Today and Shoulder

If my shoulder feels up to it I might hit the gym but not sure yet.  I got my orthopedic surgeon appointment today to start the process of figuring out what the next step is.  He will probably order MRIs.  :thumb:

Hurt shoulder, Bench day video

Shoulder is feeling better today, I have an appointment to go to the Orthopedic Surgeon tomorrow, but I will still workout.  Lots of Ice is helping the healing I think.  I'll just shy away from shoulders and high back workouts this week until I get a MRI and maybe some PT.

Going to hit Bi's and Forearms today.

Video from Sunday (bench day)

(FROM MY YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION)

This is a form check video, I will add annotations regarding my thoughts and details on all the weights.

*Notes*

Songs - Ajapai - Brain & I Need A Doctor - (asian trash boy remix)

I usually will only drop the weight to 1"-2" from my chest due to Shoulder Problems unless it is lighter weight.

In the future I plan on allowing more time between sets, I noticed by watching this video (before I edited it), that I only give myself about 45-90 seconds, I hope to increase that to 3 minutes because I feel I am getting really worn out after only one series of an exercises.

Also in terms of form, I feel that my Bench form wasn't bad, but I need to quit moving my feet and move them closer to the bench and closer to my upper body. On Decline, I feel that I did a pretty good job but I will probably try and bring my hands in a little more.

Please feel free give your serious thoughts and constructive criticism.

Blown shoulder

I blew out my should pretty bad yesterday. Dumb move on my part really. I went for Bench at 215x1 and got it pretty much, my spotter used 2 fingers and basically stabilized the weight. Went for 9 more sets of bench, I will post a video later tonight or tomorrow if I am feeling up to it. But after all this, I suppersetted Cable Flys and Dips. Was on my last set of dips and my should gave out, THEN like and idiot I tried to finish my workout (triceps). It didn't feel (THAT) horrible, but I got into the showers afterwards and couldn't lift my arm.  It felt bad for a hour afterwards, I've had ice on it for about an hour and half since, and it is feeling better, but I hope I don't have it bad. I was PUMPED to start my bulking again after my deload. 


I might take the day off today, or I might go in and just TEAR my abs up. Hope it gets better overnight!  I'm going in to see the Orthopedic surgeon on Wednesday.

The end is coming!

So with the end of my deload coming tomorrow, I am really pumped to get back to training and bulking hardcore.  I will take B&A's on Monday morning before I start into cycle 2 of my workouts.

I will also be taking a Pre-Workout starting this cycle.  I will be testing out Jack3d, NO Explode 2.0, Spark (advocare), and a couple others.  After I find one I really like, I will pick one and use it from then onward.  Unless I get picked for a couple testing opportunities on BB.com in which case, I will take those.

Lastly, I am going to tweak my workouts a little.  First and foremost, I am going to be going into every workout with a different attitude (heavier, less emphasis on form, and go HAM).  Along with trying to add more Upper Back workouts and trying to hit a few different workouts that I haven't been doing previously.

I will try and upload more videos of me and my workouts.

For starters, here is a video of me doing Ass To Grass Squats.

Slap tear history

I thought I would update my log with a post regarding my Shoulder problems in the past.

I guess I will make this a long post, so I will start at the beginning.  I started training (lifting) when I was 14.  (Before then, I was a AAA hockey player, and even after)  When I was 13 I fractured my jaw in 2 places from a slapshot and was forced to stop playing and do nothing for 6 months.  So I dropped a lot of weight while recovering and bottomed out at 110lbs, 5'6", 13.8 years.  Over the next year, I went on a mission to put weight on and then some.  I finished my serious bulking phase at 160, 5'8" at 15.5 years.  I guess it probably all started there, where I didn't do a lot of shoulder, lat, rhomboid work.  Right as I turned 16 I felt the first pains of what I came to know as my messed up shoulders.

It felt like someone was stabbing Anterior muscle fibers of my shoulder.  After 3 years of procrastination and pushing-through-it-ness.  I called it a done deal and got into the doc to check it out.  I got MRI's, and X-rays on both shoulders.  At first they told me I had severe arthritis.  But after getting the MRIs they told me I had a SLAP tear.  Or a tear/lesion of the Labrum in my shoulder.  I had the choice of surgery and 6 months out, or Physical Therapy and 2 months out (with obvious uncertainty if it would be 100%).  Since I was still playing hockey (Junior A), I felt that it would be wise just to do PT and see how it went.

It went well (started in March 15 of 2011, ended in June 1 of 2011), going 3 times/week.  I would say the pain went away about 50% of the time, and strength was increased by 50% in the surrounding muscles.  I stopped my PT and went to my summer training camp (5 days/week of training for 12 weeks) where I didn't do any PT work.  I think I learned a lot on how to apply moist heat pre-workout and ice afterwards.  Which definitely has helped me manage the problems.  I left my hockey team at the end of September for pressure and political reasons, at which time meant that I wanted to start my bulking phase again and my PT routine.

