Wednesday, October 31, 2018
neurohacker
your body is intelligent and when consuming compounds, it learns about them, and so do you
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
oct 6
crazy what happens when i don't post in my diary for a day or two
feels like i'm super falling behind
and i missed week 2 day 1 of this training cycle yesterday; I could have been ready but woke up too late, and the days affairs which included thanksgiving meal prep and helping a friend move stuff into his apartment overtook the need to train. After dinner I slept from 7-8pm. I could have trained at that point but felt groggy and confused, unsure of what to do with myself. I accepted that I was missing a training day, but then rolling around in bed at 12:00AM thought about how I probably could have made it, anyways.
Just felt like an anti-social thing to do considering my family was still hanging out.
My default mode is prioritizing people over training (e.g. I could have trained if I didn't help my friend move). This seems good and I'm OK with it for now, to an extent.
The rest day was also probably permissible, given my increasingly creaky knees (I mobbed hard on this off day) and minor shoulder tear from Friday - not sure how jerks could have gone.
oct 6
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AiLqOdNnAVrZgpVSmiRAdnXnGEeFfg
hang clean + clean
90x(1+1)x3
95x(1+1)x3
clean pull
130x2x6
fsq
110x2x6
this was light and easy
i should have warmed up my legs and hips more
but as per usual I felt rushed and needed to get home for family dinner after this
so following this workout I'm starting to feel the toxic dead squirrel feeling in my quad that I only identified after reading about trigger point therapy via painscience.com.
balance slightly off in the clean - moving backwards on hang clean but also laterally on the receive - need to strike a consistent, solid foot reposition.
i feel good about the fsq, although legs felt tight I think I'm coordinating my hips and feet correctly, could do a lot more in the near future.
feels like i'm super falling behind
and i missed week 2 day 1 of this training cycle yesterday; I could have been ready but woke up too late, and the days affairs which included thanksgiving meal prep and helping a friend move stuff into his apartment overtook the need to train. After dinner I slept from 7-8pm. I could have trained at that point but felt groggy and confused, unsure of what to do with myself. I accepted that I was missing a training day, but then rolling around in bed at 12:00AM thought about how I probably could have made it, anyways.
Just felt like an anti-social thing to do considering my family was still hanging out.
My default mode is prioritizing people over training (e.g. I could have trained if I didn't help my friend move). This seems good and I'm OK with it for now, to an extent.
The rest day was also probably permissible, given my increasingly creaky knees (I mobbed hard on this off day) and minor shoulder tear from Friday - not sure how jerks could have gone.
oct 6
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AiLqOdNnAVrZgpVSmiRAdnXnGEeFfg
hang clean + clean
90x(1+1)x3
95x(1+1)x3
clean pull
130x2x6
fsq
110x2x6
this was light and easy
i should have warmed up my legs and hips more
but as per usual I felt rushed and needed to get home for family dinner after this
so following this workout I'm starting to feel the toxic dead squirrel feeling in my quad that I only identified after reading about trigger point therapy via painscience.com.
balance slightly off in the clean - moving backwards on hang clean but also laterally on the receive - need to strike a consistent, solid foot reposition.
i feel good about the fsq, although legs felt tight I think I'm coordinating my hips and feet correctly, could do a lot more in the near future.
Friday, October 5, 2018
oct 5: trash food, trash shoulders
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AiLqOdNnAVrZgpRKrNhQvLkVBc-rfw
yesterday had a friendsgiving
ate lots
and lots of trash
but met the sickest phd student
my faith in theory is restored
all my hopes and fears he acknowledged
fuck
snatch triples
almost had 75x3, kept missing middle rep
noted when my start posn wasnt comfortable
"not pulling up" -vince
funny shaky receives
"balance on quads, FULL EXTENSION" - michael
CNJ
been feeling cocky about CNJ lately, well this should fix that
my footwork hasnt even been that great and it is one thing that is harder to observe
it feels like my legs are balanced and bendy enough but then i look at it and idk
how to get the good bendy back leg action
while i was changing plates i felt my shoulder do the dislocate thing
a minor dislocation
maybe a tear
from what - too much overhead work?
it seemed really minor so i kept lifting
first set of 96x2(1+1), it dislocated on the lockout of the second jerk
so
yea
a history of my shoulder issues
yesterday had a friendsgiving
ate lots
and lots of trash
but met the sickest phd student
my faith in theory is restored
all my hopes and fears he acknowledged
fuck
snatch triples
almost had 75x3, kept missing middle rep
noted when my start posn wasnt comfortable
"not pulling up" -vince
funny shaky receives
"balance on quads, FULL EXTENSION" - michael
CNJ
been feeling cocky about CNJ lately, well this should fix that
my footwork hasnt even been that great and it is one thing that is harder to observe
it feels like my legs are balanced and bendy enough but then i look at it and idk
how to get the good bendy back leg action
while i was changing plates i felt my shoulder do the dislocate thing
a minor dislocation
maybe a tear
from what - too much overhead work?
