Young Gotti's Journal

[BABY1]

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Take it easy and extra TLC and get to that doc!

[Young Gotti]

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Tuesday

Basketball

Wow so this was the most I've played on any of the Tuesdays yet. We showed up to the gym with only 4 guys, got a 5th and just kept winning so we just kept playing. I can tell I'm getting the rust off too since I played a lot better than I have. Getting back into the groove of things feels nice. We won 3 games in a row but on the 4th game, no one on our team had legs. We couldn't hit any shots, barely getting back on defense, it was a bad but we all didn't care, it was time to leave.

Usually the day after basketball I'm super sore and my lower back hurts but it's been hurting for over a week now anyway. But my ankles feel fine and I'm not super tight. I did foam roll before bed last night and used a heating pack on my back for a bit before bed, not sure if any of that is truly helping. Hopefully the soreness doesn't kick in during the day.

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Wednesday

T bar row 6 or 7 sets
Straight bar pulldown 4 sets
DB curl 4 sets
Preacher curl machine 4 sets
Lat pulldown superset with DB hammer curl 3 sets
Rope cable row 4 sets

Lower back is still in pain so again I opted again deadlifts. But to be honest once it's warm a bit I think I could do some light deadlifts. Squatting may be more painful than deadlifts. Anyway, once I got going on the t bar my back didn't hurt too much but you can notice a slight loss of strength. The rest of the workout went well. My back was already sore from basketball but it didn't really seem to mess with the workout overall which I was thrilled about.

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Thursday

Leg press 6 sets
Box jumps 3 sets
Seated Calve raise 4 sets
Leg extension 4 sets
Seated Leg curl 4 sets

Lower back felt much better than it has which gives me hope. I didn't want to risk it and squat and then have it hurt again so I decided to check myself and just do leg press again, until I don't feel any pain. I did go really heavy on the leg press, it felt amazing going heavy again, but a little pain in my knees. I also dont' like box jumps as I don't see a point in bodybuilding for them, however with playing basketball I want to be explosive and since I'm short rebounds are not my thing so I figured if I could improve on jumping at all it would help.

Overall I'm happy with the workout and the workouts I had this week.

[BABY1]

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Take it easy and you will be back full force sooner than you think

[Young Gotti]

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Saturday

Shoulders

Sunday

Basketball

So Sunday I had a ton of running around to do. I am good with getting Christmas shopping done early however some last minute things came up. I had to go to a local brewery at noon on Saturday, they had a beer release I wanted to get and it's near my gym. However I overestimated the amount of time it would take me to do my other running around and got to the gym way to early. I ended up doing a lot of accessory work to kill time.

Sunday we got enough guys to play and early morning game and it felt awesome. I knew I could then not feel nearly as bad eating like a fatso later that day. It also was the first time where my lungs were not burning during the games. Felt really really good.

[BABY1]

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Sounds like an awesome weekend?

[Young Gotti]

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Sounds like an awesome weekend?

yeah the holidays were great...too fast

but I grew up where we would play football thanksgiving morning and then its transitioned to the gym I went to thanksgiving morning being a max out day for basically everyone. I don't go to that gym anymore so I haven't had a good holiday workout in a bit.

This felt like it brought me back to that feeling again.

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Tuesday

Basketball

Worst experience with basketball since we started to play. Probably because school was out but there was so many ppl at the gym. We had to wait to get a game and even then you had to win to stay on the court. I think the local community college basketball team was there so they basically ran everyone out of the gym. Our team was probably the 2nd best so had they not been there we could of had some good games. Anyway I did play a few games but not the normally constant running that we usually get.

My shoulders are sore this morning and I don't know why. I get sore from basketball but not usually in the shoulders which I feel is odd.

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Wednesday

Flat bench superset with straight bar pulldown 3 sets
Decline hammer strength superset with lat pulldown 3 sets
Hammer strength superset with chest pad t bar row 3 sets
Rope extension superset with low cable row 3 sets
V bar extension superset with YTI's 3 sets
Cable crossover 3 sets

Being the first workout day of the week for me, I had to plan how I wanted to attack the workout. I decided to go chest and back mostly. I didn't go heavy but the back work felt really good. The squeeze on the back felt amazing even at the lower weight. The chest on the other hand wasn't very good, my front delts were sore all day and carried over to the chest work. It was kind of uncomfortable doing the presses. I tried to stretch and warm everything up, I couldn't get it to pop the way I wanted to but I did some extra work that I didn't list in order to try and get things feeling better.

[BABY1]

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Thursday

Squat 6 sets
Standing calve raises 4 sets
Box jumps 4 sets
Leg press 4 sets

Haven't squatted in 2 weeks and I felt it. My form wasn't crisp, the weight felt heavy, and my body wasn't moving right. But it did feel good to do them again after a short break and I didn't have pain in my lower back which was good. Also the rack I used was weird, I put it at my normal height and it felt lower, racking and unracking felt like I had to bend down a lot more than normal. Anyway the rest of the workout went pretty good. Box jumps are getting easier and easier for me which was nice and I was glad to be able to fit in the leg press to get some more time under tension on my upper legs than just regular squats.

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Saturday

Shoulders

My right shoulder was in pain. It's not the pain where it's a serious injury and I've had the problem happen before. Almost like I need to stretch it until it pops and then it would feel a lot better. But it wouldn't pop, I had to go lighter and slower on the movements and did some extensive stretches on it to get it to warm and not feel nearly as bad.

Sunday

Played basketball in the morning again. Really enjoying this basketball thing. I grew up with sports so the whole "bodybuilding" thing is something I picked up in my 20's. I'd much rather play a sport whenever I can like basketball over lifting. It's just a better workout and a lot more fun, just stinks that at my age it's hard to find enough guys who aren't busy to play. We've been doing pretty good with playing though and hopefully it continues but our local gym is going to have leagues starting on the night we play so it should be interesting to see if we can get a free night with enough guys going forward.

[BABY1]

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Always feels good to get back to some of that kid stuff we did! Enjoy!

[Young Gotti]

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Tuesday

Flat bench 6 sets
Incline bench 4 sets
Rope extension 4 sets
Underhand reverse extension 4 sets

Cable crossover superset with single arm underhand extension 4 sets

Solid workout, nothing great but also not bad. The bench felt good and smooth, shoulder didn't bother me so that was good. I didn't press my luck with any crazy strength numbers but I felt what I did was still a solid output. Actually I had a really nice pump going on in my chest and then in my triceps. Got in a little more volume than I planned too.

I will be starting to use Dermacrine tonight as well so I will keep updates on that as we go forward.