It’s been a busy day and I was out for most of the morning with Tim doing one thing and another. Tim went to bed to catch up on his beauty sleep after lunch (he needs quite a bit) and that meant I didn’t have a training partner for this afternoon.
I was walking over to the gym with every intention of doing my rehab routine and as I walked into the gym I decided I wanted to do something a bit different. Just to mix things up and see how far I was from what I would call “normal training”.
I was going to do a small combo of exercises and my aim was to do 100 reps of each. I was going to start steady with reps of 5 on each exercise and just keep going until I completed the exercise and drop off an exercise when I had reached 100 reps.
The 3 exercises I chose were the EZ Bar Curl at 32 kgs, the Squat at 70 kgs and the Lat Pull Downs at 50 lbs. And I was going to finish off with the Leg Press as a bonus round.
Why is it things never go to plan and coach is going to kill me, firstly for not sticking to the plan and secondly for pushing too hard too soon. Having said that it's been 12 weeks today since I broke my collar bone and according to UK doctors it should be fixed now !!
You know what’s coming don’t you ?
Everything was going great and I was going well, I felt good and the weights were right, it wasn’t a struggle but the last rep on the Lats and the EZ bar were testing me. One more circuit to complete and I was half way.
50 reps completed on the Lats and the Squat, just the EZ Bar to do. I picked it up and set myself ready for the lift. Feet shoulder width apart, slightly bent knees, back straight, shoulders back, big chest and elbows in by my side. 4 done and the last to do, I was just getting to the top when I felt my collar bone scream at me, I couldn’t believe it. I’m not even sure what the pain indicator shot up to, I threw the bar down and cursed for a while as I tried to walk it off.
So that ended my training session and I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t happy with myself for a number of reasons. I thought my shoulder was going to be a lot stronger and I also thought it would be a gradual build up of pain and I was going to temper my reps accordingly. Not sticking to my plan was also stupid and unnecessary and I think I’m about to pay the price.
The ice has been on for the last 20 minutes and I’m hoping I’ve salvaged something, the morning will soon tell me if I’ve just gone backwards in my training.
No bonus session today, just an ice bag.
Ed.
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