Yeah they do, I tried organizing things to be easy to load and flow together well but most of it is dictated by the workout. I guess the minimalist concept is having an affect on my home gym. Still not sure if I want to add another machine into the mix?
I did bent rows the other day and my back is still bothering me from them, and oddly enough my shoulder injury is having issues again? Not sure what the hell is going on. Aging? I skipped my deadlifts and presses today but I'm trying to think about what set off the shoulder. I am rethinking the maxing out idea on the upper body stuff. Seems like I get to this point and forward progress becomes impossible. Maybe joint health is the better alternative?
I have also been thinking about adding a conditioning day in once a week for next cycle/year? Maybe just pick 10 cfit workouts that work well with the equipment I have and do them 5 times in the year.
Yeah holidays are messing with me, we all came down with an illness which is always a pain in the ass.
Im cool with any name ill leave it up to the 2 of you
Yah, I need to declutter a bit more still. Lots of accessories I never use, so just throw them in a box and get them off the walls?
I think sometimes these issues come and go. My right thumb is still a little off from last summer's strained BP fail. You did some serious damage to your shoulder in your fall, so, given aging considerations, it might take another 6-12 months before it's 100%. Or it might be one of those things you set off randomly for the rest of your life, like my thumb.
I'm not sure, but I think I've been able to progress with my bentover rows because I set the load really low to start with, and have taken it down once or twice since then. With relentless microloading, it's coming up to loads now that used to strain my back a year and a half ago, and I'm doing it with pretty strict form. It's also helped me to go back to viewing them more as assistance or secondary, as we've discussed multiple times. As assistance, they should be relatively easy and strain-free. I usually do my three sets of P Rows in five minutes or less, with no warm-up because they're towards the end of the workout.
But yeah, I'm going to start going heavier on the presses, but I'll back down at the first sign of trouble.
Yah, thinking about doing more rowing, maybe try to get in five days of at least 30 minutes of aerobic/conditioning work per week, instead of just three like I'm doing now. Maybe a hill running workout in there somewhere.
I'll try to get the new thread up by Friday so everyone has a day or two to post their logs before the comments start.
It's going to be a good year for lifting, I can feel it in my bones.
A few articles in T-nation that caught my notice:
https://www.t-nation.com/training/real-science-of-squat-depth
This jibes with your advice to descend nice and solid, also jibes with the way I've been feeling it lately. I think there's just a natural depth for me. I should film myself again to see where I'm at. I especially liked Seedman's point about obtaining stability before mobility.
https://www.t-nation.com/supplements/top-10-post-workout-nutrition-myths
Here's another one that jibes with my experience. I feel like the most important thing for me is to eat a banana or two plus a protein bar an hour or so before lifting. I don't worry about much else, but of course I like a good breakfast and eat protein throughout the day.
How about Cross Training 2016: Cycle I(, II, III . . .)?
Might be a more approachable term, and encourage others to participate.
I tend to think of cross-training as training variety within a modality, like aerobic fitness. So cross-training for running might include swimming or cycling. Concurrent training, on the hand, is, for me and people like Alex Viada (
http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2015/04/01/the-hybrid-athlete/), training two or more different fitness modalities, like strength and endurance. Hmmn, I guess that works and is more descriptive: "Concurrent Strength & Endurance Training 2016: Cycle I(, II, III . . .)"? It would be nice to cram "Minimalist" in there somewhere too, but I was wanting to shorten the thread titles as much as possible.
One other idea, besides a shorter title, is to just have one long-ass thread for the whole year, and just keep adding cycles to the initial logs, but that might become unwieldy?