Lift, Train, Fitness
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This week has been mixed, I have been getting outside to cut down a couple of eucalyptus trees each day and cutting them up ready for a friend to come and collect for firewood before the day get too hot, I uses a professional Husqvarna 550 with a 20" bar. Hard work but they are at least no longer a threat to my crafting shed. Also started to move my crafting workshop into the freshly renovated shed, unfortunately despite having installed industrial shelving, I do not have enough lol but the games room section of the shed is starting to come together and hubby is making progress on the paving ready for the new BBQ area next to the shed.
Had 1 bench session at the gym, repping a weight that would have been competitive at nationals last year so if my body holds together I should do ok when I choose which comp I will enter this year, It won't be nationals as I will not have enough prep time.
Today I need to sit down and write my new training program for Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun
Had 1 bench session at the gym, repping a weight that would have been competitive at nationals last year so if my body holds together I should do ok when I choose which comp I will enter this year, It won't be nationals as I will not have enough prep time.
Today I need to sit down and write my new training program for Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun
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The raw numbers are lower but everybody in the age division are facing their own age related physical problems.
“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
― Socrates
I have attached my draft training program, it includes a couple of exercises I don't usually do and rather than pushing the weight up on bench then focus is my stability during the pause.
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“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
― Socrates
I have attached my draft training program, it includes a couple of exercises I don't usually do and rather than pushing the weight up on bench then focus is my stability during the pause.
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didn't sleep well last night and still in some pain today but feeling better as the day goes on so should be right to train tomorrow as per schedule.
I have been reading some of his stuff lately, a lot of current text books on fitness and strength are based on Poliquins work and it is good to go back and read from the source for ideas that get lost over time in favour of new fads. This is also one of the reasons I have included the cuban press in my training this cycle rather than going for the standard external rotation exercises which are isolation exercises and needing to do 2 different forms to hit both the teres minor and the infraspinatus the cuban press will target both as part of a compound movement getting the whole cuff working correctly together. replacing 2 for one keeps training time lower and is a more functional exercise = win
There are sooooo many different exercises out there that older exercises get forgotten or may never have been seen by trainer who have been produces by the often woefully inadequate education system.
just because somebody can pass a standardised personal training course does not mean they are any good as a trainer. Good trainers go the extra mile in their learning, both keeping up to date with recent studies but also learning from the past, new is not always best, neither is old but a combination of both matched to the clients need.
worst of all is the terrible advice I see given out by people who "used to lift weights" or "was into bodybuilding when younger" etc these people pas on the terrible advice and bro science to unsuspecting gym newbies or other family member without having any real knowledge of what they are doing.
I have been reading some of his stuff lately, a lot of current text books on fitness and strength are based on Poliquins work and it is good to go back and read from the source for ideas that get lost over time in favour of new fads. This is also one of the reasons I have included the cuban press in my training this cycle rather than going for the standard external rotation exercises which are isolation exercises and needing to do 2 different forms to hit both the teres minor and the infraspinatus the cuban press will target both as part of a compound movement getting the whole cuff working correctly together. replacing 2 for one keeps training time lower and is a more functional exercise = win
There are sooooo many different exercises out there that older exercises get forgotten or may never have been seen by trainer who have been produces by the often woefully inadequate education system.
just because somebody can pass a standardised personal training course does not mean they are any good as a trainer. Good trainers go the extra mile in their learning, both keeping up to date with recent studies but also learning from the past, new is not always best, neither is old but a combination of both matched to the clients need.
worst of all is the terrible advice I see given out by people who "used to lift weights" or "was into bodybuilding when younger" etc these people pas on the terrible advice and bro science to unsuspecting gym newbies or other family member without having any real knowledge of what they are doing.
Very true.
I have had to put a crash mat next to the lounge chair to minimise injury when she jumps off
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And so much hair!
made it through training today, biggest issue is regaining flexibility in my shoulders, so despite my squat weight being very light (50 kg/110 lb) the 4 sets certainly worked and stretched my shoulders over trying to keep the bar in the correct position to be able to have perfect form. I need to book more massage mobility sessions, 1 hour on just shoulders each time like I had on Monday.
Hamstring will be sore tomorrow, hamstring raises are a killer exercise but due to it being a primarily eccentric lift it generates DOMS is a big way usually. Speed deadlifts left me sucking in the big deep breaths after each set and my legs were a little wobbly after the 4th set. Speed work has a 40 second rest between sets.
Hamstring will be sore tomorrow, hamstring raises are a killer exercise but due to it being a primarily eccentric lift it generates DOMS is a big way usually. Speed deadlifts left me sucking in the big deep breaths after each set and my legs were a little wobbly after the 4th set. Speed work has a 40 second rest between sets.
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Hamstring raises are probably my least favorite exercise ever, lol! I had the same issue with my shoulder and squats -- gripping behind the head was way too painful. I did front squats instead and they didn't bother my shoulder. Love the pics of the little one -- adorable!
At least my scans show I have no tears or impingement's but I still have calcification and bursitis, my flexibility will return over time. I hate front squats and they are not a comp lift so are a rarity for me to do them.
Yep working deep on shoulders is hard work, he has a lift table so I am assuming his body positioning was good, hard to tell when your lying prone. but used more than just hands, lots of forearm and elbow pressure.
I tend to prefer male therapists because I have found many female therapists start getting into pushing energy work and other non scientific bullshit.
I hate to admit it but that´s often my experience as well and... ugh! It´s not a black and white split, of course, and male woo-pushers tend to annoy me even more than female ones but women are the overwhelming majority.
It is a good thing I don't train again until tomorrow, 2nd day DOMS in Quads is bad, mild DOMS in hamstrings and abs which just highlights that there is absolutely no need to do isolation ab exercises If you doing your compound movements correctly.