Penny's Training Jounal

[penny0527]

Friday 11/17/17 - Front Squat & Deadlift

No training

No training today. I was standing at work talking to my coworker and as I was about to leave pain shot through my ankle. I was literally doing nothing but standing there. I barely made it to my car. I cannot walk on it so obviously training is not an option. I have physical therapy on Monday to hopefully shed some light. Always something

[HARRYBEAST]

Maybe the capri pants put too much pressure on the ankle


But seriously I hope you heal up fast

[penny0527]

I would know

But would you care?

[HARRYBEAST]

But would you care?

as long as you still shower after

[LunaLifts]

Ouch! Hope it feels better soon.

[bmgamble]

Hate to hear about your ankle. That's crazy but I can relate to non-lifting injuries and tweaks.
I didn't realize Meg won, that's pretty cool.

[anandagirl]

Hi Penny! Busy is not a bad thing, you are still lifting, whch is the important thing.

Since we talked about it in here....megsquats actually won the bb.com spokesmodel contest. I was surprised - but pretty impressed with what it says about the fitness/bb world.

: pokes head into thread:

That's so cool!

:gone:

[FallenAngel80]

Friday 11/17/17 - Front Squat & Deadlift

No training

No training today. I was standing at work talking to my coworker and as I was about to leave pain shot through my ankle. I was literally doing nothing but standing there. I barely made it to my car. I cannot walk on it so obviously training is not an option. I have physical therapy on Monday to hopefully shed some light. Always something

Sorry to hear that, Penny. Hopefully the PT can find out what's wrong.

[thehobbes]

No training today. I was standing at work talking to my coworker and as I was about to leave pain shot through my ankle. I was literally doing nothing but standing there. I barely made it to my car. I cannot walk on it so obviously training is not an option. I have physical therapy on Monday to hopefully shed some light. Always something

WTF! Be happy you aren't in Little House on the Prairie times. As you would've tried to make it back from the edge of the forest to your house a bear would've eaten you. It's all good, have been injured twice while taking a nap, srs.

[anandagirl]

Sorry to hear about the pain Hope you're 100% soon!

[penny0527]

About to do some catch up in here. Life has been busy. I took some vacation over Christmas to visit my husband's family. No cell reception most of that time plus I wanted to spend time with family rather than posting. At work we've been balls to the wall. We are at 100% capacity which means every piece of equipment we have is running 24/7. This has not happened in a long time. For the foreseeable future my job will be nuts and I may be bad at posting. Still lifting though!

My ankle is mostly better. I'm able to squat and deadlift although the day after the area around my left heel is very sore and stiff. I had tendonitis in the same place many years ago so that seems to have returned. I've been icing it as much as I can. My middle back/t-spine area that feels as if I have a pulled muscle was getting better but it's back. I'm thinking about wearing some sort of compression thing while deadlifting to see if it'll heal. The pain is mostly when I'm putting the bar down. I think that covers all of my current injuries.

[penny0527]

Monday 11/20/17 - Bench Press

Bench Press 
45x3
95x1
105x3 paused
110x3 paused
115x3 paused

 Slingshot
125x6
125x6

CG Bench
90x8
90x8

DB Press
15x35
25x25
25x25

Abs
60 reps

***out of time***

I wasted too much time trying to warm up because it is 35ish degrees so I ran out of time before accessories. We are getting a legit Winter this year and it's so weird.

I think I could have managed 120x3 on bench. I think.

 

[penny0527]

Tuesday 11/21/17 - Back Squat

No lifting due to ankle

[penny0527]

Thursday 11/23/17 - CG Decline

CG Decline
105x1
125x6
125x6
105x8

Slingshot
120x6
125x6 (no video)

Strict OHP
45x6
55x6
55x6

DB Row
25'sx12x3

Plate Shrug
45'sx12x3

DB Fly
20'sx12x3

Hammer Curl
20'sx12x3

Abs
100 reps



On Slingshot Wade said to do either 120 or 125 on the 2nd set. The 1st set wasn't exactly easy but I wanted to bump the weight up because everything on decline has been pretty light lately.

[penny0527]

Friday 11/24/17 - Front Squat & Deadlift

No lifting - ankle issue

[penny0527]

Monday 11/27/17 - Bench Press

Bench Press
65x1
95x1
110x1 paused
120x1 paused
125x1 paused

Slingshot
125x6
127.5x6

CG Bench
90x8
90x8

DB Press
15x35
25x25
25x25

DB Row
25x12x3

Plate shrug
45'sx12x3

DB Fly
20'sx12x3

Hammer Curl
20'sx12x3

Abs
100 reps



125 bench is a ways from max but hopefully I can get back there before long.

