Yo J, you picked the worst possible time to try to get back in shape! Good luck!
In all seriousness, babies are draining to begin with and it sounds like yours is going to be more complicated than usual. I know @Kakodaimonos and I (I'm sure other people too) have both done the "try to not be a potato while keeping your baby/babies and wife alive" thing and it's tough. Set small attainable goals and put your wife and baby first, you'll be fine.
Side note, there's a great parent thread around here that you might want to poke your head in if you need any parent type info or support.
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Yeah. Between the worrying and the lack of sleep with a new baby I just made my goals to get in the gym and move around a couple days a week.
It helped that I had my gym in the basement. And I learned the hard way to make sure I was giving my wife an "equivalent" amount of breaks away from the baby.
Yeah. Between the worrying and the lack of sleep with a new baby I just made my goals to get in the gym and move around a couple days a week.
It helped that I had my gym in the basement. And I learned the hard way to make sure I was giving my wife an "equivalent" amount of breaks away from the baby.
Same, minus home gym. I hit up my local gym 3x a week, and take over duties from night time and on, so my wife could catch a breather. (particularly when my wife was on maternity leave and in need of a break by the time I got home)
It was a good 4-6 months before I returned to any real programming, but just getting to the gym a few days a week, consistently, helped keep the energy levels up, even when operating on dubious amounts of sleep.
My daughter is 10mos old now and I am humming along, did a small cut to keep me around 160-165lbs and have been grinding away, getting close to hitting numbers I would normally only touch when sitting at 175lbs bw.
There is one upside to us moving currently, and its that my mom just retired, so I bought a place big enough that she could move in and be our live in nanny for the baby to help us through the medical issues and not need to rely on daycare.
Daycare for a baby with health issues is $$$
So thankfully we have the support network in place to help us give the baby the best shot possible. I'll definitely hit up the parenting thread.
On the workout side of things I successfully did 45 min of warm up, mobility, and cool down work today to try to start the routine again. Also ordered more kettlebells so I'll have from 15-60lbs now in 5lb increments
There is one upside to us moving currently, and its that my mom just retired, so I bought a place big enough that she could move in and be our live in nanny for the baby to help us through the medical issues and not need to rely on daycare.
Daycare for a baby with health issues is $$$
So thankfully we have the support network in place to help us give the baby the best shot possible. I'll definitely hit up the parenting thread.
On the workout side of things I successfully did 45 min of warm up, mobility, and cool down work today to try to start the routine again. Also ordered more kettlebells so I'll have from 15-60lbs now in 5lb increments
Thing I meant to do but did not do: do dips with my baby in a front carrier, and keep doing them as she got older. It's built in progressive resistance! Someone do that and tell me how it works, I need to know if I'm a genius or a super genius.
(I had a heck of a time trying to remember his name, because I thought it was a horse he was lifting rather than a cow -- but I did find this guy along the way:)
There is one upside to us moving currently, and its that my mom just retired, so I bought a place big enough that she could move in and be our live in nanny for the baby to help us through the medical issues and not need to rely on daycare.
Daycare for a baby with health issues is $$$
So thankfully we have the support network in place to help us give the baby the best shot possible. I'll definitely hit up the parenting thread.
On the workout side of things I successfully did 45 min of warm up, mobility, and cool down work today to try to start the routine again. Also ordered more kettlebells so I'll have from 15-60lbs now in 5lb increments
I need to do some learning on kettlebells.
Pavel's book is probably one of the better books. Just ignore his overenthusiastic gushing.
I spent most of my early baby days just doing sets of ten one handed and two handed swings in a pyramid of 15kg, 20kg, 25kg, 35kg and then back down. Whenever I had 20 minutes I'd knock a set out.
So i was in buffalo for the past week so that meant two full 5x5 weeks off so a full rotation. Today was supposed to be the last day off but i couldn't help myself and needed add at least a light gym day
I'm gonna take it as progress that my light day is:
5x5 200lb squats mixed with 5x5 bodyweight pullups. warmup: 5x1 body weight, 1 pull, 5x1 with naked bar, 2 pulls, 5x1 with 100lbs, 3 pulls. Cooldown: 10x1 with 110lbs.
5x5 110lbs over head press. Warmup 10x1 with naked bar same for cooldown
Deads:
5x1 135
5x1 225
5x1 315
5x1 225
5x1 135
Then cooldown with cable work (three height variations on the crossover), hanging leg raises, and hyperextensions.
