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Road Guy
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I was wondering if you two had planned that since they came out so close together?
There are a set of large tires near the HS where the football team practices, I dont know if I could stack them on top of each other but going to add it to my weekly to do / try list!
There are a set of large tires near the HS where the football team practices, I dont know if I could stack them on top of each other but going to add it to my weekly to do / try list!
you should still feel good about breaking through your mental block on those box jumps! that is awesome and a major feat that many cannot get over. I test my box jump after every winter to see if i can still land it. I am afraid one of these tests after a long winter i will fail.
Stacking those f#@king tires was hard.
Man, I will have virgin forearms when the gym opens back up. My arms are gonna be trashed, LOL.
My squats and deadlifts will be nonexistent, but my sled/truck pulls and log pressing will still be there! Lack of massage to the shoulder/lats to help break up the scar tissue is my biggest hold up with my pressing right now. I've had to cut back volume a little bit due to having to clean the log for every set, too, which blows. Glad I bought that log when I did, though!and by 2021 well all have no muscle memory left
If I do one more F'n variation of the DN Hang Power Clean / Snatch / etc I am going to choke someone..
Master slacker
Something awesome.
Well at least y'all are working out somewhat. I can barely open the lid of our Blue Bell Triple Chocolate ice cream.
csb
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This week is a deload week for programming and I'll admit it feels weird because it's not like I was adding so much weight but also I was happy to not have to silently cry on the zoom class this morning.
For sure during all of this I've noticed that my left lower half is much weaker than my right side. I've always had pain on that side when I get deep into a running training plan, but I chalked it up to random things like where I run and shoes. I'm now thinking it's because my left glute is non-existent. I need to just lunge the heck out of that side.
I noticed yesterday, in grabbing the slo-mo of my box jumps, that right before I jump, my left foot comes off the ground a little bit. It's like my brain is like, "****! Move the weak one first!"
For sure during all of this I've noticed that my left lower half is much weaker than my right side. I've always had pain on that side when I get deep into a running training plan, but I chalked it up to random things like where I run and shoes. I'm now thinking it's because my left glute is non-existent. I need to just lunge the heck out of that side.
I noticed yesterday, in grabbing the slo-mo of my box jumps, that right before I jump, my left foot comes off the ground a little bit. It's like my brain is like, "****! Move the weak one first!"
Single leg hamstring curls and one legged glute bridges work great for overloading one side, as do pistol box squats. I have one side that doesn't activate well for whatever reason, so I do a bunch of these to "wake it up".
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See if this link will work? I could watch these all day...
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_hogWRAAC3U8xb-tgnyGGChGjeubUykOnLgTA0/?igshid=18aksdl0ref29
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_hogWRAAC3U8xb-tgnyGGChGjeubUykOnLgTA0/?igshid=18aksdl0ref29
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Road Guy
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well that didnt work.... was just a guy failing at a box jump.
so they are allowing personal training to open with no more than 4 persons next week - I dont know if we will go just yet but I hope our gym owner adjusts his schedule since the normal max / class is 8 people and usually only the 5 AM and 6 Am were usually full - I would think he could re program the class schedule to make either 30 min or 45 min classes and limit them to 4 people - (with some type of rule that you cant hog the classes) - I still dont feel like we will feel okay going through May just due to wife's job but Id feel better not paying once he can open up & allow others to go if that makes sense - his wife is due with baby in August so were trying to make this our good deed by continuing to pay- but I dont know if I want to eat another 2 members pay for May..
In other news I think I have done so many ******* air squats / goblet squats my knees are stiff as **** - was thinking about just doing a solid 2 weeks on the bike for lower body exercises - I really need to go get some stronger anti inflammatory
so they are allowing personal training to open with no more than 4 persons next week - I dont know if we will go just yet but I hope our gym owner adjusts his schedule since the normal max / class is 8 people and usually only the 5 AM and 6 Am were usually full - I would think he could re program the class schedule to make either 30 min or 45 min classes and limit them to 4 people - (with some type of rule that you cant hog the classes) - I still dont feel like we will feel okay going through May just due to wife's job but Id feel better not paying once he can open up & allow others to go if that makes sense - his wife is due with baby in August so were trying to make this our good deed by continuing to pay- but I dont know if I want to eat another 2 members pay for May..
In other news I think I have done so many ******* air squats / goblet squats my knees are stiff as **** - was thinking about just doing a solid 2 weeks on the bike for lower body exercises - I really need to go get some stronger anti inflammatory
csb
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Bulgarian split squats as well.
Our gym sent out a "let's be prepared if they open this back up" notice yesterday to make sure we're all ready to go in Zen Planner to reserve classes. We'll see what happens. I think I'll have to turn in my equipment I've been using, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable going into the gym with 9 other people just yet. Governor press conference at 4 today to see what happens.
our local strongman gym opened for their Strongman Saturdays over the weekend. Everything was outdoors, frame carries, log, sandbags. i only stopped by because i am loaning my competition lever rack to the gym so people can squat and bench outside. All his other racks are bolted to the floor. there was a group of ten folks without face coverings, sweating, breathing hard, not keeping 6 feet distance(although they were trying). no thank you.
