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Knee is feeling better. Left side of lower back still tender. Slightly
better from Saturday but present. Feel it the most upon getting out of
bed but it lessens after I’m up and moving around for a bit. Got to
continue to keep an eye on it and see how it responds to activities.
Started out with the AMT. Heart rate up to only 151bpm. No issues in
either tender area here. Calf raises felt good albeit a bit tougher than
last session. Box touches felt good with both styles. No aches doing
regular style but some doing the sumo style. Rows felt good on the upper
back and stretching helped my tight shoulders. Squat therapy was
alright. No concerns this time. Kept working the form to make sure my
knees didn’t feel achy. Then time for weights. The adjustable squat rack
was in use so I went with the tiered squat rack for the front box
squats. Weight is still relatively light so I didn’t have an issue with
doing them from the low unrack height or walking back a bit. Light
warm-ups were pretty easy. The jump to the working weight is still a
bear. Two plates a side for three sets of three going EOMOM style to
keep a pace going. That first unrack was rough on my knee but that went
away quick. Definitely a lot tougher than last time I did these. Felt
these a decent amount in my tender area in the lower back. Then rack
pulls. Continuing to increase the weight and aiming for 1-5 reps on a
top set. This time quite a bit different from the usual work up in
weight. Starting right at a plate a side and doing alternating grip
reps. First three double overhand, next three over-under and the last
three under-over. Then sets of three alternating each rep, adding a
plate each time. Getting the body used to it. My plan then was to do the
last accumulation set single double overhand and then do the working
set with straps. I was feeling some aches in my SI joint after each set
but it wasn’t getting worse (or unbearable). 475lbs felt ridiculously
tough. Didn’t thing 20lbs would feel like so much more. It was tough but
I got five reps. Wasn’t expecting how the figure 8 straps pull at an
angle (compared to just straight down with normal straps) would feel on
my forearms and wrists (most I’ve done with them before this was 305lbs)
so it was a good learning experience. I had realized in my haste when I
was about halfway through rack pulls I had forgot hip airplanes so I
waited until I was done to do them. Injured side has greater issues with
balance still but I have better control of the movement. Abdominal work
followed that. Easy set of crunches into easy obliques with bands.
Stretched and then home for recovery burritos. Need to continue making
sleep a priority to help with recovery.
I’m a little taller than 6′6″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a competitor in amateur strongman contests. My hope is to become a competitive professional strongman. Currently I'm training for Northeast Regionals in Monaca, PA on 6/1/2024. I’m not a major competitor yet and I have a long way to go but I’m having fun.
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