Ghost's Training Log

[DJJ]

Wait , what?! You have 50 Kg on your back, you squat down with one leg below parallel, the other off the floor, and that's supposed to be light?

[Ghost]

Wait , what?! You have 50 Kg on your back, you squat down with one leg below parallel, the other off the floor, and that's supposed to be light?

Well, how else it's supposed to feel? It would only become hard if one couldn't use the other arm to keep the bar in place

Finally back in the uni gym and the back feels healthy again. No sharp pain for a few weeks or so. Doing almost nothing for 3 months shows though, I need to drop the weight in every exercise. Blah, I hate that..

Squats 5x5 60kg: Well, the good thing is it didn't feel in my back at all. Bad thing is my legs are in so out of shape, why must this feel so heavy! Going to pay extra attention to the form from now on. Don't really want another few months of forced rest.
Bench Press 5x5 50kg: Not really heavy nor light, hopefully I can get this back to the previous numbers soon.
Press Row 5x5 (5,4,4,3,3) 52,5kg: All the missed reps were about an inch short of touching my chest, gonna drop it to 40 though.
Dips 3x5 7,5kg: Same as the bench press. At least I haven't lost all my strength..
Dragon Flags 3x5: I think there were 2 or 3 that resembled an actual dragon flag, others were just negatives.

[Ghost]

Met a guy in the gym doing an interesting program. 1x25 with 5kg increases every workout. Didn't really pay attention what his exercises were but he was doing at least front squats @ 65kg, deadlift @ 95kg, OHP with flys and lat pulldown.

Squats 5x5 62,5kg: Guess it was just lack of rest in the previous weight that made it feel so heavy. This was light.
OHP 5x5 35kg: Not really any trouble here, except a massive case of doms.
Deadlift 1x5 90kg: Hmh, felt surprisingly heavy.
Pull ups 3x5 2,5kg: Argh! I hate doms, the pain in my abs was what made this hard instead of the weight.
Prone bridge 3x30s: Pain...

[Ghost]

Squats 5x5 65kg: Guess I'm getting used to going to the gym once more. Didn't really feel anywhere, needed less than 1 minute rests.
Bench press 5x5 52,5kg: Same here, felt a lot lighter than the previous weight.
Press Row 5x5 40kg: Okay, this is getting strange.. Dropped to 40 and experienced the same as with those other lifts. Didn't really feel it anywhere and less than 1 min rests were more than enough.
Dips 3x5 8,75kg: Ha! At least one lift felt somewhere, not as painful as the previous time though.
Dragon Flags 3x5: Oh now I get it! All the pain/fatigue just amounted up and came with this one. Man this hurt. One shaky rep and the rest were negatives. Couldn't do controllable negatives in the last reps due to fatigue/pain.

Very good workout and didn't take a lot of time either. Wish it could stay like this when the weights get heavy again.

[DJJ]

Wait , what?! You have 50 Kg on your back, you squat down with one leg below parallel, the other off the floor, and that's supposed to be light?

Well, how else it's supposed to feel? It would only become hard if one couldn't use the other arm to keep the bar in place

Finally back in the uni gym and the back feels healthy again. No sharp pain for a few weeks or so. Doing almost nothing for 3 months shows though, I need to drop the weight in every exercise. Blah, I hate that..

Squats 5x5 60kg: Well, the good thing is it didn't feel in my back at all. Bad thing is my legs are in so out of shape, why must this feel so heavy! Going to pay extra attention to the form from now on. Don't really want another few months of forced rest.
Bench Press 5x5 50kg: Not really heavy nor light, hopefully I can get this back to the previous numbers soon.
Press Row 5x5 (5,4,4,3,3) 52,5kg: All the missed reps were about an inch short of touching my chest, gonna drop it to 40 though.
Dips 3x5 7,5kg: Same as the bench press. At least I haven't lost all my strength..
Dragon Flags 3x5: I think there were 2 or 3 that resembled an actual dragon flag, others were just negatives.

I don't understand. While you're squatting you balance yourself by holding on to the bar? Or do you really squat down with 50 Kg without holding on to something to balance yourself?

