Friday - 21 weeks post-op

A) 3 sets

10 alternating safety squat reverse lunges, as heavy as possible w/no danger of failing
250m row @ high effort
2:00 walk rest

B) 3 sets

15 light/moderate Russian kettlebell swings
60 double-unders
2:00 walk rest

C) 3 rounds easy pace

10 natural knee extensions
10 Australian pull-ups
15m plate pinch carry, 25/hand

A. complete with 163 across; 1:53, 1:52, 1:51/500m avg

B. complete with 53 across

C. complete with bar at 15th small hole down

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400m one-arm Farmer's walk with Chels, 35

Friday - 5 months post-op

AM

30:00 AirDyne

PM

A) Safety squat alternating reverse lunges

build to a heavy (not maximal) 10

B1) Natural knee extensions

3 x 10; :60 rest

B2) Australian pull-ups

3 x 6-8 in more challenging set-up than previous week; :60 rest

C) For time

50 double-unders
10 Russian kettlebell swings, light
40 double-unders
10 Russian kettlebell swings
30 double-unders
10 Russian kettlebell swings
20 double-unders
10 Russian kettlebell swings
10 double-unders

D) 1 set

max distance plate pinch carry, 25/hand

A. 183

B1. complete

B2. 8 across with bar on 15th small hole from the top

C. 3:43 with 35

D. ~28m 

Friday - 19 weeks post-op

A) Safety squat alternating reverse lunges

4 x 8-10 total; 2:00 rest

B1) Natural knee extensions

3 x 10; :60 rest

B2) Australian pull-ups

3 x 7-10 in more challenging set-up than previous weeks; :60 rest

C) For time

60 double-unders
60 glute-ham sit-ups
60 double-unders

D) Not for time

90m plate pinch carry, 35/hand - break and rest as needed, goal is 15m increments

A. 173, 183(8), 183(8), 183(8)
B1. complete
B2. complete with bar on 10th hole from the top
C. 5:25
D. complete but all 15m increments broken once

Friday - 18 weeks post-op

AM

20:00 AirDyne

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ROM/mobility

PM

A) Safety squat alternating reverse lunges

3 x 10-14 total; 2:00 rest

B1) Terminal knee extensions

3 x 30/side w/pause @ back; :30 between sides

B2) Australian pull-ups

3 x 12-15 in easy set-up; :60 rest

C) 6 sets

10 glute-ham sit-ups
15m plate pinch carry, 35/hand
40 single-unders w/blue rope
:60 rest

A. 163, 173(10), 173(10)
B1. complete with green band
B2. complete with bar on 5th hole
C. complete, unable to go 15m unbroken

Friday - 17 weeks post-op

AM

20:00 AirDyne @ Z1

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ROM/mobility

PM

A) Safety squat alternating reverse lunges

3 x 14-16 total; 2:00 rest
B1) Terminal knee extensions
3 x 25/side w/pause @ back; :30 between sides
B2) Australian pull-ups
3 x 10-12 in easy set-up; :60 rest
C) 4 sets
15 glute-ham sit-ups
45 single-unders w/blue rope
:60 rest
D) Not for time
120m plate pinch carry, break and rest as needed

A. 133, 143, 153(16)

B1. Complete with green band 

B2. Complete, bar on highest of the bottom holes, 12 across 

C. Complete 

D. Complete with 25/hand 

Holy shit. I am very sore. I love it!!!!

Wednesday

AM

5:00 Airdyne

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mobility/ROM

PM
A) Single-leg unweighted hip hinge (I'll show you these, not a great demo vid out there)
5 x 5/side slow & controlled; :45 between sides
B) Safety bar alternating reverse lunges
3 x 12-14; 2:00 rest
C) 5 sets
:30 Assault Bike, increase effort so :00-:10 is easy, :10-:20 is high aerobic effort, :20-:30 is a sprint
2:30 walk rest

A) complete

B) 133, 143, 153(12)

C) complete, hit 90-91 RPMs across

Lunges felt better than I thought they would. 

Enjoyed the sprint piece - it was much easier to get up to a sprint with a running start. First time sprinting with two arms, and it was fine. 

