Perrin Aybara
Master
Taking today off and possibly the rest of this week and also considering aborting this blast for now. Work just isn't letting up lately and the lack of sleep has me feeling extremely unwell. I have to get some rest.
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Brandaddy
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On the bright side, at least taking a little time off will probably help that pain you had in your hip.
Perrin Aybara
Master
Yeah, it's been bad in the mornings lately. Been on the high RPE side lately and I think that's making it all worse.
Moving forward going to try to manage time better. Might stay in a hotel a couple days a week or possibly make my weekday workouts more flexible as in do them on whatever days I get off early enough to get to bed at a decent time. Or maybe a combination of things, I don't know.
Dang I was just about to ask how the gram was goin
Perrin Aybara
Master
I actually did my fourth pin when I got up today. I'm going to keep pushing on for now. Try lifting tomorrow and see how I feel. I feel a little better after a couple days off. I think I might've been getting sick combined with lack of sleep and training too hard.
Worf
Elite
Definitely give deload a shot
Perrin Aybara
Master
Only got one set of the 425x2 squat and one ugly single. Bench moved okay. Skipped the second squat session.
Thinking of just taking the next two months off lower body and focus on bench. Or maybe just do light conventional and front squat during that time. Although skipping lower body entirely would allow me to sleep an extra hour, which would be helpful. Been getting sharp pains in my hip lately when I'm driving, so might be good to lay off it awhile. Good excuse to bro out on bench and chase some PRs.
Brandaddy
Member
Wouldn't have to ask me twice to skip legs for chest and arms.
Worf
Elite
I’m not a pro but if I were you I’d at least do some low intensity squats / dead’s to just preserve. It’s gonna be a tough order to bounce back if you cut it entirely. Ultimately it’s up to you and you know your body better than anybody
Perrin Aybara
Master
Yeah, maybe just drop my training max way down on those. I just want my hip to stop hurting. It's crushed my lower body strength and I keep injuring it over and over. But honestly I don't think I could much weaker at this point even taking months off entirely.
Brandaddy
Member
I mean I've personally taken probably 8 of the last 12 months off of squats and deads. Even with just a few months of heavy training and a little test/deca I'm already back to PR territory but completely pain free in terms of squats and deads now. I know my opinion doesn't mean shit, but if you're having an injury that's effecting your day to day life and you think you can heal it by taking a little time off, I doubt you'll be regretting it a year from now when you don't have the pain anymore and you've built your strength back up
Worf
Elite
We want you to be better but at the same time dead’s are your money maker. I think you need to find a happy medium. Have you talked with your sports chiro about this ? It’s such a tough spot to be in man. You keep pushing and something breaks, you don’t push and 2 of 3 lifts stagnate. End of the day you have to provide for you and your family. powerlifting is obviously high up on your totem pole so its the proverbial catch 22.
Worf
Elite
This is excellent piece of advice. I can’t speak from personal experience here. I haven’t let off the gas for more than a week or two on any lift even with the bumps and bruises. I don’t know what an extended layoff for lower body training would do t9 me but I imagine it wouldn’t be great.
Brandaddy
Member
Oh believe me, I was grinding out singles at 405 just a bit ago. Now I could probably do 10 reps of it. It sucks regressing, but I feel since real strength is built over the long term you also need to have the long term in mind if you want to get to the "elite level"
Perrin Aybara
Master
It's the same for me. I think over the last year or two I've spent at least 1/3 or 1/4 of that time injured and completely off squats and deads and probably even more off bench. I feel like I've got a minimum strength limit I never go below even after time off. Low 400's on squat and high 500's or low 600's on deads and mid 300's on bench. I can pretty well come back and hit those no matter what.
I'm not even sure the sports chiropractor is still open right now. With the new job and virus situation I haven't been in months. I've been thinking lately about seeing if he's open. It's 30 minutes from home, but actually on my way to work, so could easily drop in on my way to work some day.
Conventional deads don't seem to hurt at all. Maybe front squat or SSB with a lower training max plus conventional deadlift might be the answer. I took most of last year off back squat and did front squat and still hit a PR at my meet after just 4-5 weeks of doing back squat again.
Worf
Elite
Holy shit man , what a swing. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve had days where 405 was a 5rm and days where I missed it but knee wraps was probably the biggest difference there. I can’t say I’ve ever regressed that much due to an inj. I think I could count myself lucky
Worf
Elite
I’m not in your body and don’t feel your pains but I’d do what doesn’t hurt to just stay in the game. Shit you might even return to pulling normal and not be a sumo weirdo
Perrin Aybara
Master
Would be nice to catch conventional up.
Brandaddy
Member
I do think I should clarify when I said I skipped squats. I still did front squats, hack squats, and leg presses. Lol. Definitely not saying skip legs entirely and looking like this guy
Worf
Elite
Jersey shore don’t need no skwatts