[Ghost]

Nah, I think the proper name is split squat. I just stumbled upon a video on youtube showing the movement and it was named single legged squat or something like that, can't find the specific vid though. Basically just put your other feet back and squat with the other one. Not doing it anymore, since my back's healed up.

[DJJ]

Nah, I think the proper name is split squat. I just stumbled upon a video on youtube showing the movement and it was named single legged squat or something like that, can't find the specific vid though. Basically just put your other feet back and squat with the other one. Not doing it anymore, since my back's healed up.

Now I get it! I thought you did a full pistol! XD

[Ghost]

My one week gym streak was cut short by a flu for 2 weeks. Today was the first day I was well enough to go to the gym again.

Squat 5x5 67,5kg: Still not really that heavy. Can get away with 1 minute or less rest periods.
OHP 5x5 37,5kg: Started to get a bit too greedy and didn't rest enough time between sets. Last rep was so damn shaky and slow it felt like eternity.
Deadlift 1x5 95kg: No problems with this one.
Chin ups 3x5 3,75kg: Same here, no troubles at all.

[Ghost]

Man, I just cannot seem to get a break! First I had the flu and now I've missed the whole last week because of my back, again. Went to a doctor after I noticed that one of my vertebrae was painful to touch and noticeably more protruded out than the others. Now I need to get my spine x-rayed to see what's wrong in it. With my luck the doctor will probably say to take a month's rest or something. I'm gonna bite someone if I have to hear those words again!
Strange thing is that I've got no idea what might've caused it. Didn't use heavy weights in squat, neither did I round my back, didn't crash or some other way hurt my back while riding in the weekend, nobody didn't even smack the shit out of me or anything. Nothing, nada, zip.

This is starting to get pretty damn frustrating! [/rant]

[DJJ]

Man, I just cannot seem to get a break! First I had the flu and now I've missed the whole last week because of my back, again. Went to a doctor after I noticed that one of my vertebrae was painful to touch and noticeably more protruded out than the others. Now I need to get my spine x-rayed to see what's wrong in it. With my luck the doctor will probably say to take a month's rest or something. I'm gonna bite someone if I have to hear those words again!
Strange thing is that I've got no idea what might've caused it. Didn't use heavy weights in squat, neither did I round my back, didn't crash or some other way hurt my back while riding in the weekend, nobody didn't even smack the shit out of me or anything. Nothing, nada, zip.

This is starting to get pretty damn frustrating! [/rant]

I can imagine, but sometimes you just have bad luck. Good luck!

[Ghost]

Thanks DJJ. Got the results today and the doctor said the spine looks completely normal and I can start stressing my back normally (using common sense of course). Would be nice to know why it's painful though, obviously there's something wrong with it.

[DJJ]

And that was it? Did he consider neurological causes and stuff? I hope it's just a silly side effect of training and nothing severe. Does it really hurt?

[Ghost]

Pretty much that was it. He told to come by immediately if it gets worse.

About the pain, it's kinda strange. It's about in the middle of the spine. I can clearly feel the vertebra is more protruded/swollen than others and if I put pressure on it, it hurts. Not any sharp pain or hurting badly but the kind of even/constant pain telling something's wrong. Also if I round my back or cough or laugh while not having completely straight posture I can feel the pain. Strangely, bending forward seems to be the only movement causing pain, rotating or tilting my back to left or right doesn't hurt, neither does arching it.

[Ghost]

Well, I think it's fairly safe to assume that whatever's wrong with my back isn't caused by lifting. Not one exercise felt in any way whatsoever in the spine.

Squat 5x5 70kg: Kinda funny how this feels. It's really light but at the same time makes me cringe while getting up from the bottom position.
Bench Press 5x5 55kg: I don't know what muscles I used but it certainly didn't feel in my chest, perhaps because of squeezing my glutes.
Bent Row 5x5 42,5kg: Light, 'nuf said.
Dips 3x5 10kg: Lighter than I expected.
Dragon Flags 3x5: Negatives, and it killed my abs once again.

[DJJ]

Haha, you've quit training for a few weeks, us more weight than before and call it ''light''. Man, if I don't train for a week, I get acute muscle soreness, fail at heavy weights and die shortly afterwards.