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Perrin Aybara's Journey to an Elite Powerlifting Total
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take the time off man, it will be worth it. Or at least back off on the intensity. In my experience if you keep pushing throw something like this that is painful, and not just a little nagging, youll invariably end up getting hurt else where. Another body part will have to pick up the load. Has happened to me a few times.
like i said in my log, i had to take from end of may until August off squats and deads because of pushing through pain. At least if you back off intensity you can still perform the movements.
Just thinking out loud here, but i would add some hip thrusts with a hold at the top in. Some side planks and some Copenhagen planks in also while you lower intensity. Get all of the musculature surrounding the hip firing and strong.
like i said in my log, i had to take from end of may until August off squats and deads because of pushing through pain. At least if you back off intensity you can still perform the movements.
Just thinking out loud here, but i would add some hip thrusts with a hold at the top in. Some side planks and some Copenhagen planks in also while you lower intensity. Get all of the musculature surrounding the hip firing and strong.
Perrin Aybara
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Yeah man, I'm not afraid of the time off anymore either. In the past I've always been able to figure out things to do in the meantime to maintain. Conventional pulling seems to be okay. High bar squats were feeling good until I did the sumo block pull a month or so ago and kicked off the hip pain again. Right before I restarted Sheiko I posted about how my body was feeling better than it had in years pain wise. Fucking jinxed myself apparently.
But maybe just lower intensity and just keep with running Sheiko might be best. It's just aggravating. Looking at videos from just a month ago these weights on squats were smooth. Now it feels like a house on my back and my right hip hurts constantly. Hopefully can make some big bench gains to help balance out the bad feels on a poverty squat. Need to see my chiropractor too at some point.
Got a pretty easy day tomorrow of just paused deadlift plus accessories. Gonna see how it feels and adjust training maxes for next week. I'm still wanting to get after at least 425lbs on bench soon if not 440lbs if I can eat enough and get enough sleep. Work has been crazy the last two weeks, haven't had less than a 12 hour day plus the hour drive each way. It's taking a toll.
[emoji2369] It all started going south when you decided to cut and get shredded....
sounds like conventional and cutting intensity on squats is the ticket then @Perrin Aybara
the age old saying; train around injuries, not through them
the age old saying; train around injuries, not through them
Perrin Aybara
Master
OHP for shoulder press 3 sets with 185lbs and 2 sets with 205lbs. Did 2 sets of dips across my rack safeties, but didn't like how it felt on my elbows and shoulders. Have never been a fan of bench dips for that reason.
Went to bed at 5:30am and slept till 3pm. Needed it for sure. I haven't had any caffeine since Monday. I'm going to lay off it completely awhile.
i keep telling myself i need to lay off caffeine too, but then the work week happens and im drinking one on my way into work lol
Perrin Aybara
Master
I'm not a huge coffee drinker anyway, but I'm wondering if the caffeine is making the burnt out and run down feelings worse overall.
Worf
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It can get that way for me if I become too reliant on caffeine. The ups and downs make me feel shity
Worf
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@Perrin Aybara you get lethargic from the hgh? I wonder if that is playing into this problem your having?
I cant touch dips either
Destroys my elbows.
I'll hit close grip tricep bench at 225 for 12, some nice hypertrophy work, but zero dips for this guy
Perrin Aybara
Master
Bodyweight on a dip station I can do, as soon as I add weight it's a no go though. Bench dips are no go bodyweight or with weight. Lying triceps extensions and skull crushers kill my elbows too.
I can handle skulls
So long as it's a lighter weight superset and I'm wearing sleeves.
if not, any sort of movement that has the elbow as the main point of stress, total no go
Perrin Aybara
Master
Not that I can tell. AM dosing does sometimes, but not before bed dosing.
It's not a lethargy thing, when I'm getting enough sleep I'm fine. The days I'm not is when I feel horrible. Looking at my Fitbit sleep and heart rate numbers my heart rate is significantly higher when I'm not getting sleep too. I'm just not used to not getting enough sleep. It's something I've always been very particular about is getting 7-8 hours every night no exceptions. Until I can move closer or get put on a better route at work I'll just have to do the best I can. I'm on the pay your dues route everyone starts on, it's the hardest and takes the longest most of the time. Half the guys are done in 8 hours every night.
Perrin Aybara
Master
I reduced my squat training max by 10%. Will go with this a few weeks and evaluate how I'm feeling then and adjust back up if it feels right.
