No Crust Racing

Surprisingly, the ground is much softer than I expected. I can grab my spade, line it up, put my body weight on it with a bit of a lunge and it'll almost go down the depth of the spade. I bought a mattock in anticipation (and already had a sledgehammer), but have only needed each a few times where concrete had overflowed the box work etc. It's gotta be done before the weekend so the concreters can put the spoon drain in and do the apron. Digging the tree hole and relocating that tree you see up front will be fun too.

That pipe in the trench is to allow water to flow from front to back as that's the low side of the block. Pit up the front and larger pit in the rear that will eventually take overflow from a water tank. Once that trench is filled in it'll be concreted over and a spoon drain will sit on top so no mowing or maintenance for me. I could have just relied on the spoon drain to carry water to the pit at the back and not bothered with the pit at the front and the pipe, but given there's a bit of a dip up in the front corner and my apron will be there I didn't want any water saturating that area so made the call to put a pit in and pipe it to the back to pull water away quickly.

Finished the main trench last night, that was my cardio, sweated my guts out. Took another 2+hrs to do the remaining 7 or so meters. Now just have another 3 or so to go to connect this trench to the main pit. Fun times. Back is getting a caning. I've made a point of upping my protein shakes and making sure I'm getting enough creatine, I swear I'm recovering from these digs far better than I expected.

This is now sold.

Ahh well, that's different then. If you have pain, on one side you've got a ROM, form (setup), or a strength bias issue.

I think as long as you're getting up to 5g a day you'll be fine. I've just read a lot of stuff that said take it after you exercise. As for the squats, how do you expect to improve the problem if you don't train at that weight? Is a little knee bending on one side that big a deal? Is it hurting you? Remember a ROM problem or muscle weakness anywhere must be compensated for my other parts of the chain, the problem may not be the knee at all. My point about training at that weight or beyond it is similar to what I said in my thread about me adding weight to anything. Sometimes I can go 8/8/7 at a given weight for ages and ages, and not ever make that 8th rep, but then I'll add weight an quickly get to 8/8/7 at the new weight, which has pushed me beyond the 8th rep on the previous weight. In your case I see it as, at 45kg your knee starts to bend in, so train at that weight for a while, say 2-3 weeks or so, then go up to 47.5 or 50 and spend another 2-4 weeks at 50. My guess being that after a few weeks at 50, if you dropped back down to 45, there'd be no knee bending because your body is now trained for 50kg and whatever weakness that showed up at 45, has been strengthened such that you get knee bend at 50 now but no longer at 45. Sometimes you have to go a few steps beyond the problem weight to fix the problem at the weight it shows up at. Say a guy can bench 180kg, I bet his 140kg bench is rock solid form wise, but at some point, when he could only bench 145, his 140 might have looked pretty shaky, but as he pushed further and further forward, 140 becomes easier and easier. So for you, by the time you are squatting 60kg reps, your 45 will look solid as. Sometimes you have to go well beyond the problem zone before it gets better. BUT this is just, one view, I'm no trainer or strength coach etc.

Was a little lighter on the back/legs last night as I've got shed work to do this week. Still not managing my 8th rep on the bench, though am doing 7 easier and making a point of doing halves a couple halves after that rep to try and build up some more power for 8. The other way would be upping the weight which is usually what I do and after a week or 2 you're doing 7 reps on the final set of the new weight and can do 8 reps on the previous weight easily enough, but I'm not looking to add heaps of bench weight. Added a little to the chins and made 7 on the final. Did not plank or row as I knew I had to start digging and my back hasn't been great as it is. So after a quick 35min session, spent another 90mins doing this, it has to be at least 300 deep. 3m down, another 9m or so to go...

At those weights (compared to his strength) it's not hard at all Leesh. The rest of us also don't do Birds Euro Training, I mean volume training

Something I'll add. I've found a few times that I'm fine at weight X but as soon as I go up from there, something bad will happen form wise. I've also found that SOMETIMES, not all the time and this should be done very carefully, the best thing to do is just start training at the heavier weight. If the problem doesn't exist until a certain point, you must train at that point to solve the problem. Look at the so you think you can squat video series, they take him well beyond where he starts to show small signs of form issues to really push him. You're really on scraping the tip of the iceberg in terms of what form problems you could have at higher weights. I'd be inclined to go a week or two training at the heavier weight and working on the problem with the working weight on board rather than trying to force your body to "fix" an issue that doesn't exists at the lower weight you're using. Just an idea. I was under the impression creatine was best taken immediately after exercise, not before it (assuming you are not in a loading phase and are just taking it regularly). This could be Bro science, but take a look at: http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/supplements/when%E2%80%99s-the-best-time-to-take-creatine "While creatine boosted strength and muscle mass among all men in the study, those who took creatine after working out gained more lean mass and increased their bench-press one-rep max more than men who took the supplement pre-workout."

That's the main reason I stopped having turbo imports as dailies.

I feel that way sometimes too

No relief so far from in soles and heel raises, trying to remember to do his ankle rom stretch but that has nothing to do with my back. If it persists I'll get an MRI, Friday Gym was much of a muchness, felt quite lethargic. Pretty much a repeat of Wednesday. Seat mount in the car is finally finished, which has been caning my back, but I have a fair bit of shed work coming up so no rest for me.

So how did your cage install go? Mine is done. Came out OK. thanks for the Jimmy too, it went down a treat.

I see the point you're making, and it's valid, so now what? It changes nothing and honestly, you're not going to win yourself any fans that way. Why try and piss off moderators? Wouldn't you rather the thread stay open so you can use it as a useful platform. Life us much easier when you don't fight the system. You're better of directing that frustration at Brad. I have no need to be here anymore, I pushed on and got my stuff, but I genuinely want to see people get their goods/money and I'll do what I can to help that.

Looks like I can hang my deputy sheriffs hat now.

As we speak...

PROFIT!

Add bench, you're covered.

It can be anything we want it to be! We do want we want.

Mmm yes and no, she's clearly matured (2.5yrs now) but she still has that playful puppy side. She also likes to do things in "boxer" time. Mia sit! - keep sniffing for another 7 seconds while walking forward then slowly sit down. Mia come! - keep sniffing for another 7 seconds while wandering aimlessly then start slowly heading toward you. We also had issues with her eating plants which the last Boxer didn't do, but she's smart and the electric collar and wire in the ground type system worked perfectly and cured her of that in about 2 weeks. I have a remote version of that now for when we're out walking which has helped her immensely in her response times to commands. I only use the beep setting though as she got used to the old collar that would beep if she was getting too close to the garden, so now a beep is all that's needed to snap her out of whatever trance she's in and pay attention. Thank you cheap korean electronics.

Go for it, diversity is always good. I have no issue with people taking interest in crossfit, those mofos are hella motivated.

Maybe someone will buy it cheap and campaign it properly.

Ahh, a mate of mine has one, good dog. We've got a Boxer.

lol I was thinking something a little more uplifting.. But if you wanna be emo about it... Do yourself a favour and go back to the start of this thread and remind yourself how far you've come.

Are you gonna update this thread title?