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OK, today I am starting to notice what I believe are the vision sides from S-4...
Mainly am noticing that when I look at things that are normally white, like my cell phone backgrounds, this forum background, car lights and street lights, they look like they are tinged yellowish white...kinda like if you see snow that has been peed on and then mixed with other snow---I know tha might be a crazy example, but with all the snow we have gotten so far this winter(I live near Buffalo, NY), its the first thing that came to mind, lol...I also noticed that the glare from these lights is very bright and makes me squint even if its just a normal headlight...I'm on Day 8, BTW...hoping they don't get too bad...
Today was a low carb day and I got down to business with legs at the gym.
Did my customary 5 min elliptical warmup followed by Lower Back Foam Rollouts...
Hammer Strength V-Squat: 415 lbs x 5, 505 lbs x 5, 525 lbs x 5 x 4, 415 lbs x 12(could have done those all night it seemed like---had at least 10 more in me)
-Really jacked up my knee bad doing barbell squats about 6 months ago to the point my knee was pretty unstable and almost buckled a few times a day just from walking and the top center of my knee down to the middle of the knee hurt...from what I read and researched I probably did some type of damage to the patellar tendon and possibly some other stuff in there, and probably should have gotten it checked out but I never did, just stayed away from legs for a month then started back with leg extensions and some light leg presses. I know the V-Squat machine isn't a perfect substitute for barbel squats, but at my age I'd rather be able to lift versus being out for a few months or more...back when I was doing both and cross checking to figure out what comparable weight was, the V-Squat was roughly 2/3 of a barbell squat, so that 415 lbs would be the equivalent of about 280 lbs or so on a barbell squat and the 525 would be about 350 lbs...nothing too crazy yet, making sure I work my way back up to the heavier weights...
Superset Lying Hamstring Curls: 140 lbs x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5
Seated Hamstring Curls: 120 lbs x 12(someone stole the lying hamstring curl machine on my last set)
-This is kind of an embarrassing weight for me on the hamstring curls, as I used to be able to rack the machine before I tore my hamstring punting in a flag football league game back in September, and it took me almost 2 months before I could even do 100 lbs...still working my way back up, I could have easily went more weight as I was hammering those reps out, probably will test 165 next time...
Standing Shoulder Presses: 80 lbs x 8 x 8 x 8 x 8
-This was a big one for me...no shoulder issues, other than some minor tightness, no pain at all. Probably could have done more weight, but, again I am wanting to make sure I build up slowly to prevent any further problems or worsening...
Came home, ate some chicken, drank a protein shake, ate some broccoli, a small square of dark chocolate and took out my excessive "libido" on my wife, lmao!
Mainly am noticing that when I look at things that are normally white, like my cell phone backgrounds, this forum background, car lights and street lights, they look like they are tinged yellowish white...kinda like if you see snow that has been peed on and then mixed with other snow---I know tha might be a crazy example, but with all the snow we have gotten so far this winter(I live near Buffalo, NY), its the first thing that came to mind, lol...I also noticed that the glare from these lights is very bright and makes me squint even if its just a normal headlight...I'm on Day 8, BTW...hoping they don't get too bad...
Today was a low carb day and I got down to business with legs at the gym.
Did my customary 5 min elliptical warmup followed by Lower Back Foam Rollouts...
Hammer Strength V-Squat: 415 lbs x 5, 505 lbs x 5, 525 lbs x 5 x 4, 415 lbs x 12(could have done those all night it seemed like---had at least 10 more in me)
-Really jacked up my knee bad doing barbell squats about 6 months ago to the point my knee was pretty unstable and almost buckled a few times a day just from walking and the top center of my knee down to the middle of the knee hurt...from what I read and researched I probably did some type of damage to the patellar tendon and possibly some other stuff in there, and probably should have gotten it checked out but I never did, just stayed away from legs for a month then started back with leg extensions and some light leg presses. I know the V-Squat machine isn't a perfect substitute for barbel squats, but at my age I'd rather be able to lift versus being out for a few months or more...back when I was doing both and cross checking to figure out what comparable weight was, the V-Squat was roughly 2/3 of a barbell squat, so that 415 lbs would be the equivalent of about 280 lbs or so on a barbell squat and the 525 would be about 350 lbs...nothing too crazy yet, making sure I work my way back up to the heavier weights...
Superset Lying Hamstring Curls: 140 lbs x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5
Seated Hamstring Curls: 120 lbs x 12(someone stole the lying hamstring curl machine on my last set)
-This is kind of an embarrassing weight for me on the hamstring curls, as I used to be able to rack the machine before I tore my hamstring punting in a flag football league game back in September, and it took me almost 2 months before I could even do 100 lbs...still working my way back up, I could have easily went more weight as I was hammering those reps out, probably will test 165 next time...
Standing Shoulder Presses: 80 lbs x 8 x 8 x 8 x 8
-This was a big one for me...no shoulder issues, other than some minor tightness, no pain at all. Probably could have done more weight, but, again I am wanting to make sure I build up slowly to prevent any further problems or worsening...
Came home, ate some chicken, drank a protein shake, ate some broccoli, a small square of dark chocolate and took out my excessive "libido" on my wife, lmao!
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