No Rest for the Weary

[TheJewBear]

That was the best spoiler ever

 

[CRZA]

Nice pressing, and nice work all-together.

Thanks bro

waiting for sheiko results!

Yeah, we'll see. I doubt ill go for maxes on all lifts. Most likely some rep PRs, but ill max on the deadlift because of the sherdog competition.
No real point for me to kill myself to get a new 1rm.
Im not competing, so just knowing ive gotten stronger is key.

That was the best spoiler ever

haha. Cool. Chicks call it fitspo, I call it fapspo.

 

[CRZA]

Pendlay rows
50 x 5
60 x 4
70 x 2 x 3
80 x 6 x 3

Press
50 x 5
60 x 5 x 5

French press 5 x 8
Rolling triceps extenions 5 x 10

Chins
bw x 6
+10 x 6
bw x 6,6

Ab rollouts
kneeling: bw x 5 x 10

Vulcan gripper
R: 7/7 x 1,1,1 - 4/4 x 5,5,5
L: 6/7 x 1,1,1 - 4/4 x 5,5,5

Good workout, press was easy, got a huge lat pump from the rows.
I miss squatting, though

Going to deload for a week now, in hope that the hip will be painfree.
I probably wont log, unless something cool happens.
Will train some days, but ill try to stay away from the heavy movements that involve hip flexion.

Spoiler

omgz. Bouncing mickey mouse

 

[miaou]

Enjoy the rest, bro.

 

[kotriz]

i hope everything heals up

 

[CRZA]

Enjoy the rest, bro.

i hope everything heals up

Thank you my greek friends!

Ramblings about my hips and lifting.
Its still painful. I feel like its getting better, but it seems to take forever!
Still only pain when below parallel. Other movements, such as hip flexion standing doesnt hurt, I think it used too.

I squatted once last week. I did half-squats to the bench. Half squats are gay. But they dont hurt and feel fine.

So my options are these now
1. Dont squat or do any leg work at all.
2. Do half squats on bench
3. Do lunges, step ups and lots of ham/glute work such as RDLs, Stiff deads.

Option 1 seems bad and very boring. I will loose plenty of strength if I do this
My hips will get plenty of rest with this option

Option 2 seems OK, I can do half squats, but people will laugh at me and throw things. :icon_lol: I will reserve most strenght with this option, maybe even gain some. My hips might not get enough rest here and might get worse.

Option 3 seems OK, I might reserve some squat strenght, most likely my squat will be alot worse after not doing it. I might gain some extra quad/ham/glute strenght.

Option 2 seems the best, maybe do it with Madcow. Which means only working up to a set of 5. Which will be a huge reduction in volume compared to sheiko!

Half squat looks like this

During the deload week, I just messed around with lots of upper back work and just did some fun stuff in the gym.

Spoiler

 

[CRZA]

Was supposed to try these maxes on wednesday. But I woke up with a sore throat today, so I wanted to do it before I get any more symptoms

Half-Squat to bench
95 x 2 x 3
112.5 x 2 x 2
130 x 2
145 x 1
belte
155 x 1
165 x 1
170 x 1
180 x 3

Press
40 x 3
47.5 x 3
55 x 2 x 2
65 x 2
72.5 x 1
80 x 1+fail
80 x 1+fail
80 x 1+1 cheated rep LOL

Deadlifts
125 x 3
150 x 3
175 x 2 x 2
200 x 1
225 x 1
belte
241 x 1
251 x 0.999. Grip slipped one inch away from lockout, had to let it go
I couldnt let 251 slip (literally) away from me.
251 x 1 +10

Really bad form! But thats the way it goes. Form at 225 looked OK i think. After that it went to shit.

Im really happy to get this. Its a HUGE milestone for me.
My bodyweight was 82.7 today, so it is also my first 3 x bw+ deadlift which feels awesome!

BB curls
40 x 3 x 8

Hammer curls
15 x 3 x 10

Incline curls
10 x 3 x 12
Not sure what to do these next days / weeks / months.


CELEBRATION!

Spoiler

 

[miaou]

Lulz. You need to get a camera that can record sound.

Congrats, man. 3xBW pull is srs bzns.

 

[CRZA]

Thanks!
It can record sound, lol
But it cant record sound and play music at the same time. I chose the music

 

[tekkno]

Congrats for the milestone crza. +1 for recording with sound. Legio needs a serious competitor, lol.

 

[kotriz]

congrats bro! thats a great milestone, srs business!

 

[miaou]

Thanks!
It can record sound, lol
But it cant record sound and play music at the same time. I chose the music

What if you got yourself a less shitty camera/cam-phone instead and keep using that crappy thing to play your music?

Mind=blown.

 

[CRZA]

Congrats for the milestone crza. +1 for recording with sound. Legio needs a serious competitor, lol.

Thanks tekkno. I do scream a bit, but I dont think I am at Legio's intensity level

congrats bro! thats a great milestone, srs business!

Thanks bro

What if you got yourself a less shitty camera/cam-phone instead and keep using that crappy thing to play your music?

Mind=blown.

So you want me to have two well functioning phones?
Mind=blown

Next PR attempt ill use my vita or tablet to play the music and let my phone do the recording

 

[LegioTitan]

FUCKIN' RAGE!!



Congrats on the big-ass pull man!

 

[toonie]

Congrats on the deadlift, CRZA!

 

[hatchoo]

Nice deadlifting! Hard work is paying off.

 

[CRZA]

FUCKIN' RAGE!!



Congrats on the big-ass pull man!

Thanks bro
Great song

Congrats on the deadlift, CRZA!

Thanks toon!

Nice deadlifting! Hard work is paying off.

Thanks Hatch. Hard work always pays off

Half box squat
130 x 3 x 3

Bench
97.5 2 x 3
105 x 3,x 1,1. Felt sooo bad

Hip thrusts
60 x 3 x 5

Bench
105 x 2 x 3
felt a little better, still not good.


I need to drop my bench max. There's no way in hell I can do 140 atm. Going to drop it back to 130

Next months
Deadlift: Keep doing sheiko
Bench: Keep doing sheiko
Squat: Half squat on bench with madcow + glute activation work with lunges and glute bridges

Not able to fully activate the glutes, I use alot of ham strenght.
My lower erectors are insanly sore from the DL max.
I have a goal of being a good bencher this year. We'll see how that turns out. Not looking great so far. LOL

 

[Tankimus]

Damn CRZA! Nice lifting in here. Grats on the deadlift PR. Hope that hip keeps getting better. Are you doing any kind of stetching, SMR or cold compress on it?

 

[belph]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah. 251. 3Xbw. Good shit.

 

[CRZA]

Damn CRZA! Nice lifting in here. Grats on the deadlift PR. Hope that hip keeps getting better. Are you doing any kind of stetching, SMR or cold compress on it?

Thanks bro
Im doing some glute activation work. SMR on quads and IT-band. And streching the illiopsoas.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah. 251. 3Xbw. Good shit.

Thanks belphbear!