never fails in life when things are going awesome there is all of a sudden a giant wrench thrown into the fire... well that happened to me this weekend. training has been going awesome some goals have been achieved quicker than i have even anticipated. so long story short my left has been a little tender since i think last Tuesday. and ive been taking care of it and wrapping it while i am training and not going heavy on my over head lifts (bench press, incline press, and shoulder press) and just focusing on light weight and volume. well on saturday night. i was jumping a fence and broke it/dislocated it. and of course the first thing i thought about was "oh crap there goes my goals" i was down about it for a couple of hours and just felt defeated and felt like giving up to be honest. and then i just started thinking "i am not going to let this beat me i am going to push through training and devise ways around it" yes it still stinks and yes it will still put me back a little bit. but ultimately this could actually be a blessing in disguise. i am very focused on my upper body as any lifter is and i spend over 70% of my work outs focusing on upper body. not that i have neglected my lower body there is just more to work and develop on upper body in my opinion and i have never had an issue gaining mass or strength on my legs so its just not something i see that i need to work 3 times a week. but with this "set back" it may actually accelerate growth i have never seen in my lower body. also another area that i have neglected because i dont like it is CARDIO! which with a wrist injury ill have more training days and time i can focus on cardio.
so my new plan of action that is being put into place as of tonight. is legs, lower back, abs, cardio, and upper back if my wrist allows. no over head presses or motions for a while i know that much for a fact. i will try to exercise delts with side raises and front raises. ill see if i can devise something that will allow me to also do cable flies for chest isolation. biceps and triceps will be a challenge but we will see what i am able to do when i get in the gym tonight.
when i got down on myself and got discouraged about my wrist and finally realized that i was being a quitter and not practicing what i preach so hard about. mindset mindset mindset kept creeping back into my thoughts. i so often talk to people about mindset determining your actions and your response to actions. and at that time i wasnt even listening to my own advise or my own experiences with mindset. its hard to find the positive in something so negative but somehow i did. i am now just looking at this as an opportunity to get bigger in areas i have been slack on in the past and i am looking at this as a chance at a physique i could not have obtained through my daily training routine. i am excited to train tonight because it will be different and challenging and really those types of workouts make you grow more. and not just physical growth but mental growth, and emotional growth as well. fighting for something when the odds are stacked against you is when i do my best work. i like being the underdog i enjoy the fight to the top of the hill and i enjoy a good challenge. this will test me in all aspects and it will be fun to try some new things and see my legs explode over the next couple of weeks! stay tuned i will keep all of you posted on how recovery and how the training is going.
"water has no shape. you put water in the cup it becomes the cup, you put water in a bottle it becomes the bottle, you put water in a tea pot it becomes the tea pot. become shapeless my friend"
-Bruce lee
so my new plan of action that is being put into place as of tonight. is legs, lower back, abs, cardio, and upper back if my wrist allows. no over head presses or motions for a while i know that much for a fact. i will try to exercise delts with side raises and front raises. ill see if i can devise something that will allow me to also do cable flies for chest isolation. biceps and triceps will be a challenge but we will see what i am able to do when i get in the gym tonight.
when i got down on myself and got discouraged about my wrist and finally realized that i was being a quitter and not practicing what i preach so hard about. mindset mindset mindset kept creeping back into my thoughts. i so often talk to people about mindset determining your actions and your response to actions. and at that time i wasnt even listening to my own advise or my own experiences with mindset. its hard to find the positive in something so negative but somehow i did. i am now just looking at this as an opportunity to get bigger in areas i have been slack on in the past and i am looking at this as a chance at a physique i could not have obtained through my daily training routine. i am excited to train tonight because it will be different and challenging and really those types of workouts make you grow more. and not just physical growth but mental growth, and emotional growth as well. fighting for something when the odds are stacked against you is when i do my best work. i like being the underdog i enjoy the fight to the top of the hill and i enjoy a good challenge. this will test me in all aspects and it will be fun to try some new things and see my legs explode over the next couple of weeks! stay tuned i will keep all of you posted on how recovery and how the training is going.
"water has no shape. you put water in the cup it becomes the cup, you put water in a bottle it becomes the bottle, you put water in a tea pot it becomes the tea pot. become shapeless my friend"
-Bruce lee