Shanker: 05/03 and 05/05

Figure I might as well log these...
It looks like my openers will be 325, 225, 455.

05/03
65% day

Squat (not listing warmup weights, I'm too lazy)
225x5
225x5
225x5

BP
155x5
155x5
155x5

DL
300x5
315x5
315x5

Left arm acted up again. I say arm because it's not just my triceps, it appears to be tendinitis of both my triceps and biceps. Anyway, it acts up more when I squat (a function of how hard I drive the bar into my back) than when I press and is a dull pain through the tricep, down the back portion of my arm into my elbow, then out the front side of the joint on down my forearm into my middle and ring fingers. It starts of mildly but gets worse. It's also wildly inconsistent in how bad it gets, some days it's excruciating, some days it's barely noticeable.

Anyway, nearly two weeks of rest (prior and after the meet) should give it the time it needs to heal. In the meantime RICE-I. The extra I is for ibuprofen.

Also had first experience with "Jack's blue heat." Suffice to say the stuff is damn misleading: first you put a little on, since it was developed for, yknow, race horses. Nothing happens. So you get cocky (big bad powerlifter and all) and smother yourself in it. The next 15-20 minutes are spent curled up in the fetal position as you try to figure out whether you're burning up or freezing your ass off and how it is possible to feel both extreme sensations at once while also pondering why one would ever subject an animal that can kill you in one kick to this kind of sensation. Well...after all this muscle aches don't really top the priority list anymore...so I suppose it works.


05/05
Heavy Triples Again
Felt arm acting up, so didn't try to do more than 2 sets of 3. Got in, hit lifts, got out.
Interesting note though, arm was quite painful after squats, but actually felt better after benching...

(too lazy to include warmup weights)

Squat
325x3
345x3 (PR) (let out Danny-like scream on rep 3. Maybe this will prompt another appearance on isawyoumit. Although we might need a new website "I heard you, large geriatric German dude..." etc, etc...)

BP
225x3
235x2 F

DL
405x3
455x3