DAaaMan64, when are you gonna start a log?

[jdrush]

I have a love/hate relationship with high rep squats.

Love the way they make me feel at the end and what they do for you, but the process is quite tedious.

[DAaaMan64]

I have a love/hate relationship with high rep squats.

Love the way they make me feel at the end and what they do for you, but the process is quite tedious.

heheh when I say 50 squats I mean accross several sets. In this case: 10, 10, 10, 8, 8, 4 reps.

You'll never see me do 50 squats to depth in a single set. lol

[jdrush]

heheh when I say 50 squats I mean accross several sets. In this case: 10, 10, 10, 8, 8, 4 reps.

You'll never see me do 50 squats to depth in a single set. lol

Nonetheless that's no joke. I however always considered doing a bw squat challenge, throw on 165 and squat until my legs fall off.

[DAaaMan64]

Alright well I fractured my big toe yesterday cause some prick didn't attached the safeties on the squat rack correctly. The toe is out of commission for 6 weeks. We'll see about the legs.

... So this is now a bench press log.

[jdrush]

Once dropped a 45 on my toe, but that was my own fault.

Sorry and hopefully it heals right.

[muruku]

hey mang,

hope it's nothing serious. take care and recover well bro.

[DAaaMan64]

Once dropped a 45 on my toe, but that was my own fault.

Sorry and hopefully it heals right.

hey mang,

hope it's nothing serious. take care and recover well bro.

Thank guys.

Let me tell you a brief "story" of what happened that day:

7:00am Safety lands on my foot. I walk around for like 10 minutes thinking I'll be alright.
7:30am Gym gives me an ice pack and we remove shoe to find that I'm bleeding a lot and can't move my toes.
- Between the gym's supplies and my own we can't control the bleeding. They insist we call the paramedics.
- Paramedics bandage me up but think I broke a toe and I need to take an ambulance to the ER. Bleeding hasn't stopped.
8:00am I refuse to take an ambulance and take myself to the urgent care. Bleeding hasn't stopped.
9:30am Urgent care seems to not have the needed supplies to bandage me. They send me to a foot doctor for a better examination. Bleeding hasn't stopped.
Bleeding hasn't stopped.
12:00pm Foot doctor does x-rays, I have fractured my big toe. Foot doctor bandages me and tells me they can't stop the bleeding and the severity of the fracture may require surgery depending on the health of the tissue related to moving my toes. They can't stop the bleeding.
12:45pm I take myself to the ER.
1:00pm they re-wrap me for a 4th time that day. They don't understand why the doctors kept sending me other places. They don't do anything different, give me pain pills and anti-biotics for the fracture. Bleeding hasn't stopped.
2:00pm I go home elevate my foot and start WFH.
2:30pm Chest pain starts.
2:45pm Chest pain gets worse and worse. I start sweating real bad.
Now i'm scared AF and am home alone. I call 911.
911 thinks I'm having a heart attack and tells me to pop the nearest apirin, which I don't have.
3:00pm Paramedics arrive again. Suddenly no chest pain and I feel fine.
Paramedics run the train on me. EKG, IV etc.
Paramedics think I'm fine. But insist I take an Ambulance to the ER.
I was depressed and stupid enough to do it. So I did it.
3:30pm In the ambulance they take my blood sugar. Suddenly think I have diabetes.
The take the test again and realize they ****ed up the first test.
4:00pm I arrive at ER.
The run 10k/a day tests on me and find nothing. Tell me I'm healthy and send me home.
6:30pm I arrive home. GG

[jdrush]

[DAaaMan64]

The good thing is I can sorta move my toes a little now and there is much less pain unless my toes get touched. Bleeding has stopped. lol

Once swelling goes down I can hopefully wear a normal shoe and start benching.

[jdrush]

The good thing is I can sorta move my toes a little now and there is much less pain unless my toes get touched. Bleeding has stopped. lol

Once swelling goes down I can hopefully wear a normal shoe and start benching.

Do you drive your feet into the ground when you bench?

[DAaaMan64]

Do you drive your feet into the ground when you bench?

Yeah but I'm sure I can focus on pressing with my heel and still make some gainz

[tcw295]

7:00am Safety lands on my foot. I walk around for like 10 minutes thinking I'll be alright.

Wait, the safety itself? Do you have a picture of what something like this looks like? The only squat safeties I know are the pins

http://bodybuildernews.com/wp-conten...Safety-0-2.jpg

Either way, that is super lame, and its good to hear you are in fact not dying. Injuries are dumb, time to make tactical gains AROUND it!

[DAaaMan64]

Wait, the safety itself? Do you have a picture of what something like this looks like? The only squat safeties I know are the pins

http://bodybuildernews.com/wp-conten...Safety-0-2.jpg

Either way, that is super lame, and its good to hear you are in fact not dying. Injuries are dumb, time to make tactical gains AROUND it!

