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Hypertrophy Block 2018-01
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Overall I thought the hypertrophy block went really well. I liked the 4-days a | |
week programming and all the exercises meshed well together. The only exercises | |
I struggled with were the front squat and hip thrusts. The front squat was | |
challenging because I started to feel the elbow pain again in both arms. When | |
using the modified rack position with the straps the bar would constantly slip. | |
Finally, I switched to a crossed arm position which helped, but still put a lot | |
of pressure on my top-arm shoulder. I'll have to really work on my flexibility | |
to get into the traditional front-rack position so I can mitigate these issues. | |
The hip thrusts were hard because I couldn't find a good place at home to | |
balance my back on while doing the movement and I need some kind of pad to put | |
over the bar to reduce the pain of the bar resting on my hips. These should be | |
easy to mitigate, but I just didn't invest the time to figure it out this block. | |
Weight/diet wise I am off base from where I ended my massing cycle. I ended at | |
207 lbs and now I'm at 215 lbs. From a measurement perspective my waist went | |
from 35" to 38" with my chest remaining static at 39". I have not been careful | |
with my diet especially over the holidays so I'm going to have to follow the RP | |
Diet app to the letter and get back to maintenance weight around 207 lbs. |
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