Talked to Mike this afternoon. No changes, going to see how the current macros treat me once I get a few weeks of training under my belt. 

Wednesday

A. 1/side forward lunge + 2 squats, build to a heavy double of the complex
B1. Jumping switch lunge, 3 x 20 total; :10 rest
B2. Glute-ham sit-ups, 3 x 15; :10 rest
B3. Russian twists, 3 x 20; 2:00 rest
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20:00 Assault Bike @ Z1

A. +130

B. complete 

+

complete 

Wednesday

A1. Safety bar alternating forward lunges, 3 x 6-8 total; :10 rest
A2. Jumping switch lunge, 3 x 16 total; 2:00 rest
B1. Glute-ham sit-ups, 3 x 12; :10 rest
B2. Russian twists, 3 x 20; 2:00 rest
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10:00 Assault Bike @ Z2
200m 1-arm Farmer’s walk, 53
10:00 Assault Bike @ Z2

A1. +110, +120, +130(6)

A2. complete 

B. complete 

+

complete with 55lb
54-55 RPMs throughout, a little over 9 cal/minute


After the ab piece, my hair fell out of my ponytail and as I was fixing it, my shoulder partially dislocated. Then it did it again. And again. It's exactly the same as it was before, except it hurts 100X worse.

Emailed Drew a heads up, but I see him first thing tomorrow morning. Texted Tim, his response was "crap, thanks for letting me know" and he said to have Drew call him after tomorrow's appointment, and he'll review my MRI with the radiologist in the morning. Which is great, except that it wasn't dislocating when I had the MRI two weeks ago.

FUCK. MY. LIFE. 

Wednesday

A. Safety bar alternating forward lunges, 3 x 10-12 total; 2:00 rest
B. Weighted hip extensions, 3 x 10, 20X2; :90 rest
C1. Glute-ham sit-ups, 4 x 10; :10 rest
C2. Sit-ups w/feet anchored, 4 x 20; 2:00 rest
+
30:00 Assault Bike @ same pace as last week

A. +110, +120(10), +120(10)

B. 30, 35, 35

C. complete 

+

240 calories, 51 RPMs


Had zero energy coming into this today... sleep is pretty much nonexistent right now, and I'm so uncomfortable that I'm kind of nauseated, so food has been totally off for the past few days, too.

Lunges were tough.

Hip extensions were okay, not confident I would have gotten all 10 if I bumped up for the last set.

Had to pause on the 20 sit-ups on sets 3 and 4.

Assault bike was fine. 

Wednesday

AM @ MobilityFit

20:00 Assault bike 

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3 sets:

10 x 0:30 seated internal rotation hold

10 very slow pull-up negatives, legs assisting a lot

3 x 0:30 standing internal rotation hold

Crossover symmetry, walking for subscap, walking for pec, internal rotation 

Earthquake bar 

Floor press, unweighted and with pads to raise the bottom position 

PM

A. Safety bar alternating forward lunges, 3 x 12-16 total; 2:00 rest
B. Weighted hip extensions, 3 x 6, 20X1; :90 rest
C1. Glute-ham sit-ups, 3 x 12; :10 rest
C2. Sit-ups w/feet anchored, 3 x 24; 2:00 rest
+
25:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic - I want to grow this out time-wise for a bit, but that will require a slower pace... think 5 rpm slower than last week

A. +100, +110(12), +110(12)

B. 40, 50, 50

C1/C2. complete

+

201 calories, 51-52 RPMs throughout (same as last week)


Shoulder is really, really aggravated. Aggravated isn't even the right word, it's really painful. It was okay this morning before PT, not great, but getting the muscles to calm down from Monday's dry needling helped a lot. Nothing in particular really felt terrible at PT, but this afternoon at work, it turned awful. I'm getting a sharp, stabbing pain inside/through the joint with pretty much any internal or external rotation, which doesn't subside quickly, and it's only gotten worse throughout the day. I used to only get this pain at end range flexion or end range external rotation, but my ROM right now is significantly less than it was a few weeks ago, and apparently internal rotation is aggravating now, too. It's not muscular, it definitely feels inside the joint. It feels like there's a piece of broken glass stuck in there. I haven't been in this much pain in weeks. I emailed Drew to give him a heads up, but I don't see him again until Monday. I'm not even that anxious about it, I've kind of already accepted the fact that somehow it's very fucked up. But how?!

