Yeeeeeeaaah Buddy- dave's log

Do I need to make my above humorously editted quote bold in order to gain a cheap laugh??

LOL missed that. In all honesty im doubtful that either of them have a penis though!

I definitely think that keeping this journal on MT has had an impact upon the consistency of my training, thanks for turning me onto it. Now I need to start adding some multimedia!

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Definitely need some video evidence of these behemoth-esque lifts. Not that I'd doubt you for a second, I'm just keen to see what a proper gym looks like!!

haha, well my gf got me a digital camera for my birthday so once my exams are over on Thursday I ll take some pictures of the weights room. Hopefully find some decent lifts to film as well.

How long are you doing 10x3 btw? I ll be making a few trips back home to drop stuff from uni off in the next few weeks so which days are you training atm too?

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3 more weeks of this and then I'll decide whether to do my 20 rep/EDT style/giant set/complex routine or carry on with the 10x3.

Training days are scheduled for Mon, Weds, Fri because I'm finding it difficult to get round to weekend training. Happy to do something different though if you're around.

That could work since monday=RE Upper, wed= ME Lower, fri=ME Upper for me. I ll let you know if im coming back, potentially could be next week sometime. Guess we could go and scope out Kings?

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Deal.

ME Lower

Box squat-

bar x 8, 8
60kg x 5
100kg x 3
140kg x 1
160kg x 1- equal PR (hard)
165kg x 1- 5kg PR (better)
170kg x 1- 10kg PR (pinned to the box, took a second then powered it up).

RDL-

80kg x 12
90kg x 12
110kg x 8

Good session, happy with a 10 kg PR since I wasnt feeling amazing. More happy with regaining the squatting bragging rights from Lord Monkcheese!

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More happy with regaining the squatting bragging rights from Lord Monkcheese

I think the smiley you're looking for is this one -

Must be something in the water down there in Exeter. Another awesome 10kg increase on a lift.

You've got to try a 3 plate bench now if only to completely humiliate me!!!!

Lol we ll see what next week brings. I finish my exams tomorrow so i ll be having a few days of celebrating id imagine, so no ME upper this week (maybe a good idea anyway after the push pressing) but back on with RE on sunday.

As soon as I hit 3/4/5 plates the next goal is a 200kg squat...

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Finished my degree yesterday so I had a few quiet pints, quickly followed by a number of noisy ones. No training today as im hanging out my arse!

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Wow - quite an historic day then. You are officially no longer a student

Well done matey. Is it weeks or months before you get official notification of your 2:1?

Couple of weeks I think. No more tax dodging for me! Until next year...lol. Im not feeling too hot now though, just had a KFC so hopefully i ll improve soon.

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Went kicking for about 2 hours today and played touch for an hour as well. Going to hit up some ME Upper action tomorrow lunchtime before the premiership final. Aiming to get the 50's for at least 9.

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10 would be better. 9 is such an insignificant number. Plus 10 would equal my PB so you may as well complete the hat trick of Push/Pull/Legs PBs.

I ll do my best. 10 would be awesome. If I hit 10 I might be able to get the 55s up also.

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'ME Upper' / wank load of toss

Dumbell press-

50kg x 7, sacked off the session right there. Did a few face pulls and left. Left elbow really hurting again for some reason.

Im going to go in tomorrow and do a few front squats, possibly hit a light re upper on monday and then back to ME lower on wed.

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RE lower-

Back squat, high bar, shoulder width stance.

bar x loads
60kg x 10
80kg x 10
100kg x 10, 10, 10

Pleased with that. Every week im going to add 5 kg to the weight and see how long I can still complete 3x10.

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RE Upper...

Shrug (double overhand)

60kg x 15
100kg x 12
120kg x 10
140kg x 5

Tried to press the 7.5kg dumbells to warm up but my elbow wasnt having any of it. I think this injury may be around to stay for a while. Literally I cant even flex my arm right now without shooting pain into the base of my tricep. Bloody brilliant.

Did a bit of scap retraction stuff and some DB power cleans then left. Not pleased at all.

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That's a bit lame. It's strange that you can press maximal weights for a few weeks then BAM it gets fcuked. It seems to be all or nothing.
Hopefully resting will sort it out, albeit temporarily but this has been going on for a while now.
I wonder who would be best to look at it?

Im going to go to the DR tomorrow and see what he says. I feel that it must have something to do with my shoulder since its on the same side. Also my shoulder is aching today as well. Any idea from your PT experience?

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None.

