The Recovery - SydTheKid's Log

[peanut-butter]

i would DEFINITELY get 2.5s for bench/squat/row. you can add 10lbs to DLs. I personally would do OHP over incline. spiderman told me something how incline doesnt hit the chest due to certain mechanics, something like that. and it'll be 99% a shoulder exercise unless u have very specific mechanics. you'll have to PM him about it.

I agree with this. You're already hitting your front delts pretty hard from benching twice per week, incline bench just basically does the same thing. Where as OHP will promote overall development.

http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Ab...xercise.3.aspx

[DE_58]

as a strongman competitor who bought into the myth of the incline press on madcows instead of overhead, do overhead. either military or push press.

[SydTheKid]

Dam...why do u go so low?

Also, i've always wondered this, how the fizzuk did u get a job at a nightclub at 18?!?1

To increase ROM on the hammies

In Ontario you need to be 18 to serve alcohol but 19 to drink it. I got my certification to serve, than my cousin who was manager there (quit now) got me the job there. Since he quit I rarely get shifts, thats fine with me just gonna focus more on my sleep and school.

because he is sydthekid and is a bosss mayne that could be president at 18

also if he didnt go that low, there would be no point of doing the SLDLs elevated.

smart man ^^

dude look into a sports massage or something will ease all the knots out will hurt like hell but its much better than a foam roller and will work all of them out

Ya theres a chiropractor 2 minutes away from my house, gonna stop by this week

Go on winners.....ok

ok

damn that blows, now you're gonna go club boy status (chest and arms)


do it *******

LOL, get in that recovery work mang, goodluck.

Nah, still gonna do some legs, but Im gonna put more emphasis on dat dere chest

I agree with this. You're already hitting your front delts pretty hard from benching twice per week, incline bench just basically does the same thing. Where as OHP will promote overall development.

http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Ab...xercise.3.aspx

as a strongman competitor who bought into the myth of the incline press on madcows instead of overhead, do overhead. either military or push press.

OHP it is!

In the meanwhile I think I wanna smash some shoulders at the gym today

[The Shoeless Wonder]

elevated sldl is the only way to do them

[xKyle10]

ya dude definitely go to that chiro.

foamrolling the back is self explanatory brah. just do lower/mid/upper, pause on the area where it hurts for a count of 30 or so and roll back and forth very slowly after that. i usually have some knots in my lower back that it gets out


and i doubt elevated SLDL did that unless you didnt push your hips back far enough which it didnt seem like you were doing at all

[SydTheKid]

elevated sldl is the only way to do them

hell yeah!!

ya dude definitely go to that chiro.

foamrolling the back is self explanatory brah. just do lower/mid/upper, pause on the area where it hurts for a count of 30 or so and roll back and forth very slowly after that. i usually have some knots in my lower back that it gets out


and i doubt elevated SLDL did that unless you didnt push your hips back far enough which it didnt seem like you were doing at all

true ... well prior to the injury my lower back was feeling stiff and knotted for the past month.. squatted, deadlifting, rowing, took a toll

Gonna see how I feel this week, than ill decide to go to a chiropractor or not.. there expensive

Shoulders and Calves
Seated OHP
115 x 6
135 x 6
145 x 5

Lateral Raises
30 x 10
35 x 10
40 x 8

One Arm Cable Lateral Raises
3 x 30 x 10

Dumbbell Shrugs
3 x 90 x 15

Standing Calf Raises
4 x 100 x 12

Seated Calf Raises
4 x 110 x 10

Quick workout, I wanted to see how I felt.. felt awesome, lower back didnt get involved much, only a tad bit on lateral raises, so far so good..

I think Im gonna do a basic 4 day split, pretty much the same one I started with in this log. Im gonna do that until im 100% than Ill give madcows another go

[Little_Moth]

Strong Pressing man, sorry to hear about your back.

[JeromeWeinberg]

What's the benefit of doing OHPs seated? I've always done 'em standing, don't really know the difference tbh but I just kinda figure doing it standing would allow for more use of legs (squeezing glutes hard and driving heels through ground, not doing a push press and breaking from the hips or anything).

[SydTheKid]

Strong Pressing man, sorry to hear about your back.

thanks buddy

What's the benefit of doing OHPs seated? I've always done 'em standing, don't really know the difference tbh but I just kinda figure doing it standing would allow for more use of legs (squeezing glutes hard and driving heels through ground, not doing a push press and breaking from the hips or anything).

ive never done them standing.. the reason im still doing them seated now is too support my lower back, got to recover first than I can look into doing them standing

[xKyle10]

Can move more weight seated and cheat a bit more. Doubt Syd could do 145x5 strict OHP, no offense, I can't either I don't think lol thats like 260-270 benchish for our stats.

