23 Nov 2016 - Taking bigger bites..

OK making sometime for this. I have been putting this off.

I am not quite this stiff in Yoga class. OK well maybe my left side does in certain positions.

I finally got back to Yoga this week. I have been doing it daily on my own. Not quite the same as a guided practice. 

Physio Notes:
So at this point i still have not seen my physio. I will not get too far into it, she had surgery, had some minor complications, so she has transferred to a new PT with a full assessment coming next week. I do need an assessment because things have shifted in the past month leading to me having minor plantar faciitis (PF) in my left foot. I just want to figure things out before it gets out of hand. I had PF 8 yrs ago and I kept training through it until i could barely walk and then it took months to fix. So get it early, figure out what is causing it.

Training:
Training wise, to quote good old Jim Ross "Business has definitely picked up!"

I had been using a basic schedule of Upper Day, Lower Day, Conditioning Day, repeat. Doing Physio Exercises daily. I was Squatting, Benching, DLing and Pressing. Single leg and Barbell work with alot of bodyweight movements. Volume was high sessions were long. Overall despite making improvements it was not going to work long term and I was not feeling like it was measurable. I needed a program with a timeline and goal. My numbers Squatting, Benching, and DLing are still low. Really though, who cares? 6 months ago I could not lift at all. Fuck 3 months ago i could not lift. This time last year i could barely Bench, Squatting was done, and DLing felt dangerous even at light weights.

Then reading Jim Wendler's Blog he release this: Building the Monolith

What Jim designed this for was a simple, hard work, high volume, mass building program. Using the 5/3/1 percentages it would be grueling and yet still safe considering where I am at day to day.

To be honest I did not know going in how I would be able to hold up. A day, a week, the whole 6 weeks? Being near the end of week 3 already I am doing well.

 I chose this is because I knew I would have to put everything together. No slacking on sleep. No slacking on rehab and daily recovery activities. Lastly, I need to eat. Whenever Wendler suggests you need to eat in regards to one of his templates he fucking means it. Eating like a Starving Giraffe is a fast track to being crushed by weights or ending up sore and beat down. It has a set timeline I required, it would be measurable, and it is goal orientated.

When I have this finished this program in another 3 weeks I will write a full synopsis as to how it felt. My experiences moving through it. Any complications i had due the hip or in regards to working shift work. Finally where it leads me too next. (I have that planned out already)

The Core of all Wendler programs are simple Squats, DL, Bench, and OH Press. He Keeps things simple and streamlined.

I am crushing it so far. It is pushing me to my limit and keeping me focused. "Dialed in"

I still have some other things to put in my schedule. I have already rambled on enough. I will lay those plans out next week.

12 Nov 2016 - The difference a year makes....

I will start here....

A little over a year ago....


To say A lot has changed is an understatement. At the time of writing this EVERYTHING has changed. I still have a long way to go. I now feel like I am moving forward with intent and purpose again. The repair of my hip did not just bring that. It helped. The other major factor has been my time with the Demon Hunter. The past month we have found some rather large Demons in the deep dark forest of my mind. I still need to work past or above them, for now at least having found them when even I had forgotten they were there is the change in head space and timing I have needed.

Things don't feel so empty and hollow any more. I am looking forward and setting real goals and dreaming about doing other things (That i am writing down and plan on figuring out how to achieve them.

Surgeon's News and Notes

I will be requesting copies of my X-rays for posterity's sake in these logs.

I saw the surgeon about 2 weeks ago. It was nothing but fantastic news. Everything has healed as it should. No cracked bone, no signs of movement (shifting). The replacement is ROCK FUCKING SOLID.

So I started pumping out the questions that I needed answered. The short version.

At this point anything that would break my hip would break a normal hip. Which means I have gotten my life back. More so if you count the fact i KNOW i only have a limited timeline with this joint. So there is NO time to waste.

I am going to continue to work on the soft tissue stuff aka get the muscles and the movement patterns back to 100%. The glute has come light years since the day after surgery. My lower back is feeling solid. Movement is still stiff and quality of my stretch reflex leaves a little to be desired. The example i tell people:

If I bend over to tie my shoes I have to stand upright in between shoes or else my left glute hamstring locks up and it is incredibly painful when I stand up. 

I am making strides daily. My training has evolved to a full time training template as of this week. I am still doing rehab and lower back prehab it just does not have to be the sole focus anymore.

When I say Full Training Template I am actual mean this:

In the Last Month I am now able to Squat and DL!

The numbers are low and no where near my PR's or GYM PR's. When that happens everything I have done to get those PR's will feel so much sweeter.

Next log will start to cover my actual training. I figured after little over a month i needed to write something to get back into the swing of things.