Nordic Blood: Climbing And Lifting / Lifting And Climbing

I was not. If I’m totally honest I’ve been slacking on closely reading the workout portion of most logs I’m follwing and have been focusing more on the subtext and things going on around the workouts.

It remains great work anyhow, especially in the greater context of things

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Appreciate it. I’m the same, I gloss over the training details.

BTW, replied to your email fam.

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@wanna_be I don’t want to derail KD13s log. What drug were you prescribed?

Lexapro 10mg a day. I told her I didn’t want anything I couldn’t quit cold turkey and nothing with bad side effects. She said lexipro fit that perfect! :roll_eyes: I should have just googled it.

Not only did it fuck up my Dick to the point where 2 years later I’m still eating cialis all the time and have a 1/4 of the Sex drive, but it took multiple times to come off because the week long withdrawals were fierce.

Sorry to hear about your troubles, man. Truly.

I don’t know much cialis helps with sex drive, I thought it only gave a person an erection?

I know a sport you have genetics for

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Does it happen to involve repetitive locomotion in a 50m rectangular pit filled with water?

Looking at the title of this log, I’d guess not.

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Doesn’t help with desire.

The man has an insane ape index.

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That’s a thing???

Very much so, yes

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Monday 2021-02-01

WEEK 1 WM
Main Work Target Reps Weight
A. Squat (ss: ab wheel & BPAs) 70% 5 84
80% 5 95
90% 11 107
70% 20 84
C. Quad Split Squat 4x8-15 reps 12 30
12 30
15 30
skipped 30

Next time, will super set ab wheel inbetween split squats. Four sets were boring.

Assistance
B. Iso-dynamic Leg Curl 3x7
D1. Abductor 2x15
D2. Adductor 2x15

Order was a bit wonky, forgot about split squats after WM.

for PR set was lit

Tuesday 2021-02-02

Felt a tendon pop while warming up on the climbing wall, honestly didn’t even register as a injury. Paid it about as much attention as one would if the knees made sounds while doing a squat. I.e., none. Did one route, and then it became obvious after I came down that I did, in fact, strain a pulley.

This is upsetting. I just had time off. My elbows were feeling good during the warm-up, and the climb. And now, finger injury. I’d write something lengthy about this but honestly: typing hurts (physically). So, yeah, super bummed out, totally frustrated, and even angry. Want to hit the gym today but I don’t think that’s best for the tendon so I’m letting it be. Maybe I can lift weights tomorrow instead. Won’t be climbing for 7-14 days.

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One of the benefits of sites like this for me is knowing that it’s normal for knees to make noises when squatting.

That sucks man. What does that mean you can’t do? How can you train around it?

I find that my hips pop more than my knees.

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My sympathies, I hope you bounce back super quick from that injury. Climbing does produce a lot more injuries than I would have imagined.

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Why do the things we love not love is back? Hope the recovery is quick dude.

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If you’re talking about swimming… hell nooo please I’m a ground creature!

Now that’s a freaking PR song

How did you enjoy the 20 reps set ahahah?

That’s a finger tendon you hurt? Super annoying indeed…

Don’t know yet, it’s difficult to gauge just how bad it is, all I know is that it’s not the worst that I’ve been through.

If the finger was all that I was dealing with, I’d utilise this time to develop other physical qualities.

Not to be a downer, but I don’t see a lot of options and I’m at peace with that. Not because I want to be, but because I have to be.

I’d explore running if it weren’t for the hamstring. And, since I can’t do running I thought about finding myself a 6-day BB split to ensure that this period doesn’t cause me more troubles with my eating habits. I’m currently struggling to justify an appetite without physical activity. But, after glossing over some Meadows and CT stuff but dips and inclines are somewhat staple exercises, and there are a lot of other horizontal press work that wouldn’t mesh with my current shoulder function. I haven’t settled on not exploring this option further, but I don’t feel that I’m in the best frame of mind to be able to adjust any program of theirs.

With regards to general function, I’m happy this isn’t the worst finger injury I’ve experienced thus far. It has been my experience that using the hands without care is a surefire way to feel some pain and suffering. Everyday activities can easily affect the injured tissue. I’ve had teeth-gritting levels of pain from gripping a tea pot the wrong way, snapping the lid onto a lunchbox, lifting the toilet seat with the affected hand, fishing for keys in a pocket, wearing gloves, playing Playstation, typing at the computer, and additional activities still. I’m hoping I won’t have to experience that again this time. The dull, tooth-achy, type pain that accompanies the injury is enough of a hassle.

In the past, with regards to the gym, all I’ve found is that controlled movements are essential. And straps. Depending on which part of the finger is injured, barbells can be really unfriendly, or chin-up bars. This can be mitigated with Fat Gripz as the diameter changes, or rotating the wrist sometimes (trap-bar instead of straight-bar deadlift). Anything can illicit “symptoms”, either by loading the injured tissue or just pressing against it meaning that the actual tissue isn’t being loaded.

Anyway, I have a plan, there’s some really exhaustive write-ups on this type of injury. The rehab protocols usually include weeks long hangboarding programs, but curiously if I were to hangboard at that level I’d be a much better climber than I already am so a bit hard to know how to repurpose it for myself. Put on a harness, and rig a pulley system to offload some bodyweight maybe.


Hopefully it is just I that is injury prone and its not the activity that is at fault. I’ve given some thought about how HRT might impact muscle/tendon strength imbalances but haven’t dug into it that much. Or what happens to tendon integrity as T comes down, and E remains up. Won’t go down that rabbit hole as I can’t do anything about it anyway.


Climbing, my dear sir.

For sure!

Loathe them, in the best way.

Yup!

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IDK, extreme isometrics, highly vulnerable positions and high frequency/volume (for those who love and have easy access) don’t exactly sound like a recipe for tendon health

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