything to brag about really. Anyway got to Uni and a relationship, poor programming on sheiko and terrible form for BB bench has left me with a shoulder that wasn't moving right lol

Long story short only able to consistently train gain with no pain, but doing floor presses and snatch grip rack pulls until I'm fixed.

Not to different to how you train in terms of variation which had me very interested!

Rant over.

Aye teaching improves my lifting as well as I make sure I'm using my own cues!

Sucks to hear that, I've got a ****ed up back, knee and recently my shoulder has reared it's head from nowhere, so I know dem feels

Just training around it and making gainz where I can much like yourself

We're gonna make it :wink:

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Angry cucumber

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Have a cold, feel terrible

Chins
1 x 8
1 x 5

OHP
60kg 1 x 1

Deadlifts
80kg 1 x 5

CBA recording warm ups, CBA day. Rest weekend now

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Motorbiker

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Congrats on the lmao1plate!!!!!

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Angry cucumber

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Its pretty much a year since I did my knee :frown:

However, today (well now yesterday) I saw the consultant rheumatologist. What a guy.

I've had my hips and knees xrayed, bloods taken and diagnosed etc all in a day.

So

I have sero negative arthritis, which can be controlled with steroid injections if I need them. TBC by bloods.

What exercise can I do? Everything, including weights, nothing I can do will influence it.

Time to get big

Comp in August (BPU Push/pull)?

Why not?

Also had back diagnosis and prognosis changed which is ideal.

#yeswecan

#comeatmeimmunity

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Reply 1172

Implication

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so cucumber is back in the game? :cool:

[video="youtube;FlPalDkWsuA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlPalDkWsuA[/video]

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Motorbiker

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by Angry cucumber

Its pretty much a year since I did my knee :frown:

However, today (well now yesterday) I saw the consultant rheumatologist. What a guy.

I've had my hips and knees xrayed, bloods taken and diagnosed etc all in a day.

So

I have sero negative arthritis, which can be controlled with steroid injections if I need them. TBC by bloods.

What exercise can I do? Everything, including weights, nothing I can do will influence it.

Time to get big

Comp in August (BPU Push/pull)?

Why not?

Also had back diagnosis and prognosis changed which is ideal.

#yeswecan

#comeatmeimmunity

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Enter a gbpf comp then come lift at nationals in Bournemouth.

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Angry cucumber

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by Implication

so cucumber is back in the game? :cool:

[video="youtube;FlPalDkWsuA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlPalDkWsuA[/video]

Awesome song, gonna check their other stuff out

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by Motorbiker

Enter a gbpf comp then come lift at nationals in Bournemouth.

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I can't train squats, messes my back up. So push/ pulls are my only option really. Hence BPU probably

Will see though.

Today

1 hour Frisbee, weird playing again

Deadlift
70kg 1 x 5
90kg 1 x 5
110kg 1 x 3
120kg 1 x 1
130kg 1 x 6
135kg 1 x 1 head wasn't in it

Getting near PB territory

Deficit deadlifts left hand reversed
110kg 1 x 5

OHP
20kg 1 x 5
40kg 1 x 5
45kg 1 x 3
50kg 1 x 7
2 x 5
40kg 1 x 10

Campbell rows
25kg DBs 1 x 12
1 x 10

Ab rolls
1 x 15

Some push ups
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Angry cucumber

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Oh lawd the DOMS - going to go to the gym and work it out

Thinking about running a routine rather than my alternative thing I'm doing atm. If I do run one it'll be 531 BBB with upper/lower split. (Obvs not squatting), however making all kindza gains atm, so will see.

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Angry cucumber

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11.5 hours between sessions

GAINZ.....

Leg press, 4 holes from front
90kg 1 x 5
110kg 1 x 8
130kg 1 x 8
155kg 1 x 12
175kg 1 x 10

3 holes from front
110kg 1 x 6
140kg 1 x 10

OHP
30kg 5 x 10
1 min rest times

Trap bar deadlifts on the advice of Scrappy-coco
60kg 1 x 5
110kg 1 x 3
1 x 6

Oh my. Leg straining was real. Very hard

Cable woodchoppers
level 4 2 x 10

Rear delt flies
7.5kg DBs 2 x 10

Curlz in the power rack
30kg 2 x 8

Hammer curlz
17.5kg DBs 1 x 5
30seconds rest
15kg DBs 1 x 6 or 7

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Enginerd.

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Happy times! Everyone board the gain plane.

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Angry cucumber

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Paused bench

20kg 1 x 5
40kg 1 x 5
60kg 1 x 5
70kg 1 x 5
75kg 2 x 8
1 x 9

First time benching in 3 weeks, very nice

Pendlay rows
70kg 1 x 5
75kg 1 x 8
1 x 7

Flys
15kg DBs 2 x 10
1 x 8

Snatch grip deadlifts
75kg 1 x 8
100kg 1 x 10

Single hand cable lat pull down
level 9 1 x 10
level 9.5 1 x 12

For the rest of term I'm going to run a bastardised 5-3-1

Main lifts will be OHP, Bench, Deadlift and trap bar deadlift

Assistance for Deadlift -> Snatch grip

Trap bar deadlift assistance - leg press

Will do more reading on it over the weekend

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Reply 1179

Motorbiker

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Sounds like a good plan. What days are you going to set the up on?

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