Because starting again is awful! I haven't really squatted in a couple months. I wasn't able leading up to Utah's Strongest Man due to a knee injury, and hadn't since the show. It has now been two weeks recovering from the show with only one light bench workout and not enough stretching. Results of recovery: muscles are tight, I feel weak and nothing is firing.
I got some video squatting 385 x 2, and 435 x 1, but it looks so terrible that I don't dare share it. Maybe I'll change my mind tomorrow. I came up easy enough on 435 to where I know there isn't a strength issue, but I couldn't get down comfortably and bent far too much at the waist. I also couldn't get my arms in as close as I generally like to. I'll scratch it up to first day back.
It did feel good to get some blood flowing, and I do look forward to getting back to normal. Since this was only my second strongman show, I wasn't fully aware of what to expect with my body. People told me to give it up to a month to normalize, and if today is an indicator, they are right.
Next week I'll try to have two moderate weight days with an overhead day, and probably a deadlift day. I may work in some light bench, but likely won't squat or do any events. Let's see how it goes...
As for today, here is the workout:
| Weight | Reps | ||||
| Warm-up and stretch | |||||
| Front squat warm-up | 100 | 6 | |||
| Back squat | 45 | 20 | |||
| 135 | 4 | ||||
| 135 | 4 | ||||
| 225 | 3 | ||||
| 225 | 3 | ||||
| 225 | 3 | ||||
| 305 | 2 | ||||
| 355 | 2 | ||||
| 385 | 2 | ||||
| 385 | 2 | ||||
| 435 | 1 | ||||
| Deadlift from below knees (20 in) | 135 | 3 | |||
| Superset all 8 in row | 225 | 3 | |||
| only stopped to change | 275 | 2 | |||
| the weight, all done with | 325 | 2 | |||
| double-overhand grip | 375 | 2 | |||
| 325 | 2 | ||||
| 225 | 3 | ||||
| 135 | 3 | ||||
| Cool down and stretch | |||||
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