docksideguy

Hey guys sorry i didn't check in for a few days. Work has been slam packed busy. Fortunately i get enough of a workout from it that i don't feel bad about missing yesterday. I spent all day yesterday removing a big tree, about four hours climbing, couple hours of dragging brush and loading it on the trailer then another hour of moving 100-200 lb pieces of block wood. I'm going to hit it today though. I'll stop back here after I'm done and let you guys know how it went.

Congrats on the deadlifts! Sumo is the way to go, i switched from regular about six months back and was the best thing I've done for my dl.

It's amazing how a lack of sleep can mess with someone's strength. No worries, you'll get it next time!

Thanks! So today was leg day. I noticed in my warm ups that I've developed one heck of a butt wink with my squats. I should've noticed it earlier because my hip flexor has been super sore. Anyway, because of this the next couple weeks will be light for legs and I'll be hitting the hip mobility hard. I noticed I've also got a slight anterior tilt at the top of the movement as well. So hopefully it doesn't affect my ability to win the squats portion of my challenge.

If you ate good foods that's 90% if it so you shouldn't be too hard on yourself.

I still think you should do a shrine to our Lord and master cthulhu despite what the wife says haha. I know how that goes, we bought our house about three years ago but it was foreclosed and sitting on the market for two years. We're finally getting everything under control outside. We just put in a little garden yesterday actually haha planted a bunch of kale, zucchini, and all sorts of other veggies. I'm excited to eat them :-)

Sweet, what are your plans for it? If you've got mulch back there freshening that up will do wonders.

Oh shoot i do that everyday then, bro.

What's a leg day?

Gotta make sure you hit traps too, traps are the new abs, bro

Are you planning to do anything with the jungle when you're done clearing it? I ask because i do landscaping so if you need any pointers I'd be glad to assist as best i can :-)

Ok just finished my first deload day and failed i think haha. I was planning on lifting light which i succeeded at but it was boring so i started doing 5 second negatives with a 2 second pause at the bottom. Anyway here it is Bp 95/10 125/8 146/8 145/7 140/6 140/6 130/7 130/5 120/7 120/6 Bw pull ups 3 sets of 6 Superset bb row and rear delt fly 120/40 3 sets of 8 for each. Standing kettlebell row with a rope thru the handles. 40 lbs 4/12 Ez bar curl 50 4/8 Edit:as a side note while doing my bp on the first few heavy sets i felt my right tri engage way harder then my left. Anyone know a way to even that out? Maybe tri work before bp so I've got more muscle awareness while I'm benching?

Oh i forgot to add, my youngest sister will be coming over today because she wants me to show her how to do the three big lifts and I'm going to be getting her on starting strength. Pretty stoked to share my love of lifting with her :-)

Sorry i didn't check in the last couple of days. Work has been super busy and i celebrated my birthday yesterday :-) anyway, Thursday i did my dst training for squats, i did 5 sets of 15 with 155lbs. Then i took yesterday off from working out because of the birthday thing. I'm going to be starting a deload week as of today where I'll just lift light daily. Which is probably for the best cuz I'll be lifting heavy at work this week anyhow. Going to be removing two big trees on Tuesday, building a small retaining wall on Monday, and work the rest of the week also. Anyway I'll check in later today after I've lifted.

Ya, i really need to start doing mobility work on my off days too. With my work and lifting I'm always sore and stiff.

I wasn't saying it was, was just curious because I've never done any more then just warm-up lifting then stretching at the end of my workout. Do you think the extra warm-ups help lift heavier?

Do you warm-up before every exercise? I've only ever really warmed up before my first big lift.

Haha i did the popcorn thing about 3 days after mine came out because i had gophers hockey box seats and i was gonna have that free popcorn and hot dogs come hell or high water.

Haha gonna pass on Seattle at least in Minnesota we get 3 months that are sunny :-P

I wish i could lose weight on 3000 calories a day...lol

Had one heck of a time convincing myself to lift today. My mind pulled out every conceivable excuse you could imagine mostly that i was tired from installing a rock wall but i succeeded in providing myself a very convincing argument that if i start skipping workouts I'll never win this challenge haha. Anyway heavy dl and light squat day. Dl 225/3 245/2 265/2 285/2 305/2 325/1 345/1 365/1 385/miss. I really wanted to hit that pr but i should've thought about that this morning when i chose an extra hour of sleep over lifting haha Squat 225/10 225/10 225/10 I skipped my accessory lifts today cuz i wasn't feeling real strong.

Definitely will.

Heck here in Minnesota that's summer, time to get out to grill and go out on the boat! I'd be happy with mid 50's year round( though sixties and seventies would be better haha) just none of the -20 degree weather please, that kills my kale plants

I think I will, talked to the wife about it last night, she wants me to wait til next year but I'm going to keep it as my training focus over the next year and then maybe I'll be in the top 3 and be able to make it to nationals? =) Anyway my workout for the day was a 20 min DST program. Did 4 sets of 6 bodyweight pull ups with 10 sec negatives. Did 4 sets of 15 reps of bicep curls with 10 sec negatives with 20 lbs. Was really just to get the blood pumping. Not sure if you guys have read about DST but it's supposed to extend the length of time that muscles have elevated protein synthesis after a workout from 24 hours to 36-48 hours so according to their theory it can substantially increase muscle growth. I'm experimenting to see if it has any noticeable effect. =)

You'll at least be able to drink protein shakes so you're covered for some liquid calories. If your experience is anything like mine you'll be able to be back in the gym the next day. You just won't be eating much solid stuff. Eggs would probably be fine but avoid popcorn at all cost! :-P