sergeant_81
06-01-2010, 09:45 AM
I've been reading through the training logs on this site and something struck me. We have a lot of motivated trainees here who do what has to be done, and we have a few trainees who aren't worth the name and will probably never "get it."
The following are quoted directly from the training and log sections:
Exhibit 1:
So like a damned idiot I'm back on Smolov again. I just did the fourth day, which follows the third day without a day of rest. I've been draining my left knee of an old, small effusion and so that knee is a little off already. Last night I was feeling really beat up and questioning the wisdom in following the Smolov plan to the letter instead of inserting rest days. My left knee was especially angry at me.
Looks like a few hours of sleep did the trick. This morning I took some ibuprofen and put on my large Rehband blues over my mediums. The warmth and compression seem to be doing the trick. I have full mobility right now without pain and when I took the knee sleeves off, I still felt fine and was able to squat all the way down without any trouble.
You have to understand that I was feeling extremely old and worn out last night. I also felt foolish for pushing so hard and trying to put 40 lbs on my squat in a month again. It's still probably not the best idea, but competitive powerlifting isn't exactly good for you (though barbell training in general is).
Exhibit 2:
As per last workout, knee still a bit sore, so focusing on avoiding the heavy lifts that use knees.
One of these people has a squat over 400 pounds. The other has managed 280 for a rep or two and looks like he's been stuck there for some time. Guess which mindset goes with each squat?
The following are quoted directly from the training and log sections:
Exhibit 1:
So like a damned idiot I'm back on Smolov again. I just did the fourth day, which follows the third day without a day of rest. I've been draining my left knee of an old, small effusion and so that knee is a little off already. Last night I was feeling really beat up and questioning the wisdom in following the Smolov plan to the letter instead of inserting rest days. My left knee was especially angry at me.
Looks like a few hours of sleep did the trick. This morning I took some ibuprofen and put on my large Rehband blues over my mediums. The warmth and compression seem to be doing the trick. I have full mobility right now without pain and when I took the knee sleeves off, I still felt fine and was able to squat all the way down without any trouble.
You have to understand that I was feeling extremely old and worn out last night. I also felt foolish for pushing so hard and trying to put 40 lbs on my squat in a month again. It's still probably not the best idea, but competitive powerlifting isn't exactly good for you (though barbell training in general is).
Exhibit 2:
As per last workout, knee still a bit sore, so focusing on avoiding the heavy lifts that use knees.
One of these people has a squat over 400 pounds. The other has managed 280 for a rep or two and looks like he's been stuck there for some time. Guess which mindset goes with each squat?