Do as I say not as I do – and pics

Well I’m such an idiot sometimes!  I haven’t been lifting that heavy of late due to various medical issues, and of course now I’m over it I’m like a bull at a gate.  I trained back and triceps this morning and have started doing my old 4 day split.  First exercise of the day was BB Deadlifts (as in power deadlifts, not the stiff legged variety).  I suppose I did one thing right and decided I definitely wasn’t ready for those, and decided on rack pulls instead.  Last time I did them was maybe a month ago, so not that long really.  I pulled 110kg, a PB last time.   Well I did a warm up, then some decent (easy) reps at 80kg.  So I loaded another 10kg on each side, thinking I would aim for, I don’t know, 4-6 reps.  Well I couldn’t even lift the bar on my first 2 attempts, without it falling out of my hook.  I already felt my lower back was a bit tight but in my wisdom I decided to ignore that warning sign.  Plus the fact it was about 10 below zero at 8am in the gym so I would not have been warm at all.  I decided to remove 10kg and go with 90kg, well even this was difficult!  I managed only 2 reps I think, before my grip (even with hooks) gave way.  I cursed a bit and stood up and realised my back didn’t feel too good.  So I stretched and whatnot, but I knew I was going to be sore.  Another reason I decided to actually do these was knowing that I had a chiro appointment tomorrow in case I did anything bad!  So, I will be looking forward to that.  My lower back (and is also moving further upwards) is pretty sore right now already, and also my neck.  So, for those of you at home – always warm up well and make sure you are ready to attempt heavy weight by getting a few weeks of lead up time!

At the moment I’m only doing 1 x day training – ie weights x 4 and cardio x 3.  The cardio has been pretty mild due to same reasons as training has been, but last session I did manage a bit of higher intensity thrown in.  Tomorrow is cardio and think we are heading to the gym.

I’m about to hit the sack but will attach a few more pics first.  Another black and white for Kerry W   Thanks for all your lovely comments.