ROLLING RIGHT ALONG

 DEADS:

115lb x10

155lb x8

185lb x6

(205lb x2) 2x

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KB SWINGS:

35lb x15

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GHR / PIKE ROLL OUT

(both on stability ball)

(BW x10 / x10) 2x

***Side note: I was calling these movements PIKE PUSHUPS, however, that was 100% incorrect. They're actually called PIKE ROLLOUTS. I've linked a video at the bottom of the post. I haven't ever tried them with the pushback on the extension, but I'm going to give it a try the next time!***

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PLANK:

30 seconds x3

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Alright, so where am I at? Welp, not much better than when I started. Discipline is still a distant hope. I was doing good with every other day and then it stretched to I don't know how many days off. I haven't even finished my book on discipline! I'm also having some body mechanic issues, but that's absolutely secondary to the discipline. Let's talk about that, shall we?

I have struggled with my SI Joint disfunction for years now. The stronger I get, the better it gets, so obviously, the weaker I get, the wiggier it gets. I am currently in the wiggy phase. My sleeping sucks because no matter how I lay, no matter how many or how few pillows I use, I'm just in agony when I wake up. I've been getting dizzy at night and I'm almost positive it's because I'm so out of alignment. I've also noticed that during deadlifts, I'm so twisted that I'm scraping only one knee. My feet are in line when I start, but as I pull, my body twists. It's awful. All that being said, going to the chiropractor is not an option right now. The bigger problem is that without the discipline, it becomes all too easy to use those issues as a reason to stop working out. 

Today, I had pain in my left hip area. Not good pain from getting stronger, but the bad, crampy pain of an angry joint. So I stopped at 2 heavy sets. I even tried switching to accessory work - the kettlebell swings - but that wasn't happening either. So I did the GHR and Pike pushups and planks.

If I'm going to have discipline, then I need to address issues by dealing with them in a productive, proactive manner. Using them as an excuse to stop is not very disciplined. So I'm going to have to work at getting my core stronger to help keep me aligned properly and to work all of my hip and low back muscles. It also has to include stretches and foam rolling to help ease the tightness, cramps and spasms.

Our lives are in constant motion (or should be). If we stopped every time some ugly obstacle reared it's head we'd never achieve anything. The sad thing is, that's exactly what so many people do. Every day, thousands of people just quit. They quit trying to be healthier, they quit trying to be smarter, stronger, better rounded. They just stop and let discipline slip away into the nether. I can't allow myself to be like that. When I see that in other people, it irritates me and pisses me off. So how on earth could I allow myself to act like that? Then I'd spend each day being pissed and depressed and wallowing in disgust. Sounds lovely.

Today I will start again. Head down, feet set, I will face this challenge and make what progress forward that I can. If nothing else, nobody can say I ever give up.

THE PIKE ROLLOUT