How far you go do on seated OHP and how wide is grip?

[Teenwolf2]

Bro you don't need a chiro, you need a sports massage. They use trigger points and myofascial release techniques to break down adhesions in the muscles which make them tight, and you feel so loose afterwards. Worth the money.

Chiropractors work outside of the natural ROM, so unless theres a problem with your alignment or herniated discs blah blah blah, you don't need a chiro.

Just my two cents

[SydTheKid]

Can move more weight seated and cheat a bit more. Doubt Syd could do 145x5 strict OHP, no offense, I can't either I don't think lol thats like 260-270 benchish for our stats.

How far you go do on seated OHP and how wide is grip?

yea no way I could do that standing

I let the bar touch my clavicle and put pinky on outside rings

Bro you don't need a chiro, you need a sports massage. They use trigger points and myofascial release techniques to break down adhesions in the muscles which make them tight, and you feel so loose afterwards. Worth the money.

Chiropractors work outside of the natural ROM, so unless theres a problem with your alignment or herniated discs blah blah blah, you don't need a chiro.

Just my two cents

I like your two cents, sport message would be cheaper as well

Legs
Hack Squats
2 Plates x 12
3 Plates x 12
4 Plates x 12
3 Plates x 15

Walking Dumbbell Lunges
3 x 70 x 12

Leg Extensions
150 x 10
165 x 10
180 x 10

Lying Leg Curls
150 x 8
160 x 8
170 x 8
180 x 8

Seated Leg Curls
95 x 8
110 x 8
115 x 8

Strong fkin intensity, lower back felt good.. just going to keep on resting. I cant wait to squat and deadlift.. I wanted 455 squat and 525-545 like this month!!! FML!! time to be patient

[DE_58]

bro for the back phuck a massage, go down to home depot or whatever, get yourself a 24" piece of 6" PVC, BRB best foam roller ever for <10$

[MajorMelon]

Is this real life?

[BrbGettinHyooge]

Solid leg workout bro.

[AlainnNeart]

looking tight,solid, thick.

[xKyle10]

PVC pipe works well, you have to condition yourself to get to the point where you can use one as a foam roller (back might be fine, IT bands/quads/hams take about 3 months of regular foam rolling to get it down).

Could also use a tennis ball or lacrosse ball or hard medicine ball, roll/leave it where it hurts, wait like 30 secs-1 min boom protein

Also yeah sports message is what's up and prob costs less, do it up breh. get that shhh figured out. how is it feeling day-to-day? must have not injured it TOO BAD if you can still do your workouts, prob just really tight in a certain area or some ****

[SydTheKid]

bro for the back phuck a massage, go down to home depot or whatever, get yourself a 24" piece of 6" PVC, BRB best foam roller ever for <10$

so much idea, thanks everyone.. ill look into this big fkin pipe

Is this real life?

or is this just fantasy?

Solid leg workout bro.

hello mate

looking tight,solid, thick.

looking loose, weak, thin

PVC pipe works well, you have to condition yourself to get to the point where you can use one as a foam roller (back might be fine, IT bands/quads/hams take about 3 months of regular foam rolling to get it down).

Could also use a tennis ball or lacrosse ball or hard medicine ball, roll/leave it where it hurts, wait like 30 secs-1 min boom protein

Also yeah sports message is what's up and prob costs less, do it up breh. get that shhh figured out. how is it feeling day-to-day? must have not injured it TOO BAD if you can still do your workouts, prob just really tight in a certain area or some ****

Will look into all these/10 .. tennis ball is a good start.. When I lay down I feel a mild sharp pain in the lower right side.. maybe a disc popped out? prior to the injury is was always knotted up, so foam rolling will help relieve them knots.. overall my best bet is rest. its getting better day to day but Id rather over rest than have the same sh!t happen to me again. Like todays workout I was pretty much deadlifting he 70s up from the floor to lunge with ease no pain, but again its 70lb, its a start. Its just a minor set back, what Im thinking of doing is starting to deadlift before I execute squats again. If deadlifts are fine, than squatting should be good to go. Going to start off light and work my way up so 3-4 weeks Im up to the same weight. In the meanwhile I'm gonna get yucky tonight, haven't done that in a while.

[DE_58]

PVC pipe works well, you have to condition yourself to get to the point where you can use one as a foam roller (back might be fine, IT bands/quads/hams take about 3 months of regular foam rolling to get it down).

oh comon bro it's PVC it hurts no matter how much rolling 'conditioning' you have. it does cause a myofascial release either conditioned or not. embrace the hurt!

