Timmy M

work and life are conspiring against me but i still got 1.6 miles done in 12:10 today, the deep tissue massage definitely helped though the injury is of course still there, this will be the last post for a couple of weeks (for the 1 person who reads this) as i'm off to quebec to visit my brother but i will be doing plenty of walking, hopefully a bit of jogging and as many press and pull ups as my shoulder permits

soooo late again, work etc is my excuse Saturday was just to get the blood flowing really, i'm nights fri, sat and sun so motivation is minimal 1 mile 8:05 (steady on purpose, hamstrings very achy) alternate between 8 pull ups and 25 press ups, 1 min rest between Sunday did some armoured grappling training for around an hour which is rather tiring (30kg of armour whilst holding a 1.8kg axe), learnt some lessons on what can and can't be used or what is even effective (you'd be surprised how different grappling can be when you're 20kg+ top heavy (the rest is on your legs) and holding a weapon and there's rules you have to follow) P.S. slightly pulled left shoulder, working on loosening it and i've got a deep tissue massage booked in for tomorrow morning

posting for yesterday due to shortage of time (and should be posting later too) i lost track of time so only did deadlifts (intended on doing a few assistance exercises) 60kg, 3 x 10 80kg, 100kg x10 120kg, 130kg x 5 140kg x 3 150kg x 1 (alternate grip which annoyed the hell out of me) 100kg x 20 (Double Overhand (DO) grip, reset grip at 15) 60kg x 20

noted, will look into it when my 'To Read' pile gets below 20 books (...may take a while)

kept it light today, heavy deadlifts planned for tomorrow, just did some form practise with front squats (still butt winking a bit) then some front squats (60kg) SS Log press (30kg) for 3 sets of 10

the best way to lose excess fat is the way that you'll stick to, the pros and cons of each way don't mean i thing if you don't stay the course

bit better today, worked 5am-1pm so a bit tired but i remembered tissues on my jog/circuit and all was well 1 mile in 7:20 5 pullups SS (superset) 15 pressups, 30 sec rest, 4 sets (went better than last time) 2 min rest 4 x 4 NG chins, 1 min rest hanging leg raises, 3 x 5, 1 min rest (tricky to pull off properly due to shape of bar and the fact that it's made for kids not 5'11" grown men...) untimed steady jog halfway back, walked the rest as cool down tomorrow it's raining so i'm aiming to do a bit of lifting, we'll see what i come up with

Side note: Couldn't* carry on

yes you do, definitely get a video up (front, back and side if you can to cover all bases)

it may be to do with where you are, most guys wouldn't do anything like this except from appreciative glances (and occasionally stares...), but in some major cities (especially NY from what i've heard/read) a lot of guys have no filter and it's become the norm for them to do such things. There's also the fact that now you're aware of something like this happening and you're new to it it'll seem like it's happening more often than it actually is (not saying you're making it up but the mind aggravates things we're already not happy with) P.S. wear a hidden blade like a real assassin (*disclaimer: don't do this)

the problem with a lot of whey powders is that they're not particularly honest in their numbers, i forget exactly what it is some companies do but some of the proteins they use are indigestible but are still counted in the total %, it is still however cheap and easy protein you'll just be taking in less than you think (i have a reputable make and double up anyway seen as though i only have it after training or if i'm away from regular food and being active)

found out a friend of mine had got himself an exceptionally cheap tape measure where the inch and cm are a bout 2 inch out, he'd been having trouble thinking he'd been screwing up and rushing for weeks, many lolz had by all (fyi english people are very comfortable being bad to their friends in the nicest possible way )

eurgh... that was a mistake, guess i'm not fully recovered yet (flu like symptoms ftw) the plan for today was: jog a mile to a park superset of 5 pullups and 15 press ups with 30 sec rest between each superset, 4-5 sets rest 2 min 4 x 4, neutral grip chins 1 min rest (knees raised due to low height of 'monkey bars' i use for this) X amount of hanging leg raises (first time in a while so was going to play it by ear) jog/walk back, stretch out, front squats and other weight based shenanigans what actually happened: jog went fine, 1 mile in 7:23 supersets went ok, 4 sets, last set a bit slow 2 sets of 4 on the NG chins basically i just started getting bunged up again and got a banging headache and some slight nausea, then walked home feeling shite soooooooo shit start, hopefully my body'll stop being a douche so i can get on with this

you must really hate tuna then seen as though it's 3000% nastier than mackerel meh, it's nicer, has similar protein per 100g and has a good chunk of mono and omega 3 fats (hence the calories), i don't have it very often and i find it impossible to count calories so it doesn't bother me

^pretty much but go for mackerel instead of tuna, more omega 3, less mercury and exactly 3000% tastier

tbh i can't see squatting every 2-3 days is going to do you any good (going on what you said about being fine with them then being unable to do so after 48 hours), find a point where you can do it mostly pain free and try a very slow gain (a pound or 2 per session (that's 25-50 pound a year btw...)) by squatting once every 1.5-2 weeks so you get loads of recovery time and mostly do other quad exercises that don't cause pain. That way at least you'll get some squatting in without it being debilitating (i still don't fully understand what you're going through so this is just an idea)

Go see a Physio, general rule of thumb is that if it's a sharp stabbing pain then something's definitely wrong (and we're not doctors!), it seems very strange that it's squats that's effecting your glutes and hams instead of deadlifting. For now try various lunges weighted and see how they feel until you can get treated properly. Also a good burner for the quads is what i know as 'Mick's Special Squats (and Lunges)' (named after a proper badass called Mick Coup) set up a timer for 10sec work and 2-3 secs 'rest' for the 10 secs hold yourself at parallel in the squat position and the time that's your 'rest' you jump and reset, try this for 10 reps, it's similar for lunges where you do a lunge but pause with your knee just off the ground then use the 'rest' to walk forward into another lunge for 5 reps a side (then do reverse lunges)