it seemed really minor so i kept lifting
first set of 96x2(1+1), it dislocated on the lockout of the second jerk
so
yea
a history of my shoulder issues
all the excess oxygen fucked the font up
The Bohr Effect was discovered in 1904 by the Danish physiologist Christian Bohr (father of Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist—and footballer). In the words of Christian Bohr, “The carbon dioxide pressure of the blood is to be re- garded as an important factor in the inner respiratory metabolism. If one uses car- bon dioxide in appropriate amounts, the oxygen that was taken up can be used more effectively throughout the body. -just funny how 'if one uses carbon dioxide" as if we have a choice in how we use itUSE as a verb
its 2018 and im reading about breathing LESS lmao
Thursday, October 4, 2018
oct 3
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AiLqOdNnAVrZgpQkbkj9KBvzjlKsUA
snatch + snatch pull
Felt weak/body not solid off floor, decomposed
top of pull feels or at least looks awkward
at least im trying to fix looking downward on pulls
i noticed that the rashes im getting on my thighs can be reduced by being more patient and saving acceleration for the power position
still i feel like im getting disconnected from the bar after extension and not smoothly transitioning into the squat, the bar is crashing on me, im landing in the bottom rather than receiving it and riding it down
i got to the gym last night at 9 and therefore felt that taking time to perfect technique was at odds with completing the prescribed sets
70x[(1+1)x2]x2
75x[(1+1)x2]
80x[(1+1)]x2
This led to a min breakdown/existential crisis as the bar and the reps felt challenging or uncomfortable and I thought about what I really wanted from this. I don't know why I've always felt like I have to hold back from really wanting this - maybe it's a guilt related to consumption or egotism - and it presented itself late last night. I can't tell if my body is trying to tell me that what I'm doing is wrong, or if this is just the discomfort zone, where I need to be working to make growth, and that it might even be fear or excuses that are holding me back. Maybe fears of being a meathead or being a disgusting consumptive north american are also fears of going for something that I really want.Night time silence is good for unlocking the emotional instability powers.
After processing this a bit and sitting in the lovely nasty FPP chair, which reminds me nicely of insanely tired nights in the MC comfy lounge, I was able to feel motivated and more aggressive and even happy and hyped when I made lifts, even though they weren't perfect. While I know the traditional approach demands more discipline, that technique is perfect before weights are added, this seems like maybe a good development from the emotional side of lifting. Steve told me awhile ago that I can't forget I'm picking stuff off the ground and lifting it up, I have to remember I'm lifting weights, even if it might make my technique worse, and I think this relates to that. It should be elegant and aesthetic but it cant be cerebral or removed from the pump....
I noticed that automatically went to doing no feet again on the snatch, and that this narrow stance put a lot of pressure on my calf. When I did power jerks on Sunday, the split was too wide, so I need to find a balance here.
Dunno why my overhead was uneven/awkward, maybe not used to a slightly wider grip
Hang Clean + Jerk
90kg x 1+3, (1+2)x2
95x1x2
worked on the dick hitting problem by setting my back/core properly, and also not extending too early.
i have a habit of leaning back in the hang clean that needs to be better attended to.
need to get under jerk better - when it feels hard i start to push away in front instead of under
thought my foot positioning was improving but i'm still peg-legging it
Snatch Pull
60x3x3
80x3x3
needs to be more decisive, i get tired and confused and start doing speed pulls
need to go for the full arc
Push Press
60x4
80x3
60x
Back XT
bar x 10 + hold x3
snatch + snatch pull
Felt weak/body not solid off floor, decomposed
top of pull feels or at least looks awkward
at least im trying to fix looking downward on pulls
i noticed that the rashes im getting on my thighs can be reduced by being more patient and saving acceleration for the power position
still i feel like im getting disconnected from the bar after extension and not smoothly transitioning into the squat, the bar is crashing on me, im landing in the bottom rather than receiving it and riding it down
i got to the gym last night at 9 and therefore felt that taking time to perfect technique was at odds with completing the prescribed sets
70x[(1+1)x2]x2
75x[(1+1)x2]
80x[(1+1)]x2
This led to a min breakdown/existential crisis as the bar and the reps felt challenging or uncomfortable and I thought about what I really wanted from this. I don't know why I've always felt like I have to hold back from really wanting this - maybe it's a guilt related to consumption or egotism - and it presented itself late last night. I can't tell if my body is trying to tell me that what I'm doing is wrong, or if this is just the discomfort zone, where I need to be working to make growth, and that it might even be fear or excuses that are holding me back. Maybe fears of being a meathead or being a disgusting consumptive north american are also fears of going for something that I really want.Night time silence is good for unlocking the emotional instability powers.
After processing this a bit and sitting in the lovely nasty FPP chair, which reminds me nicely of insanely tired nights in the MC comfy lounge, I was able to feel motivated and more aggressive and even happy and hyped when I made lifts, even though they weren't perfect. While I know the traditional approach demands more discipline, that technique is perfect before weights are added, this seems like maybe a good development from the emotional side of lifting. Steve told me awhile ago that I can't forget I'm picking stuff off the ground and lifting it up, I have to remember I'm lifting weights, even if it might make my technique worse, and I think this relates to that. It should be elegant and aesthetic but it cant be cerebral or removed from the pump....
