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.