First off a bit of back story, for a couple of years i was an avid member on these forums, but a year or so ago i kinda lost interest and got too busy (moved into my own place, new, massively time consuming, hobby (more on this later) and ye olde shift work to boot). This also coincided with a pulled shoulder i received whilst skiing which, along with everything else, put a proper dampener on training, i still did some of what i could but the laziness bug kicked in and by the time it got to September i barely ever lifted, i did however get into running for a month or 2 in which time i got a foot/ankle injury which made me stop again (btw the shoulder is STILL giving me trouble) combine this with some low level elbow tendinitis/osis that i'd had since November 2013 and 5 year old pelvis injury that effected my upper back and still does with all sorts of lovely tightness and you've got a bit of a screwy Timmy. Weaving through this laborious narrative is my hobby, what i do is Full Contact Medieval Combat (just put Battle of the Nations into youtube), i'm even good enough to represent internationally for the UK as i did in February with my team coming 3rd out of 16 in a competition in Prague (beaten only by Russian and a Belorussian teams). This is my team beating Slovakia, i'm only in the first round at 0:19 throwing a guy to the floor and 0:25 with the axe to the ribs So this is me deciding that i need to love training again, 1.5 years ago i fucking loved training and had got up to 115kg bench, 152.5kg squat, 195kg deadlift and a 72.5kg ohp as well as being able to do 18 pullups and 30+ dips at 78kg, i felt pretty fucking awesome and solid and now i feel weak and lumpy, some of my strength remains fortunately i've got something like a 95kg bench, 120kg squat, 160kg deadlift, 60kg ohp, 13 pullups and my shoulder isn't that fond of dips at around the same sort of weight. Still, i have a dire need to be epic and get myself back in the game for good, i won't be able to standard linear progressions or mon-sun workouts due to shift work and bi weekly or so trainings/events from now until october/november so i'm going to do what i can whilst still getting rest and looking after my home (i live alone and that takes a surprising amount of work especially with the other factors). Currently i'm ill so i'm working on mobility and injuries but mon/tue i'm off work and should be better so i hope to start back then with some deadlifts and jogging and other sundries, any advice would be greatly appreciated

A Husband and Wife are walking in Moscow when a precipitation starts falling 'Oh my' says the Wife 'It's snowing!' 'Nonsense dear this precipitation is clearly rain' replies the Husband 'Don't be silly, of course it's snow feel how cold it is!' asserts the Wife 'Very well dear, let us ask the Communist officer here, he should know, Comrade Rudolf!' the Husband calls 'what precipitation is this?' 'Definitely rain sir' responds the officer 'You see,' says the Husband, 'Rudolf the red knows rain dear' tl:dr ha ha very punny

that is a relief one does so hate causing offence... (hence why i never give offence, none can take offence regardless of what i say ) When i get some more videos i may shamelessly make a thread of my exploits

now here's the big question... is Westcliff in Essex better or worse than Westcliff in Scunthorpe (for those that may of noticed it there was a TV show called Skint that featured people from Westcliff Estate in Scunthorpe)

I'm honoured!... though ashamed, i'm awful with names tbh you'd think with me only being nearly 24 i'd heal a bit faster :/ hopefully this'll give me the drive/make me remember to work on them

running around and beat the crap out of people with an axe aka Full Contact Medieval Combat this is my team steamrolling Slovakia in Feb, we eventually got 3rd out of 16 (i'm the guy at 0:19 chucking a guy to the floor then at 0:25 whacking the big guy in the ribs)

THE MASTER IS BACK MINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... and he may be coerced into staying... we'll see how this plays out basically i got ill and have done nothing for a few days and discovered the 'Steve and Staceys AMA' on Reddit and remembered this whole thing exists (it's been a long year) sooooo yeah, still in Scunthorpe (homeowner now woooooooo), training's slipped due to injury last year and i spend a weekend or 2 a month hitting my dear friends over the head with this precious lil thang i'm not as strong as i was, i am a little fitter though (running around in 30kg+of armour'd do that to ya) and for some reason i've lost my love of training over the last year (despite being an 'international athlete'...) how be thee?

So it's been just over a year since i last posted and i'm definitely lacking in the willpower department, i injured my shoulder skiing last feb and due to not letting it heal properly (and all sorts of random tightness that i'm struggling to shift) i've barely trained properly in the last year. I'm trying to get back into things and have done a few lifting sessions and a bit of jogging to get myself started again, getting there but need some sort of constant reminder to get it into my head properly. The main reason for my continuos re-injuring/pulling of my shoulder is my superawesomesauce hobby HMB (Historic Medieval Battle) which is full contact medieval combat, which amazingly enough i'm not that bad at. i can't help but find irony in the fact that now i've found something to train FOR i seem to of lost my love of training (about a year and a half ago I was on my way to ranking quite well in the Fall Brawl/Midwinter Madness 'meets') aaaaaanyhoo, this is HMB, the finals of the world champs (which i didn't get to go to :'( ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4QQnIpIyk this is my team in a competition in Feb where we steamrolled Slovakia in the first fights and came 3rd out of 16 (i'm the guy with the big axe and the GoPro on my chest chucking the guy at 0:19 and saving the day with rib shots at 0:26 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEUV7OFIohs and this is my baby Basically once i've shifted this lurgy/cold/body malfunction i intend on making myself awesome again and this is to remind me so please feel free to give me abuse if i don't succeed