Nickp8's Road to Recovery

[nickp8]

Bench 12/7

Bench Press
135x20
185x10
225x5
255x5
285x3
315x7 (this ties a PR)

JM Press
135x12
135x12
135x12

Hammer Strength Inclines
2ppsx15
2ppsx15
2ppsx15

Pull Ups
5x10

Abs
3x15

[Coke]

3pps x 7 with the bench press is quite impressive dude.

[nickp8]

3pps x 7 with the bench press is quite impressive dude.

Thanks Cocoa, now I just need to get to 405.

[nickp8]

I wasn't happy with my workout on Sunday even though I tied a bench pr. I felt like I half assed the rest of the workout and it wouldn't stop bothering me so I said screw it and did my workout over with a few changes.

Bench
135x20
225x10
255x5
285x3
315x7 (happy that I hit the same number as the day before and I know benching 2 days straight wasn't the smartest thing but I needed to do it for the mental reasons.)

Pull Ups
BWx10
BW+55x6
BW+65x3
BW+75x3
BW+90x3
BW+100x3
BW+100x2
BW+100X1 (this is the first time I tried going heavy with weighted pull ups and I am definately happy with the weight I used)

Chest Supported Rows
2plates x15
3plates x15
4plates x15
4plates x15

Seated DB Clean/Tricep Rollovers/DB Curl superset
10/20/10 w/50lb. DB's for 3 sets

Defintaley made up for the workout the day before, like I said it may not have been the best idea physically but mentally I needed to do it, and I got the 315x7 on video so that's a plus.

[Coke]

Getting back to the benching that way so soon is great...impressive pullups too.

[Tom Mutaffis]

Nice work on the two different 315x7 workouts, sounds like your bench is coming back strong.

[nickp8]

Thanks Cocoa. Tom you got me hooked on the weighted pull ups, and my bench is back to where it was now I just need to hit 405.

[nickp8]

Physical Therapy 12/9

Stair Climber 15 min.
Single Leg Calf Raises 3x15
Step Downs on stairs 3x15
Band stretches 3x15

Then the doctor did some other stretches to loosen up the ligaments and the joint. A lot of my mobility is back, now I need to get the strength and control back.

[nickp8]

Squats 12/9

Box Squats
135x20
185x12
225x5
275x5
315x5
315x14

Power Squats
5ppsx8
5ppsx8
5ppsx8
5ppsx8

Back Raises
3x20

Everything felt like crap today, absolutely everything. I could tell from how just the bar felt that this wasn't going to be a great squat day. My ankle was tight and I got a little pain in the knee on my injured leg. I am going to deload next week.

[nickp8]

[nickp8]

Mil. Press/ Deadlift 12/11

Mil. Press
145x5
165x5
185x5

Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x5
405x5
500x5

This was my first time deadlifting from the floor since I broke my leg Sept.7. I couldn't be any happier with todays weights. I also did this without a belt, with a squat bar, and in a pair of Jordans because I left my chuck taylors at home. I probably had 2 or 3 more in me but I didn't want to push it to far.

Lat Pull Downs
stack x15
stack x12
stack x10

Lateral Raise Machine
100x15
100x15
100x15

Single Arm Barbell Curls
45x8
55x8
55x8 If you haven't tried these, try them. In my mind they are one of the best bicep excersises

Tricep Pushdowns
115x30
115x30
115x30

Tonight was a great workout, it feels amazing to be able to deadlift again.

[Coke]

You resuming the deads now after a few months away from them is great news.

[nickp8]

You resuming the deads now after a few months away from them is great news.

Thanks Coke, deadlifts are my favorite excersise so it made my day.

[nickp8]

Bench 12/14

Bench

135x20
185x15
225x5
255x5
275x5
295x5

DB Floor Press
100x20
100x15
100x12
100x10 (I forgot how much I like these)

Weighted Pull Ups
BW x10
BW+55x5
BW+75x3
BW+95x3
BW+95x3
BW x20

Snatch Grip Barbell Rows
135x15
135x15
135x15
135x15
135x25

DB Cleans
25x25
25x25

Machine Flys
90x20
90x20

Nothing special today, just taking it easy didn't push bench or anything today my pec/delt tie in on my right side feels a little tight.

[Coke]

Session is looking fine throughout.

[nickp8]

Squats 12/15

Barbell Squats

135x12
185x10
225x5
225x8
275x5
315x3
315x3
315x3 This is the first time I have done normal squats since I broke my leg. My strength wasn't to bad and I was able to go below parallel. When I got to 315 it was light but my right leg was shaking so I kept the reps low and focused on staying as light as possible. I am going to try and focus on some single leg excerises like lunges to help my right leg catch up, and I am going to cut the the acc. lifts out for my left leg. I'll try this for 3 weeks and see how it goes.

Leg Press
6pps x8
8pps x8
8pps x8

Hamstring Curls
3x12

BW is 246

[Coke]

Keep working on that right leg man, one day it may overcompensate...solid squats and leg presses.

[-JM-]

Awesome lifting in here Nick. Do you plan to compete at all, once you have fully recovered?

[nickp8]

Awesome lifting in here Nick. Do you plan to compete at all, once you have fully recovered?

Yea I want to compete. I was actually planning on doing my first meet this past October but since I broke my leg I couldn't. Thanks for the support.

[ryuage]

here's to a speedy recovery... Took me nearly 5 months to start doing any kind of heavy lifting since I injured something in my upper and lower body at the same time, haha.

[nickp8]

here's to a speedy recovery... Took me nearly 5 months to start doing any kind of heavy lifting since I injured something in my upper and lower body at the same time, haha.

Thanks man.

[nickp8]

Video

This is the 315x7 on bench from last week.

[nickp8]

Video

[nickp8]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-gP4sOwbg

[nickp8]

I don't know what I did so the link above is the 315x7.