It's the end of the world as we know it, and MJW feels fine

[mjw8204]

Well, that's alright, better be safe than sorry.

I'm touched by your concern for my well-being.

[mjw8204]

Bump.

Friday 4-25

Squat
-180x5x3

Press
-100x5x3

Barbell Row (from floor)
-155x5x3

Lying Triceps Extension
-65x12x2
No elbow pain this time.

Went through this session quickly and worked up a good sweat.

[sullly]

Hey Matt

Glad to see you started to keep a journal again. It looks like strength is moving up really quickly. I think you'll be back at your previous strength very soon.

Hope everything is going well for you outside of lifting!

[mjw8204]

Hey Matt

Glad to see you started to keep a journal again. It looks like strength is moving up really quickly. I think you'll be back at your previous strength very soon.

Hope everything is going well for you outside of lifting!

Thanks, sullly. I hope things are going well for you too.

[dblbassted]

I'm glad to see that things are moving back up as quickly as they are.

[mjw8204]

Do any of you guys own Bill Starr's book, "The Strongest Shall Survive?"

There's a program in there I'm interested in reading about for later, but I don't have the book.

[darinaldi]

Do any of you guys own Bill Starr's book, "The Strongest Shall Survive?"

There's a program in there I'm interested in reading about for later, but I don't have the book.

I'm pretty sure Knowles has it.

[t-p-c]

Do any of you guys own Bill Starr's book, "The Strongest Shall Survive?"

There's a program in there I'm interested in reading about for later, but I don't have the book.

Don't have it, but are you referring to one of the programs Tad ran? I think Tad found the program in a magazine.

[mjw8204]

Don't have it, but are you referring to one of the programs Tad ran? I think Tad found the program in a magazine.

Nah; this one was ran by a guy on here called hizzie for a while last year. I also read about it on another website, but was interested in knowing about more of the particulars. I'm nowhere near the point of doing it anyway, so it's not that big of deal right now. It just looked interesting. It incorporated three different rep ranges for squats in a single week.

[mjw8204]

Having some mild back discomfort this afternoon. Nothing serious. It could have resulted from any of the main exercises from today, but I don't think it's a coincedence that it happened on the same day I reintroduced barbell rows. I'm thinking maybe I just shouldn't be doing them.

[liftingbuddy1]

Having some mild back discomfort this afternoon. Nothing serious. It could have resulted from any of the main exercises from today, but I don't think it's a coincedence that it happened on the same day I reintroduced barbell rows. I'm thinking maybe I just shouldn't be doing them.

Matt, have you tried T-bar Rows before?

Mike

[mjw8204]

Matt, have you tried T-bar Rows before?

Mike

Not the free standing kind, no. I think doing any row variation free standing is what's causing the problem with my back. I'll probably just do more with dumbbell rows. Kneeling on a bench takes the pressure off my back, and I've never had any back discomfort with dumbbell rows. The rows really aren't a significant part of what I'm doing right now anyway.

[RipStone]

Not the free standing kind, no. I think doing any row variation free standing is what's causing the problem with my back. I'll probably just do more with dumbbell rows. Kneeling on a bench takes the pressure off my back, and I've never had any back discomfort with dumbbell rows. The rows really aren't a significant part of what I'm doing right now anyway.

Hammer strength iso rows are an option as well.

[MISSINGLINK]

Hammer strength iso rows are an option as well.

Nice suggestion Ripstone.

[dblbassted]

Hammer strength iso rows are an option as well.

They found their way into my back day a couple of months ago. Great exercise.

[RipStone]

Nice suggestion Ripstone.

They found their way into my back day a couple of months ago. Great exercise.

Haha, thanks fellas.

Machines tends to get a bad rap. But they serve there purpose and one of those purposes is helping people get around injuries, as is Matt's case.

[mjw8204]

Yeah, I've used the HS row quite a bit in the past and liked it. I'm not sure that I consider it comparable to other free standing forms of rowing, but it's an option. Between that, dumbbells, and cables, I'll have plenty of options. Rows are really only a small part of my training anyway, so I'm not worried about it.

On a related note, my back feels fine today. I am almost positive now that the pain yesterday was due to the barbell rows. This is good because I didn't want squats or overhead press to be the culprit.

Also, I put in a 40 minute walk today, so I was able to do that three times this week. Great weather outside.

I'll post my Sunday morning weigh-in tomorrow.

[VikingMan]

MJW sucks. There, I've said my piece. Carry on.

[mjw8204]

MJW sucks. There, I've said my piece. Carry on.

Holy ****! It's VikingMan!

[t-p-c]

MJW sucks. There, I've said my piece. Carry on.

The big guy is back... For good?

[RipStone]

MJW sucks. There, I've said my piece. Carry on.

[speechless]

[mjw8204]

I weighed in at 200 this morning, which means I gained 5 lbs in a week. How the hell does someone even do that? I know I ate a lot more this week because my appetite sky-rocketed since I've been working out again, but I really didn't think I ate THAT much, lol.

I'm going to have to keep a close on this, because I don't want to gain too much weight.

BTW, I'm not posting this to invite a discussion on diet; I'm more or less just thinking out loud here.

[t-p-c]

No worries Matt. That's to be expected after coming back from a layoff. I like to pay more attention to the mirror and my waistline, not the scale.

[mjw8204]

No worries Matt. That's to be expected after coming back from a layoff. I like to pay more attention to the mirror and my waistline, not the scale.

Yeah, I just don't want it to get out of hand like last time. The last thing I need right now is to be putting on extra fat after I lost all that weight. I know it's something within my control; the five lb increase just caught me off guard.

[DallasLynx]

Water can weigh a lot. I can fluctuate up to almost 230 if I'm drinking a lot of water.

[mjw8204]

Monday 4-28

Squat
-185x5x3

Bench Press
-157.5x5x3

Chin-up
-BWx12
-BWx10
-BWx5x2 (got winded by my third set. These were tougher after gaining weight this past week)

[knowles.ja]

I'm pretty sure Knowles has it.

No, I have Defying Gravity. I want his other book, though.

[Lifting N Tx]

Water can weigh a lot. I can fluctuate up to almost 230 if I'm drinking a lot of water.

If you've been dieting, even without depletion workouts, you get muscle glycogen depleted. Eat more, and the carbs not only go to muscles as glycogen, but also seem to soak up a lot of water. So the kind of water weight gain that Dallas mentions is made more pronounced.

Going from low cal to high cal can add a number of pounds that aren't fat pretty quickly that way. Of course keeping to high cals can help you gain lots of fat too.

[t-p-c]

Monday 4-28

Squat
-185x5x3

Bench Press
-157.5x5x3

Chin-up
-BWx12
-BWx10
-BWx5x2 (got winded by my third set. These were tougher after gaining weight this past week)

Good work Matt. Getting winded is allowed. How long are these wo's taking roughly? 3 exercises, 9 sets work sets...

[knowles.ja]

How long have you had microweights?