The MilkMan Delivers: The Road to 40

[KnightTemplar]

Thanks, I have been feeling pretty good up until yesterday's judo session where I managed to get thrown during newaza sparring (groundwork) by a 130kg guy and landed on my shoulder. So in terms of feeling jacked, my shoulder feels pretty jacked up but not in the way I was hoping!

Hopefully that'll heal up soon and I can get back to it!

Thanks for the message.

Ouch. Swift recovery, bro.

 

[MilkManUK]

Been taking Ibuprofen and it seems to have eased the pain a little. Managed to bench and deadlift today.

Building The Monolith, Week 5, Day 4

Band Pullaparts
Banded Shoulder work

Bench Press

50kg X 5
55kg X 5
60kg X 5
62.5kg X 5
72.5kg X 5
82.5kg X 5 X 5

Trapbar Deadlift
85kg X 5
105kg X 5
125kg X 5
127.5kg X 5
145kg X 5
165kg X 3 X 5 reps

Upright Plate Rows
10kg X 2 X 25 reps
20kg X 3 X 20 reps

Barbell Curls
22.5kg X 9 X 12 reps

Neckwork

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 5, Day 5

SOHP
20kg X 5
27.5kg X 5
32.5kg X 5
40kg X 5
42.5kg X 15 X 5 reps

Squat
65kg X 5
85kg X 5
95kg X 5
110kg X 5
127.5kg x 5
95kg X 20

Trapbar Shrugs
85kg X 7 X 15 reps

Band Pullaparts
4 X 30 reps

Neckwork

Shoulder still a bit iffy, but was able to lift without it causing too many issues.

PM: Walking 25 minutes

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 5, Day 6

Conditioning: LISS jogging 44m 30s

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 6, Day 1

SOHP
30kg X 5
40kg X 5
45kg X 5
50kg X 5
57.5kg X 5
65kg X 3
65kg X 2
50kg X 10
50kg X 10
50kg X 7

Couldn't get 5 straight reps on the 65kg set - not sure how much shoulder is to blame and whether I would have got it anyway, did extra sets at 50kg as an attempt at redemption.

Squat
80kg X 5
100kg X 5
112.5kg X 5
127.5kg X 5
142.5kg X 5 X 5

Band Pullaparts
3 X 35 reps

Neckwork

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 6, Day 2
AM: Walking 1hr
PM: Judo technical 1hr 15mins

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 6, Day 3

AM: Walking 1hr 30mins

Bench & deadlift later and possibly a judo randori session tonight.

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 6, Day 4

Didn't end up doing bench & deadlift yesterday - knocked my right shoulder again at judo on Wednesday evening and when I came to warm up for my bench press with 60kg, it was causing me a fair amount of pain. Did some neckwork and curls and then just helped out coaching some of the lower grades on the mat on Thursday evening - needless to say didn't do the randori session as planned. Hopefully a little bit of rest and some more ibuprofen will sort this out soon.

Today I just did some conditioning: LISS jogging for 43mins 37secs with my wife.

 

[golvmopp]

What is it with the injury bug doing the rounds in the logs...?

Wish you a speedy recovery, and stay mobile!

 

[MilkManUK]

What is it with the injury bug doing the rounds in the logs...?

Wish you a speedy recovery, and stay mobile!

I think for me it's a combination of age, and trying to hang with the big boys in judo whilst not being that big myself!

I managed to get the bench and deadlift session done today though:

Building The Monolith, Week 6, Day 5

Bench Press
60kg X 5
65kg X 5
70kg X 5
72.5kg X 5
82.5kg X 5
92.5kg X 5 X 5

Trapbar Deadlift
65kg X 5
105kg X 5
145kg X 5
147.5kg X 5
165kg X 5
185kg X 3 X 5 reps

Neckwork
Banded Facepulls 4 X 25 reps

 

[KnightTemplar]

What is it with the injury bug doing the rounds in the logs...?

Wish you a speedy recovery, and stay mobile!

Because you touch yourself at night!

 

[MilkManUK]

AM: Conditioning: LISS Jogging 33 minutes. Walking 45 minutes.

 

[MilkManUK]

Building The Monolith, Week 6, Day 6

SOHP
20kg X 5
30kg X 5
40kg X 5
50kg X 12 X 5 reps

Squat
60kg X 5
80kg X 5
100kg X 5
112.5kg X 5
127.5kg X 5
142.5kg X 5
105kg X 20

Band Pullaparts
5 x 20 reps

Neckwork



Here ends the 6 weeks of Building The Monolith, I'm feeling pretty beat up if I'm honest, but I expect that's due to the knocks suffered at judo more than anything else.

Will think about doing some 1RM testing for the remainder of this week and then decide what I'll be doing afterwards. I have a summer holiday coming up in a month, so may lean towards a more bodybuilding style approach for a bit.