Hitting 315 deadlifts on a day I'm halfassing so hard i don't even hit cardio (i already ran halfway across boston on the way home) is like mind blowing to me from 2 years ago.
@Shazkar Shadowstorm I battle with similar elbow shit pretty much all the time. There's no substitute for a bit of rest and avoiding the exercises that aggravate it, but when doing other exercises, I've gotten great mileage out of the slingshot compression cuffs. They take a lot of pressure off. I've also used some cheap velcro straps that I picked up from the pharmacy. They work alright too but they dont take a beating as well.
"Shazkar Shadowstorm" I battle with similar elbow shit pretty much all the time. There's no substitute for a bit of rest and avoiding the exercises that aggravate it, but when doing other exercises, I've gotten great mileage out of the slingshot compression cuffs. They take a lot of pressure off. I've also used some cheap velcro straps that I picked up from the pharmacy. They work alright too but they dont take a beating as well.
thanks - i'm taking some rest from the gym, (using this time to work on some mobility), doing recommended stretches and using this theraband flexbar i have around which supposedly is a good exericse for this
will check out the compression cuffs for the elbow, the elbow feels like a thing that will definitely get better with some rest and rehab
[annoyingly my wrist still hasn't healed, but this wrist widget brace is helpful - have seen doctor and physical therapist about it, and gotten an MRI, but *shrug* i'll just have to see over time. a lot on the internet says either the tfcc takes forever to heal or it never does and needs surgery but the MRI didn't show anything.]
random aside on mobility stuff, since now i think in life given all my injuries that i want to focus more on movement and mobility than strength (and boy do i wish i did that more when i was younger like 10 years ago) - what's your routines look like? i'm trying to start my mornings with CARs and then some stretches. CARs seem to be the new thing everyone is on about, i wonder how useful they are (but they make sense)
Because I’m sure it’s a matter of time before my ATCs start carrying on about it
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CARs is using vehicle weights to track total weights lifted over a session, for instance my prior examples using a Range Rover as a unit of measurement.
Today was squat day. Things moved pretty good. "Explosive squats", so 6x2 at around 70%, felt like I could have done them all day. Need to sign up with a gym, figure out which one works best. Been trying out some of the ones in the area but it's thrown off my schedule. Need to get back in the routine
US friends or friends who can access US Amazon and are interested in elbow cuffs: I got these today, I will report back soon. I expect them to be cheap but at $9 a pair, they're worth the gamble.
@Shazkar Shadowstorm the compression cuffs I ordered in the quote above actually turned out to be really sturdy, way better than I imagined and very comparable to the blue Sling Shot cuffs (I've bought a lot of these things). Order a size down from what your arm measures to get it tight enough to work, they're by far the best way I've found to deal with fucky elbows when pressing, which is the only thing you can wear them for because they'll be way too tight to do any pulling or rowing comfortably.
I’ve seen some of that CARs stuff led by people who are FRCms certified or whatever, I just didn’t know the name.
I think it is likely beneficial to do. I don’t know how much. I do think there is a time and a place for it, but I think a lot of what I see on social media is strength coaches highlighting what they’re doing with their athletes performing it to justify to whoever paid for their cert that it was worth it. Which is cool, because it has a positive benefit in improving range of motion and a lot of athletes have fucked up movement patterns.
Downside is then you have shit like FMS which is designed for old people and severe car wreck victims and the testing standards aren’t great because a 2 is considered the movement is sufficient but it’s not perfect but the score is subjective based on the grader and the movement can improve on re-test but still remain a 2. And then people want to treat the FMS like it is the end all be all test for dysfunctional movement when most healthy active people can probably score a 2 with no issue.
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I simultaneously love and hate John Meadows. The man is a sadist. I saw the video below and figured ok cool, I could try that, always looking for leg things.
5 sets of 10 with 185 done that way, low handles and not quite touching the floor to keep tension the whole time, sucked my soul out of my body. And I still had the whole rest of my workout to do.
Trying to get back at a program but with a busy schedule and a nagging lumbar pain it’s been difficult. Trying 531 BBB out the next couple of months - at least it will have me going 4 days a week.
Ugh, I had to bail on a squat on Sunday and had accidentally set the safeties too low. Had a total brain fade and dumped the bar forward rather than just dropping it and in the process, jammed my belt up into my ribs, which are now either bruised or sprained.