[xKyle10]

oh comon bro it's PVC it hurts no matter how much rolling 'conditioning' you have. it does cause a myofascial release either conditioned or not. embrace the hurt!

haha true, honestly i was rolling so much that it felt the same as a regular roller on my it bands, i havent been consistent since there isnt one at school so i doubt i could do that now, definitely has A LOT of benefits though

[SydTheKid]

oh comon bro it's PVC it hurts no matter how much rolling 'conditioning' you have. it does cause a myofascial release either conditioned or not. embrace the hurt!

haha true, honestly i was rolling so much that it felt the same as a regular roller on my it bands, i havent been consistent since there isnt one at school so i doubt i could do that now, definitely has A LOT of benefits though

PVC sounds cool.. pretty much all it is I put the PVC on my lower back and just roll?

Arms
Dumbbell Curls
35 x 12
40 x 12
50 x 8

Seated Incline Dumbbell Curls
30 x 8
30 x 12
30 x 12

wanted to pyramid up in weights, 40s, 45s were taken, wasnt in the mood to work in/10

Hammer Curls
35 x 8
35 x 12
35 x 12

wanted to pyramid up in weights, 40s, 45s were taken, wasnt in the mood to work in/10

CGBP
135 x 8
155 x 8
185 x 9 PR

Hell yeah!

Rope Pushdowns
3 x 35 x 12

Reverse Grip Pulldowns
3 x 110 x 12

This was this afternoons workout, posting it now, had to go to work right after it. I just did an arm day, next week I need a tentative routine till I get better. Prob just gonna improvise for the next month.

[beardymcbeard]

Are you still planning on competing Sid?



You should grow a full beard. Just leave it and let the positive interactions with the ladies begin

[SydTheKid]

Are you still planning on competing Sid?



You should grow a full beard. Just leave it and let the positive interactions with the ladies begin

Nope

I had an epic full beard growing until I started to serve at work Saturday which involved me shaving and just leaving the goatee.

Its gonna be a long day today.. got school from 9:30 - 3-4, than heading to work from 5-8, yes gay fkin 3 hour shift. No time to train today. Im going to train Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday of this week, legoooo.

[Little_Moth]

Mirin Leg Curls and CGBP bro!

[fitlover]

Sorry for being so absent. I'm such a terrible friend.

Good work in here as usual!! Sorry to hear about the back injury. I had some set-backs in that department for a few months too and I haven't done a back squat since July . It's healing up nicely now though, I thought that I had slipped a disc but it appears I just had badly strained some muscles. Make sure to ice/stretch/foam roll lots.

What exactly does the injury feel like? Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it.

Also, you look about 7 years younger without the beard.

[Mvick07]

Id ask you to if you want in on this routine me and dop are doing, but squatting twice a week is a no go with dat back!

heal up son.

[SydTheKid]

Mirin Leg Curls and CGBP bro!

thanks man

Sorry for being so absent. I'm such a terrible friend.

Good work in here as usual!! Sorry to hear about the back injury. I had some set-backs in that department for a few months too and I haven't done a back squat since July . It's healing up nicely now though, I thought that I had slipped a disc but it appears I just had badly strained some muscles. Make sure to ice/stretch/foam roll lots.

What exactly does the injury feel like? Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it.

Also, you look about 7 years younger without the beard.

Hello stranger ..

This morning I woke up, I felt a little very mild subtle stabbing pain on the lower right side of the back, nothing debilitating but it shouldn't be there. Its gone now.. I think its a disc. Another thing is if I flex my lumbar region of the spine (arching my back) I feel pain, feels like bone on bone.. wtfman.jpg. Same thing happens if I do back extension movements.. I get a feeling like I want to crack my spine so bad.. like that feeling when you want to crack your knuckles but my spine wont crack and I wont get that relief!

I tell my mom to let me get a sport massage or go to the chiropractor, she says no.. oo your lifting too heavy, oo if you go now what will you be like when your 30.. health insurance covers too.. ffs.. I had to tell her I injured my lower back at work lifting a box.. shes like wtf you can lift 500lb but you cant lift a 20lb box.. fail lie hahaha. Shes hard headed, Im on my own on this one.

Overall I can still do everything, I just dont want to squat or deadlift heavy because I don't want to aggravate it some more. Once I no longer feel stiffness, knotting, in the lumbar region Im gonna squat and deadlift again. That week will be light, than holy sh!t I get back to par than I shall execute the 455 squat and 525-545 deadlift. Lift, love, laugh <3

Brb 11 years old without facial hair

Id ask you to if you want in on this routine me and dop are doing, but squatting twice a week is a no go with dat back!

heal up son.

