Too many injuries derailed my lifting for too long!
Finally, started a decent run of lifting at home when covid derailed it.
Riding bicycles has been main physical activity.
No goals yet other then keep lifting!
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Started 3 x 10.
Taking a break and doing 3x5. weights are pathetic, but maybe in a year or 3.
Everything is db. weight is weight of each db. Love my power blocks!
3x5@40 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
3x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
5x5@30 CURLS
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Good to see you are back at it!
Welcome back, Been awhile.
7/14
3x5@40 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
5x5@40 bench[date=2022-07-14 timezone=“America/New_York”]
3x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
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Thanks guys.
I figure it doesn’t matter where I am, just the direction I’m headed.
Working on goals.
So far Lifting 2x week and riding 3-5.
Health challenge just got a bit more serious. Was going to up mileage target from 60 to 100/week but that’s not in the cards for awhile.
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Everyday you can train is a blessing and a privilege.
If you have problems staying on track this might help. When I diet hard I draw a calendar on my bathroom mirror for each month using a wet erase marker.
Then everyday I complete successfully, workouts/diet, I put a big checkmark in that day on the mirror.
This calendar is in my face at least twice a day. A tangible/visual feedback loop to remind yourself how good, or not good, you are doing…
Keep hammering…one day at a time
Good to be back!
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Thanks guys!
7/18
3x5@40 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
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Interesting… Was looking around the house for old school calendar.
I might be able to adapt this with other data I should keep track of.
7/22
3x5@40 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
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7/27
3x5@40 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
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8/02
5x5@30 pullovers --golfers elbow… Not a golfer, leftover from putting a bike down.
3x5@40 shoulder press
3x10 rollouts — finally back up to 30…
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
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8/05
5x5@30 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
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8/10
8/05
5x5@30 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
Dr.s convinced me to drop my hydrocortisone dosage… Been more then a month. I can’t seem to recover after a workout. Going to loosen up a bit.
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8/12
8/05
5x5@30 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
5x5@80 shrug
visit with the endo. says lowering dosage is like alcoholic DT’s in difficulty.
Going down 5 mg/day and lowering stress doses to 5mg and only after nauseous or sick. Both are initial stages of Addison’s crisis… F1 edging death. Specially with my endurance training. I carry pickles now… F. But riding is what I do. Maybe 3 years consistent I can say the same thing about lifting.
upside: since I’m definitely not natural I’m responding great to lifting… Riding I’ll be happy to hold where I am until the weather cools.
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8/16
8/05
5x5@30 pullovers
3x5@40 shoulder press
2x10 rollouts
3x5@40 incline
5x5@30 curl
3x5@40 bench
5x5@40 row
Crashed on Monday. Not full blown Addison’s crisis, but very close to mandatory ER visit.
Recovered enough to lift. Felt good!
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Did this happen because you lowered your meds?
The reason I restarted a workout log is for the discipline, but also to dump thoughts regarding the impact of my current medical challenges over time.
Yeah.
Car accident with head injury that put me out of work for 4 months, revealed pituitary tumor threatening my eyes. So I thought one recovery was better then 2 and ok’d the surgery. Too concussed to think about watchful waiting. Surgery went well, hospital recovery didn’t. First discharge I bled out twice and back in hospital for 3 more days…
Well, getting hydrocortisone dosage right was a matter of more and more… See every stressor increases how much you need. Physical effort increases requirements, especially endurance sports.
Well, with severe chronic pain (suicide disease was just one of the migraines/headaches the crash left me with)… But needing more doesn’t do anything to how toxic higher doses are over the longer term.
Endo and second opinion endo are on same page. Slow taper to get to about 1/2 then dose, while minimizing stress doses…
So all in all I have to lower dose such that standing up makes me quite dizzy, walking comes close to passing out and only stress dose if I get so low I’m nearly puking… But puking means I can’t keep down the hydrocortisone which then requires er visit…
I love riding bicycles. It’s my favorite “sport”. But I’m built to pull stumps not pull a paceline. I’ll never be fast. But I like going far. It’s the worst thing for adrenal insufficiency. Lifting is the only recommended work out as it doesn’t stress the HPA axis like endurance sports. There’s little to no guidance on endurance sports except don’t get too hot, don’t dehydrate and keep rides short like not over an hour. Well, my “event” for riding are 200k’s… 120 miles, usually quite a bit of climb…
Doing as much as possible on the chronic pain relief to reduce that stressor. Trying to accept I have to rest when body demands it (This friday and sunday I was a complete loaf).
Docs use the DT’s (severe alcohol withdrawal) as the comparison to weaning… Including the mortality risk of cutting too fast… I’ve found the first 2 reductions ok. but it’s hard missing rides and shutting down when workout schedule says this or that is called for.
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Definitely sounds like you have been through the wringer. Will be following along and wishing you healing thoughts.
Keep at it.