Forgot to weigh the last few days, but was 215lbs just now after two meals today. Upping my calories next week. Just going to keep increasing and eat as much as I can to take advantage of this gram of test. Not worried about too much weight gain since gaining weight at all is a struggle anyway. Changing HGH from 2iu every day to 4iu on training days.
Forgot to weigh the last few days, but was 215lbs just now after two meals today. Upping my calories next week. Just going to keep increasing and eat as much as I can to take advantage of this gram of test. Not worried about too much weight gain since gaining weight at all is a struggle anyway. Changing HGH from 2iu every day to 4iu on training days.
Eman
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I know GH is supposed to be the end all be all of healing and what not, but that has not at all been my experience. Every "injury" I've dealt with in the last few years has popped up while taking GH.
It's not really the GH causing it directly but it is definitely the culprit indirectly. It tightens my muscles up a ton, which looks and feels cool because they pop and look more hard/dense. But, it puts a strain on all my joints. My hamstrings are the worst, it affected both my knees and my hips. It wasn't until I did PT that I realized what was going on. I can manage it now with a lot of mobility work if I want to run GH but I really played hell with it for a while... Got to the point where I could barely go to and down stairs, and I was in my 20's at that point.
If I were in your shoes, just based off of my own experience, I'd drop the GH for a minute and do some mobility and light work in place of hip movements. I did well swapping in hip thrusts also to get into the right mind muscle connection to activate and fire my hams and glutes. Only took a few weeks to be right back on track and I probably could have added the GH back in at that point but I didn't.
It's not really the GH causing it directly but it is definitely the culprit indirectly. It tightens my muscles up a ton, which looks and feels cool because they pop and look more hard/dense. But, it puts a strain on all my joints. My hamstrings are the worst, it affected both my knees and my hips. It wasn't until I did PT that I realized what was going on. I can manage it now with a lot of mobility work if I want to run GH but I really played hell with it for a while... Got to the point where I could barely go to and down stairs, and I was in my 20's at that point.
If I were in your shoes, just based off of my own experience, I'd drop the GH for a minute and do some mobility and light work in place of hip movements. I did well swapping in hip thrusts also to get into the right mind muscle connection to activate and fire my hams and glutes. Only took a few weeks to be right back on track and I probably could have added the GH back in at that point but I didn't.
Perrin Aybara
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Well, I have done zero mobility work since the gyms closed. Part routine change, part time constraints, and part wasn't feeling the need as much with the lighter weights on Sheiko.
I have been on HGH about 16 months now. Was planning to go kind of high on HGH the last month of this blast with 1g test and then take time off. Got six weeks left in this blast, you think taking two weeks off and going back on high dose the last four weeks would still be productive?
Eman
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I've always found GH to show results pretty quickly, but it's true that it does get better over time. With that said, I don't think it would hurt you to drop it for a minute and try to work out the kinks.
Hip pain really fucking sucks, I empathize with you... I think some heavy mobility work could do wonders. I was on GH for months before problems really showed up. I'd be lying if I said I knew exactly what the mechanism of action is that causes it... I just know that it tightens me up fiercely and that starts to cause pain in the joints nearby and mobility work was the only thing that really helped me.
Not to make it all about me or anything but at my worst I was unable to squat or deadlift because my hamstrings and calves were too immobile. Then my shoulders were putting pressure on my ulnar nerve when I tried locking my hands in to the bar for squats and that ended benching for me for a while... So I was basically dead in the water, first time I went to the gym and didn't know what the fuck I could even do. Out of desperation I went to an ortho that referred me to the PT and I was already doing better after the first session. Forgot to mention he did a lot of graston work on me too... Maybe you can take a lacrosse ball with you on the road to try and loosen things up.
To be fair, maybe I'm totally off and it's something else entirely but the similarities caught my attention.
Perrin Aybara
Master
I know the moment it started. Locking out the 700lb deadlift I was struggling hard to finish the pull and twisted a bit. At that point it was minor. That would have been September. Then late October or early November did a beltless pull that felt really off and a couple days later a heavy front squat triple is what really set the hip pain off. It was fine pulling conventional and squatting and then I switched back to sumo recently and right back where I started.
According to the sports medicine specializing chiropractor it was a rotational thing on the heavy sumo pull. He called it something specific I can't recall. Said there was a lot of inflammation. I really need to get back in to see him if he's open again. He gave me exercises to do at home, but like my regular mobility work I haven't done it since the gyms closed. Just been waking up, getting some breakfast, and heading outside to lift.
Perrin Aybara
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Everything moved decent. Squats felt good at 10% reduction of training max.
Here's what 340x4x2 is looking like. Hopefully can get it moving faster in the weeks to come.
