b.spencer’s BodyBlog

My workouts keep going well, and there are some new changes that are kind of fun.  And these had all happened in the last couple of weeks.

I haven’t done a  full BF analysis for a couple of months, but it must be dropping again a little bit.  I was doing incline bi curls earlier in the week, when I noticed vascularity in my right delt for the first time, and I noticed the vein that cuts across, left to right, across my left biceps.  Abs are more clearly defined, and (WOOHOO!!!!) I noticed just this week some definition in the intercostal area for the first time!!!  It’s not ripped to be sure, but I’m sure happy.

Rehab on my squats is going well.  I passed 200 for 20 reps yesterday, which is actually giving me hope that I haven’t lost that much strength in my legs not being able to do real squats for so long.  It was fun to watch the guys look at me do the reps.  I could tell the first thought was "Why is he doing so light?"  Then, "Why is he going so slowly (I do 3-0-3 tempo for those).  But, when I passed 15 reps without a pause, there were some impressed faces.  If I had told them it was at the end of my workout, where I’d previously done 1100 lb leg presses for 10 reps, and 150 pound single leg extensions, I think they would have been moreso.   I’m paying the price now — the DOMS are really bad this morning — but its nice to have growing pains in the legs again.

I’m comfortable enough now to start rehab sets with deadlifts, the last lift I can add back.  I’m debating if I should try clean and standing military presses.  I’ll never do a working set weight with them.  The doc said its way too dangerous.  But just with an empty bar or a couple of pounds on the ends as rehab/warmups to see if I can handle it with out damage.  WIll ask the doc before I try for sure.