Me vs. Me: Lifting with UCTD

[SophieM]

More benign mass vibes!!!

YES!!!

^^^yup. glad you have a plan.


Good gym workout! Warm up that hip more though!

I did more leg swings today. No pain. Not sure if it's related though.

[SophieM]

Phew. Finally made it to the last workout of the week. Thought I was going to get stuck at work for an extra shift so was very happy when I didn't!

Heavy Deadlifts - I think I need to eat a little earlier at work. I also think I need to poo. No, I know I need to poo. I have fruit in the house again so hopefully soon. The 190 lbs sets were all completely reset, so more like a set of 3 singles.

150 lbs - 5
170 lbs - 3
190 lbs - 3
190 lbs - 3
190 lbs - 3

Belt Squats - Added another thug mat so I could get to depth. Still bottoming out at times. I think I was just going too deep though.

45 lbs - 10
45 lbs - 10
45 lbs - 10

Volume Bench Press - Defnitely wise going with the 5x5 this week.

70 lbs - 5
70 lbs - 5
70 lbs - 5
70 lbs - 5
70 lbs - 5

Wide Grip Lat Pulldown - Probably should have done sets of 6-7. Oh well.

80 lbs - 8
80 lbs - 8

Seated Cable Rows - These felt off this week. Not sure why. I might have just been tired from deadlifts.

80 lbs - 8
80 lbs - 8

GHR - The burn!

10 lbs - 6
10 lbs - 6

Abs
Side Bends
25 lbs - 15
25 lbs - 15

Twists
25 lbs - 15
25 lbs - 15

Foam rolling and stretching.

[thehobbes]

Great job on the workout! I think a lot of people reset most of their DL reps, especially the last few when it's getting heavy.

Heavy Deadlifts - I think I need to eat a little earlier at work. I also think I need to poo. No, I know I need to poo. I have fruit in the house again so hopefully soon.

Like right this second? Or as a pre-deadlift ritual?

[SophieM]

Great job on the workout! I think a lot of people reset most of their DL reps, especially the last few when it's getting heavy.

Like right this second? Or as a pre-deadlift ritual?

Both LOL

[SophieM]

It was a good week. Definitely getting a LOT hungrier as well as a lot more tired. That's why I was really looking forward to deloading next week. Only it's not next week, it's the week after. Ugh.

Week 12 Volume - Heading in the right direction still.

Squat - 4,455 lbs
Bench Press - 3,560 lbs
Deadlift - 10,195 lbs
Total - 18,210 lbs

Week 13 Preview - So my goal is going to be to lift Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday but that may not end up happening. I'm currently exhausted even though I took a short nap. If I need sleep tomorrow, I'll just lift Monday, Wednesday, Friday like usual. I need to pick up a blood work order and I hope it's ready Monday. I have to have the blood work (and the results need to be back) before the MRI on Thursday. That's why I don't want to lift on Monday.

Sunday - workout
Monday - work 0700-1530
Tuesday - work 0700-1530 + workout
Wednesday - work 0700-1530
Thursday - MRI (hopefully) + workout
Friday - conditioning? + gun range?
Saturday - work 0700-1530

[thehobbes]

How many cals do you eat usually? Good luck with all the medical stuff, I hate going to get anything like that done, I complain thoroughly through the whole process lol. Just got in with a couple new docs this yr so they want to run all kinds of bloodwork and tests, which is great, but my god my ACA insurance sucks. It's like slow your roll guys!

[SophieM]

How many cals do you eat usually?

I have no idea LOL. Enough to be up ~8 lbs from my lowest but not enough to not be starving all the time? Then again, I need to poop so not sure how much I've really gained.

I tried to do some quick guesstimating on FitDay but it was coming up way lower than I would have thought, even if I add in 200 calories it's still below 2,000.

I think I need to get in more fat/protein and less carbs. I'm working on finishing all the pasta in the house and don't know if I'll buy more. It's fast and easy, but not filling to me.

Good luck with all the medical stuff, I hate going to get anything like that done, I complain thoroughly through the whole process lol. Just got in with a couple new docs this yr so they want to run all kinds of bloodwork and tests, which is great, but my god my ACA insurance sucks. It's like slow your roll guys!

I don't mind the tests themselves, just wish this doctor would write the order for blood work so I could get it done. Or if he wrote it, they never called me, which is probably more likely.

Yeah, I have pretty good insurance through work. Granted, I'm paying a lot more since I picked the "premium" plan or whatever it's called this year. With all my issues though, good insurance is definitely worth it!

I imagine is really sucks to have to pay out of pocket for insurance. Deductibles are sky high. Copays are sky high. It just sucks.

