TRAINING LOG: Myles

So this weekend I had my wr in the wob broken by Braidy Miller.  First, Braidy is a friend and glad to see him get the record.  Of course I am sorry to see it go, but we always know this day is coming.  That record was big to me, it was the big Chief's before me.  I broke it by 16 inches.  I was proud of that one.  Have had 4 in the sheaf but they are all gone also now.  So I can sit here and lament what I am now and I am realistic about that.  I know I just am not what I was before all the operations.  Now glad I had them because they saved my life, but wish more of me was saved I guess.  That said we can pitty party the rest of the day away or I can get to work and get another record.  I know what I am so for those of you looking at the old dude and shaking their head.  But inside, I am the same as ever, my mind and soul still pushes onward.  The body is just not as cooperative.  But I have people helping me beat this situation.  I have the best weight lifting coach I could have, if I picked one dude that knew me and understood me and thought about lifting the way I do, I have him.  Grateful for the minimalist.  I have a good family and wife that feeds me good and gives me time to train and throw.  So instead of sitting and lamenting, I am scheming.  Yea, why not another record, some way some how?  So instead of walking the beach and collecting sea shells in Bermuda shorts, I am going forward with the challenge.  I am blessed as I enjoy the journey, I like being on the field toiling to be better, I like being in the gym paying my dues.  Why be normal?

Damn well stated Mule, Fight the good fight.

so muc winning in those food pics.

Silverback wrote: So this weekend I had my wr in the wob broken by Braidy Miller.  First, Braidy is a friend and glad to see him get the record.  Of course I am sorry to see it go, but we always know this day is coming.  That record was big to me, it was the big Chief's before me.  I broke it by 16 inches.  I was proud of that one.  Have had 4 in the sheaf but they are all gone also now.  So I can sit here and lament what I am now and I am realistic about that.  I know I just am not what I was before all the operations.  Now glad I had them because they saved my life, but wish more of me was saved I guess.  That said we can pitty party the rest of the day away or I can get to work and get another record.  I know what I am so for those of you looking at the old dude and shaking their head.  But inside, I am the same as ever, my mind and soul still pushes onward.  The body is just not as cooperative.  But I have people helping me beat this situation.  I have the best weight lifting coach I could have, if I picked one dude that knew me and understood me and thought about lifting the way I do, I have him.  Grateful for the minimalist.  I have a good family and wife that feeds me good and gives me time to train and throw.  So instead of sitting and lamenting, I am scheming.  Yea, why not another record, some way some how?  So instead of walking the beach and collecting sea shells in Bermuda shorts, I am going forward with the challenge.  I am blessed as I enjoy the journey, I like being on the field toiling to be better, I like being in the gym paying my dues.  Why be normal?

Yes

Went out Saturday morning and got some, not much, but some.  Stone was meh.  And that was the high point of the day.  Heavy weight I felt good, nice form, unloaded nice, problem is the weight does not fly far.  Seems the ability to make it go far is not with me at this time.  Light weight was not so good, never got one good throw in.  Sheaf was more meh.  Came back later in the day with ironhead to shag for me and did some light hammer.  I should have let him throw and me shag it was so pathetic.  I am just slow and it shows in distances.  Me hate me

Keep it up brother!!!!!

Got in the gym for some incline Friday, and felt decent.  Felt the best I have in a couple of rounds inclining. 
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
260 x 4, no groove, but had the power so it did not matter
260 x 4, same
260 x 4, just have no groove
260 x 4, best set, and had mo
3 rounds of 20 in concentration curl, push down and side lateral.  Had a great pump.  I actually felt pretty swole, and that is rare.  It did not last and was gone when I got home.  I felt encouraged w the workout. 

