Day 12, felt a bit achy:
Went to the gym with the intention of doing some light movement and did a few easy bag rounds, dynamic stretching of hip flexors between rounds, hips feel quite tight mounting and dismounting bicycle.
Lower back is making a few minor noises, will need to be more disciplined about stretching as I haven't been.
Gym idiot: Novice boxer part of a class insistent on being passive aggressive, making running commentary on everything and making Bruce Lee noises when I kick bag, entire group discuss where they are going to eat after his coach let him know he was paying.......yawn.
Considering boxing class to (light) spar, they have good coaches and I can always learn something new although I imagine there will be a few partners who tell me my stance is too square etc, If I do join will try be a sponge, am not keen on the social aspect as workout times are limited-need to get home to mama and spend quality time with son.
Late night sessions are also very enjoyable, bag area is empty so no distractions, most lifters in late or very early hours are intensely focused which is a good influence.
Today is
day 13 will lift after work or when sonny Jim goes to bed, tomorrow is a public holiday as well so I should have adequate rest, can also do body weight workout wherever there's a bar and not miss time with family.
Did day 6 lifts with a few kg added and a few warmup reps removed:
Box Squat warm up 3*8 @40 (half body weight)
Box Squat work 5*5 @70 (87.5%)
My squat was fairly crap, I probably need to squat the above weight for a couple more weeks at least
Dead lift warm up 3*8 @80 (body weight)
Dead lift work 4*5 @100 (125%)
Last set of Dead lifts did 3 then starting losing grip, reset on 4 and 5 slightly then pulled again
I haven't been using my grippers at all for the last two weeks so this will be a contributing factor.....lol
I used a mixed grip for my heavier deads on day 11, double overhand for my deads on day 13
While the mixed grip feels more secure it also makes my arms feel awkward, I'll be using double overhand as often as possible from now on.
I now focus on keeping my shoulders over the bar, flexing my lats back and dragging the bar as close is possible up my leg, past the shin etc.
Need to focus more on the 'pushing the earth away'
My back is bit 'creaky' as well, will have to take my stretching as seriously as possible and stay at my current weight for another week I think, will also have to get to gym when it's dead as I'm too sensitive and there are too many attention seeking ****s.
Gym tard: A dude rocks up as close to my set up as possible and starts flexing, takes his jacket off, looks me up and down and starts playing with his hair, I'm at the end of my deadlift session so feeling kind of like I need to lie down, I grunt slightly at the end of each pull, old mate starts pulling 20's down and grunts when I do.......smirks at me
old mate does one set of squats and rips his belt off triumphantly, puts his jacket back on and strides to other side of the room.........good looking teen girl walks up to the box I was using, decides she ain't moving it...ask if she would like help, sez she's okay.....exchange polite smiles..old mate spys her out from the other side of the room, jacket comes back off and furious flexing resumes....young chook doesn't know he exists..exchange polite smiles..limp over to bags to warm down