Training Log: physical therapy

Went to my first physical therapy session a few days ago. Deep tissue massage, heated ultrasound, and cold laser followed with a few light exercises to flush the injured area.  I’m hoping this helps the healing process so I can begin training again soon. It should.  I’ll be going 2 times a week for the […]

Training Log: doctor visit

Dawn was able to make me an appointment today (thank you) to visit the doctor and see what is going on with my shoulder/collarbone/upper pectoral area.  She asked how I hurt it, let how know it was during deadlift training. Doctor then asked me how much weight and when I told her her eyes bugged […]

Training Log: just a note

Some of you may have noticed (or maybe not), that I’ve been away from my training for a while now. Basically, I’m just taking a bit of down time to let a shoulder injury heal.  You see, I think I screwed up on my heavy deadlift training last time; it wasn’t the weight, it was […]

Training Log: Squat *almost

Should stretching, foam roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets *Hamstring still giving me issues, stopped there.   Assistance work: Leg press – light hip abduction and adduction – cable   Foam roller   Well, still seem to have a crapped out hamstring. Wasn’t terrible, but best to heal properly and come back strong. […]

Training Log: Deadlifts *almost

Should stretching, foam roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets Working sets: 365 x 3 **stopped there, hamstring cramping came back with a vengeance; no need to completely screw up my leg. My wife had massaged out the cramp this weekend (thank you precious), but looks like I just need to take it easy […]