I started back to Hardcore bulking on October 1st, doing a 3 day on 2 day off routine of Chest/Tris - Back - Bi's/Forearms - Legs - Shoulders/Traps - Abs/Forearms.  I am trying to get back to my PT Routine, but it's not easy, I usually don't want to do anything after my main workout (too drained and sore).  But, I would say I have started doing the PT stuff once or twice a week.

11/17-11/20 I am still under deload so I will try and post about things that matter to my story before getting into a daily workout log mainly starting on the 21st.

Tomorrow I will post my thoughts on my nutrition plan.  If I go to the gym tomorrow (it kills me to be on a deload and do nothing), I might do just Abs and rip them up, but not sure if I should just wait until monday.

Goals for next week

Sooooo...after actually doing my workout today, I realized I am no where near ATG. I might be at 20degrees past Parallel but nowhere near how low I thought I was.

Ab day either tomorrow or Friday, then back to HARDCORE on Monday.

Goals for next week are 115 on Bicep Curl, 215 Bench, 365 Deadlift, and 275 Squat.

Shortness of Breath?

I think I might have an Anemia, everytime I try and breath in I can't go to capacity.  Its strange though, if I curve my back I can only breath about a 1/4 as much as full, but if I might it arch I can breath in full.

Going to the Chiro/Massage tomorrow, if not better on Thursday morning, I am going to the Doc.

Middle of Deload

So, in the middle of dis herr deload.

Yesterday was my first time back in the gym for 4 days off.  I went in trying to do a full body routine at 50-75% weight, emphasizing all movements.

I am thinking of skipping today, going tomorrow for hardcore abs.  Then going Thursday for another full body.  Then skipping Friday-Sunday for the last of my deload until getting back to hardcore again on next monday.

Deload Next 2 Weeks

That is all.

Chest & Tri Day

I hit the Chest and Tri's yesterday. I jumped in with 70's @ 8R @ 3S on Dumbbell Bench. Then hit the same weight on Decline Bench. After both series, I could bearly squeeze my chest, but I felt like a beast, I'll tell yall why in a sec. But I was so tired I had to do an Ab Circuit while I waited for everything to recover. Came back to the Bench area, and thought, why not just do Barbell Bench, could bearly hit 145 @ 8R @ 3S, which is about 30-40lbs less than what I knew I could do without being juiced from the previous two sets.

Anyway, I was flash-backed to a few pictures a while ago where I was 13, and just fractured my jaw (slapshot). I weighed 110-120. I could only dumbbell bench like 35s@6@3, and dumbbell press like 15s@6@3. Nowadays I could do more than double that on bench, and more than triple that on press.....

(A guy at the gym from Advocare is going to let me try a few samples of his "Spark", I might also try and start becoming a distributor for the company too, well see.) I know I preach about not using Pre-Workout stuff, but I feel that when you are trying to 1RM, it is had to get yourself jacked up with only music and natural foods.

Back on the ice today

Got on the ice today, thought I would be really rusty, but wasn't at all.

Everything was like I had never left except for shooting at stand-still which was garbage.

Hands actually felt better.

Didn't get the burn to play again though.

LEGS

I had a SICK leg day a few days ago.

I am really starting to like the Hack Squat Machine.  Hit 320x6x3 going past maybe 60 degrees.  Feel like a fucking beast.

My in-between sets were a 40(ish)inch Box Jump x3, everyone in the gym thought I was nuts....I was like dude, there are people that can do like 65inches.

I am going to be on the ice tomorrow for the first time in over 6 weeks.  Looking forward to it.  Lastly, I am going to hit Chest tomorrow, hoping to break the 200lb (reality, not theoretical barrier).  Actually I am hoping to SMASH it.  Or maybe I will just KILL chest and tri's then for my last workout before my deload/stretch week, I will trash the 200lb barrier.

#Ohyeahdontknowwhatimthinkin

Breaking PRs every week feels good

Broke another PR today.  Hit the EZ BAR Curl for 100 lbs even, 3 reps, slightly swinging but not as much as last week.  2 weeks ago I got it for 95 swinging a lot.

Flu Shot + Shoulder Workout

After getting a Flu Shot yesterday, I pumped out a Shoulder/Trap workout today.

Hit 90lbs (+Smith) x2 reps for my PR for Overhead Press.  Definitely feeling quite a bit stronger in my shoulders since October 1st.

Chest workout and a Surprise!