[itsagoodday]

Nothing like crouching down with a heavy weight and realizing you gotta go lol.

Like right this second? Or as a pre-deadlift ritual?

As pre-deadlift rituals go, that would probably be one of the better ones, for any number of reasons.

Insurance stuff ohhhhhh geeeeezzzz. I've been buying my own for like 12 years now, and it's pretty much always been expensive and with varying degrees of lousy coverage.

[SophieM]

Today was horrible. I slept so much yesterday I hardly slept last night. I've been awake around 2 am. I felt fine until I started lifting. Then, I was almost instantly exhausted. Everything was much heavier/harder than it should have been. Only ended up doing the squat, bench, deadlifts and even that almost took an hour. Have I mentioned I am REALLY ready for a deload next week?!?

Warm Up
Leg swings
Digging in to my hip with this between sets


Heavy Squats - Hip pain on the first set was enough that I could tell I was trying to favor my right side. Used the above ball inbetween sets and the set at 80 lbs was less painful. Used it again and the sets with 100 lbs didn't hurt much at all. Also did leg swings between the sets at 100 lbs.

60 lbs - 5
80 lbs - 3
100 lbs - 2
100 lbs - 2
100 lbs - 2

DB Bench Press - Am so glad I'll be increasing weight/dropping reps after deload week!

25 lbs - 11
25 lbs - 11
25 lbs - 11

Volume Deadlifts - Took forever to recover between sets. They felt incredibly heavy. Just ugh.

155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5

Foam rolling and stretching. Hoping for an early night tonight and to sleep until the alarm goes off. I hope today was just crappy because I need more sleep.

[itsagoodday]

Heavy squats, volume deads, and not enough sleep are a tough combo Just an off day, unfortunately, but at least you know why! Hope you sleep better tonight!!!

[thehobbes]

I hope you can get some good sleep tonight. Way to power through that workout!

I have a mini spike ball like that I use on my feet, it's helpful and titillating.

[SophieM]

Heavy squats, volume deads, and not enough sleep are a tough combo Just an off day, unfortunately, but at least you know why! Hope you sleep better tonight!!!

Hopefully that was the reason. I really am in need of a deload week. Just have to get through this week.

I did sleep more last night but am still sleepy. I'll try to get to bed early again tonight.

I hope you can get some good sleep tonight. Way to power through that workout!

I have a mini spike ball like that I use on my feet, it's helpful and titillating.

It was good sleep, just not enough. I probably got ~9 hours but since I only got ~5 hours the night before, definitely still at a deficit.

I bought that ball primarily for my feet, but then figured why not try my hip and see if it helps.

[anandagirl]

Wow, are we all having hip pain? Something in the water? Workout looks good though, nice volume on those deads too!!

[SophieM]

Wow, are we all having hip pain? Something in the water? Workout looks good though, nice volume on those deads too!!

LOL. Mine started in early February or something. I've just been ignoring it as I've other issues to deal with. And apparently I'm still ignoring it until this liver tumor thing is cleared up. I might just wait until after the meet in May as I know I'm not going to not do the meet, so why bother my doctor?

[anandagirl]

LOL. Mine started in early February or something. I've just been ignoring it as I've other issues to deal with. And apparently I'm still ignoring it until this liver tumor thing is cleared up. I might just wait until after the meet in May as I know I'm not going to not do the meet, so why bother my doctor?

Right?

[thehobbes]

Wow, are we all having hip pain? Something in the water? Workout looks good though, nice volume on those deads too!!

Sign me up for this club! Have had some weird hip thing since the summer and now must roll my ass cheeks with a spiky foam roller and LAX ball daily to settle it, srs.

[tina722]

great job with the workout. that spike ball looks like it would feel great on feet or hips.

[SophieM]

Sign me up for this club! Have had some weird hip thing since the summer and now must roll my ass cheeks with a spiky foam roller and LAX ball daily to settle it, srs.

Damn joints!

great job with the workout. that spike ball looks like it would feel great on feet or hips.

If by "feel great" you mean hurt like hell, then yeah

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I got stuck at work for a second shift and there was no way I was going to lift at midnight after working 16 hours. I'll try to get in my last 2 workouts Thursday and Saturday. Oh, since I stayed today they gave me off Saturday, which I suppose is nice.

[SophieM]

Lifting my or may not happen today as I am currently exhausted after having only slept ~5 hours last night, anxious about getting my MRI results back (had it this morning), and currently have people in the yard doing yard work so can't nap. If I can either get in a nap or somehow get a ton of energy, I'll lift today if the yard people leave early enough.

If not, my backup plan is to do the heavy lifts with accessories I cannot do at home tomorrow, and the rest of the workout I can do at home on Saturday.

