Dehydration!

24-hour stomach flu has wiped me out!  I'm super dehydrated and while today was a key lift day for the week, it won't be happening.

I hit a killer deadlift session on Tuesday, working up to low 500s double-overhand, then finishing off with 4 sets of Romanian pulls for 20 reps each.  That really put the hurt on!

So Wednesday, when I got sick, trying to recover from Tuesday, while throwing up and not eating, was beyond rough.  I've had no solid food in almost 48 hours, at this point!!

Recapping, otherwise:

Monday was bench where I worked up to 365 x 5
Friday was a lot of squatting with a killer final set of 20 reps that made it hard to walk until Tuesday!

Overall, things are going well.  I continue to get stronger, and even when I'm not making sizable gains, can tell I'm cementing strength.  It is like on bench, where even with a few months off, I'd almost always be able to get 3 plates.  Similarly, certain other lifts are reaching new thresholds that always seem to be reachable, even when I don't perform them, specifically, on a regular basis.

Tomorrow, I should regain a little bit of strength, so hopefully by Saturday I can lift again!

Thanks for reading!

Still recovering from an abdominal tear

I'm getting better, slowly, but consistently.  It has been almost a month, and I squatted 525 x 2 today.  It felt weak, and probably looked worse, but I did it.  That's 300+ 1 week out, 400+ 2 weeks out and now 500+ past 3 weeks out.  That is solid.  I feel it, but it doesn't really hurt, so that's good.

Over the weekend, I hit cardio.

Tuesday I hit some really light deadlift, followed by strict standing rack presses up to 235 x 2.

Today was about 10 sets of squat, rolling thunder, reverse hyper and a lot of stretching.

Onward and upward.