That’s right. Apparently, I’m one of those guys who sticks his tongue out when he does things with great concentration. I had no idea.
More on that in a moment.
Holiday Party
Saturday night was my company’s Winter Event/Holiday Party. They put on a fabulous event. Two ballrooms at a local hotel, live band in one, DJ in the other. Lots of good food and drinks served all night long. Everyone gets all dressed up fancy-like.
A fantastic time was had by all.
Wife and I stayed the night at the hotel. Grandparents watched the kids. This is our first time ever both being a night away from the children.
We got up and had a leisurely breakfast and made our way back home Sunday morning.
Very nice.
Now, on to this morning’s workout: a new 1RM Overhead Squat, some Bent-Over Rows, Dips, and C&Js.
This Morning’s Workout
- Warmup
- 5x Overhead Squat @ 45#
- 5x Overhead Squat @ 95#
- 3x Overhead Squat @ 115#
- 3x Overhead Squat @ 135#
- 1x Overhead Squat @ 140#
- 1x Overhead Squat @ 145#
- 1x Overhead Squat @ 155#
- Work
- 1x Overhead Squat @ 160#
- 5x Bent-Over Row @ 120#
- 5x Dips @ BW+15#
- 1x Overhead Squat @ 165#
- 5x Bent-Over Row @ 120#
- 5x Dips @ BW+15#
- 3x Overhead Squat @ 150#
- 5x Bent-Over Row @ 120#
- 5x Dips @ BW+15#
- 3x Overhead Squat @ 145#
- 5x Bent-Over Row @ 120#
- 5x Dips @ BW+15#
- 3x Overhead Squat @ 135#
- 5x Bent-Over Row @ 120#
- 5x Dips @ BW+15#
- Then
- 5x Hang Clean @ 95#
- 5x Hang Clean @ 115#
- Then
- 20x Clean & Jerk @ 135#
- (1x each minute for 20 minutes)
I thought the Clean & Jerk portion was going to be a bit more challenging than it turned out to be. Don’t get me wrong - it wasn’t super-easy - but I think I’ll be upping the weight next time I try that.
…and probably wearing a mouth guard.
See, it turns out I’m the kinda guy who sticks his tongue out. I think it’s subtle - I’ve never noticed it before now - but I do.
On rep 17 of the above mentioned C&J set, I cleaned the bar…well…cleanly. Repositioned my feet, dipped…and drove that bar right up into my chin. Bit right through my tongue. Yep. Ouch.
I went over to the water fountain, swished, spit, swished, spit. Fair amount of blood. Crap! Time’s almost up. Back to the bar for the next rep. Back to the water fountain for more swishing and spitting.
I spent the last 3 reps going back and forth. I’ll tell you what, though. Jacking yourself in the face with an Olympic Bar gets in your head. My jerk technique was crap from then on.
Finished the set, gathered my stuff, went to the locker room for a close look in the mirror. Yep. Two big teeth marks, one on top, one on bottom - reasonably deep, swollen and…bleeding.
Remarkably, my tongue pretty much finished bleeding by the time I finished showering and shaving. Brushing my teeth was less than pleasant, but tolerable.
Now, it’s just sore. And my jaw is too.
No more Jerks without a mouth guard. That’s the new weightlifting rule.
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Ouch. I’ve done a lot of appalling things to myself during Clean and Jerks. But never that.
The tip of my tongue is still swollen today. It doesn’t hurt so much, but I sure was talking funny during my 8:30 presentation this morning.
Never heard much back from you about the Slosh Pipe. Have you put it to any use yet?
At the last minute, I decided to leave the slosh pipe project alone until spring. I was having visions of trying to manouvre it into and out of the apartment’s basement for storage and it didn’t sit very well with me.
At my present place, I really need it to be able to just live outside and if I do that right now, I’ll have a frozen slosh pipe. Which won’t be nearly as much…er…fun?
I hope the tongue fully recovers soon.
Freezing it would make it easier.
I am one of those guys too, but I’ve never done that.
I guess I could go with 3 gallons of water and one of antifreeze…
Slosh Pipe: Wisconsin
I also stick out my tongue, particularly while climbing. I have accidentally licked many a foothold at the gym or a bit of quartzite at the lake. Ew.
Happy Healing! At least you didn’t need tongue stitches.
Wouldn’t you know it, I hit myself in the chin while doing cleans last night? Tongue is fine though.
It’s contagious!
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