But then you have a homemade duffalo bar and have the chance to buy a nice new bar
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mosssnackYeah right, man, Bishop should go!Good idea!Registered Userregular
I fell off going to the gym around May of 2016 and recently have been forcing my ass to get back in there.
Started up the 5x5 stronglifts program again (is this thing still a thing?) and got my 5x5 squat back to 225 yesterday. My bw is about 162 and I’m feeling like a big boy again. It’s a very satisfying feeling to be able to put 2 plates on that bar
Heard a lot of bitching about having to pull heavy this morning on the trap bar
The heaviest some guys got up to was 170kg for a double which isn’t bad, but the bitching flipped a switch and so I had to demonstrate to them the intent I’m after when we do our “max effort”
Did twenty reps of that cold and I think in one breath so that was fun. But it set the tone after that for back squats.
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mosssnackYeah right, man, Bishop should go!Good idea!Registered Userregular
Heard a lot of bitching about having to pull heavy this morning on the trap bar
The heaviest some guys got up to was 170kg for a double which isn’t bad, but the bitching flipped a switch and so I had to demonstrate to them the intent I’m after when we do our “max effort”
Did twenty reps of that cold and I think in one breath so that was fun. But it set the tone after that for back squats.
That's pretty much my max DL not even sure could pull it on a trap bar.
Heard a lot of bitching about having to pull heavy this morning on the trap bar
The heaviest some guys got up to was 170kg for a double which isn’t bad, but the bitching flipped a switch and so I had to demonstrate to them the intent I’m after when we do our “max effort”
Did twenty reps of that cold and I think in one breath so that was fun. But it set the tone after that for back squats.
That's pretty much my max DL not even sure could pull it on a trap bar.
You most certainly could on a trap bar. For a triple, I’d bet on it.
Also, nothing shabby about 170kg. The problem I find with the athletes I work with is a) they hate lifting b) they hate lifting so anything hard is automatically a fucking task.
Lol basketball
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In all seriousness, babies are draining to begin with and it sounds like yours is going to be more complicated than usual. I know @Kakodaimonos and I (I'm sure other people too) have both done the "try to not be a potato while keeping your baby/babies and wife alive" thing and it's tough. Set small attainable goals and put your wife and baby first, you'll be fine.
Side note, there's a great parent thread around here that you might want to poke your head in if you need any parent type info or support.
It helped that I had my gym in the basement. And I learned the hard way to make sure I was giving my wife an "equivalent" amount of breaks away from the baby.
Same, minus home gym. I hit up my local gym 3x a week, and take over duties from night time and on, so my wife could catch a breather. (particularly when my wife was on maternity leave and in need of a break by the time I got home)
It was a good 4-6 months before I returned to any real programming, but just getting to the gym a few days a week, consistently, helped keep the energy levels up, even when operating on dubious amounts of sleep.
My daughter is 10mos old now and I am humming along, did a small cut to keep me around 160-165lbs and have been grinding away, getting close to hitting numbers I would normally only touch when sitting at 175lbs bw.
Daycare for a baby with health issues is $$$
So thankfully we have the support network in place to help us give the baby the best shot possible. I'll definitely hit up the parenting thread.
On the workout side of things I successfully did 45 min of warm up, mobility, and cool down work today to try to start the routine again. Also ordered more kettlebells so I'll have from 15-60lbs now in 5lb increments
I need to do some learning on kettlebells.
(I had a heck of a time trying to remember his name, because I thought it was a horse he was lifting rather than a cow -- but I did find this guy along the way:)
Pavel's book is probably one of the better books. Just ignore his overenthusiastic gushing.
I spent most of my early baby days just doing sets of ten one handed and two handed swings in a pyramid of 15kg, 20kg, 25kg, 35kg and then back down. Whenever I had 20 minutes I'd knock a set out.
Even if I just do cardio and mobility stuff tbh
I'm gonna take it as progress that my light day is:
5x5 200lb squats mixed with 5x5 bodyweight pullups. warmup: 5x1 body weight, 1 pull, 5x1 with naked bar, 2 pulls, 5x1 with 100lbs, 3 pulls. Cooldown: 10x1 with 110lbs.
5x5 110lbs over head press. Warmup 10x1 with naked bar same for cooldown
Deads:
5x1 135
5x1 225
5x1 315
5x1 225
5x1 135
Then cooldown with cable work (three height variations on the crossover), hanging leg raises, and hyperextensions.
