I-YAN BAAAAAAAARRRR, I-YAN BAR.

Magic Eight Ball

d'Oracle wrote: »

I have a hockey ball and an array of stretched for that.
I will keep an eye on it, thanks for the headsup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggOVNYFlP7Q

Got real pumped in the car on the way over listening to this, loud.

Joshua Redman FTW.

d'Oracle

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

Joshua Redman FTW.

Yeah.
I like Josh.
Particularly his stuff with Pat Metheny and the force of nature that is Brian Blade.

But he's a markedly different kettle of fish to this.

Magic Eight Ball

Brian Blade is pure inspiration. I got to meet him in Dublin a few years back. 'Jazz Crimes' with Redman is insane!

d'Oracle

I got to meet Robin Eubanks in Cork one year.
Most starstruck I have ever been.
What an Idiot I am.....


Squat

20x3x5, 60x5, 80x3, 90x2
105x5x7

Dear me.
Squat got a little bit messy as it got on. Couple of them I didn't really sit back far enough. But mostly ok. Last set was tough but not really.
Left hip is still not great. Its taking a lot of effort to get it moving.
Its like Psoas/Groin. Its stopping me stretching the groin and external rotators properly, hurts a bit when I push my knees out.

Pendlay Rows

20x10, 50x5, 60x3, 65x3, 70x3, 75x3, 80x2x3

80 was probably a bit slow.

d'Oracle

Squat

20x3x5, 60x5, 75x3, 90x2
112x7x5

Tough.
Didn't feel strong, took a while to fix my hip.
Second work set it was still at me.
Took a while too.
Not looking forward to tomorrow.

Bench

20x10, 60x4,
70x3, 75x3, 80x3, 85x3, 90x1,F
70x4

Shouldn't have gone for the 90.
I was fierce rushed, and the bar just stopped at about 4 or 5 inches off.

Hammer Curls

15x10
12.5x15

Had to go home so the second set was done in my living room.

d'Oracle

IP 9 warmup
+ some other stuff.

Squat

20x3x5, 60x5, 80x3, 95x2
120x10x3

Who the ****s idea was this?
What a tedious uncomfortable loveless session that was.
Better get better.....

My Shoulders and waist are cut to bits and my elbows felt like they would blow up. Lots of band stuff.

Curls

6kg2x10 Hammer
6kgx10 DB.

Just to get my elbows moving.
Bout the gayest thing I have ever done.

Then a whole load of hip stuff.

Interestingly I have noticed that if I try any External rotator stretches (e.g. Pigeon or Executive stretch) I feel compression in the pit of my groin/front of the pelvis.

I tried this today, right hip stretched grand, left got this usual problem.
So I tried Kelly Starretts thing where you balance on your knee and try to push your hip back out of your ass & grind around. After doing this for a bit, I could get the proper stretch out of the pigeon....

d'Oracle

I never get sick bar the odd cold.
Nothing ever goes wrong bar the odd stressed joint.

However I commit myself to Smolov and what happens?

I am ****ing diseased.
Came out in hives on sunday morning. All over the place.
They went away and then came back.
Now I have a rash basically everywhere.

This is only being posted as I have no clue what caused it or if its contagious.
So I'm not sure if its fair to train....

I will see how I am tomorrow.

d'Oracle

Huge allergic reaction to god knows what.

I am now on corticosteroids for a few days.
Thats smolov out the window.

I'll probably redo week one next week, go from there.

itsallaboutheL

d'Oracle wrote: »

Huge allergic reaction to god knows what.

.

well it's not nuts.

d'Oracle

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

well it's not nuts.

You know whats nuts?

I think it might be milk......:D

d'Oracle

Its not milk.
Or eggs.

Awesome.

Restarting Smolov.

Squat

20x8, 60x5, 80x3, 90x2
98x4x9

Easy enough, gasser all the same.

Press

20x2x5, 30x5, 40x3, 50x2
60x5,4

Wasn't going to get the 5th rep.
Questioned what I was doing and stopped.

Barbell Curls

20x8, 30x2x8

Performed in the rack.

Sangre

Is it a flaky rash?

d'Oracle

Sangre wrote: »

Is it a flaky rash?

No.

It was a murderous utacaria. Hives over a lot of my body.
But its gone now, It seems to be biological clothes detergent.

