Unleashing The Beast Within

[NurseKnuckles]

New tendon they found. Right beside ALL.

 

[CRZA]

 

[miaou]

Does your viewpoint change on practitioners who are solely manipulating to correct subluxations? I am surprised that Chiropractic is so modern and based initially upon what is apparently "spiritual" guidance and trial and error.

No such thing as a "sublaxation" has ever been proven to exist. Spinal manipulation has been shown to have zero effect on anything (anything that it has actually been tested for) apart from non-specific lower-back pain. In the case of non-specific lower-back pain, the effect of spinal manipulation is no more effective than conventional forms of treatment (conventional PT, NSAIDs, etc.) and only slightly greater than the effect of just giving out a pamphlet with guidelines for the patient to follow.

Manipulation for the cervical spine can be dangerous to the point of it being directly linked to serious injuries and even death in a number of cases (most recent case being this one).

Also has this MAT chap affected your personal business in any way i.e. clients looking for a new source of advice, despite having positive results with yourself?

Not really. I have a pt client who had sessions with him in the past, but haven't had any since she started working out with me (also, she is the type of person who loves all sorts of pseudoscientific nonsense - homeopathy, food intolerance tests, accupuncture, bowtech, you name it! - so not much to be done about that). I've also trained a number of athletes who have worked with him, but not in a pt setting and they are not clients I'm in any way directly responsible for.

what is MAT?

http://www.muscleactivation.com/

Please notice how the site gives zero information on what their method actually is, and has clear resemblance to the website of a cult.

I see more and more squats in here. I love it.

Thanks, belphbro.

 

[miaou]

Low-bar Squats
100x5
120x5
140x5
150x5
90x10

Overhead Press
50x3
55x3
60x3
65x3
70x3
65x3
60x3
55x3
50x3

Clean Pulls (paused at knees)
100x3
110x3
120x3
130x3
140x3

Iso-lateral Pulldown Machine
[60+60]x5 x3
[45+45]x8 x3

(A1) Neutral-grip DB Bench Press
65x8 x4 (lbs)

(A2) Kneeling Single-leg Leg Curls
65x12 x4 (lbs)

(B1) Incline DB Flies
10x12 x4

(B2) Prone Y's (palms facing each other)
10x12 x4 (lbs)

(C1) Band Pull-aparts
[miniband]x15 x3

(C2) DB Hammer Curls
30x15 x3

(D1) Smith Machine Standing Calf Raises
[+30]x12 x6

(D2) 1.5-rep Toes-to-bars
BWx6 x3


150 felt heavy but the reps were solid. Everything else was fine/light.

Knee feels fine.

It's now a month with no significant injury. Still some pain on the foot, still some neck issues and still a small stint of lower-back pain for good measure, but nothing really significant and no issues with my major past injuries (shoulders/knees).


Bodyweight this morning = 91.5 kg.

 

[Tosa]

It's now a month with no significant injury.

Congrats on the PR.

 

[miaou]

Lol, thanks.

It's also a month with no days off from training, although that will change soon enough.

 

[NurseKnuckles]

How's the gym thing coming along?

 

[miaou]

It's in the works. Budget is likely to be substantially higher than originally expected.

 

[Tosa]

As in the expected costs, or the money available? With this sort of thing, you're always told to expect it to cost double what you expect.

 

[miaou]

Money available has to do with what you expect to get out of your investement.

expect it to cost double what you expect

Pretty much.

 

[Tosa]

Money available has to do with what you expect to get out of your investement.

It could also depend on how much other people expect you to get out of their investment. I thought maybe you found an eccentric millionaire who really believed in you, despite your angry eyes.

 

[miaou]

Alas, no rich sponsor was found.

 

[NurseKnuckles]

Alas, no rich sponsor was found.

yet

 

[miaou]

Power Snatches
50x3 x2
55x3 x2
60x3 x2
65x3 x2
70x3 x2

Power Cleans
90x3 x2
95x3 x2
100x3 x2
105x3 x2


Meh day. Feels like power snatch form has regressed. Power cleans felt heavy. Nevertheless, put the reps in.