Saturday throwing.  My body is cashed from the lifting.  The sore from the legs is deep and still felt from Wednesday, but not horrible bad.  Just deep still there.  My chest and arms of course are not a daisy from last night.  So that leaves about nothing.  I skip stone as there is no reason to just destroy my shoulder this morning.  I am smarter than that and go right to the heavy weight.  FAIL.  This was bad.  I moved, or did not move I should say.  And of course was pissed.  So onto the light.  Just as bad really.  I sometimes could not spin all the way twice and unload it even.  One time due to the sun being so bright and it was early, as I turned to go to the trig I jumped so high I could see my shadow way up in the air and flying toward the trig and past.  I just let go of the weight at that point and sat down.  Did some light hammer and after a few actually felt semi decent.  Caber was solid, my run is better than ever.  Slow of course, but faster than my breamer.  Sheaf hurt the very first throw w my back.  Took a second as I did not actually believe it hurt or it could just be a warm up hurt.  No the second confirmed it was not.  I was hard headed and felt it was the wrong feeling and really took a nice hard third.  I decided to sit down after that one.  Ouch.  Hey, this is hurting my back.  On to kids soccer, now I have two kids playing.  So they have been rained out of late and the folks decided, we should make the games up.  Yep, two kids and two soccer games.  8:30 to 3:00 in the sun watching.  I love em playing, but hey, what are you guys doing to me?  Hot dogs galore.  Home for a power nap.

Went in last night for my shoulder press.  This week it is the only upper body movement other than the pull downs after deads the other night.  I have been setting up in the power rack, just straddling a bench and setting the bar in the rack just so I can put my chin over it.  Drop it down and start each rep from a dead start.  Seems kind of hard. 
135 x 5
145 x 3
155 x 3
165 x 3
175 x 3
185 x 3  I have horrible balance with this and have a hard time finding my groove, seems when I hit it the weight just goes up so easy but it is a rare find.  My head is in the way it seems most times.  But getting better and something newish to work on. 

Did some snatches, 6 doubles with 135.  Started and ended there.  I was kind of creaky after the eternal dead session Monday. 

The dude w the altitude mask came in that I made fun of and said how he thought my arms looked great.  Super, now I feel guilty.  Well not that much.  Watched a dude who comes in the gym multiple days a week for years come in and squat.  Just horrible, like it was his first time.  Has been doing the same shit for years and that is what it was.  If it was bench he, nope let me stop there, he would not have done a thing but what he does, cause he is too lazy to ever find out how to do things better.  He is going to do the same crap always. 

Went in Friday for some squats, had pulled a lot of volume Monday so was not sure, but the minimalist was thinking a different direction. 
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 1
405 x 1
455 x 1, just crushed it so easy.  Was a Friday evening pleasure cruise.  Then was feeling good so got that ab roller out.  And I crushed it also.  15, 15, 15 and the last one did not come all the way up, just stayed kind of laid out w constant tension.  Saturday afternoon I sneezed and could feel each individual muscle contract it seemed while it happened.  My core responded to the ab work with pain. 

Saturday morning it was blazing hot.  Way up over 90 before I got warmed up.  I was sweating by the time I got the tailgate down.  And alone.  Stone, considering the week I had I felt pretty good.  In fact I felt real good, hit the positions I wanted.  Yes, wanted a little more mileage, but considering what I put the rig through this week it was outstanding.  Heavy weight, again felt real good.  I did not throw it over 4 feet high the entire time.  Just line drive velocity stuff.  was not that pleased with it, but felt good.  28 was decent, much better than the last couple of weeks.  Actually hitting the position and turning, just not all the yam I would like on that but sure was solid.  Now light hammer felt good and went good.  But as of late, the first throw feels like I am pulling the wire from the defib out of my chest.  I mean I turn that shoulder up to unload and wow, nice pain in the chest.  Good news is I don't notice it after that first one.  Was unreal how smooth I felt in the hammer, as anyone who knows me this is a freakish diversion from my normal frankenstien stance.  I threw it hard enough to break it after 4 tosses.  Caber was tough, I found the lip of a sidewalk I could stand it up against and take off running from there.  By now I was scalding hot and panting like a dog between throws.  Turned the caber a couple times and determined I was good there.  Took some wob tosses and felt great until the last one and I left it out front.  The rest were real nice timing wise.  Went home and took a nice nap and some chow.  Came back when the sun was a little cooler and did some sheaf.  I took about 10 tosses with it and was pretty pleased.  The body warmed up nice and easy and let me yam on it some.  Sheaf is going the best of any event for me right now.  I will take it. 

