Rich Ellis
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Hi mate,
Pulling your shoulders “back and down” will open up sub-acromial space, which will allow your bicep tendon to run smoothly, and minimise impingement.
It will also reduce unnecessary over rotation on the concentric, and it will create a solid and stable base to press from.
Reality is, your scapula will need to move, so you can be deliberate with movements, but don’t expect to freeze your scapula completely.
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Lower tonight and semi decent. Definitely found a way to get some work done but my knees are sad again.
With that said, I pulled my finger out and managed to get booked in for my ostinil plus injections. Look forward to updating on the success of those
Sorted food prep for tomorrow’s rest day, just about to get my last meal, then bedtime
Rest tomorrow, then PPL over the following days
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Agree with the guys here mate, all a matter of whether you can recover to a point of frequent progression.
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Upper session tonight and probably the best session I’ve had since the bicep rupture. Everything felt that bit safer to push. I’m taking my time, working in sensible rep ranges, but genuinely very pleased
Just about to get my last meal, then it’s sleep time
Lower tomorrow
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Hi mate
Sounds like it might be your AC joint? Quite common to get some arthritis there, not that I’m diagnosing, just what immediately jumps to mind
If you can, I’d get a decent sports physician to take a look at you
Once you have a diagnosis, you can start working towards a fix.
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Rested today and straight into U/L tomorrow and Wednesday due to a work commitment on Thursday. I’ll run the PPL second and then back in sync.
One meal left which I’m about to have, then it’s sleep time.
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Hi mate
Martin MacDonald (Mac Nutrition) has done a huge amount on aggressive dieting.
Not an area I’m well informed on.
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Hi mate
I’m with Oscar. Periods of sustained progression won’t always be easy to come by, so don’t be in a hurry to look for more more more.
Embrace the progress, string it out for as long as you can
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I’m with the gang here mate, and as Sas says, you can shift the bias with your body angle and grip width
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Pretty good leg session this evening. Bit disappointed I couldn’t make the pendulum work for me, but a single leg press variation was definitely a good win!
Just on with food prep.
Two meals left for today, then rest day tomorrow
Bit of jogging around required this week because of a work commitment, but everything will get got!
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Very good upper today. Really happy with how it felt, definitely applied myself more without inhibition of my bicep. Not reckless, but much improved
This whole block is about training only. Getting it back on track. Finding out where the line is, which movements are good, and which are a definite no.
One meal left in about 40mins, then sleep
Legs tomorrow, knees might show up, they might not – find a way regardless.
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Max 2 rotations for me, 3 imo is too much and you lose some adaptations neurologically with lifts
Agree with Kuba here, I’ve always found having too long between repeating a movement hampers my progress.
There are people that go very well with it, but I prefer a slightly higher frequency
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Looooooooong week wrapped up with a rest day.
I’m late to bed but can sleep in a little tomorrow. Got a load of jobs done this evening
Upper session tomorrow which are getting more and more exciting which is a nice feeling.
Sleep now, much needed!
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Yep, agree with what’s been said here mate
Split squat and a smith squat are great options in this situation
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Much much better leg session tonight
Knees just played ball a bit better than last time out which was happy
Resting now tomorrow and then back to upper/lower over the weekend
Enjoyed my first week of dropping weight and just focussing on the lifts, I’ll run this through to start of Jan and then get after it.