Old man river's log
I did a log before, but failed to update it for a while. So I thought I would restart.
I went through a phase of not lifting earlier this year. I did some kettlebell stuff, but not frequently enough. So I stopped that, and started a linear progression on the major lifts.
All weights in kgs.
Age:43. Weight:85. I will write as sets x reps, although opinion differs on this crucial issue.
Friday 11 September 2015
My weekend of scuba diving was blown out. So I lifted, but I would have preferred to be underwater at some point. Lifting immediately after diving increase the risk of a bend, so is a bad idea.
Bench
Worked up to 2x3x60. I'm not very good at benching.
LBBS
Worked up to 3x5x95.
Sunday 13 September 2015
Bench
Did 3x4x60, so some progress on Friday's effort.
Deadlift
1x5x126. Felt heavy, but bar speed was OK.
I tried a scuba diving yesterday.
It turned out to be over-ambitious. Getting onto a bouncing boat, in a dry suit, over an unstable pebbled beach, with heavy kit on proved too much for my ankle.
It was pretty sore after that for the rest of the day. Today, I didn't try to dive but have walked a lot; I am currently on 12 miles including uphills, downhills and dodgy terrain underfoot. So it feels like a progression towards recovery again.
If the weather is nice tomorrow, I may have a second crack at diving
I'm finally close to bring fixed. It was really painful a week ago on Tuesday, when I went into the office. I was moving very slowly and limping a lot.
I vaguely considered going to the doctor's. Instead, I concentrated on trying to walk without a limp, and moving as fast as possible. This seems to have been vaguely successful; I did 10 miles' walk on Saturday. I'll try swimming tomorrow and climbing on Wednesday.
I finally got around to swimming. My gym cancelled my earlier two bookings with no explanation.
The first 5 or 6 lengths were hard; I was doing breaststroke and my ankle complained about the rotational movement. After that, it must have sufficiently stretched, so it felt good. I did 500 metres, so not far, but it was before work and I was time constrained.
Later, I did a 5 mile walk. I was pretty fast by my injured standards, and pain free. So I decided to see if climbing was possible. This was over-ambitious; it felt painful so I didn't last long or climb hard .
I went diving today. It was was just quarry dives: I wanted to check my ankle was Ok, and I had a drysuit back from repair I wanted to test. I'm also still not completely used to sidemount. My buoyancy was good; my drysuit was dry; its was fun.
I did a 6 mile walk afterwards.
Random stats update:
Weight 142 pounds.
BP 110/70
Monday
I went climbing. It was way better than my first effort post stain, on Friday. I lasted 2 hours, and worked my way up till some easy v3s. My ankle hurt, but held up pretty well.
Tuesday
1 km swim before work
Thursday
I managed 10 miles' walk and a climb today. Again, I got some easy v3s. I',m not at full fitness, but slowly getting there. The ankle hurt a little whilst climbing, but not as much as Monday; and recovered instantly on reading afterwards.