4.5 hours of sleep plus 45-min afternoon nap. Wrist wraps because wrists were sore since yesterday. Also, I'm pretty paranoid about every little pain/ache on the right knee. /whatchagondo


70x3x2 power snatches and 105x3x2 power cleans:

 

[miaou]

Low-bar Squats
100x3
120x3
140x3 x3
80x10

Overhead Press
50x2 x2
60x2 x2
70x2 x2
75x2 x2
65x2 x2
55x2 x2

Good Mornings
100x5 x3
80x10

(A1) Iso-lateral Row Machine
[60+60]x6 x3
[40+40]x10 x3

(A2) Smith-machine Standing Calf Raises
[+40]x12 x7

Upright BB Rows
25x10 x4

(B1) Crossover Flies
7.5x15 x3

(B2) BB Curls
30x15 x3

(B3) Triceps Rope Pulldowns
20x15 x3

(B4) Band Pull-aparts (supinated grip)
[miniband]x15 x3


140 squat triples were solid. 75 overhead press doubles were hard/slightly grinded. Everything else was fine.


Bodyweight this morning = 92.5 kg. Bodyweight has been shooting up lately.

 

[miaou]

...early pm:

Power Snatches
57.5x2 x2
62.5x2 x2
67.5x2 x2
72.5xF+1
72.5x2
70x1
75x1
80x1
85x0.9
85xF

Power Cleans
92.5x2 x2
97.5x2 x2
102.5x2 x2
107.5x2
107.5xF+F
100x2

...late pm:

Overhead Press
50x3 x2
55x3 x2
60x3 x2
65x3 x2
70x3
70x2+F

Push Press
50x3 x2
60x3 x2
70x3 x2

BB Shrugs
120x10 x5

Pull-ups
BWx5 x10 (on the minute)


Low on energy, but today snatches were on point. Small pressout on the left elbow in 85 kg attempt, so not counting it as a PR. Was entirely fried after the second attempt. Power cleans were heavy and sloppy.

Shoulders were tired for the presses, missed last rep at 70.

Lockout is getting better so I decided to try push presses. Used the same grip width I use for cleans (significantly wider than my strict press grip), bar went to full lockout on every rep. There may yet be hope for my overhead lifts.


85 power snatch:


Power snatches/cleans:

 

[miaou]

Low-bar Squats
100x5
120x5
140x5
160x5
100x10

RDLs
60x10
80x10
100x10

...1 hour later:

Bench Press
85x5 x5

Iso-lateral Pulldown Machine
[62.5+62.5]x5 x3
[47.5+47.5]x10 x3

Seated Single-leg Leg Curls
35x12 x4

Face Pulls
70x12 x4

(A1) Incline DB Flies
25x12 x4 (lbs)

(A2) Prone Y's
10x10 x4

Side-angle Toes-to-bar
BWx10 x3

DB Hammer Curls
30x12 x3 (lbs)


Squats were solid. In the 160x5 vid depth looks suspect, but looking at my torso angle and how close the bar is to the safety pins at the bottom (plus judging by how they felt while performing them) it may or may not just be the video angle. In any case, happy with how light/solid 160 felt considering I haven't put 160 on my back since April.

Bench was easy but left shoulder felt a bit weird.

Everything else was fine.


160x5 squats:



BW this morning = 92.3 kg.

 

[Obscure Terror]

Depth looks good to me.

 

[miaou]

Thanks, OT.

I'm not concerned over it. Reps were easy, form was solid, knee was fine, plus I've never had issues making depth in any of my past low-bar PRs. I'll just make sure to take a vid from a better angle next time (just gave my cellphone to some dude, didn't give him specific instructions).

 

[CRZA]

Looked easy. Good job. Hoping you can progress without any pain now!