Thanks man! The Dr wants me to do basically nothing for 2 weeks. I will do my best to make some tactical gains and do nothing :P



^^^ Yes exactly one of those safeties! But because we have open squat racks, these are much bulkier safetie ^^^

[DAaaMan64]

From this morning:
PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

D1: (Push/Chest Focus)

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) Bench Press: 4 x 10 135 140 145 145

Stronger benching for sure. Dat food.

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1) Incline Bench Press: 3 x 8 80 95 95
1) Dumbbell Squeeze Press: 2 x 20 35
2) Dumbbell Lateral Raises: 4 x 15 20
3) Machine Shoulder Press: 2 x 20 45
4) Triceps Rope Pressdown: 3 x 25 80
5) Cable Chest Fly: 3 x 15 20

3x 1 minute battle rope.

Journal:

Alright I was able to do a pretty great chest workout this morning.

I've:
- Been in a calorie surplus for awhile cause I'm an idiot.
- Had a week to rest.
- Had a lot of sleep.

So this was a great pump and good feeling workout. I got a feeling I'm gonna dub "the lion's roar" again which I rarely get anymore from lifting. It's that feeling when you finish a set you enjoyed and you might flex, grit your teeth, or "growl" as an expression of your strength. Not like... for an audience. But to yourself. IDK if people understand.

But damn am I fat and boy do I need to get my chit together. At least I can workout again.

I'm gonna implement a full core workout to do between back and chest days. The point of this is really just to give me another workout to do that doesn't touch arms and thus doesn't put me at risk of my usual bicep tendinitis.

Thanks for reading. Have a good day.

[DAaaMan64]

From this morning:
PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

D1: (Core Focus)

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1) Leg Lifts: 3 x 20 BW
2) Pallof Press: 3 x 15 27.5
3) Suitcase Deadlift: 3 x 10 95
4) Decline Sit Ups 3 x AMRAP 20, 8, 10.
5) Rope Crunches 3 x 15 90

6x 1 minute battle rope with 1 min rest.

Journal:

Man this felt pretty good. But it actually looks too easy. I think I'll throw two more exercises in here that are the leg accessories I might be able to do.

Decline sit ups I have to hold myself up with one foot. lol

Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend.

[DAaaMan64]

PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

D1: (Back Focus)

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) RDL: 4 x 10 225
2) Barbell Rows: 3 x 8 165

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1a) 1) Seated Cable Rows: 4x15-20 (elbows tucked) 105
1b) 2) Lat Pulldowns: 4x12-15 (bar to chest) 105 95 95 80
1a) EZ Bar Reverse Curls: 2 x 15 EZ bar + 25
1c) Hyper Extensions: 4 x 15 25
1c) 3) Cable Crossover Lat Pull Down: 4x15 40

Journal:

Have a good day.

[muruku]

how's the toe?

[DAaaMan64]

how's the toe?

Hey man! I hadn't seen you in the new chat thread yet I was gearing jk i'm natty up to stalk your post history and see where you been. haha

It has good days and bad days. But at least I can go to the gym this much. Dr is gonna re Xray it and see if it is healing properly. Hopefully it is, but if it isn't... it might be my fault for trying move too much.

[DAaaMan64]

From this morning:
PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

D1: (Push/Chest Focus)

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) Bench Press: 4 x 10@9 145 150 155@9 80% Back off 125

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1) Incline Bench Press: 3 x 8 95 105 105
1) Dumbbell Squeeze Press: 2 x 20 35 37.5
2) Dumbbell Lateral Raises: 4 x 15 20
3) Machine Shoulder Press: 2 x 20 45
4) Triceps Rope Pressdown: 3 x 25 80
5) Cable Chest Fly: 3 x 15 20 22.5 20

3x 1 minute battle rope.

Journal:

I lowered the starting position on the chest fly machine and DAMN I feel I finally know what significant pec muscle activation feels like. It was like chit was bursting out my chest.

Thanks for reading.

[muruku]

Hey man! I hadn't seen you in the new chat thread yet I was gearing jk i'm natty up to stalk your post history and see where you been. haha

It has good days and bad days. But at least I can go to the gym this much. Dr is gonna re Xray it and see if it is healing properly. Hopefully it is, but if it isn't... it might be my fault for trying move too much.

yea, seems like it's healing up well. I mean you can do RDLs and stuff.

still planning on doing that meet?

nht much, just been sh;tposting on the forums.

stay safe bruh

[DAaaMan64]

PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) RDL: 3 x 10 230

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1) Leg Lifts: 3 x 20 BW
2) Pallof Press: 3 x 15 27.5
3) Suitcase Deadlift: 3 x 10 95
5) Rope Crunches 3 x 15 90 100 100

6x 1 minute battle rope with 1 min rest.