Hitting 315 deadlifts on a day I'm halfassing so hard i don't even hit cardio (i already ran halfway across boston on the way home) is like mind blowing to me from 2 years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Todd
I’d never met the man, but knew of him — important man for strength sports (Strongman, Arnold) being big as they are today.
thanks - i'm taking some rest from the gym, (using this time to work on some mobility), doing recommended stretches and using this theraband flexbar i have around which supposedly is a good exericse for this
will check out the compression cuffs for the elbow, the elbow feels like a thing that will definitely get better with some rest and rehab
[annoyingly my wrist still hasn't healed, but this wrist widget brace is helpful - have seen doctor and physical therapist about it, and gotten an MRI, but *shrug* i'll just have to see over time. a lot on the internet says either the tfcc takes forever to heal or it never does and needs surgery but the MRI didn't show anything.]
random aside on mobility stuff, since now i think in life given all my injuries that i want to focus more on movement and mobility than strength (and boy do i wish i did that more when i was younger like 10 years ago) - what's your routines look like? i'm trying to start my mornings with CARs and then some stretches. CARs seem to be the new thing everyone is on about, i wonder how useful they are (but they make sense)
Because I’m sure it’s a matter of time before my ATCs start carrying on about it
Today was squat day. Things moved pretty good. "Explosive squats", so 6x2 at around 70%, felt like I could have done them all day. Need to sign up with a gym, figure out which one works best. Been trying out some of the ones in the area but it's thrown off my schedule. Need to get back in the routine
@Shazkar Shadowstorm the compression cuffs I ordered in the quote above actually turned out to be really sturdy, way better than I imagined and very comparable to the blue Sling Shot cuffs (I've bought a lot of these things). Order a size down from what your arm measures to get it tight enough to work, they're by far the best way I've found to deal with fucky elbows when pressing, which is the only thing you can wear them for because they'll be way too tight to do any pulling or rowing comfortably.
Which then led to FRCmS stuff
More fucking acronyms mean more bullshit in my experience. Further research is needed on my end before I completely write it off.
Gray Cook and his FMS can eat my shit though
I’ve seen some of that CARs stuff led by people who are FRCms certified or whatever, I just didn’t know the name.
I think it is likely beneficial to do. I don’t know how much. I do think there is a time and a place for it, but I think a lot of what I see on social media is strength coaches highlighting what they’re doing with their athletes performing it to justify to whoever paid for their cert that it was worth it. Which is cool, because it has a positive benefit in improving range of motion and a lot of athletes have fucked up movement patterns.
Downside is then you have shit like FMS which is designed for old people and severe car wreck victims and the testing standards aren’t great because a 2 is considered the movement is sufficient but it’s not perfect but the score is subjective based on the grader and the movement can improve on re-test but still remain a 2. And then people want to treat the FMS like it is the end all be all test for dysfunctional movement when most healthy active people can probably score a 2 with no issue.
Oh
I looked at old progress pics when I was deep in my fitness bout and tracking pretty closely
I was 15 lbs lighter, stronger than I am now, and I had abs kinda???
What a difference 3 years makes
Oh well
Something to work towards
5 sets of 10 with 185 done that way, low handles and not quite touching the floor to keep tension the whole time, sucked my soul out of my body. And I still had the whole rest of my workout to do.
10/10, would recommend.
Total balls-up.
Started up the 5x5 stronglifts program again (is this thing still a thing?) and got my 5x5 squat back to 225 yesterday. My bw is about 162 and I’m feeling like a big boy again. It’s a very satisfying feeling to be able to put 2 plates on that bar
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The heaviest some guys got up to was 170kg for a double which isn’t bad, but the bitching flipped a switch and so I had to demonstrate to them the intent I’m after when we do our “max effort”
Did twenty reps of that cold and I think in one breath so that was fun. But it set the tone after that for back squats.
Haha maaan. I intend on hopping in again, I just don’t have a when yet!
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That's pretty much my max DL not even sure could pull it on a trap bar.
It's fine, you had to have babies and get cool tattoos and whatever, we get it.
I'm going to deadlift tonight and do some landmine stuff. Landmine presses are great, I'd forgotten how great, but man they're great.
You most certainly could on a trap bar. For a triple, I’d bet on it.
Also, nothing shabby about 170kg. The problem I find with the athletes I work with is a) they hate lifting b) they hate lifting so anything hard is automatically a fucking task.
Lol basketball