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It's crazy, even Cali wildfires we had them in New Mexico too @toddthelineman
From Canada?
2 years ago we turned New York city orange...god know what was in that smoke.
Crazy how far the smoke can move in the atmosphere. They said it stays up there but if you get a high pressure system, which is typically a bright sunny day, it pushes the smoke down from the atmosphere right on top of you
Log Day 65
Missed my update this morning because I was a bit rushed getting out the door for work.
The glue peeled off my thumb and what was underneath doesn't look great, but could be worse. No infection which is the main thing. Glued it back up again and training around it. Having to be really mindful of my grips.
New high weight this morning 187lbs. Think the high calories and 3 days off in a row is making me fat lol.
Missed my update this morning because I was a bit rushed getting out the door for work.
The glue peeled off my thumb and what was underneath doesn't look great, but could be worse. No infection which is the main thing. Glued it back up again and training around it. Having to be really mindful of my grips.
New high weight this morning 187lbs. Think the high calories and 3 days off in a row is making me fat lol.
The food looks great, but thumb!?! you need to put some hydrogen peroxide on it and clean it. Let it dry a bit too. @BeMe
I flushed it with water when it happened then antiseptic spray, and antiseptic gel. Later when I found out I wouldn't be able to get stitches in time I soaked it with some 99% isopropyl alcohol and krazy glued it. Since then I'm keeping it glued up with vetbond.
The cut is really really deep and I'm hoping it will stick back together inside. Less worried about the surface cuz another scar is just whatever.
I'm probably done gluing it after today and I'm gonna let the surface start drying out. I sliced it Friday afternoon so it's been long enough. If its gonna heal it it should be healed by now. Butterflies and polysporin from hear on out.
That’s what everyone is saying. Bad air quality and you can see the haze. It’s gotta be a solid 10-12 hour drive to the border. Maybe more. I never drove to Canada. I canoed into Canada once for less than a day. Now I can’t go, and that’s so dumb to me. My record isn’t bad at all. Just traffic stuff and some cannabis. O don’t get it.
It's the same vice versa. Any minor charges and we can't go to the states. Its funny tho cuz a weed change will get you banned but a gun charge and you're ok lol.
I know guys who got blocked for DWI
Completely unfair. I can see why Canada would only want our best, because there’s so so so many awful people here. And sure, people are people no matter where they are from, but the numbers tell the story. Canadians aren’t up there killing people everyday, etc. there’s no reason to disallow a Canadian entrance into the states. They’re gonna make things worse here? Good luck!
I really think it’s all about control. They don’t want people to be able to just go next door and do what they want after they screw up at home. Because it would be too easy. I’m not aware of any other country I can’t go to. I’m sure there are some, but not many
Log Day 66
Week 1 new training cycle 3 RIR sets.
Tried the @Noah Wixx warm up working set technique. Worked well be I'm figuring it out still. Still did a warm up set before the warm up working set. Not sure if that's right.
Adding in some drop sets like @LevButlerov suggested.
Otherwise all is good except for this giant gash on my thumb that I have to work around.
Week 1 new training cycle 3 RIR sets.
Tried the @Noah Wixx warm up working set technique. Worked well be I'm figuring it out still. Still did a warm up set before the warm up working set. Not sure if that's right.
Adding in some drop sets like @LevButlerov suggested.
Otherwise all is good except for this giant gash on my thumb that I have to work around.
Glad you liked it brother, that first set is really designed for getting the muscle active and warmed up and pushing blood flo into the muscle you are working, if you can handle more sets and arent noticing recovery issues or fatigue setting in quicker by adding an extra set on top then go for it, nothing wrong with how you have it setup, as long as you see progression in reps or weight moved along with endurance gains, it is working perfectly fine
Do you do it for every set, or first set in a muscle group, or just first set of the day? @Noah WixxGlad you liked it brother, that first set is really designed for getting the muscle active and warmed up and pushing blood flo into the muscle you are working, if you can handle more sets and arent noticing recovery issues or fatigue setting in quicker by adding an extra set on top then go for it, nothing wrong with how you have it setup, as long as you see progression in reps or weight moved along with endurance gains, it is working perfectly fine
Is there a strategy to where it's works best. I normally only warm up for my first set then I'm off to the races lol.
Yes he is. A really admirable guy
If i have 7 movements i do it for all 7 movements on that first opening set, the goal behind it is slow controlled reps, with a squeeze of 3-5 seconds on each rep till i reach 15 reps, over time those Warm-up sets will get heavier over time and endurance will go up, so its a method I use for hitting mutiple target goals, last week if i did say 20lbs for something this week it's 25lbs next week its 30lbs, till i find a weight i struggle with, when finding a new Warm-up starting weight i always want the last 3-5 reps to have some struggle but always doable with good structure and form. Its a nice way of having progressive overload on the warmup with higher reps.
Thank you brother
When you say 3-5 second squeeze, you're pausing on the concentric instead of the eccentric?
I usually pause on the eccentric to maximize the stretch.
Sometimes i do both other times i do it on the eccentric, just depends on the week as i rotate that specific aspect around based on the movements im doing, like cable flys, i will squeeze and pause with a full extension 3-5 seconds, as i retract my arms back, i will go back a little past neutral position and do a full stretch and pause in the rest position if that makes sense, makes the reps harder, you cant use constant motion as a leverage point or advantage, when you pause like that and stop before starting the next rep.
That makes total sense in my head. There are certain exercises where the concentric is amplified and pausing on that makes total sense. Thanks bro
Absolutely brother, im always analyzing in the gym and go what if i do it this way now, or what if i try this, i pay attention to the pump the stretch, the connection with mind and muscle, im going over all of it in my head trying to prefect my workouts.
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