Here's my HST

[anotherbutters]

My chiro and physio are just people I've found in the phone book. Made an appointment and paid on the day. I might have been able to see someone for free through the National Health Service (public sector), but it was quicker to find someone myself as it wasn't expensive. I don't know how things work over there.

 

[BiggT]

How's the groin feeling? did you workout today?

 

[Jim Ouini]

Thanks for asking. The groin is feeling much better today, although when I get up from sitting I feel some tightness in my hip. After a few strides it loosens up and I feel somewhat normal.

I had in my mind to squat today, but I'm going to give it one more day of rest and try tomorrow.

I did a couple practice squats late last night with just the bar, although not sure how accurate a barometer it was since I was in my slippers

 

[djeclipse]

Sucks abotu the groin, it looks like you were making some good progress with this workout...

Hopefully it will heal up fast.

 

[blut wump]

Try some squats with just the bar and then some gentle stretching. Obviously, stop if anything hurts.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Thank you for the comments, guys. It's much appreciated.

Today I felt pretty good. The groin pain is pretty much gone although the tightness is still there right when I get up out of a chair. I went to the gym because - and I don't know what else to call it - I was going through squat withdrawals. Maybe it's because my squat's not that great to start with so I'm scared of regressing even more.

6-12-06 W5/6 (?)

Squat
Bar x 10
135 x 5
185 x 1
225 x 1
255 x 1
275 x 5
225 x 5

Kind of a feeling out workout. 275 felt pretty good strength wise, except I had a wobble on my last rep. I did another set of 225 and it didn't feel as light as a back-off set should. Anyway, I felt no pain anywhere but I was very very careful about everything and didn't want to push anything so I left it at that.

Bench
225 x 3 x 5

Switched to bench because I still felt a twinge in my shoulder from the wide dip bars at my gym. Pretty easy, I did them with a little closer grip than usual, although I wouldn't call the CG.

BB Row
225 x 3 x 5

Last set was the best of the 3, had some hump action off the floor on the first 2. Moved my grip in a bit and that seemed to help.

Overall: Probably not the smartest thing to do, squatting today. But I couldn't help it and I feel pretty good. Working out always seems to help, and I did copius amounts of stretching afterwards. We'll see what Wed brings.

 

[xblitz44x]

Good workout. I know what you mean about dip bars that are too wide. I ditched them altogether my last time through because of shoulder twinge issues as well.

275x5 is pretty badass for having a pulled groin.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Thanks blitz. My groin didn't hurt at all though, so it's just plain ole' crappy squatting

 

[Jim Ouini]

6-14-06 Workout 6/6

Worked out at home today. Everything in kg

Front Squat
110 x 3 x 3

Dropped my sets down to 3. Kind of in a hurry because my brother worked out with me and he was doing light back squats 4 x 8. By the time I got to my worksets he was done. Plus, 110 was feeling heavy, on my last rep of each set I could feel my elbows dropping a bit. I didn't want to push anything, either.

OHP
60 x 2 x 5, 4

Too big a jump. Damn kg conversion, even with my cheat sheet. Actually I kinda forgot how hard these were and should've done 57.5 or something. Had to do a push press on last rep and still missed it.

Back extensions and Reverse Hypers
BW x 2 x 12

Felt good actually.

GHR
Couldn't really find an ideal position yet. I have to read up on how to do these properly.

Then did some copius stretching and hanging upside down. I feel pretty good, we'll see what tomorrow brings. Also, I'd normally do pullups if I were at the gym but I have nothing at home to use.

 

[blut wump]

Don't forget the weight of your collars.

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