The Way is in Training

It's been 7 months and I'm starting to add benching back into my programming. Granted, it's lol weight. But still. Everything feels ok. Shoulder is sore. Not painful, just sore. One step closer.

Been in a deficit for 6 months. Down roughly 20 lbs. Time for a little break. Not an all war, just 10 days of increased macros. After last week's high volume/high intensity week, I welcome it.

Stay tuned.

I guess this video on mobility just didn't keep me interested. Props to the wife on her ninja photog skills.

To take advantage of the down time on all things pressing due to my shoulder, my programming has been changed up a tad. I'm still going to do some floor pressing just to keep some movement going and to keep my mind occupied/happy, and will still work on my accessories and my deadlift (which is making some serious progress right now.) But squats are going to be my focal point. 4 times a week. Basically every day I lift. Straight squats, pause squats, pin squats, and SSB squats all on rotation. Maybe this will help cure the sucks my squat has always had. Good times.

Dat woosh doe.

One year ago today, this tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma. This picture was taken from the parking lot of my daughter's high school. The town is still rebuilding. New homes, new schools, new businesses. A year has passed, yet I can still remember every detail of that day. I'm lucky that no one in my family was hurt. Some weren't that lucky. Hug the ones close to you. Tell them you love them.

Today's deadlift day was brought to you by Allegra, DayQuil, and a mouth full of Halls. Allergies are bullshit, but still managed a rep PR today.

Overall today went very well. He works with a lot of athletes and is very familiar with injuries like this. After going through more strength and range of motion tests, he is fairly confident some PT exercises and injections should help a ton. One small worry is that the MRI didn't pick up anything labrum related...and that was the only area that concerned him during the strength tests. So now I get to have a MRI Arthogram done (inject dye into the joint and do another MRI). For now, I got a couple of injections and a list of exercises to do. To be continued.

The door's always open. It sucks to hear that you're battling digestive issues. We'll make it happen though.

Video from today's session. Had some issues keeping my elbows down on my squat, but other than that I'll take it.

A couple of still shots from today's squat and pull day.

Citadel Nutrition, FTW! (And I'm not just saying that because they sent me a black and orange cup with my supps. On that note, Go Pokes!)

Next stop, orthopedist. Good news is no surgery is needed.