We’re extreme in the opposite side of things. We have thousands of people age 18-25 who are depressed, anxious, bipolar, schizophrenic, or all of the above here. I think it’s become an acceptable excuse to sit around and be lazy. They get free meds, food, shelter, everything.
It’s frustrating even you deal with people receiving disability paychecks who have no physical disability. They’re making us take the people who are actually ill less serious because we’re just so used to it. It’s overused.
Best Damn 5/3/1 Wk 3 D1
WARM UP
Elliptical 5 min, Precor AMT 5 min
SMITH SL SQUAT (R LEG) (5/3/1 R/P)
25 (bar) x 5
45 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 3
85 x 5-4-3 Rest was probably a bit long between my 1st and 2nd bout on the R/P set.
INCLINE (MYO)
135 x 10
145 x 10
160 x 12-3-2
HAMMER BENCH (mTor)
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 12 I was chatting with a Detective during my session which extended my rest periods. I think that’s why my performance improved so much on these.
LATERAL CABLE RAISE (mTor)
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 12
PULSE UPS
3 x 10
SPLIT SQUAT (L LEG)
5 x 20 with BW spread throughout the session
The regular elliptical was super flat and had no option to incline. It kind of bothered my hip. The Precor Adaptive Motion Trainer was a little better. The bad part is that I’m clearly lopsided right now. It’s tough to perform a symmetrical stride. That’s why I’m in a hurry to get my leg strength back. There are so many little things that have been neglected during this process. Once I get “cleared” to return to my normal life I’ll still have a long ways to go before I’m normal for me. I’m hoping that doing what I can to develop my strength now will decrease my full recovery time without aggravating anything. I think the physical therapists are so used to sedentary people being their patients that they forget about things like lifting weights. If I don’t specifically ask about something then it doesn’t get discussed—and I keep forgetting to ask things during my sessions.
It wouldn’t matter. I was thinking about something while I was changing my clothes for the session and forgot by the time I got started. I’ll probably make a list for this week. I just have to remember to use it.
Heck yeah! It’s not mine. I bookmarked it here so I can find it when I’m ready. I read it on CT’s ThibArmy blog. The article is titled “How to Get Strong”.
No clue how accurate this is. Lots of chips and queso, some good baby back ribs, and 10 ounces of rum…or it could’ve been 8 ounces…
I’ll get to the gym eventually today but not until my wife gets home from work. My boy is still battling pneumonia and my daughter has another sinus infection. We’re going back to the doctor at 10:30.
I’m also on call for court. Someone is trying to sue the city over an accident and I’m the unlucky one who wrote the report. My days off are Mon-Wed and they scheduled court for Mon-Wed. I’d like to see how everyone feels about doing this on Saturday and Sunday instead.
Looks like you’re staying busy all the way around. Is hard to stick w priorities when life gets in the way. For me it’s never time (we always have that) its what wins and what loses and knowing if I’m burning it at work and home and travel - gym may need to get reduced.
I finished off the pork baby back ribs that I made for the Super Bowl and I suspect they may have had a bit of sodium in them. I’m up two lbs in two days and I did not eat 7000 extra calories.
You must’ve missed it when I announced the name of my program. The full name is Best Damn 5/3/1 Rise of the Machines since I’m mostly relying on those to get my work done.
You know how we cops love The Punisher. After watching bad people do bad things and get away with it you find yourself daydreaming about The Punisher and his ways…