Journal:

Quick workout! RDLs were kinda hard and toe was annoying so I was a little too slow this morning. Lookin' forward to bench tomorrow!!

Have a good day.

[DAaaMan64]

yea, seems like it's healing up well. I mean you can do RDLs and stuff.

still planning on doing that meet?

nht much, just been sh;tposting on the forums.

stay safe bruh

Thank you.

I am not planning any explicit meet at this time, but people are talking about spring. We'll see how things go as that time gets closer. It really depends on my strength at the time and my overall satisfaction with my goals.

Keep up the sh;t posting, it is mostly all worth reading :P

[muruku]

cheers bruh`.

mang, just do it. save teh date and light a fire under your ass. jk. but yea, get where you're coming from.

how you liking that high rep work?

[DAaaMan64]

cheers bruh`.

mang, just do it. save teh date and light a fire under your ass. jk. but yea, get where you're coming from.

how you liking that high rep work?

High rep work doesn't really seem to feel that much different then the 8-12 range I used to do accessory work in. I also need the exercise, so I don't mind it at all.

A meet will happen I swearz.

[DAaaMan64]

PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall
[B]

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) Bench Press: 5 x 7@8 150 150 150@8 150@8 80% Back off 130

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1a) 1) Seated Cable Rows: 4x15-20 (elbows tucked) 105
1b) 2) Lat Pulldowns: 4x12-15 (bar to chest) 105 105 105 105

Used a different lat pulldown machine. Stupid things have super inconsistent resistance...

1a) EZ Bar Reverse Curls: 2 x 15 EZ bar + 25
1c) Hyper Extensions: 4 x 15 25
1c) 3) Cable Crossover Lat Pull Down: 4x15 42.5 42.5 42.5 40

Journal:

I'm feeling good about bench and my shoulders. So I'm gonna go ahead and try to bench 4x this week.

Trying to decide if I should take a rest day tomorrow for my toe. Definitely wouldn't mind it for my back.

Have a good un'

[DAaaMan64]

Couldn't stay away and shoulder health seems fine despite the spike in bench volume.

PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) Bench Press: 4 x 5@8 155 155 155@8 150@8 90% Back off 140

What a snooze fest that was. Not nearly enough sets.
**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1) Leg Lifts: 3 x 20 BW
2) Pallof Press: 4 x 15 30
3) Suitcase Deadlift: 3 x 10 100
5) Rope Crunches 4 x 15 110

Journal:

They stole my battle rope away so I increased total sets. Overall, workout was too easy. LOL.

Have a good day.

[DAaaMan64]

I did work out but it was just a couple of accessories and about 200 kb swings. So w/e.

From this morning:
PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

D1: (Push/Chest Focus)

**Straight Sets w/ 1 minute rest**

1) Bench Press: 5 x @3 170 175 175@8 93% Back off 160

Fun fun!

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
1) Incline Bench Press: 3 x 8 105 105 105
1) Dumbbell Squeeze Press: 2 x 20 35 37.5
2) Dumbbell Lateral Raises: 4 x 15 20
3) Machine Shoulder Press: 2 x 20 45

This is one of the hardest parts of the workout. lol

4) Triceps Rope Pressdown: 3 x 25 80 82.5 80
5) Cable Chest Fly: 3 x 15 20 22.5 20

Journal:

pretty tough workout but it was fun. Wooo

Probs won't bench again till Sunday cause I know I need the recovery.

Have a great weekend everyone.

[DAaaMan64]

PR - Progress - Failure - Reset - Deload - Stall

**Straight Sets**

RDL 3x10 235

**High-Rep Sets - w/ 1 minute rest**
Seated Cable Rows: 4x15-20 (elbows tucked) 105
Lat Pulldowns: 4x12-15 (bar to chest) 105 105 105 105
EZ Bar Reverse Curls: 2 x 15 EZ bar + 25
Hyper Extensions: 4 x 15 35
Cable Crossover Lat Pull Down: 4x15 42.5 42.5 40 37.5

Journal:

No bicep tendinitis yet despite all this upper body work this week. That makes me happy.

I will hopefully re-introduce iso-holds and pull ups soon. That tends to put the most pressure on those areas though.

Have a great day.

[tcw295]

Look at you, makin dem tactical gains around your injuries! Glad to see plenty of workouts and no bad footnotes.

Also. dang, saturday and sunday? Do you just take rest days as needed?

[DAaaMan64]

Look at you, makin dem tactical gains around your injuries! Glad to see plenty of workouts and no bad footnotes.

Thank you man, I really appreciate it.

Also. dang, saturday and sunday? Do you just take rest days as needed?

haha well I may not go the gym today. Depends on the schedule and route. But since my toe basically killed my entire schedule, my only exercise is going to the gym. So why not?

If I go today it will probably be all core work so I don't risk injury.

Enjoy your Sunday!