I'll be bench warmer on this one coach

I got class tomorrow from 12:30-1:30, yea waste, than I'm going to go lift. Just gonna improvise, prob do some upper body work ..

[fitlover]

Hello stranger ..

This morning I woke up, I felt a little very mild subtle stabbing pain on the lower right side of the back, nothing debilitating but it shouldn't be there. Its gone now.. I think its a disc. Another thing is if I flex my lumbar region of the spine (arching my back) I feel pain, feels like bone on bone.. wtfman.jpg. Same thing happens if I do back extension movements.. I get a feeling like I want to crack my spine so bad.. like that feeling when you want to crack your knuckles but my spine wont crack and I wont get that relief!

I tell my mom to let me get a sport massage or go to the chiropractor, she says no.. oo your lifting too heavy, oo if you go now what will you be like when your 30.. health insurance covers too.. ffs.. I had to tell her I injured my lower back at work lifting a box.. shes like wtf you can lift 500lb but you cant lift a 20lb box.. fail lie hahaha. Shes hard headed, Im on my own on this one.

Overall I can still do everything, I just dont want to squat or deadlift heavy because I don't want to aggravate it some more. Once I no longer feel stiffness, knotting, in the lumbar region Im gonna squat and deadlift again. That week will be light, than holy sh!t I get back to par than I shall execute the 455 squat and 525-545 deadlift. Lift, love, laugh <3

Brb 11 years old without facial hair

I'm gonna put your hopes a little higher here - it's probably not a slipped disc. Sounds like what I had, kinda. Except my pain lasted longer because I was dumb and not resting properly (I would sometimes get back pain randomly throughout the day...no bueno) Slipped disc most of the time is accompanied with leg pain, sometimes electrifying, and other times just lightly radiating downwards. It could be that you pinched a nerve in that area.

However, I wouldn't rule out the chiropractor. I'd just advise that you give it a few days. Stretch lots, ice your back, ease up on heavy leg/back work so as to not stress that area, and foam roll. If you find that the pain gets any worse definitely get it checked out ASAP. If it doesn't clear up and is the same, still get it checked out.

If you don't want to see a chiropractor, the next best thing you can do is go to a regular clinic and get an x-ray or MRI scheduled so you can see if you actually did slip a disc. If not, you can rule that out and rest easy knowing it's probably just a strain. If it IS a slipped disc, the only resolve for that is more rest. And lots of walking. So either way you're gonna have to rest.

BTW little does your mom know that you can bend over to tie your shoe and slip a disc, lol. (That's what happened to a powerlifter one time)

You look 19 without facial hair. With facial hair I'd easily mistake you for 24-26.

....so long as you don't start talking.

[SydTheKid]

I'm gonna put your hopes a little higher here - it's probably not a slipped disc. Sounds like what I had, kinda. Except my pain lasted longer because I was dumb and not resting properly (I would sometimes get back pain randomly throughout the day...no bueno) Slipped disc most of the time is accompanied with leg pain, sometimes electrifying, and other times just lightly radiating downwards. It could be that you pinched a nerve in that area.

However, I wouldn't rule out the chiropractor. I'd just advise that you give it a few days. Stretch lots, ice your back, ease up on heavy leg/back work so as to not stress that area, and foam roll. If you find that the pain gets any worse definitely get it checked out ASAP. If it doesn't clear up and is the same, still get it checked out.

If you don't want to see a chiropractor, the next best thing you can do is go to a regular clinic and get an x-ray or MRI scheduled so you can see if you actually did slip a disc. If not, you can rule that out and rest easy knowing it's probably just a strain. If it IS a slipped disc, the only resolve for that is more rest. And lots of walking. So either way you're gonna have to rest.

BTW little does your mom know that you can bend over to tie your shoe and slip a disc, lol. (That's what happened to a powerlifter one time)

You look 19 without facial hair. With facial hair I'd easily mistake you for 24-26.

....so long as you don't start talking.

Yeah I doubt its a slipped disc because I only feel tension when I flex my lumbar spine.. funny thing is I wake up this morning, my mom comes into my room and she says what time do you start school? I say 12:30, she says you have lots of time, go to the chiropractor now. In my head I'm like wtf, 2 days ago you were saying don't go.. I'm like I feel better, than she starts ranting about lifting heavy, I'm like fuuuuuu!!@!@!@

Like at the beginning of the back pain, if I stood for too long it went get to tense and stiff so I would have to sit down for 5 minutes to rest up. Its much better now, but I'm still going to avoid heavy back/leg movements. 1-2 weeks, than I should be good. Its a small set back, things could be much worse.

[Ryandrummer]

Damn well its good its probably not a slipped disc man. Hope you keep recovering strong!
Its been a while... strong OHP and CGBP!