[BubsNBean]

Late but here to support a fellow jacked-immune-system lifter

[SophieM]

Late but here to support a fellow jacked-immune-system lifter

Welcome!

Just posted on my FB that I've managed to use all $1,500 of my flexible spending account and I don't renew it until July. FML. Next person who says I'm "young and healthy" can pay for the rest of my health care costs until July!

[SophieM]

GI doctor just called. It's not only not cancer. It's a hemangioma, just a collection of blood vessels. He said they probably missed it on previous images!

Happy day!!!

[thehobbes]

^^^Awesome news!!

[itsagoodday]

I might just wait until after the meet in May as I know I'm not going to not do the meet, so why bother my doctor?

ROFL

GI doctor just called. It's not only not cancer. It's a hemangioma, just a collection of blood vessels. He said they probably missed it on previous images!

Happy day!!!

YES!!!!! That is awesome news Sophie, so happy for you!

[lschepis]

Yeahhhh on not cancer...a big PHEW!

Hemangioma...learned a new word. Sounds something like a blood thingy.

Count me in the hip thing club; I get sciatic once in a while. Weird, maybe not but deadlifting got rid of it for the longest time.

[SophieM]

^^^Awesome news!!

Definitely!

ROFL

YES!!!!! That is awesome news Sophie, so happy for you!

It's the truth about the hip

Yeahhhh on not cancer...a big PHEW!

Hemangioma...learned a new word. Sounds something like a blood thingy.

Count me in the hip thing club; I get sciatic once in a while. Weird, maybe not but deadlifting got rid of it for the longest time.

Yup, hemangioma is just a collection of blood vessels. There's a chance it could be caused, or caused to grow, from birth control, but evidence is mixed.

Ugh. Not deadlifting sounds horrible!

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Aiming to get to the gym today and see how much of my two workouts I can get done today. I'd rather spend tomorrow mostly relaxing if possible to get ready for my 16 hour shift on Sunday.

[SophieM]

Sort of a mix of all three workouts as I totally forgot I didn't do any accessories on Monday. I would have done more but I went way too close to eating. I was expecting my errands to take much longer than they did so was no where close to done digesting breakfast yet. Oh well. I'll go back tomorrow. Had I known that, I wouldn't have done as much as I ended up doing. That's okay. I was having fun.

Heavy Bench Press - I was worried during the set at 75 lbs but my working sets were fine.

65 lbs - 5
75 lbs - 3
85 lbs - 3
85 lbs - 3
85 lbs - 3

Shoulders
DB Seated Military Press - Usually do these standing so it was a nice change.

15 lbs - 12
15 lbs - 12

DB Upright Row - Lots of burning going on here. Definitely increasing the weight after deload.

15 lbs - 12
15 lbs - 12

Triceps Pushdown - The second set was a lot of burning. So happy to make increases after deload.

30 lbs - 12
30 lbs - 12

Leg Extension - Did these from Monday. More burning.

25 lbs - 12
25 lbs - 12

DB Row - Definite struggle with the mind/muscle connection.

30 lbs - 8
30 lbs - 8

Wide Grip Lat Pulldown - Forgot to check the weight stack before starting. Oops. That's okay because it was lighter than it should have been. Oh well.

70 lbs - 10
70 lbs - 10

Deficit Deadlift - Wanted to skip these but there is no way I'm doing two deadlift exercises tomorrow. Difficult as I kept thinking I was going to get sick. Must wait longer before lifting after eating. I really do know better. Ended up doing sets of 5 instead just to make sure the food stayed down.

155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5
155 lbs - 5

Belt Squats - Much harder with an extra 20 lbs. Wow!

65 lbs - 8
65 lbs - 8
65 lbs - 8

Plank - Rocked back/forth on my toes to keep things interesting.

30 seconds
30 seconds

Foam rolling/stretching.

[tina722]

Good to hear about the diagnostics. What a relief.

Long workout there!

[anandagirl]

Nice work! I'm dying to try a belt squat machine someday

Everything else going good?

[SophieM]

Good to hear about the diagnostics. What a relief.

Long workout there!

Definitely a relief!

Workout didn't take too long, surprisingly.

Nice work! I'm dying to try a belt squat machine someday

Everything else going good?

Yeah. I really like it. Hoping it really helps my squat be more upright, eventually.

Everything is good I suppose. Some days are harder than others, but that's life.

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I don't think I'm lifting today. The original thought was to lift this morning but I slept horribly and needed more sleep. Then I drove an hour away to go to a gun show. And now I'm getting sore form yesterday's workout. Hmmm. I guess my option is to do week 13, day 3 on Monday and then take the rest of the week as a deload.