Its first week back in training after 10 days off with Giarda and I have to say it isn't fun. After dropping 5kg of body weight my starting weights feel ridiculously heavy. Given I am still injured and cant squat its going to be an annoying start to my next cycle.
It is frustrating when you can't train optimally but if you invert the logic and seek positives you can often continue to make gains. A case in point: my squat injury drove me to a 3 week Smolov bench specialisation and ultimately resulted in a 10kg PB. Similarly I will kick off my next Wendler at 80% rather than 90 to compensate for de-training and the loss of body-weight so that I start within myself. No doubt by the second cycle I will be tracking back to normal.
Quiet start to the night at PTC Perth. Darren was in looking to build some big sessions over the Xmas break. As always big Mike was in chasing weightlifting PB's. Whats John North say Mike....'got no time for percentages PB's every damn day!' In fact big Mike almost made me choke on my water when he mentioned his sessions are normally about 5 hours!!!! The boys might have to start renting platform space!
I'll finish by saying Friday is the last day of work and two glorious weeks off. It should go without saying I cannot wait to put the feet up, eat big, train hard and enjoy the Australia summer!
Stay Strong
Thomo
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