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you should prob go physio...?
Don't say that!!
I'm afraid I'm probably going to have to, it's not sore doing anything else and I don't even remember hurting it in the first place.
I remember ages ago I had a really bad pain in my groin, so bad I could barely BW squat with it but I just left it alone and it's fine now. I was really really hoping that this shoulder thing would turn out to be something similar.
I'm gonna give it another week of rest and if it's still bad, I'll go and get it seen to!!0 -
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I seem to have just disappeared recently, I've still been doing bits and pieces but just haven't been logging them. My exams are starting on Friday so I've been studying at home for them, luckily I have the gym at the end of my garden so I can still do some things! Mainly just core exercises, the cross trainer and some benching. It's not really structured or anything, just enough to keep me ticking over.
Exams are finished on Monday so I'll have the whole summer to do nothing but train!!!
Ok not really, but I'll have more time!! 
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Best of luck the exams, if you study half as hard as you train you should do ok! I wish. When it comes to exams I find it very hard to get myself motivated enough to do much study in advance, they're usually half hearted attempts in the weeks coming up to them and then the week before, the pressure is really on. It's a terrible way to be but it's so hard to break the habit of a life time!!
First one down now anyway, only two more to go. I'm in at 9 tomorrow which is really crap, I love when it's an afternoon exam and you get a chance to look over everything properly one more time. Today's one went well. Comparative European Politics - not the nicest subject in the world but my topics came up so it was all good. European Union Law tomorrow which would be fine if it weren't for all the bloody cases, the majority of which are from the Netherlands so most of them are impossible remember, it'd be a handy number. Ah well, I only need 16% to pass that module and that'll be a doddle unless of course, I leave my brain at home!
Anyways, I need to get back to my cramming reading! 
(I'm really excited about Monday btw, I have huge plans for the summer!! ) 0 -
Malteaser! wrote: »(I'm really excited about Monday btw, I have huge plans for the summer!!)
You and me both!! I can't wait for you to be finished....
Great work today hun. Keep rocking those exams xxx0 -
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not sure if your exams are over over but if not best of luck with them , i have been reading your and hanleys log a good while now and while its quite foreign to me as all i do is run its very interesting/inspiring weight training is def something i want to get in to eventually but just concentreating on the running at the moment
anyway great log , best of luck
Aye, finished up on Monday morning
haha, yeah, I know what you mean about other logs being foreign to you. I read all the running logs as well (I love reading about how people approach training differently) but the times and distances don't mean much to me coz I've never done it. Still an interesting read though!!Better late than never! Best of luck with the (rest of) exams L
Thanks B. Delighted to be done. I haven't been as stressed out about any set of exams since my leaving! Can't properly relax till I find out the results now though!!! 0 -
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It was my sisters Communion at the weekend and as a result of all the last minute preparations and me trying to find an outfit to wear right up to the day before, I had no time to go to the gym. I don't mind though coz the day was a complete success and she was fantastic!!
Back in today. Another light(ish) sessions.
Squat:
20kg x 5
30kg x 5
40kg x 5
50kg x 3 x 3
Leg Curls
25kg x 10
30somethingkg x 8
25kg x 8
Assisted Pull Ups
2 x 5
Planks
+ 30 seconds x 3
Hypers on a Ball
3 x 10
Sit ups on the ball
3 x 10
LIke I said before, I haven't had a chance to put together a new program but I have a load of ideas floating in my head so I'll hopefully get to put them down tonight and get cracking on it straight away!!0 -
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So I spent aaggesss last night working on a new program for the gym. Like I said, I have a ton of ideas in my mind about what I want to do with my training this summer but when I went to write them all out, one plan just kept jumping out at me. Something that I'd done before, that nearly killed me the last time. Sheiko. For those that don't know what Sheiko is all about, it's basically practicing the big three lifts very frequently without much assistance work. The idea behind it is that by training the big three very often (up to 8 times a week), your body will adapt to the work load and allow for even more volume in each workout. Since you're working around 80-85% most of the time you don't get burned out, but you do get a lot of practice with moderately heavy weights and as you go through the program your work capacity absolutely goes through the roof. The first few days might be brutal, but the last week or two suddenly become VERY manageable. And that is where the beauty of the program lies. You have to push so hard so often that the increased volume leads to great conditioning and decent strength gains in the prep. period and then once you move into the comp cycle it's all pulled together to peak you.
Very simply, greater volume tolerance = better work capacity = more training, with more weight = more strength
I reckon it will especially help my bench which has really been suffering - with Sheiko, the CNS gets very efficient at the muscle firing patterns and the groove required for benching. These workouts are done mostly in the range of 50-85% of 1RM, using waves of volume and intensity. On paper it looks so, so easy but it's brutal in real life.