I like reverse lunges a lot better than forward lunges. I feel like I lose my balance a lot easier with forward.

Figured out a better way to grip a dumbbell for the weighted hip extensions, but I don't know if I can go much heavier because I'm having to support the entire weight with my left hand, and only keep my right hand there for stability.

Sit-up combo was good; had to pause on the last set of 24.

Kept the same pace on the Assault bike as last week - I assumed the pace note was just copy/pasted from the previous week...

Wednesday

AM

20:00 AirDyne @ Z1

PM

A. Halting clean-grip deadlift clusters (pause for :02 just below patella on way up and down), 3 x 1.1.1.1.1; :10 between singles, 2:00 rest
B. Safety bar alternating forward lunges, 2 x 16-20 total; 2:00 rest
C. Weighted hip extensions, 3 x 7-10, 20X1; :90 rest
D1. Glute-ham sit-ups, 3 x 10; :10 rest
D2. Sit-ups w/feet anchored, 3 x 20; :90 rest
+
20:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic - I want to grow this out time-wise for a bit, but that will require a slower pace... think 5 rpm slower than last week

A. 173, 193, 208

B. +70, +90

C. 35(10) across 

D1/D2. complete 

+

complete, 161 calories, 51-52 RPMs throughout

Thumbs/grip limiting factor on the deadlifts... just out of practice. 

Lunges felt good.

Intended to use a 30lb dumbbell on the hip extensions, but I couldn't get the dumbbell off the floor and into my arms (learned this the hard way, ugh). Bumped up to a 35lb kettlebell, which I had an easier time grabbing for some reason.

Sit-up combo was good, but couldn't finish the last 20 without pausing. 

Assault bike was totally sustainable at this pace. 

 

Wednesday

AM

30:00 AirDyne @ Z1, off every 10:00 for 10 snow angels + 0:60 FLR

PM

A. Halting clean-grip deadlift clusters (pause for :02 just below patella on way up and down), 5 x 1.1; :10 between singles, 2:00 rest
B. Safety bar alternating reverse lunges, 4 x 6-8 total; 2:00 rest
C. Weighted hip extensions, 3 x 10-12, 20X1; :90 rest
D1. Glute-ham sit-ups, 3 x 9; :10 rest
D2. Sit-ups w/feet anchored, 3 x 15; :90 rest
+
15:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic - goal is same pace as last week for an extra 2:00...

A. 163, 183, 203, 213, 223

B. +120, +130, +140(6), +140(6)

C. 20(12) across 

D1/D2. complete 

+

150 calories, 55-56 RPMs throughout 


YOU GUYS. This morning, I woke up so confused... it was morning! And I felt refreshed! This was the first time I've slept well / through the night since January.  JANUARY. Pleeeeeeeease let it stick... 

Between the sleeping and the AM sesh, it almost felt like old times.

Deadlifts are still heavier than they should be, but positions feel solid.

Lunges felt great this week. I feel like lunging with 200lbs is pretty legit. Wore knee sleeves, just for padding.

Hip extensions blew up my low back again.

Sit-up combo was fun, although I may have taken slightly longer than 0:10 to transition off the GHD and to the dumbbells. Reached back with one arm only on the GHD sit-ups, totally fine otherwise.

Super happy to hang on to the pace on the bike. I thought it was way too ambitious when I saw it programmed, but I surprised myself. Not easy, but not lactic.

Wednesday

A. Halting clean-grip deadlift clusters (pause for :02 just below patella on way up and down), 3 x 1.1.1; :10 between singles, 2:00 rest
B. Safety bar alternating reverse lunges, 3 x 8-10 total; 2:00 rest
C. Weighted hip extensions, 3 x 15, 20X1; :90 rest
+
8 sets for reps:
:20 sit-ups
:10 rest
+
12:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic - goal is same pace as last week for an extra 2:00...