After a couple days deload, I felt that my immune system was back up to par.  I'm still probably only feeling 75% but, nonetheless.  [URL="http://www.kyle-maynard.com/"]No excuses.[/URL]  I benched yesterday, and didn't do very well in my opinion.  Maxed out at 195lbsx1x1 on plain Bench.

After watching 'So you think you can bench', I definitely will be changing the way I bench in the future.  First, I will try and learn to pull the bar apart, and squeeze it more.  Second, I will start Arching my back, using my legs to push off, to use the entire body during the workout.

After trying to max out (tried 215 and failed);

Decline Dumbbell Bench 65(ea)x10x3
Close Grip Bench, Holding it at top for a 3-5 count 135x8x3

Low Cable Flys 60x8x3
Dips Bodyweight 8x3

Low Cable Flys
Benching Bar, working on Form 45x10x5

Benching Bar, working on Form 45x10x5
Incline Pushups Body weight 15x3

Seated Tricep Overhead Extensions 45x10x3
Tricep Kickbacks 20(ea)x10x3

Weighted Legs on Floor Dips B+35x9x4
One Arm Tricep Cable Pulldowns 40x8x3

After this workout, I know for sure that my Chest is severly behind my Triceps.  I think if my Chest was up to par with my Triceps I could probably bench upwards of 275ish.

BTW, just got my....

YEAH BUDDY.:thumb:

Day off...

Took a day off today, felt like crap. Got a slight sinus cold. Might even take tomorrow off if I really feel like crap, or just go in and sweat it out, do some cardio.

If I do go in, I will bring my FLIP and do Bench. I want to first show what my form is like (horrid, I'm sure, after watching "so you think you can bench"), and what my max is.

Then once I get my form down really well and everything in a few weeks or months, I'll repost and show the difference.

New Gym First Workout

I had a great workout tonight. I am really liking the new gym, it has every free weight from 1-100 with 2 pairs of each weight. Lots of really good cable machines. Lots of really good free range cables. But whats awesome is the men's locker room and stuff. There is a whirlpool, sauna, tanning beds, big screen TV, and like 20 other things that are awesome. I think I might move in there.

There are 10 tennis courts, and a track (all indoor), 2 bike and plyo rooms. Enough about the gym though.

I maxed out at 95lbsx3 on the EZ Bar Curl, it should be noted that I was swinging what felt like, quite a bit.

Really warmed up well, with heating up my shoulders for an hour, then dynamic stretched them.

Dumbbell Curl 45lbs each x 6 reps x 3 sets
Preacher Curl 65lbsx6Rx3S
Forearm Curl/Rev Curl 35lbs/15lbsx15ishx3
Cable Curl Twist 90 degrees 35lbs each x 6reps each direction x 3S
Chin Ups (Bodyweight) 15x2

Now lets just all pretend you all read all that.

Caz big-ish Update

After a few weeks of debating, I am going to stop playing hockey this season completely. Focus on working, living life, and bulking up.

I have set a goal of weighing 210 by March 1st. No goals in terms of lifting yet, as I have yet to get a solid gym membership yet. I don't know exactly what I weigh now, but I think it is probably 185ish. What is more important to me is being stronger and bigger. I desperately need to work on my front delts/clavicular pecs, along with my forearms, abs, and hamstrings.

I'm back on Creatine fulltime, and feel stronger up top than ever before.

I think I need to rethink my bulking process too, I am thinking about cycling workouts every 2 weeks. Maybe supersetting for 2 weeks, low rep maxing for 2 weeks, plyometric/stretching for 2 weeks. Any thoughts, please let me know. I'm just thinking P90x style in terms of 'muscle confusion'.

Lastly, I am seriously thinking about getting even more flexible, I'm already in the 95th percentile, but I would like to be far more flexible. Thinking everyday yoga or something.

New things

I am starting to really settle in in Kzoo.  I have a PT job now, just need to look for a FT one in the mean time.  After figuring out what I will be doing next, either playing in the NA or walking on next year.  I will start changing things up for my workout, get a settled program.

I need to find a legitimate gym, then I will start going my vids again I think.

I think I may start coaching/teaching the game again.

If I do decide to try and walk on, my goals will be to Bulk all winter long, to get up to 200 lbs, then cut down to 6% BF before June 1st.

Workouts are going good.  I'm focusing on just maintaining or bulking slightly.  Doing mostly muscle group training.  I'm trying to drop my Caloric intake down to 2000calories, which is tough considering I'm use to eating upwards of 4000 calories/day.  I'm also dropping my protein to 150g, and upping the quality of the protein I am getting (more amino acids).

I got a job working for a local Elementary School, working as a lunch/recess aid.  Which is pretty fun work, the kids are a riot.

I am really enjoying playing the Battlefield 3 Beta, putting up a 2-3 k/d every game.