Tuesday
@ my gym. Still holding back. I'm coughing the crap out now I think. Still recovering. I weighed myself for the first time since before the Pneumonia - down at least 11lbs. No straps, belts, etc used.
Seated Press
Mores strength available but no need to impact recovery
warm ups, 20kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 50kg x 6 (easy) and 60kg x 6 easy
Saxon Bar
bar x 8, 42.5kg x 6, 72.5kg x 3, 3 and 6. Again more there but holding back.
Bwt: 319lbs with a lot of clothing on (cold here) so 316lbs - from 327lbs or so
If recovery goes well then I'll ramp it up to 75% of previous numbers asap
@ my gym. Still holding back. I'm coughing the crap out now I think. Still recovering. I weighed myself for the first time since before the Pneumonia - down at least 11lbs. No straps, belts, etc used.
Seated Press
Mores strength available but no need to impact recovery
warm ups, 20kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 50kg x 6 (easy) and 60kg x 6 easy
Saxon Bar
bar x 8, 42.5kg x 6, 72.5kg x 3, 3 and 6. Again more there but holding back.
Bwt: 319lbs with a lot of clothing on (cold here) so 316lbs - from 327lbs or so
If recovery goes well then I'll ramp it up to 75% of previous numbers asap
Nice touchdown!!!!
Always love a good touchdown. Looking forward to the recovery and you ramping up again!
Recovery etc
So I've referred to many times the 2016 issue I had. A 16 week out of the gym back issue. I'd had little tweaks and injuries which came from pushing hard in the gym and competing to world record levels previously. It's a price you pay and world records come with risks. What I'd learned from that and from hitting the gym right after competitions was you CANNOT go back in, especially post cycle, at the same level. Seems fkin obvious top me now but I had to learn the hard way.
In 2016 I KNEW there was no fkin way I'd be able to go back to the gym at anywhere close to 100% of where I'd been before. Even 70-80% might have had a bunch of risks for injury and putting myself back. So I deliberately went in at 60%. So a 300lb bench for reps MUST start at 180lbs. It took me about 4-6 weeks to push to 90% (270lbs) and then get back on the grind where I'd been before and aiming for new PB's and the like.
This bout of Pneumonia is the same. With, perhaps, the added issue of wanting the immune system to be working. There's ZERO point, even if I can (and I have felt I can go harder), going hard and slowing down full recovery. It might be both tempting and frustrating to go hard but you'd only slow everything down and so take even longer to get back to where you wanna be.
That said the plan is 60% week 1 (this week),. 80% week 2 (next week) and back on the plan week 3. I MIGHT see where I am on the bench Friday. Letting the cards fall how they want. I DO have the advantage that unlike 2016 and 16 weeks (4 months) this is just 2 or so weeks. So the process can be a little quicker.
So I've referred to many times the 2016 issue I had. A 16 week out of the gym back issue. I'd had little tweaks and injuries which came from pushing hard in the gym and competing to world record levels previously. It's a price you pay and world records come with risks. What I'd learned from that and from hitting the gym right after competitions was you CANNOT go back in, especially post cycle, at the same level. Seems fkin obvious top me now but I had to learn the hard way.
In 2016 I KNEW there was no fkin way I'd be able to go back to the gym at anywhere close to 100% of where I'd been before. Even 70-80% might have had a bunch of risks for injury and putting myself back. So I deliberately went in at 60%. So a 300lb bench for reps MUST start at 180lbs. It took me about 4-6 weeks to push to 90% (270lbs) and then get back on the grind where I'd been before and aiming for new PB's and the like.
This bout of Pneumonia is the same. With, perhaps, the added issue of wanting the immune system to be working. There's ZERO point, even if I can (and I have felt I can go harder), going hard and slowing down full recovery. It might be both tempting and frustrating to go hard but you'd only slow everything down and so take even longer to get back to where you wanna be.
That said the plan is 60% week 1 (this week),. 80% week 2 (next week) and back on the plan week 3. I MIGHT see where I am on the bench Friday. Letting the cards fall how they want. I DO have the advantage that unlike 2016 and 16 weeks (4 months) this is just 2 or so weeks. So the process can be a little quicker.
Thursday
@ Powerhouse. Feeling 80% today and only kinda glad I held back a notch (just starting to feel the effects at the end). Nice to see my gym buddies (a few who had offered to do sh*t for me when I was full blown ill)
Dumbbell Curls
to 30kg x 8 reps easy
Tricep Pressdown
to 15p x 8 reps easy
Standing BB Wrist Curls
to 100kg 8 reps
Bwt: 315lbs!!
@ Powerhouse. Feeling 80% today and only kinda glad I held back a notch (just starting to feel the effects at the end). Nice to see my gym buddies (a few who had offered to do sh*t for me when I was full blown ill)
Dumbbell Curls
to 30kg x 8 reps easy
Tricep Pressdown
to 15p x 8 reps easy
Standing BB Wrist Curls
to 100kg 8 reps
Bwt: 315lbs!!
APPROVED LOG
damn surprise that you came back so strong like nothing ever happened
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