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It's that bad, I wasn't sure how bad it is. @Frogger probably surgery is a must.
Approved Log My First Log - Cleaning Up and Locking In Before Blast Off
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It's a tricky thing. At the moment it's a very small tear and it's only blood vessels and soft tissue etc. being pushed through when there's a lot of abdominal pressure (like in a deep squat) but it can go from that to full on bowel entrapment very quickly which needs emergency surgery so the part that gets pushed through doesn't get stuck and lose blood supply and go necrotic. Surgery is a must because I want to be able to do compound lifts, even if they aren't a regular part of my training at the moment.
With this in mind I wouldn't do any legs, all sitting exercises and all machines imo
Big session this morning that I'll type up after work today. I've been hitting general upper body over the weekend at home but I didn't log that so I've picked up the split where my last logged session left off. Shoulders and core with a bit of bicep work before finishing up.
I'll be making the switch to Sydney City Supplements gear in the coming weeks and once I've got a surgery date I'll put together a solid plan for the upcoming blast.
Early starts and hard training to come this week. Getting back in to my high intensity cardio after being slightly lazy with it last week.
I'll be making the switch to Sydney City Supplements gear in the coming weeks and once I've got a surgery date I'll put together a solid plan for the upcoming blast.
Early starts and hard training to come this week. Getting back in to my high intensity cardio after being slightly lazy with it last week.
You plan to train during surgery? I'm not sure your recovery time on this. @Frogger
Nah I won't be training for six weeks after the surgery and I'll be off work for that time too. I might be able to do arms after a few weeks but anything that could interfere with the recovery I will give plenty of time before even considering it.
If something goes awry with the recovery it'll have to be repaired with full on open surgery so I'm not taking any risks.
Now I'm home with time to type up this morning's session. I'm also attaching a photo from the end of the session though it's not like there's a crazy amount of progression visible since I posted a photo a few days ago. I did get my abs pumped up earlier in the session but the photo was taken about 45 minutes later right before I left so that was gone. I've also been trying some of @Sydneycitysupplements anavar as a pre-workout once a week and though it might be placebo, I swear I can feel it making a difference. My muscles seem to recover between sets faster than I can burn them out and even when their strength is mostly gone they still feel ready to go.
I'm realising that my delt isolations look like they're really light weight, and maybe they are, but they're all performed with zero momentum to kickstart the movement and completed with a maximal range of motion with arms fully outstretched.
3/3/25 Feels like a long time since the last gym session but the previous one was at around midnight and I've been training over the weekend at home
Shoulders and core, finishing with biceps for a quick pump
Started with my 2km run to warm up.
DB Shoulder Press - Free weights instead of the machine today. I'll probably use the machine next time I do shoulders to hit some big numbers again.
10x15kg
15x20kg
15x25kg
15x30kg
10x30kg
10x25kg
High Incline Crunches - bodyweight
20
15
10 - Definitely need to add in some hanging leg raises and probably some oblique work here but I wanted to get into my delt isolations
DB rear delt - I wanted to hit my rear delts on the pec deck but the machine was out of order
15x10kg
15x10kg
10x10kg
10x10kg
DB Lateral Raise
10x10kg
10x9kg
10x8kg
10x8kg
DB Front Raise
10x10kg
10x10kg
10x9kg
10x9kg
10x9kg
EZ Bar Preacher Curls
10x30kg
10x35kg
10x40kg
10x45kg
I think I'm going to plug in biceps every other day or so and see if I can finally get them to grow. They've been stuck around 16.5-17 inches for as long as I can remember and while the super long muscle belly doesn't help when it comes to forming a large peak, I know they'll grow if I train them hard enough.
I'll see if I can log my sessions daily this week rather than dumping two or three days at a time but might fall apart depending on how tired I am after work each day.
I'm realising that my delt isolations look like they're really light weight, and maybe they are, but they're all performed with zero momentum to kickstart the movement and completed with a maximal range of motion with arms fully outstretched.
3/3/25 Feels like a long time since the last gym session but the previous one was at around midnight and I've been training over the weekend at home
Shoulders and core, finishing with biceps for a quick pump
Started with my 2km run to warm up.
DB Shoulder Press - Free weights instead of the machine today. I'll probably use the machine next time I do shoulders to hit some big numbers again.
10x15kg
15x20kg
15x25kg
15x30kg
10x30kg
10x25kg
High Incline Crunches - bodyweight
20
15
10 - Definitely need to add in some hanging leg raises and probably some oblique work here but I wanted to get into my delt isolations
DB rear delt - I wanted to hit my rear delts on the pec deck but the machine was out of order
15x10kg
15x10kg
10x10kg
10x10kg
DB Lateral Raise
10x10kg
10x9kg
10x8kg
10x8kg
DB Front Raise
10x10kg
10x10kg
10x9kg
10x9kg
10x9kg
EZ Bar Preacher Curls
10x30kg
10x35kg
10x40kg
10x45kg
I think I'm going to plug in biceps every other day or so and see if I can finally get them to grow. They've been stuck around 16.5-17 inches for as long as I can remember and while the super long muscle belly doesn't help when it comes to forming a large peak, I know they'll grow if I train them hard enough.
I'll see if I can log my sessions daily this week rather than dumping two or three days at a time but might fall apart depending on how tired I am after work each day.
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shoulders and core very good day bro @Frogger i noticed your size is growing your chest has gotten HUGe and thick
impressive for sure and curls are delivering need more weight on them
Mini update, I've had to take a rest day today so I could get a half decent amount of sleep. I had to get up at 10pm for an hour and after that I couldn't get back to sleep until midnight so I was wrecked by the time my alarm went off at 3am.
There shouldn't be any similar disruptions for the rest of the week so I should be able to smash out the next three days without issues. Legs coming tomorrow morning.
There shouldn't be any similar disruptions for the rest of the week so I should be able to smash out the next three days without issues. Legs coming tomorrow morning.
shoulders and core, and finishing with biceps.
very cool stuff.
very cool stuff.
It's definitely minor enough that I could have just left it without getting it repaired, but it just isn't worth the risk in my eyes. The procedure itself shouldn't cost me anything because it's considered medically necessary and covered by public healthcare, but there might be fees for the night stay afterwards if I don't come straight home. If it gets worse before it's patched up it'll be open surgery rather than endoscopic and the recovery will probably be a whole lot more intense
Between living with it and having to avoid a bunch of exercises that could make it worse and having it fixed once and for all before it gets bad, the choice is pretty clear in my eyes.