Pulled last night and felt good going, but just had trouble getting up for it.  Still decent and I pulled well.
135 x 5
225 x 4 all felt good
315 x 2
405 x 1
500 x 2, now was going to do a double double, but this felt heavy when I did it and slow.  Then later watched the video and how you feel is a lie.  It looked pretty good, real good.  Not slow and fine. 

Did pull downs, 5 sets of a bunch.  Then jumped rope again, this was the second time, did them on leg day.  I was better this time, went 23 wo a miss.  Did 50 total and was gassed. 

Nice 500lb double- jump rope - you'll get better- have to start somewhere

Got some incline last night.  Still all over sore from Monday, I mean about everything.  Still what was programed should be cake. 
135 x 5, pretty stiff.  So different from my first set last incline day. 
135 x 3, better
185 x 4, stiff as crap
225 x 1, wow and not in a good way.  But still, I got this,
250 x 5, this was so much harder than it should have been.  And it hurt.  Not just one location, but a multitude.  Not good in any way.  But let me sit down a while and ponder.  So think enough on it and figure I need to bow my ass up and do something.
250 x 5, wow, still seems gravity is on me.  I do it, but really so much harder than is should be.  So I stop there.  10 days out.  No reason to grind into an injury or what ever.  Certainly not going the direction needed. 

Do my assistance and it is ok, get a little pump and then some jump rope.  Someone pointed out that I was using a real suck jump rope at the gym, and they let me use one of theirs.  This had ball bearings and was nice with a longer rope.  The other one had some plastic crap and would hit me in the head sometimes, but I am still not feeling it was equipment error.  So the new one did not work for me, rope seemed long enough to wrap around the building and I sucked I know.  Anyway, gutted out 60 and stopped and laid in the massage chair and contemplated.  Need to go find that plastic wonderful rope. 

Friday I went in and did some pulling. 
135 x 5
225 x 4
315 x 1
405 x 1 for six sets.  I crushed this but still could feel I was not fresh and needed rest

Saturday I tossed.  Only did a few stones and I felt good so I stopped.  Heavy weight felt real good also and stopped.  Light weight was ok.   Light hammer really made my chest hurt.  I have been winding during the week and it is obviously irritating the wire from my ipod to the heart rig.  I was pretty long and loose and threw the hammer the best in weeks.  Wow it hurt and continued to hurt even though I quit.  I only tossed it 4 times, but really bothered me.  I did one caber, I said at the start I was going to crush it the first toss and move on and I did.  Wob felt real good other than my chest hurting.  Sheaf was no mas with my lower back.  I unloaded once and it hurt, did it again to make sure.  Came home and my chest hurt a few hours pretty bad.  Feels fine now.  Don't think I will wind this week. 

Went in the gym today and did some rotator cuff and then some lower back stretching and then jump rope.  Found a new rope and jumped so many times in a row I lost count, but around 70 I guess.  New PR of some kind. 

Tom your right on time. 

I competed this past weekend and was not good pretty much.  I wonder why I practice.  I was horrible w the weights and stone.  Only one turned one hammer throw as my chest hurts like crap when I do it in the area of the defib machine wire.  Even with this partial throw it hurt me a couple hours and a 25oz bud later.  That said I hit the bar at 30 w the sheaf and got 15 easy in wob, just did nothing else. 

Monday jumped rope and stretched.

Last night I did some speed dead, 315 x 10 sets of 3.  All done in less than 30 min.  Pretty solid for me, felt fast and pretty easy.  Then did 4 sets of 10 w the ab wheel and then some 60 jumps w the rope.  Felt fantastic.  Felt great when I threw over the weekend, just did not throw good. 

Silverback wrote:  I don't really keep track of these milestones as I have fallen down a lot, I think I have one photo of me in the hospital in traction of all the times in there and just not going to memorialize them.  Why do that?