mcJ78

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• Mince Pie Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 4 days

  

  High st. wise I'm finding the Aldi ultimates hard to beat - 2 pack for £2.50, not tried the M&S bakery ones yet but they're supposed to be good too. Heard good things about Cafe Nero from the coffee chain perspective.

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 4 days

  

  I've been dealing with a meniscal tear, subsequent menisectomy & associated knock-on bullshit for the last 15 years - sounds familiar!

  I find that keeping my feet pretty narrow, stacking the joints & kicking the hips back as much as possible helps - I don't take squats past parallel. Those stretchy knee wraps with velcro are good - I go into a 100kg squat looking like i'm shaping up for a WR.

  It's a bit of a balancing act to strengthen the leg muscles as much as possible without aggravating it, I can really feel it if I overdo it. I usually ease off on the strength stuff during the summer months when i'm on the bike more, then when the weather turns to shit it's back in the gym without worrying too much about fatigue.

  @Ptown Great effort! No chance i'll see a 2 plate bench this side of 2025 but it'll come, gp sent me for an elbow x-ray incase there's an avulsion fracture - might be time to knock it on the head for this year

• Mince Pie Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 1 day

  

  Just got on the Aldi Ultimate train - they're fucking great

• Mince Pie Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 2 days

  

  Trying to keep it to 1, however I bought a box from Gregg's yesterday & due to the 45 degree racking system in the box, 2 had started to seep - so I ate both of those

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  Nice - sounds like you're pretty much there, was that singles?

  I'm determined to get 140 before the Christmas break, did 3x3 at 135 last week which upset my knee a bit, so i'll be sticking to one heavy set then backing it right off as I creep it up.

  Also had grand plans for 100 on the bench but my bastard elbow has put the brakes on that - ah well!

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  oof - strong work!

  You just gonna go for 220 or 210 first?

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  Cheers - will have a look at that, sounds like there's certain things to work on & other things (like max effort deadlifts) that should probably be avoided.

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  So, after "tweaking" my elbow at the start of October, it's not getting any better - in fact it's probably worse & i've just gotten used to it...

  I've still been going to the gym but have taken out the "pull" exercises at that seemed to aaggravate it most, but my common sense is finally making an appearance so i'm most likely knocking it on the head for a while.

  Google-fu suggests it's lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow - anyone have experience with this? Have a doctor appointment next week, but i'm guessing lifting weights is going to be off the cards for a bit - certianly don't want to make it worse.

  Fffffuuuu

• Skateboarding

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  That's the one - the big manny pad & the hip curb thing are recent additions. West End is pretty sorted for skating, Kelvingrove just 5 minutes away too, I find that more suitable for a mellow cruise around. Can't wait until next April 'till it stops raining, haha!

• Skateboarding

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  There's a good one at Glasgow Riverside museum along those lines - not really my bag but it's always busy, good to see something different