Ox's Journal Of Insanity

stephen9069 said:Awesome work mate and with the sciatica do you just have to leave it to settle or does foam rolling and stretching help it ?

stephen9069 said:Awesome work mate and with the sciatica do you just have to leave it to settle or does foam rolling and stretching help it ?

Oxman said:
Cheers Stephen, stretching and rolling certainly helps mate, need to keep it going, yoke has made it flair up and its proving tough to get shot of..but i'll get rid of it one way or another!

stephen9069 said:
If your focus is going to be powerlifting just drop all event training mate, interested to see the change in your routine aswell

Oxman said:
Going to mate, going to do my normal sessions this week minus events I think then I am seriously considering an extended smolov jr routine for all 3 lifts, i'll see how my back improves this week as 4x a week squat/dead and bench will be tough! Done it before tho so confident I will be ok just not done the smolov jr %'s

stephen9069 said:
That sounds brutal would you still do assistance stuff or strictly just do the compound lifts ?

Oxman said:
Probably mainly the 3 lifts but I may throw in some assistance if and when I'm feeling good!

stephen9069 said:
Will be good to see how sticking to the compounds 3-4 times a week will impact on your 1RM

Oxman said:Went in to train today but pain in side/back wouldn't let me, 1 rep at 237.5 dead was all it took for pain to worsen so immediately stopped, going to have to see chiro about it.

I am officially retiring from strongman, powerlifting may still be an option but after this re-hab I am seriously reconsidering my entire training and may make some drastic changes, I need a new outlook, heal up and re-ignite my motivational fire, injury after injury is racking me off and progress is slow...need a good think where I'm taking things.

stephen9069 said:
Hopefully your back aint to serious mate.
Have you got any ideas on what you want to do now, maybe a change of direction for a couple weeks might do you some good dropping the weight and hitting some stupid high reps aint a bad thing and wont aggrevate any niggling injuries

Oxman said:
Cheers mate.
I'm considering going complete Chaos and Pain style - loads of variation and deciding on what I'm doing when I get in there or the other very different option is keeping my ox singles/doubles or triples on bench, squat, deads and press then doing pure bodybuilding after so really a bodybuilding program with a PL emphasis at the start.
I dunno really mate, I'm a bit lost at the moment, like yourself just fed up keep getting injured, its genuinely difficult to even walk at the moment need to heal this up before starting anything off.

stephen9069 said:
it is a kick in the nuts and i know that im no were near as strong as i was but iv accepted this year is just for fun do some high reps, see what kind of shape i can get into, try add some quality muscle mass then next year switch my focus to a mixture of strength and fluff stuff.
Just write this year off and set some easy goals not heavy 1RM goals though see how insane you can get with your training without going to heavy then start of next year purely switch your focus to powerlifting