I'm currently taking a little time to rest. My patellar tendonitis has flared up again most likely due to the one foot take-offs during dash vault practice. Also I jammed my ankle on a landing during said practice, which was aggravated by squats the other day. I spent last week in Quebec, and did two running sessions on the treadmill. Not good for the tendonitis or the ankle. Spent the weekend in a tree stand, which afforded me another excuse to rest as well. Both problems are feeling better, so I will do starting strength tonight by carefully testing out and easing into squats. If the ankle hurts during the warmup I will bag the squats and just do upper body. Probably bench press, weighted pull-ups, weighted ring dips and dumbbell curls. If the ankle can handle the ROM for Deadlifts I my throw those in too.
Plyo and Parkour Skill Practice are off limits for a while. In fact, I will most likely be stopping plyo for a longer period of time. I don't believe it was the plyo that set this stuff off - I think the one foot take-offs are brutal for my left knee. I have a very large ossical from Osgood Schlatters, and too many one foot take-offs are too much for it. When I get back into skill practice I will be limiting the number of these, and when I do decide the time is right for plyo again I will be limiting the height of depth jumps.
11/13/11 - SS Session #15
ATG Squats - 3 sets of 5 reps at 215 lbs.
Bench Press - 3 sets of 5 reps at 205 lbs.
Dead Lift - 1 set of 5 reps at 270 lbs.
11/18/11 - SS Session #16
ATG Squats - 3 sets of 5 reps at 220 lbs.
OH Press - 3 sets of 5 reps at 130 lbs.
Power Clean - 3 sets of 5 reps at 135 lbs.
Weighted Pullups - 3 sets of 5 reps at 25 lbs.
