Day: August 22, 2021

Almost back to “normal”…sort of..

Yin:

Students have returned and I am preparing lessons…tying up lose ends and trying to keep my computer from continually updating.

Yes, I have gone to quite a few ball games (ok, my stadium is almost always 70-80 percent empty…sometimes 90 percent )

I am starting to walk just a bit…ok…not exactly marathon training:

Yes, the walk was sans stretching breaks …though it did feel sore on the walk to the office. But I did more than that.

Shoulder: much better range of motion on pull ups, even with elevated legs:

Social: an old friend that I was on the outs with appears to have reappeared. That IS nice.

BUT

  1. I still felt the sting of a hard workout after the fact; piriformis/glute medius is NOT 100 percent…maybe 80 percent?
  2. Shoulder is not ready for “normal weight” presses..still using 44-64 for overhead shoulder presses….and swimming won’t happen for a while.
  3. COVID-delta, aided by unvaccinated morons, continues to spread, which is, yes, spreading to vaccinated people:

New York Times, 22 August.

I have not eaten in restaurants …but I’ve done outdoor stuff ..and I mask up when I am close to people. I tend to keep to myself (little talking directly to people) so that helps…and yes, I have game masks.

And my course prep includes video, recording and online stuff.

So….NOT normal.

Workout notes: Ok, this went from about 7:35 to 10:35. Deadlifts ate up about 50 minutes, the walk about 20 (see the above) and my cycle 33 (10 fake miles). The rest was rehab; stretching, shoulder, banded walks, chest taps, spinal balance, rolling my butt on a baseball, blah, blah, blah.

So the deadlift went something like this:

10 x 134, 10 x 184 warm up.

Working set: 10 x 224, then “on the 3”: 3, 3, 3, 3, 5 x 255 (went VERY well);

I then took 7-8 minutes to switch to my new trap bar..it is a MONSTER.

High handles (7.5 as opposed to 4 inches..makes a difference)
3 x 260, 3 x 260, 3 x 280, 3 x 300…all “on the 3” No back issues at all.

I am using the “high handle” as a type of squat..hips lower.

Then the walk, then the bike.

I was worried that partially cleaning out my basement (5 large contractor bags of trash and an old, rotted reclining chair)

Note: some of the stuff (1 inch plates, shorter bar, portable bench and squat racks) are for outdoor use..when my shoulder is ready.