Mobility Prep
16” Front Box Squats w/ Chains
No Chains
45x10
Added Chains (+50lbs)
45x5
95x3
135x2
185x1
225x1
275x3
275x3
275x3
Back Raise Bench Sit-ups
BWx15
BWx15
Stretching
Comments: No walking Wednesday as I had plans. Friday not
looking so good either so I’ll have to make up for it in the coming weeks if I
can. Otherwise I may be coming in a little heavier than 275lbs. Not that I mind
much but it will mean that I may need to requalify for USS Nats if I want to do
that at the under 275lbs weight class. But whatever I’m my best at then so be
it. This workout was going to be short since still restricted on what I can do.
I ended up coming home after work as I wanted to sleep in so that meant I
needed to come back to get gym stuff ready. I did a pot roast so I could use
that as an excuse to set it on warm when I got home. My stomach wasn’t pleased
with me as I was feeling bloated and had the burps. I think it was because I
was working too much and didn’t drink as much water as I usually do during the
day and then tried to make up for it after work in like span of 10 minutes. Eh.
Figured I’d see if this workout would be fine without the compression socks and
just knee sleeves if needed. Trying to gauge how things are feeling and idea of
what my actual soreness and achiness is day to day. It just may be taking
longer and longer for me to heal from things than I would like and I don’t
think some of the supplements I’ve been taking are really worth the money. Forearms
still mildly sore and knees ache. Shoulders kind of achy too. Self-conscious about
that haha. Really need that deep tissue massage on Monday. So to the gym. The
usual AMT to warm-up. Heart rate up to 144bpm.
I kind of expected to be higher with how I was feeling. Movement prep stuff
felt surprisingly good. I had to wait
for the squat rack to open. I had started setting things up on the other one
but the guy noticed I was going to be doing squats and moved as otherwise I’d
have to quarter squat stuff up to start. Front squats with chains to start. Same
as before with the setup, just 25lbs more. I knew it was going to be important
to get more sets with the hard belt on to keep me from feeling like I was going
to pass out. It’s tough to balance doing enough to warm-up and enough that won’t
overdo it for the working sets. The gut bloat wasn’t helping today as I’d have
to cinch it too tight to get it into the second buckle. Usually that isn’t a problem.
So just one buckle hole it was. Even with the single with the belt on, I think
the weight just isn’t pleasant and I’m not used to it yet. Felt like I was
going to lose consciousness but I didn’t. Nowhere near as bad as last time.
Second and third set were better. My left quad was twitching before I did my
heavier stuff. Abdominals felt tight after the second set. Making me paranoid.
No issues at all on the third set. Last set, best set I guess. No deadlifts so
abdominals to finish up. Last thing was the back raise bench abdominal stuff as
has been the case. Same reps and sets as last time. I was tempted to add some
weight or something but this was fine today. I was feeling some tension in my
right lower abdominals so probably best that I stuck with the plan here. Fairly
early end to night, even though I arrived like 45 minutes later than I should’ve.
Home for stretching and Mississippi roast.
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