Bluegreyhound's Training Log: Rehab May 09 - Dec 09

[adamr]

That's horrible news. There's nothing quite like that unconditional bond between dog and master. Here's hoping for the best.

[atypical1]

My condolences. I understand the bond and how that stuff can just break your heart. We just had to put down our female Dane and it's never easy to do.

james

[Bluegreyhound]

Thanks Guys.

James - Danes are terrific dogs. We've known some great ones. Sorry to hear about your loss too.

Squats plus BW exercises. Decided to finished the RSR early, so I can devote more time to my dog. I did my 2x2 and went straight to my single 120kg. Link here (wait for upload though):
http://www.vimeo.com/5826251
Depth was approx parallel rather than below. Overall, happy with the progress and general conditioning of RSR.

BW lower due to lack of sleep and a bit of under-eating recently. Must try to eat normally.

29 Jul 09 {33}
BW=64.5kg

Day 16 of RSR, Olympic style squat. Plan in Blue at the very bottom.
Actual Squat lifts:
2x2 112.5kg
1x1 120kg

Russian Squat Routine (RSR):
Day 1: 6x2 90kg +5kg
Day 2: 6x3 90kg +5kg
Day 3: 6x2 90kg +5kg
Day 4: 6x4 90kg +5kg
Day 5: 6x2 90kg +5kg
Day 6: 6x5 90kg +5kg
Day 7: 6x2 90kg +5kg
Day 8: 6x6 90kg +5kg
Day 9: 6x2 90kg +5kg
Day 10: 5x5 97.5kg +2.5kg
Day 11: 6x2 90kg +5kg
Day 12: 4x4 102.5kg +2.5kg
Day 13: 6x2 90kg
Day 14: 3x3 107.5kg
Day 15: 6x2 90kg
Day 16: 2x2 113kg -0.5kg, and 1x120kg
Day 17: 6x2 90kg (Terminated)
Day 18: 1x1 120kg (Terminated)

[guru]

Congrats on achieving the goal ahead of schedule. With your weight drop, this is quite near to 2xBW.

[atypical1]

What's after RSR?

james

[dylanamus]

Nice work on the RSR. You've got a pretty solid foundation to build on now. We'll be tuned in to see what's next.

[Bluegreyhound]

Thanks guys.

To be honest, I'm not sure what is next. My knee is in very good condition now - I'd say about 90%.I was planning on doing power + strength maintenance block for the legs, and do volume sub-max work for upper body. But my heads not 100% in the iron game lately. At the moment, I would prefer to spend time with my dog, feeding him (his appetite is on and off), joining him outside in the garden, surfing the net/watching tv with him beside me. Anyway, I also think I need a deload week or so after RSR, so this fits in nicely. I'll revisit my training after a week.

[nburge]

Brilliant work on achieveing goal ahead of time - I'd say you deserve the rest!!! Just make sure the dog doesn't have another go at your knee I'll be interested in seeing what comes next...

[Bluegreyhound]

Wrote this on 1 June 09:

I'm going to be bullish about my goals progressing this year, and write it here.

By Dec 09 I shall equal my best lifts 1-2 years ago:
Squat 140kg, Deadlift 150kg

Mid-goal, by Sept 09:
Squat 120kg, Deadlift 130kg

Accomplished mid goals in July 09:

Olympic squat 120kg BW 64.5kg
Deadlift 140kg BW 65kg

I think that my low bar squat is about 10kg higher than my Olympic squat, so I'm already very close to my year end goals. Deadlift of 150kg should be a piece of piss once I start training the Deadlift properly. I've decided to take a brief break - naturally, my numbers will regress a little but I'm fine with that. My long term goal would be to re-establish PRs of 160kg in both Squat and Deadlift. I'm under no illusion that this is going to be tough for me since it wasn't exactly easy the 1st time. I have some modest upper body lift goals but I'll post those later when I have an idea of what I'm going to do.

[nburge]

160kg squat and DL with 65kg BW would be monumental. I'm looking forward to reading this...

[Bluegreyhound]

160kg squat and DL with 65kg BW would be monumental. I'm looking forward to reading this...

Unlikely to be at BW=65kg. I was BW approx 73kg when I last did those lifts.

[Nilan666]

Hey BGH wow you've progressed magnificiently while i was away. Sorry to hear about your dog. Is it really that bad? I haven't had an experience with pets, but i know i felt very very sad when our neighbourhood cats(both ma and pa) passed away . They produced so many generations!

Your weights are still a blur on my radar...lol...it will still take me time to to get sprinter-specific strong!
(i mean my radar cannot yet detect those weights for me )

[DJJ]

I feel sorry for your dog. I don't have much experience with pets, but I witnessed some sweet birds and my cute little hamster fade away. It becomes so normal to have them around but when they die, something is empty all of a sudden. I'm looking forward to see you recover and go at it again with new found energy.

[maroon]

Best wishes.

Looking forward to your return and seeing what you decide on doing after the RSR!