A. 143, 163, 183

B. +100, +110, +120(8)

C. 15lbs across 

+

110, anchored with abmat

+

119 calories, steady 55-56 RPMs throughout 


Deadlifts continue to feel shockingly heavy.  The first time I picked up 163, I was like, "there's no way I'll ever clean this again." I really hope that's not true, but that's how heavy it felt. Shoulder was fine, I just feel weak.

Lunges felt okay, wore knee sleeves (for the first time on these).

Low back got lit up by the end of the hip extensions; I'm glad I didn't go up in weight.

Sit-ups were a steady 15/round through 75, then dropped off. Started using my arms to get momentum by the end, which didn't feel great on my shoulder, so i sacrificed a couple of reps to go back to controlled ab movement without throwing my arms. 

Assault bike was challenging in a good way.  This felt exactly the same as row repeats, when you're trying to stay on a certain pace on the dot.  It was never so tough that I needed to slow down, but I definitely had to pay attention the whole time. High breathing, no burn. 

Skyped with Mike today.  We're not changing the macros (145P/80F/200C) for the time being.  I confessed that last week had more days off plan than on plan, and I'm starting to feel like I'm losing all the progress that I made over the last 9 months. Last week was hard, I was so uncomfortable (and stressed and depressed) that I self-medicated with ice cream and margaritas on multiple occasions. I'm still having a hard time caring... this was fun when I was doing it for performance, and it's lame to be on a diet. I still don't want to get fat though, so I should probably get it together.  

Also, Mike was surprised that I haven't been doing AM Z1 sessions. Honestly, I mostly just got lazy. And I STILL haven't slept through the night (...kill me), so I really don't feel like setting an alarm and sleeping any less than I already am. I suppose I can add it back in on days when I'm not in a hurry... like tomorrow, perhaps...

Wednesday

AM

@ MobilityFit

10:00 Assault bike 

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3 sets:

Kettlebell screwdrivers, 10/side with 15lb

Beginning of TGU, 5/side unweighted 

External rotations with elbow on knee, 10/side unweighted 

Plank, 0:60

Trap 3, 10/side unweighted 

PVC pull-aparts, 10 with #1
Z press, 10 with PVC pipe
+
3 sets:
Crossover symmetry, rows (red), As (purple), Ts thumbs up (purple), Ts palms up (green), half snow angels (green), 10 each
Quarter external rotations, 5/side with 2.5lbs
Earthquake bar, 0:60 hold with 2x 25/side, red bands on both
Earthquake bar bench press, 25/side with red bands
Z press, 10 with training bar
Close-grip bench press, 10 with women's bar
Plank on Indo board, 0:60
Front/back, left/right, clockwise and counterclockwise from plank on Indo board, 10 each
Tricep extensions, 10 with 20/hand
Floor press, 10 with 25/hand
Plank step ups onto 25lb plate, 3/side
Perfect push-ups, 5
Lateral plank steps, 5/side
3-way bicep curls, 10/hand

PM
A. Clean-grip deadlift, 5-4-3-3-3 light/moderate, 3131; :90 rest
B. Safety bar alternating reverse lunges, 3 x 10-12 total; 2:00 rest
+
5 sets:
12 hip extensions right into :20 Sorensen hold
:30 rest
:30 sit-ups w/feet anchored
:30 rest
+
10:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic

A. 123(5), 133(4), 143(3) x 3

B. +100, +110, +120(6)

+

complete 

+

complete, 103 calories

Shoulder felt better today than the last 2 days, but still not as good as it felt last week. Drew thinks it was just the accumulated volume of rehab exercises I've been doing that pissed it off. Apparently, he had me doing 2-3x more than his average client, who already does 2-3x more than the typical shoulder patient, so it was just too much. (Although, I did NOTHING that I wasn't told to do, and in fact I felt like I was slacking since I didn't even run through everything as much as I was supposed to...). You're going to roll your eyes when you read this, but I'm disappointed that my shoulder just can't handle the aggressive, fast-paced rehab. My brain knows that it's only been 6 weeks, and it was a pretty major thing to recover from, but I'm still bummed that this is the second time that I've gotten into a groove of feeling good and adding in new things then we have a week setback. I'm not very patient, so it's hard to accept that it's just going to take time, and there's really nothing I can do to speed it along. Drew told me not to do any shoulder stuff on my own until my next appointment at MobilityFit (Monday), to make sure everything just calms the hell down. We cut a few things that were okay last week but bothered me today, pretty much all the loaded external rotation and overhead work (and for some reason, the serratus punches were uncomfortable today). Blah. I know stepping back for a week doesn't make a difference at all in the grand scheme of things, but it's still frustrating. I'm not depressed about it, just annoyed.

Felt kinda out of it this afternoon at CSC, not sure what my deal was. 

Deadlifts felt shockingly heavy. Not really "heavy," but heavier than 143 should feel. I'll blame it on the tempo.

Lunges felt great until they didn't. Stopped the last set early just to be safe... I don't THINK I would have failed the next rep, but didn't want to chance it. 

5 sets were good. 21 sit-ups across. 

Assault bike also was good. Wanted to hit 100 calories, and did it while staying aerobic. 55 RPMs steady for 8:30, bumped up to 60 RPMs for the last 0:90. 

Wednesday

AM @ MobilityFit
10:00 Assault bike

+

3 sets:

Kettlebell rotations, 10/side with 15lb
Beginning of TGU, just to elbow support, 5/side unweighted

Quarter external rotations, 10/side with 2.5lb
External rotations with elbow on knee, 10/side with 2.5lb

Houghston's As, 10 unweighted
Houghston's Ts, palms down, 10 unweighted

+

4 sets:

Crossover Symmetry rows, red, x 10

Crossover Symmetry Ts (thumbs up), purple x 10

Crossover Symmetry Ts (palms up), green x 10
Crossover Symmetry As, purple, x 10

Crossover Symmetry A/T/Y, green, x 10

Crossover Symmetry Ys, green, x 10

Crossover Symmetry half snow angels, green, x10

Crossover symmetry external rotation, green, x 10

Earthquake bar, 0:60 hold with 2x double red bands and 25s 

Earthquake bar bench press, 10 with double red bands and 25s

Earthquake bar seated overhead hold, 2:00 with double orange bands and 15s

Earthquake bar seated strict press, 10 with double orange bands and 15s

Close-grip bench press, 10 with 33lb bar

Farmers walk, 50m with 65/hand

Push-ups, perfect: 7, 5, 5, 5 

Tricep kick backs, with 20/hand 10, 10, 9, 8

Dumbbell floor press, with 25/hand 15, 15, 15, 10
Serratus punches, 10/side with 25lb

Single-arm bent-over trap 3, 10/side unweighted

3-way bicep curls, 10 with 10/hand

PVC bar overhead pull-aparts in front, 10 with #1

Plank steps up and over 25lb plate, 3/side

Lateral plank steps, 5 steps/side 

Z press, 10 with training bar and 5s

Strict pull-ups, 10 with toes on box throughout

Plank with hands on indo board, 0:60

Plank with hands on indo board, rocking front/back, left/right, clockwise, counterclockwise, 10 each

PM @ CSC
A. Clean-grip deadlift, 5-5-5-5-5 light, 3131; :90 rest
B. Safety bar alternating reverse lunges, 3 x 12-16 total; 2:00 rest
+
5 sets:
10 hip extensions right into :20 Sorensen hold
:30 rest
:30 hollow rock
:30 rest
+
10:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic

A. 83, 103, 123, 123, 123

B. +70, +90, +100(12)

+

complete

+

complete, 92 calories, 53-55 RPMs

Highlights of PT: regular bench press! And regular push-ups! And getting a bar overhead! A fair bit of discomfort overhead, especially if the earthquake bar drifted backwards, but not bad enough to cut it. Actually the most uncomfortable things today were all on the Crossover Symmetry. Have a hard time bringing hands together in front of me with straight elbows (Ts) with even 3lb resistance, snow angels had pathetic wings (like, hip height), and external rotation at 90 degrees abduction is awful (around 60 degrees even with no resistance). Feeling like it's going to be a while to get full ROM back in all directions... but happy with all the additions and strength improvements within the ROM that I do have. It's only been 5 weeks. It's already been 5 weeks! 