Sangre

Had a terrible time recently with a rash on upper eye lids recently. Was convinced I was allergic to something and was trying to figure it out for ages. Turns out it was psoriasis. Working out always made it very red and agitated looking.

d'Oracle

Sangre wrote: »

Had a terrible time recently with a rash on upper eye lids recently. Was convinced I was allergic to something and was trying to figure it out for ages. Turns out it was psoriasis. Working out always made it very red and agitated looking.

No way.
Was it the short term one or permanent?

Sangre

Actually had it to varying degrees for a few years now. Didin't know what it was though. It would come and go but never had it too bad until recently. I actually thought it was the metal in my glasses and bought new glasses etc. Once I bought the right steroid cream for it went away almost instantly. Few months later and it might be coming back a bit. No doubt a short course of the cream (still have loads left) will sort it out.

I might have it long-term but its extremely treatable and confined to a very small, specific area.

d'Oracle

Squat

20x2x5, 60x5, 80x3, 90x2
105x5x7

A little unpleasant

Pendlay Rows

20x10, 50x5, 55x5, 60x5, 65x5, 70x5, 75x5, 65x5

Grand.
Bit **** later in the 75 set.

Hammer Curl

7.5x8 15x2x8
10x12

Probably should be doing the longer set before the 15 sets.

TGU: 5x8kg each side.

To kill time waiting for the missus to pick me up.

d'Oracle

Squat

20x2x5, 60x5, 80x3, 100x2
112.22x7x5

Belt broke in the 3rd set. Little weld on the clasp broke.
Gonna see if the vendor will replace.
Finished the sets with half a belt.

I was very cross when I got to the Gym
Consequentially I smashed all these.

Hammer Curls

10x15
15x3x8

Bang, Bang.

itsallaboutheL

112.22?

d'Oracle

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

112.22?

112.26 sorry.
2x 1.13.

Itsallabouttheaccuracy.

itsallaboutheL

d'Oracle wrote: »

112.26 sorry.
2x 1.13.

Itsallabouttheaccuracy.

I'm still confused... you have 1.13kg plates?

d'Oracle

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

I'm still confused... you have 1.13kg plates?

Laughlinstown has a funny mish mash of different plates.
They certainly weren't all bought at once.

They have one set of 1 1/4 kg plates and those puppies.
I think they are 2.5 lb

d'Oracle

Squat

20x2x5, 60x5, 80x3, 100x2
120x10x3

****ing boring but solid.
A little slow but easy.
New Belt, kind of sore.

Bench

20x2x5, 50x5, 60x3, 70x2
82.5x3x3

Just didn't feel I had 5 reps.
Tired or something.
Meh.

Barbell Curls

20x10
30x3x8

Grand. Getting stronger.
Add reps next time.

Some wierd ab exercise I saw on EliteFTS kind of like a cable press.

5 plates x 5 each side
4 plates x2x10 each side

I think they work.

d'Oracle

Squat

20x3x5, 60x5, 80x3, 100x2
108x4x9

Brutal.
Seriously **** volume.
I started loosing my rack a bit in the last 2 reps of some of the sets.
Those last 3 reps are just murder.

Pendlay rows

20x10, 60x3,
65x3, 70x3, 75x3, 80x3, 80x3, 60x3

Last set was a stupidly too low. Silly Cormac.

DB Bench

7.5x15, 12.5x10
15x15x2

Dunno why.

Power Clean & jerk

60x3

Cos someone left a bar loaded with 2 plates on the floor.

Hanley

What week are you on of Smolov?

d'Oracle

Hanley wrote: »

What week are you on of Smolov?

2.
Had to restart due to illness.

Hanley

d'Oracle wrote: »

2.
Had to restart due to illness.

Next day's the worst!! Get thru it and you'll survive it all

podge57

Hanley wrote: »

Next day's the worst!! Get thru it and you'll survive it all

x2 on that, you're on the home straight after 2moro. Good job on being able to get so much upper body work in too

d'Oracle

After high volume squatting, pendlay rows become a new experience.

G86

d'Oracle wrote: »

2.
Had to restart due to illness.

How many did you miss? How come you restarted? Could you not just go on where you left off? Sorry for the questions, I'm only on Day 3 after missing the week so wondering if I can just pick up where I left off...