It's been too long part 2 or some numbers

I'm unloading this week but last week my back squat was 190lbs x 10)3, Deadlift off of 3" blocks 165 x 10)3, none of which was that hard.

It's been too long...

Well all is well with the back and the knee is getting better. Played indoors Saturday night and Sunday at the beach (San Onofre). Last week of September or first week of October I started a basic Hypertrophy phase that I will cycle until about the second week in January. What I hope to gain is primary tissue integrity. I'm still doing my AT for my back and knee before I lift. Please let me know if I can answer any questions you may have about low back rehab or training. Talk to you soon!

Phase II

On Tuesday and Thursday of last week I did some light squat snatches and squat cleans. They felt great! Also I'm up to a 20" box for box jumps. Everyday I see a little more of my knee cap, so I'm happy.

Back has been fine but.......

Sometime in early May or late April when everything was going great I did three exercises I had not done together (run, jump rope, and box jump[on and off]) and my knee blew up pretty good. This set me back about two months or so. My squats and the height of the box for jumps AND step downs had been increasing almost daily but the swelling took that all away. Now the day before my birthday things are again looking up. With Dr. Barney and Dr. Ken performing A.R.T. on my knee the past 4 to 5 weeks and me concentrating on perfect form in my workouts things are feeling much better.

Slight setback

I trained last week the day after playing volleyball(Sunday vb, Monday lift). Had a good workout. On Wednesday I squat cleaned, it was some work but ok. Either Wednesday nite or some time Thursday I had some back spasms. Haven't had those in a while. Friday did a lite workout mostly in the sagittal plane. But when I played vb on Sunday some more spasms. Took the week off and saw Dr B. Working on flexibility and core, feeling better, Looking forward to next week.

How's it going!

Yeah it's spring! I love spring for one reason is that summer follows. I'm training and still doing some rehab on my own. 20 to 40 reps each leg of eccentric step downs divided over 3-5 sets of 8-10 reps. My back squat is as of this post 175x10)3. Not much but no pain and I'm going to be patient. I'm power snatching 40kg for sets of 3-5 reps and squat cleans of 50kg for 3-5 reps(this is my front squat workout killing two birds with one stone. OH squats for 30kg 5-8 reps and some snatch balances with the same weight. My knee has some tenderness but not at the patella or quad tendon. I'm also able to jump rope and i'm doing some box jumps, not real high but each couple of weeks a little higher.

Update

It's friday and I will workout today. To catch up on Sept. 30th I had orthoscopic surgery to cut through some of the scar tissue that was inhibiting my ROM. I was immediately able to flex my knee to 140 degrees. Since then I've had the usual set backs (petella tendonitis and lots of swelling). But after having it drained twice my PT and myself feel it's time to go on my own. Wish me Gods blessing and good luck. Thank you.