It’s been a busy few days and today was the final day of testing to find my max weights. My collar bone is holding up well but it reminds me every now and then to behave. The press ups on day 2 of testing pushed me to my limit, not in the way that I couldn’t do them from a lack of strength but from the pain issue. I got my 15 but it was with a struggle and my last 4 were touch and go. I know when the pain level reaches 6 I need to stop and when I start to lose form I need to stop.
But it’s easier said than done. The exercises went well today and as usual there is always a set that I don’t like or push the pain boundaries to the limit. The single leg press took me by surprise as I’ve always had good strength in my legs and I thought I would be able to press more than I did. So that’s one I need to work on and improve over the next 4 weeks.
I was a little bit apprehensive in my approach to the Dumbbell Bench Press as it’s easy to get wrong and course damage to the Deltoid muscle and I wasn’t sure how my collar bone was going to act. I think I could have gone heavier but by the time I got to rep 13 my collar bone was starting to complain, so I think I will be able to improve on that one quiet quickly.
Now that testing is done I’m looking forward to hitting the gym with 3 sets of 15 at 50, 75 & 100% weight ratios. It will be interesting to see if I can complete all 3 sets and in 75 minutes. The thing I must remember is to stop when I reach level 6 in the pain scale or when I start to lose form. I’m hoping the pain comes in first as strange as that sounds. Losing form means I’ve lost strength and muscle and I want be happy with that. As for the pain, there’s nothing I can do about that so it’s very much out of my hands.
Today is rehab and that has taken on a whole new life of its own as I get better at the exercises and my strength increases. Press ups are still a distant dream but I try one each day to see how close I am getting. I did 15 full squats with 40 lbs yesterday and it felt very good. Once I was under the bar and the weight was on my traps I was fine. Getting out from under the bar was a bit strange but with practice it will get better. I did the squats as a bonus to “grease the groove” as coach would say and I was very pleased with my effort, today I will have a blast at 50 lbs. I think it’s very doable and with the right mind set there should be more in the bag.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and whatever it is you are doing be safe.
Ed.
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