I noticed that automatically went to doing no feet again on the snatch, and that this narrow stance put a lot of pressure on my calf. When I did power jerks on Sunday, the split was too wide, so I need to find a balance here.
Dunno why my overhead was uneven/awkward, maybe not used to a slightly wider grip
Hang Clean + Jerk
90kg x 1+3, (1+2)x2
95x1x2
worked on the dick hitting problem by setting my back/core properly, and also not extending too early.
i have a habit of leaning back in the hang clean that needs to be better attended to.
need to get under jerk better - when it feels hard i start to push away in front instead of under
thought my foot positioning was improving but i'm still peg-legging it
Snatch Pull
60x3x3
80x3x3
needs to be more decisive, i get tired and confused and start doing speed pulls
need to go for the full arc
Push Press
60x4
80x3
60x
Back XT
bar x 10 + hold x3
Monday, October 1, 2018
power or yah
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AiLqOdNnAVrZgpNPd6xM_3zidmu0vQ
how much vol do you have to accumulate at 70% before you can peak again (in the classics?)
noticed something interesting about technique yesterday
in my setup as i was bending over to grab the bar and set my back as i usually do
i felt my abs touch my thighs and i thought hmm, this feels good
and i realized i could get way closer to the bar
it reminded me of how like okulov sets up real nice and close to the bar
as opposed to how awkward and far away i look in a lot of my setups
it led to interesting results:
i think the bar stayed a lot closer and more comfortable, however I wasnt used to extending in this position, so I felt like i missed full extension (either ass or legs),
and also i sometimes did a donkey kick - a significant difference from how ive gotten to almost always do no feet
but some of these went really well
probably best set of power sn ive ever done
still, lockout is not decisive enough, it still feels awkward in some ways, and the timing is off
furthermore, my balance really wonked on the set at 65
"work up to heavy triple"
60x3
70x3x2
65x3
could have maybe done 72-75 but it was 1am and i was tired
snatch ass balace
20x4x2
40x4x2
honestly it's so bad
i have to think 'reverse jerk' and get a nice dip and drive
but im leaning forward or tipping over
let's be serious about 'mobility'
back squat
120x2x6
the hip distraction thing really works, i need to work on that
i found the painfull mass of nerve and muscle that ray released
boy was it fired up last night
just attacked it with my fingers
felt better after i did that but still awkward tension coming out of hole on squats
leaning forward and going on forefoot
maybe calves are still too stressed out
but i felt like i had a good breath in my mind last night that was related to the 'small waist' cue ive heard on #chineseweightlifting insta
that helped
i dont trust zack telander with WL knowledge (he doesnt think #chineseWL does a lot of bodybuilding, lol) but looking at his dedication did motivate me
pallet press shit
15x10x3 (one set = both sides)
nadine made me do this laterally, i.e. side to side; maybe i should be doing it front-back like jyoti showed me years ago
feels interesting but very different on each side; one seems to be using arm more than the other
weighted groin stretch
hip capsule stretch
brief hang
tension on left side of low back
did some more sn pulls with 40, feels good
how much vol do you have to accumulate at 70% before you can peak again (in the classics?)
noticed something interesting about technique yesterday
in my setup as i was bending over to grab the bar and set my back as i usually do
i felt my abs touch my thighs and i thought hmm, this feels good
and i realized i could get way closer to the bar
it reminded me of how like okulov sets up real nice and close to the bar
as opposed to how awkward and far away i look in a lot of my setups
it led to interesting results:
i think the bar stayed a lot closer and more comfortable, however I wasnt used to extending in this position, so I felt like i missed full extension (either ass or legs),
and also i sometimes did a donkey kick - a significant difference from how ive gotten to almost always do no feet
but some of these went really well
probably best set of power sn ive ever done
still, lockout is not decisive enough, it still feels awkward in some ways, and the timing is off
furthermore, my balance really wonked on the set at 65
"work up to heavy triple"
60x3
70x3x2
65x3
could have maybe done 72-75 but it was 1am and i was tired
snatch ass balace
20x4x2
40x4x2
honestly it's so bad
i have to think 'reverse jerk' and get a nice dip and drive
but im leaning forward or tipping over
let's be serious about 'mobility'
back squat
120x2x6
the hip distraction thing really works, i need to work on that
i found the painfull mass of nerve and muscle that ray released
boy was it fired up last night
just attacked it with my fingers
felt better after i did that but still awkward tension coming out of hole on squats
leaning forward and going on forefoot
maybe calves are still too stressed out
but i felt like i had a good breath in my mind last night that was related to the 'small waist' cue ive heard on #chineseweightlifting insta
that helped
i dont trust zack telander with WL knowledge (he doesnt think #chineseWL does a lot of bodybuilding, lol) but looking at his dedication did motivate me
pallet press shit
15x10x3 (one set = both sides)
nadine made me do this laterally, i.e. side to side; maybe i should be doing it front-back like jyoti showed me years ago
feels interesting but very different on each side; one seems to be using arm more than the other
weighted groin stretch
hip capsule stretch
brief hang
tension on left side of low back
did some more sn pulls with 40, feels good
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