After the giddy highs of my Smolov Jr bench 10kg PB I am now laid up with a nasty case of gastro. I knew something was wrong last Thursday. I had hit my PB the night before but almost immediately was hit with a really deep fatigue. At first I thought I was just getting a hit from the Smolov 4 days a week but by Friday I knew something was up.
That's one of the benefits of hitting the iron regularly, you get a good sense of how you are feeling and can tell the difference between training fatigue and when something isn't right. Regardless I wandered into the gym Saturday thinking a couple of sets to test my adductor injury might clear the head. Nothing doing! Empty bars felt heavy and I literally had to sit down between sets or fall down. After 30 mins I was out of there.
Suffice to say over the next few days the lovely effects of a nasty gastro kicks in and I have been driving the porcelain bus for most of the week (sitting on the toilet for my non Australian friends)!
Which brings me to my point, gastro is a nasty fucking illness for a powerlifter. You can't train obviously, but even worse you can't maintain calories or protein because what ever you ingest is coming back out pretty quickly in one of two directions!
Interestingly despite calling in sick a lot of my junior staff where still bombarding me with work related queries. None of the senior staff mind you they understand that if you are sick then stay away and get well. That's why I couldn't get my head around the constant back and forth over e-mail to me...then it clicked.
When a Y generation calls in 'sick' on a Monday ( particularly these couple of staff of mine) invariably its because they were on the piss having a huge night on Sunday and Saturday and cant be be bothered coming in. Therefore it doesn't even enter their reality that people can be genuinely crook from a legitimate illness...makes you wonder about the future!
So I have gone into typical Thomo sick mode now, haven't shaved all week, been moody and shitty and still eating a little steak when I shouldn't and paying for it dearly. Hopefully I will be right by Saturday or Sunday and then can break back slowly into my next Wendler routine.
The only issue currently is the adductor is still sore, with the physio now split evenly between tendinitis or a slight tear. Hopefully at my next physio appointment I will have a better idea of what I am facing.
Stay Strong
Thomo
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