I'm really excited about trying it again - I know that it's exactly the kind of structure I need right now, I have loads of free time to spend in the gym and recover afterwards and I know it works. On the other hand, I'm nervous. It's like looking back at something horrible in the past but somehow always managing to convince yourself that it wasn't as bad as you remember. I'm thinking back to when I ran it before and saying to myself that it couldn't possibly be as hard as I remember, that I must have been exaggerating it. But I know I wasn't, it's a really really tough program to run.
I spent hours last night working out all the percentages so I have it all laid out and ready to go which means that my training is sorted for the next little while.
There was actually another program that I thinking of running - a deadlift program. It was 8 weeks long and I know that at the end of it I would have had my double bodyweight deadlift. It was a really tough decision to make but I decided to go with Sheiko again. I'll do the deadlift one afterwards. It means that I prolly won't have done 2x bw within a year of joining the gym but I'll only have to wait a few weeks over it to get it!!!
Next problem is my diet. I know I've said it before but when I get stressed out my diet just turns to shit. In the last few weeks with my exams and then the prep for my sisters Communion, my diet has reverted back to my pre-lifting days. Not so much that I've been eating a ton of junk food more, that I've been chronically under-eating. I'm embarrassed to put up my diet but I promise that I'll fix it. I'll especially need to if I'm even thinking about finishing Sheiko.
So that's it. Going to the gym in a little while to start on day number one. I'll report back later with how I got on!! 0 -
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Malteaser! wrote: »Sheiko - Week 1, Day 2.
Deadlift to knees
50kg x 5
60kg x 3
70kg x 2 x 3
75kg x 4 x 2
Bench
20kg x 6
22.5kg x 2 x 6
25kg x 4 x 6
Flies
5kg x 5 x 10
Rack Pulls (Stood on a step so the bar was starting about 3 - 4 inches below my knee)
55kg x 4
65kg x 4
75kg x 2 x 4
80kg x 4 x 4
Lunges
5 x 5
edit:
Load Volume: 5050kg
Number of lifts: 171 lifts /edit.
Day two down. Overall it wasn't too bad.
Deadlifts to the knees were no bother at all.
Benching was good and strong. The second set of 22.5kg was actually a bit slow, I think this could have been due to the fact that I wasn't really paying attention to that set over anything else because the 4 set of 25kg were absolutely hunky dorey!!
Deadlifts from the rack were a bit of a bitch. The fact that the bar is a bit lower then it would be for a normal rack pull made much harder. I was getting tired at this stage and just wanted to go home.
Rather you than me tbh. You're doing great so far!!(1.) I was up there at about 12 and the place was really really busy, unusual for that time of the day but it just seemed to be filled with the biggest load of saps ever. There's some individuals in the gym who make a shit load of noise when they're lifting, throw the weights around really hard and just act like a general pain in the arse but today it was like they all these individuals joined together for a big group session. The novelty wore off them ROARING their way through every set after about 5 minutes and became plain irritating. It was soooo hard to concentrate on doing anything. People who act like that really p!ss me off, you know, we get it you're strong. Even if you don't shout people will still know that you're strong. The weights room is not that big, everyone else does not need you to announce that you're about to start a set by roaring at the top of your lungs like a freakin' lion. Gawwdd, they made me so mad!!! /rant.
It's REALLY annoying isn't it....? If there's one thing that annoys me in the gym it's guys screaming and throwing weights around so people will look at them and think they're bad asses. There is NO WAY you're staying tight and giving everything to a set if you're screaming all the way thru every rep.
I suppose they don't need to pay that much attention tho... the spotters were lifting as much as the guys actually doing the lift from what I could see. In fact I'm not sure which one was grunting with exertion half the time...
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How about a little incentive called your health?;) I know what you are saying. What I'd suggest is changing things up diet wise for 3-4 weeks and just see how you feel....will your eyes and skin be clearer? Will you have that bit more energy...? You'll certainly be investing in your health long term - we all get older:)
Only one way to find out!
Thanks for not completely slating me over how bad my diet is!!
Those reasons you just listed are all part of the reason why I want to improve my diet. See I know the benefits of healthy eating but because I can't measure the effect it's having on body, like I would if I was eating to loose weight for example, means that I'm more likely to fall into the trap of 'ah sure what harm is this one pizza', or 'one bottle of coke is hardly going to kill me' and on and on it goes until my diet is back up in disaster-land again.
The way I was thinking of doing it is, instead of waking up tomorrow and trying to implement a brand new diet plan, is to do in stages. I think it'll be more manageable that way. So for example, I could start by eating breakfast every day for a week, then the next week make another change, like cutting out the fizzy drinks, then the following week cut out the pizza.
I think small manageable steps may be the key in me making this change a successful one??0
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