I mislabeled my 1st slingshot set in my video. It says 8 reps but was actually 6 reps.

[penny0527]

Tuesday 11/28/17 - Back Squat

Back Squat
45x? (in Squat shoes)
45x2 (switched to converse)
85x2
105x2x5

Speed Deadlift
155x1x8



Easing back into squats and deadlifts after two weeks off. My ankle is better. Not 100% but good enough.

I started off wearing my Squat shoes but anything with a heel is a no-go. I switched to Converse which was better on the ankle. This is my first time squatting in Converse in a long time and it felt weird. Took some adjusting.

My first deadlift came up crooked as if I were compensating for my left ankle. It was not intentional but not surprising.

[penny0527]

Thursday 11/30/17 - CG Decline

CG Decline
95x1
115x1
125x6
130x6
110x8

Slingshot
120x6 (no video)
125x6

OHP - strict
45x6
55x6
60x6

DB Row
25x12x3

Plate Shrug
45'sx12x3

Abs
75 reps

****out of time****



Both 6 rep sets of decline were a biotch.

I'm finally able to be consistent with OHP so hopefully those numbers continue to increase.

[LunaLifts]

Sorry to hear the ankle is still being a turd. Way to workout around it. I was super inactive during the holidays too. Technology issues being part of it, mostly family time, boyfriend time, and me time.

[penny0527]

Sorry to hear the ankle is still being a turd. Way to workout around it. I was super inactive during the holidays too. Technology issues being part of it, mostly family time, boyfriend time, and me time.

The ankle is so much better than it was thankfully. It still hits me a couple of times a day when I'm walking but not every step like before.

My FIL lives in the boonies so cell reception was pretty much nonexistent.

[penny0527]

Friday 12/1/17 - Front Squat & Deadlift

Front Squat
45x3
105x3
105x3

Trap Deadlift  (no video)
225x3
225x3

Conventional Deadlift
175x1x8 (no video of #3)



My phone kept powering off during this session because it's a POS when the battery level gets below 30%.

First deadlift session in two weeks I think but nothing was overly difficult.

My clothes matching game needs some work

[penny0527]

Tuesday 12/5/17 - Bench Press

Bench Press
95x1
110x6
115x6
95x8

Slingshot
125x1 paused
135x1 paused
140x1 paused

DB Press
15x35
25x25
25x25

DB Row
25x12x3

Plate Shrug
45'sx12x3

Abs
75 reps

****out of time****



I slept like sh!t on Sunday night so I pushed this session to Tuesday. I knew 6 reps was not going to happen after a bad night of no sleep.

It's been a while since I managed 6 reps at 115 so I'm glad I waited until I had slept better.

[HARRYBEAST]

where is the shorts

[penny0527]

Wednesday 12/6/17 - Back Squat

Back Squat
115x2x5

Speed Deadlift
175x1x8 (no vid of #3)



Still easing back in to squats. Nothing exciting today. My POS phone powered off during dead #3 again

[penny0527]

where is the shorts

you mean Capri pants?

it's cold here! We've had a legit winter this year. It's already snowed twice!

[HARRYBEAST]

you mean Capri pants?

it's cold here! We've had a legit winter this year. It's already snowed twice!

yeah its hard to make that joke when you are wearing actual pants

[Big_Sky_Guy]

Hi.

Legit winter....2 storms....Aaaaaahahahahaha

We have 2 ft in the back yard. Pretty epic, even for us.


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[penny0527]

Hi.

Legit winter....2 storms....Aaaaaahahahahaha

We have 2 ft in the back yard. Pretty epic, even for us.


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That is a lot of snow. It's a big deal for us to get snow here at all much less twice in one winter. I think it's been 8 years since it snowed here last.

[penny0527]

Friday 12/8/17 - CG Decline

CG Decline
95x1
115x1
130x6
130x6
110x8

Slingshot
120x6
120x6

ohp-strict
45x6
55x6
60x6

***out of time*** SNOW DAY!!!

 

I pretty much sucked today. Tired, cold, etc. I didn't fail any reps but everything felt heavy.

It snowed here for the first time since 2009 so I skipped accessory to go outside

[penny0527]

Saturday 12/9/17 - Front Squat & Deadlift

Front Squat
45x3
110x3
110x3

Trap Deadlift
235x3
235x3

Conventional
190x1x8



It's weird front squatting in Converse but I still can't wear my squat shoes because of my ankle. I ate before this session which I never do and will never do again. Food kept trying to come up into the back of my mouth at the bottom of the squats. I loosened my belt a notch and that helped.