Stuff at CSC was good. Deadlift weight was light on everything except the thumbs, those poor guys are out of practice. Lunges were great. 5 sets were great. Assault bike was great, getting pretty close to the upper limit of aerobic but it feels excellent to push it a little. 

Also, Mike suggested cutting all my PM supplements (melatonin, GABA and ZMA - which all together STILL didn't improve sleep), and so far no change. Ughhhhhhh. I forget what it's like to sleep. 

Wednesday

AM @ MobilityFit
10:00 Assault bike

+

4 sets:
Z press, 10 with 5kg bar

Earthquake bar, 2:00 hold with long red bands and 15s, double orange bands and 20s

Earthquake bar, 0:60 halfway hold with long red bands and 15s

PVC bar overhead pull-aparts in front, 10 with #1

PVC bar overhead pull-apart to snatch-grip hold, 10 x 0:10 with #1

Bench press with pull-apart PVC pipe, 10

Kettlebell rotations, 10/side with 15lb
Beginning of TGU, just to elbow support, 5/side unweighted
Quarter external rotations, 10/side with 2.5lb
External rotations with elbow on knee, 10/side with 2.5lb

Single-arm bent-over trap 3, 10/side unweighted

Plank with hands on indo board, 0:60

Plank with hands on indo board, rocking front/back, left/right, clockwise, counterclockwise, 10 each

Strict pull-ups, 10 with toes on box throughout (still no lockout)
Banded tricep pull-down, 20 with looped red band

Crossover Symmetry rows, red, x 10
Crossover Symmetry Ts, green, x 10
Crossover Symmetry As, purple, x 10

Ring rows, scaps engaged throughout, x 10

Lateral plank steps, 2 sets with ladder then 2 sets just straight across, 5 steps/side 

Tricep kick backs, 10 with 15/hand

Dumbbell floor press, 15 with 20/hand
Serratus punches, 10/side with 20lb
Plank steps up and over 25lb plate, 3/side

Houghston's As, 10 unweighted
Houghston's Ts, palms down, 10 unweighted

5 push-ups from knees, slow and controlled
3-way bicep curls, 10 with 10/hand

Plank walk with feet on sliders, 25m forward + 25m backward


PM @ CSC

A. Safety bar good morning, 3 x 10-12, 31X1; 2:30 rest
B. Safety bar alternating reverse lunges, 2 x 16-20 total; 2:00 rest
+
5 sets:
:30 Sorensen hold
:30 rest
:30 hollow hold
:30 rest
+
10:00 Assault Bike @ 90% aerobic

A. bar only, +20, +40

B. +50, +70

+

complete 

+

87 calories, 52-54 RPM

Everything from my neck to my knees is super sore. I love it. 

I was at MobilityFit for almost 4 hours today. Just sayin'. Notable things: planks on the indo board are murder on my wrists, but shoulder is good. Back to toes assisting on the pull-ups... Drew caught a couple unassisted that weren't completely perfect, but I think that's largely due to the volume of these 3 days in a row this week. And... on the lateral plank ladder, my OTHER shoulder was being weird - it was clicking with every step. Completely different from the slipping out of place like the right shoulder, but slightly concerning nonetheless. I just have this sinking fear that I'm going to blow out the other shoulder in like October. Drew didn't seem concerned, he said that lefty is probably just still picking up the slack from the bad one, but he had me modify these anyway. Both shoulders have been unhappy in the past, and I have insanely shitty luck, so I'm sure you understand my concern. Doing all the exercises on both sides religiously just to be safe. I'm going to have the strongest scapulae in all the land. 

Afternoon training was great. No idea where to start on either of the safety bar pieces, but I think I ended up with appropriate loading on both, with the last couple of reps being tough. Super happy to be doing things like normal again.