All my injury rehab knowledge is purely textbook based so I could make a fairly educated guess at the problem. Well, saying that, I could if I still had the book but I flogged it on eBay so I've got no idea mate.

I think that these little injuries that I incur are down to my total neglect of joint health/mobility and of recovery in my training.

I really need to research some effective recovery routines. Any ideas?

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I'll think my fcuked right hand side trap/lat/lower back/glute speaks volumes about how effective my recovery routines are. I should be asking what can I do!!!

Lol I think we only have issues because we re so fcuking hard.

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Just been to see the doctor who said thought I had something wrong with my tricep (great insight seeing as that is what hurts) but I did get an appointment with the physio tomorrow morning so hopefully they ll shed some light on it/give me some ultra sound.

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Just seen the physio, who seemed like he knew what he was talking about (and asked me for bench pressing advice!). He reckons that due to a long standing tendonitis issue in both my elbows my left tricep is too weak for the pressure I put on it pressing. He also told me to curl more (legend) and ive got some exercises to do with the band. Too early to say if hes right I guess, but my plan now is:

1). take sh1t loads of pills

2). do the exercises

3). start light arm work on friday- high rep extensions etc, maybe some press ups

4). unilateral pressing on the ball a week after that

5). begin benching again from the pins to limit the range (2-3 weeks?).

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What a legendary diagnosis - Do more curls!!!

I like the sound of your proposed remedial action. This thing's been going on too long to ignore it and get straight back on with heavy pressing. Better you take some time out from pressing and get it sorted. Plus high rep work should still yield some gains providing you're using maximal weights in the rep range you're doing (unless advised otherwise by the physio)
The high rep stuff sounds good plus the extra curling.
You could also continue the high rep work onto the pressing so 10-15 reps each side on the ball.

The final phase of your rehab I'm not so sure about. Partial ROM off the pins means more pressure on the triceps as you'll be able to handle more weight. How about partial ROM but from the chest and not locking out. More emphasis on the chest, less on the triceps. Plus that's how Ronnie trains so it must be good

Maybe, although pins limit the ROM of my elbow, hard to say either way I guess. I think I could do lockouts without the tricep pain now so its an option, but wont be as soon as I return home.

He did hint that he thought I was lifting too much weight- which clearly isnt true- but otherwise I had faith in him. Anyone who says 'do curls' must know what they re on about.

The only problem I see is that i ll still have the tendonitis issue so that will seriously impare my ability to strength then tricep once I dip below 15 reps due to the pain.

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What do yo uthink will happen to your triceps if you only ever train them with yuor 15RM?
They're not going to atrophy and they may not get super strong but they should still hypertrophy and also should get better so benching can progress later down the line.

I suppose you could still do flyes and cross-overs to pre-fatigue the chest to make the weight you can safely manage when pressing more beneficial for strength purposes.

They both hurt my elbow. I think the approach i ll take is starting off in the 15-20 range and then ultimately aim to work without pain 6-8 before benching again. Im hoping that the curling may help the elbow.

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Have a look in this thread:
http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/m_2765437/tm.htm

There's a guy asking about riding a moped around Exeter Uni. I thought you might be able to have some input.

Straight batted that one back. Mopeds are GAY!

Anyways, ME Lower-

Rack pull from upper shin (2nd pin in our rack)-

bar x 3
60kg x 3
100kg x 3
140kg x 3
180kg x 1
200kg x 1
220kg x 1, 1, 1
210kg x 1

Very light pushdowns and curls (struggled after 20 reps with the 5's!).

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Rack pull from upper shin (2nd pin in our rack)

Does that mean that it's 1 pin then floor?
What's the distance between 1 pin and the floor?

Yeah when the bar is resting on the lowest pin, as it will be next week, the plates are about 2 inches from the floor.

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Sounds like you're good for a 5 plater then.
Get filming!!

Hopefully will be. I couldnt have got 2 reps on any of the singles, the last one was a real grinder (no hitching tho), thats why I did a couple of them. Hopefully get 2-3 singles of the lower rack next week, then hit the big 5 plates off the deck the week after. The lack of significant upper body work may help also. We def training on sun?

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Sunday not defo.
May be staying out overnight but I won't know til nearer the time. I wouldn't make a special trip up early just for that reason but you'll be around the following week?

I wont be around for 2-3 weeks after that but im def back sunday. If your not around I will train here before I leave.

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I guess it's probably best if you train at Exeter rather than slum it back home. You're not going to want to do any of my routine and I'm too obsessive to change things around now.