Life Upgrades
Life recently has been hectic and a far cry from the normal routine. Over the last month I had to attend the funeral of the father of one of my best friends, a stag party and the accompanying wedding in Belfast, my office at work was closed and I had to find a new job.
As a result my BJJ training went in the shitter and lifting has been done at different gyms, different days and different times, but at least it's happened. Last week I got three days of BJJ in, this week I might only get two but it's better than the 0 times the three weeks beforehand.
Most of my lifting recently has been done at my first-ever gym, as it's much closer to my flat and I'm not commuting to work at the minute so my "real" gym is really out of my way. I'm on garden leave until the 5th October when I start my new job. The gym has had some significant upgrades:
However there is only one of these rather nice platforms there. Luckily I've been training between 11am and 1pm so the gym is quiet. They use Wolverson barbells which are a UK-made brand, they seem really nice but I'm sure they're 30mm or 31mm and they're awful to deadlift with.
Speaking of which, this glute/ham issue was massively aggravated by deadlifting. I've consulted a sports therapist and he has told me it's tendinitis, so I need to rest it. Hence from next week I'm going to finish up this cycle of Juggernaut with no deadlifts. I can squat without pain so I'll squat 2x per week with the below template
Day1:
Squat Juggernaut
Bench Juggernaut
Rowing movement
Lower body assist - RDL's, hip thrusters etc
Abs
Day2:
Squat 5/3/1 (no AMRAP)
Press Juggernaut
Rowing movement
Lower body assist - RDL's, hip thrusters etc
Abs
I tried to sumo deadlift 70kg after yesterday's session and that was just as painful as conventional deadlifting 135kg for 3 reps - obviously the turned out feet and glute focus exacerbates the issue. I fixed my bicep tendinitis with lots of curls, so I'm thinking some focused glute work and single leg bridges for high reps should have a beneficial effect.
A side note is that I'll be getting some Adipowers in the next few days and I think more quad focus will be even better for taking the strain off the injury when squatting. This investment is due to me getting my redundancy payment from my old job, and I invested in a new graphics card and some more CoC grippers:
My suspicion that I had pussy hands was right, as I can barely close the #1 for two reps on my right hand and not at all on my left. If I set the gripper I can do 3 reps per hand. I'd like to work up to closing the #2 eventually, gains seem to be fairly quick so will stay consistent on this.
Finally, to celebrate getting my new job I went out to Red's True Barbecue with my housemate (who has broken his shoulder falling off a mountain bike, dumbass):
On the left is my meal, double steak patty cheeseburger with sweet potato fries and two onion rings, his is a Juicy Lucifer - they pack nacho cheese and jalapenos into the beef patty before cooking so as you bite into it you get hit by spicy cheese. It was awesome but contributes to the reason I'm so damned fat at the minute.
Anyway, back to teh pics...