Steady living, which means hamstring tear, trip to Finland, enrolling in University, arranging a competition and getting ready for international Grand Prix.
After our wedding and the British Nationals, me and Emma stayed put for an award winning over 3 weeks! Of course an occational trip inside the country interrupted that, but otherwise for once we were relatively still.
Still does not mean boring, mind you. Hard training, sponsorship deals, arranging my own competition that will be one the greatest Pro comps in Europe and on top of all, enrolling in University. All that was going on and ensured boredom doesn´t set in! On top of that we finally had time to bask in the joy of our newlywed life. Yeah, sounds kinda dull, but hey, we newlyweds are allowed to boast with our love every chance we have, so suck it up.
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| Boasting |
University
I actually dropped out of high school, left vocational school for work and academically were an upset for all the teachers who claimed to see a glimmer of talent. Well, I was just waiting for the time to be right! I ventured into musical theatre school for a year in 2011/2012, and it sparked something inside of me. But being of a non-academic family and without secondary education not allowed even to apply in the Finnish system, University was not really in my sights..
But with Emma I stepped first time in my life actually inside one of these intimidating smart peoples dens, and found it rather welcoming. Scroll forward 4 months and now I am officially accepted into Glyndwr University to study for a Bachelors degree in English and Creative Writing!
On the fourth week of September I will continue my journey in the academia, and see if the teachers and close ones who said they saw some talent were right or not. And I must say I am thankful for the opportunity. For all the people who believe in me, my wife and the people of Glyndwr.
I´ll devote my first Bestseller to them.
What? A man has to have goals doesn´t he?
Hamstring tear
Not to be too perfect, our lovebunny life was interrupted also with a minor tear in my hamstring. No, it did not occur during heavy squats. No, neither did it occur deadlifting or wrestling. And NO! Yeah, you perv who thought it went in the bedroom, it did not!
It went sprinting.
And that would not be a reason for shame, if the exact same thing on the same leg wouldn´t have happened 4 years ago! On top of that, doctor then told me about this movement deficiency in my hip joint that made me a candidate for tears if I sprint on even ground. After couple of years of martial arts I thought that was fixed.
It was not.
Well, luckily I am a fast healer and I have good help. Zaheer Abbas, an osteopath par none, saw me immediately after the tear, and again at the end of the week. Emma applied some techniques on the hamstring also on few occasions, and I avoided painkillers and ice like hell, trained, moved, teased and gave hot treatment to the leg.
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| Zaheer, an osteopath, not a nutritionist |
Avoiding all the components of the outdated "rest, ice, compression and elevation"-bollocks, 10 days after the tear I squatted a double with 150, last week a double with 170 and this week we will see if I can go higher again. Movement is almost complete and I even had 8 rounds of light boxing with it.
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| 10 days after the tear, rehabbing |
Training
Training has been going relatively well, all things considered. Great emphasis has been put on nutrition and training, but still there are unturned stones on those departments. Especially interresting I have found the effect of carbs pre- and during workout, and the exercise selection is also geared towards rehab/prehab and increasing/upholding integrity of the system and mobility. Of course after one big compound movement with reasonable weights, that I see as a given.
I ventured into heavier weights at the Gometal powerlifitng meeting with Emma, Ano, Minna and many Finnish powerlifting stars at the opening of the new Metal Gym in Helsinki, the capitol of Finland.
240 was the biggest weight I had handled since the Europeans, so 280 on a 2" board was the best I managed, and 275 from the chest. 300 I tried twice, but technical difficulties and straight out lack of strength made me miss those.
Ano checking out as 275 gets down:
http://auvinen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Gometal%20Powerlifting%20Meeting/DSC_8542.jpg?img=smaller
This week my nervous system was more accustomed to the bigger weights, so 300 from a 2" board was a success! That was the last heavy heavy workout until the comp, so we can only hope I will better my 272.5 from the Europeans.
So that was it this time, thank you for reading. I also urge you to check out my competition page! 120+ lifters, including over half a dozen world champions competing in my hometown of Paimio, Finland!
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