So as some of you might remember, I have a reoccuring back injury that I have been nursing for a long time and training around it for years. Training around it screwed me up more than ever and I was out of the game earlier in the year, could not do shit.
I was lucky enough to get in with a good doc and he had me do things completely different than others had done in the past. He really knws what he is doing and I am grateful. He actually fixed it in the gym.
So starting back, I made a decision to have a friend of mine help me who is an accomplished PLer (he has a 2225lb total at 242) and, unlike most "trainers" really knows what he is doing. Rather than me running into the gym and fucking everything up again, I had him train me on back and leg day for the last month, watching me very carefully and picking everything apart on my form and making sure it was perfect. ALso he designed the best training sessions for this Phase 2 of my rehab.
It is going really really well. I am so happy. I had not DLed in over a year and had not squatted in over 2 years. I was surprised at how weak the lifts were, but we started literally at 135 for rack pulls and deads on week 1 without going up. Then 225 at week 2. Then 315. Now 365. Same on squats. The first day with 135 of my back felt like 500lbs on my lower back and hips. I worked my way up each week and on sunday I repped 290 on squats and it felt like everything is, for the first time in years, working correctly. Ha! there has never been a grown man prouder of a 290lb squat than I !
My left hamstring still gets alittle tight and wants to fail to support my rack pulls, but it is coming along too. My lower back is probably no more sore than anyone elses after intense training, but it is obvious my hamstrings have some additional training necessary to get them back 100%. I have gained 10 lbs and my jeans are tight again in the thighs.
I have a long way to go. I was thinking....given my history, to maintain size and physique, I would be happy to do sets of 10 on DL with 365 and same on squats with 315 for the rest of my life. I can add a little as time goes on. I dont want to fuck this up this time. I am really grateful to the people who have helped me this time around. My doc, his staff, the trainer, and a friend of mine who talked some sense into me . I need to delete the vid of my 625lb DL with bands from my phone.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
I was lucky enough to get in with a good doc and he had me do things completely different than others had done in the past. He really knws what he is doing and I am grateful. He actually fixed it in the gym.
So starting back, I made a decision to have a friend of mine help me who is an accomplished PLer (he has a 2225lb total at 242) and, unlike most "trainers" really knows what he is doing. Rather than me running into the gym and fucking everything up again, I had him train me on back and leg day for the last month, watching me very carefully and picking everything apart on my form and making sure it was perfect. ALso he designed the best training sessions for this Phase 2 of my rehab.
It is going really really well. I am so happy. I had not DLed in over a year and had not squatted in over 2 years. I was surprised at how weak the lifts were, but we started literally at 135 for rack pulls and deads on week 1 without going up. Then 225 at week 2. Then 315. Now 365. Same on squats. The first day with 135 of my back felt like 500lbs on my lower back and hips. I worked my way up each week and on sunday I repped 290 on squats and it felt like everything is, for the first time in years, working correctly. Ha! there has never been a grown man prouder of a 290lb squat than I !
My left hamstring still gets alittle tight and wants to fail to support my rack pulls, but it is coming along too. My lower back is probably no more sore than anyone elses after intense training, but it is obvious my hamstrings have some additional training necessary to get them back 100%. I have gained 10 lbs and my jeans are tight again in the thighs.
I have a long way to go. I was thinking....given my history, to maintain size and physique, I would be happy to do sets of 10 on DL with 365 and same on squats with 315 for the rest of my life. I can add a little as time goes on. I dont want to fuck this up this time. I am really grateful to the people who have helped me this time around. My doc, his staff, the trainer, and a friend of mine who talked some sense into me . I need to delete the vid of my 625lb DL with bands from my phone.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
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