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Tue - Push. Solid session. Modest rep maxes on cable flyes and Arnold presses. I'm almost a year into a more classic split training vs my previous CF, and recently had the biggest break/deload during that year. Also probably since been training in earnest some 5+ years ago. My current annual membership needs to be renewed in about 2 weeks. Definitely this week feeling the benefits of that break, but it's much harder vs CF to see and celebrate the improvement. I do record each workout, and need to do some measurements etc, so over the next few days/week or two will try and analyse the last few months.

Wed - Pull. Another solid session feat. 140x4 DL. Two days business travel with no time to gym coming up.

12/07/17- 9.30am bw- 89.4 Injuries- wrist still a little buggy Soreness- general but not bad Pre workout- Nitraflex & BCAAs Post workout- whey & banana Quick warm up- HFs and shoulders Wide Grip RDL- bar x 10, 60 x 5, 5 DL- 80 x 5, 100 x 5, 120 x 3, 140 x 5 Chin Up/Pull Up (alternating grip)- bw x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 BB Curls- 25 x 10, 10 Farmers Walks- 48kg KBs- 50m x 2, 25m x 4 (30s rest periods) Went and got some more pre workout samples. Don't think I intend to use them regularly as discussed above but it might be ok to have a few tucked away for special occasions (more for the caffeine and placebo effect than anything else). Used nitraflex this morning. Didn't have a great effect. Not quite the same kick as the one I used last week (Total War). Have three other samples that I will use over the next couple of weeks to test them out too. Deads felt super solid and I'm only 15kg off my 5RM pb so I'm feeling pretty good about them so far.

@Nathan Back feels much better, it's at 90% and hasn't affected my sessions today or yesterday. The thing is I've never felt like I've been going in the wrong direction. In fact everything felt fine, I'm in a massage therapy program, doing my movement practice, teaching others, making a positive impact on those around me. It took an outiside perspective to show me how blindfolded I've been when it came to my own desires, which I've shied away from for so long. From the Bhagavad Gita, "When you keep thinking about sense objects, attachment comes. Attachment breeds desire, the lust for possession that burns to anger. Anger clouds the judgement, you can no longer learn from past mistakes. Lost is the power to choose between what is wise and what is unwise, and your life becomes an utter waste. But when you choose to move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self." This has been my mantra since I read the Gita 5 years ago. Made it feel okay to not desire things, or set goals. I tried to keep my days simple, practice, learn and grow, without any vision for the future. I recently read an auspicious post on the Gita by an yogi on Instagram, Marc Robberds. He wrote, "But what happens when there are no more goals to be attained? Often ambivalence arises, disguised as non-attachment but it's actually that the person doesn't care anymore, which is a form of aversion. Is there a way to remain passiaonte without the wanting/craving and without aversion?" So I guess the shift in perspective for me moving forward has to be on simply doing the best I can in every situation. Even if work doesn't inspire me, doing my best as a trainer/coach to empower my clients. If it's good/bad, doesn't matter. It's about aligning your whole mind-body with your intention to get something done. I've been reading Potent Self by Feldenkrais, who calls this spontenaity, where you let go of all resistance (what he calls cross-motivation) and your whole being is devoted to the act. Edit: What helped a lot with the back area was a lacrosse ball all along the iliac crest, lateral border of the sacrum, as well as the muscles in the posterior hip.