No Crust Racing

So by now some of you will have heard about Kevin Ogar. http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/crossfit-coach-kevin-ogar-suffers-freak-accident-during-competition/story-fneuzlbd-1226802836305 Here's the video, I know nothing about this lift, what did he do wrong? Anyone got a better vid? No idea why it won't embed. Aids. http://youtu.be/jWJapBpKrQA

Got my MRI back, looks like I've got a protrusion on the disc, is that called a herniated disc or is that something different? Physio said we can work on "managing" it through core strength and wants me to get stuck in straight away while I decide if I want to go that route longer term or opt for surgery. He said there are some good conservative surgeons he knows in Melbourne who will do a microdisectomy (I think that's what it was called) and cut that 5mm protrusion off and sew me back up. He said I'm the perfect candidate for it and should see immediate relief as the rest of my back is in good health. He also said he rarely recommends surgery and only suggests it if he thinks it will have a extremely positive outcome. That said he's happy for me to work on managing it for the moment. I'm assuming I did this that time I was squatting and something went pop and I was in bad pain, but I got over that eventually with rest and stretching. I realise it's not the disc that causes the pain, but the impingement on the nerve. I've read a bit that said stop all exercise other than walking and it will heal slowly, but he said protrusions do not heal and that the upper body work I'm doing at the moment, flat and incline, chins and dips, will have no impact on it. I think I have the prolapse in this image. Thoughts?

Well I got my results, not great, will talk about it in the Infirmary thread.

Thanks mate, just didn't wanna be a jackass asking $100 for a set of mats if they're worth $20. Haven't been able to match them to anything on eBay as yet.

Have not changed anything, still just doing 2x 8reps at a bit over 100 on flat then 2x 10 reps at like 60 with incline which is slowly feeling more stable hence a little more weight on it. That 3x weekly is enough for me at the moment chest wise. Some fat to lose so have adjusted eating and tempo/breaks accordingly as I'd like to trim up a little, whihc is working. I do miss the buzz from doing a bit more but my weights set maxed out at 118 and I don't think I ever did more than 6-7 continuous reps at that weight (would have to go back and look) and I can't see much of a difference in my chest visually benching a bit less but more comfortably. Had my MRI on my back this morning, see what the results say tomorrow, they better show something for the cost...

Morning gents. I don't often visit the Stagea sub but I've been cleaning out my shed and these mats came in my Silvia when I bought it, just wanted to know from what model Stagea they are from and if they're worth much as they're not needed in my track car. Drivers side could use a vacuum but otherwise they appear to be in good condition. Cheers

Nice work Birds

Solid effort was solid, great work. Done sensibly with changes that can be maintained. This is exactly what larger people need to do, make lifestyle changes they can stick too. Still ate your pizza, still had some coke etc. Awesome results mate. Always good to see someone succeed using the basics where so many others fail.

DID YOU SAY UPPER CHEST?!?!?!?!?

If I had a shoulder girdle related injury I would do everything Rev told me to do. If anyone has been through that grinder it's him.

That's no good. I'm sure you'll have options to at least treat the symptoms to get some comfort.

Been a while. Still seeing physio weekly, I'm off for a CT scan this week as there's been little to no improvement. Especially over Xmas where I took it really easy for the most part and was not sitting as much (Physio though that was a big part of it). I've been doing some storm water trenching/digging work but breaking it up and still coming away really sore to the point of taking a couple anti-inflams here and there to help. As for gym, I've knocked the bench weight back to 100kg and just do 2 sets of 8 then 2 sets of 10 on the incline with 55 or so kg just to try and get into incline a little to help my chest shape. This week I also ditched the weight belt on chins and dips and instead of doing 3x8 have just done 3x10-12 at BW to see if the weight belt was causing me any issues, which it didn't. I'm in two minds about re-adding the belt as I'm enjoying doing more reps on the whole. I've lost a little weight 1-2kg through smaller portions, healthier snacks, and a few more reps here and there. 86 or so in the mornings now. See what the scan shows.

Nice work Birdman

It's good you're active but a lot of that is not really considered high intensity and want high intensity - as in max muscle recruitment - to burn max calories and get you into deficit so you'll drop weight. As was said, this is GREAT for core "strength" and you will have a solid platform to perform compound movements with. Funnily enough, all I've done lately is cut back a little on the eating, add a few reps and shorten the breaks (using lighter weight) and my abs are becoming more defined and I'm just an average build (183 - 86-87kg) if anything, I'm a little porky. We're not busting your balls and saying "oh man it's so easy" it's more like, the recipe is pretty simple, calorific deficit and enough work to force the abs to grow. There's genetics in that equation as well though, some guys are just built to develop into otters easily and some are built to develop into bears easily. I've got a little definition but really I could care less as I rarely walk around shirtless in public. This. Also this. And this was me to a tee when I was doing hour long sessions 4 times weekly, still had abs. You just have to make sure you're burning it. The body becomes VERY good VERY quickly and requiring minimal effort to do what you're asking it to so you have to constantly be changing what you're asking of it, not necessarily heavier, just different. Force it to work in different ways all the time.

LOL WTF

I might have an overly simplistic view or maybe my desired outcomes are just really easy to achieve because they are minor but for me it's as simple as when I want to gain weight or get bigger I do heavier weights and eat more protien/carbs etc and when I wanna lean off a little or drop weight I do a bit more cardio and cut back a little on the calories and that seems to work fine enough. If you wanna drop 10kg, what are you doing to achieve it? I'd like to think you've already looked at your diet and tried to cut back on fats/sugars, unnecessary carbs etc, and that you're doing sufficient exercise for your calorie intake. That is, you should have a bit of a calorie deficit. If you're doing those things, properly, you should be losing weight. If you're not losing weight then you're still eating too much or not exercising enough for what you eat so change it.

I don't think it'll ever get that far Troy. By that standard we would also not be allowed to discuss burnouts, speeding, drifting on public roads, or things like speed, pot, etc. A "discussion" hurts nobody. Condoning on encouraging illegal activities is quite another thing.

Clearly I do not even know enough about the topic to see the words in front of my face lol. I could care less if people use it/don't use it. Claim they don't use when they do, or openly admit they do. Your body, your business. If I was competing I'd care, I'm not so I don't.

Heh, yeah mixing it up is always fun/humbling. My goal for this year is to get my back sorted and get back to regular BW Squat and DL if possible. See what happens

No never, so it's a new thing. It's already getting better, I think it was just a combo of it being very light and me not knowing what to hold/how to do the movement smoothly. It was funny though.

Also, swapped out the 3rd set of flat bench for 2 lighter sets of incline just to mix it up. I'm assuming it's not normal for the bar to be flying around above me at only 50kg lol. Clearly I'm lacking some strength in some supporting muscles when benching on that angle.

What did I miss in his post that made it about steroid use? Clearly I'm not up with the lingo.

Yeah I'm lacking cardio badly. Back and ankle does not any decent cardio easy.

I was just reading this: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/how-to-build-a-big-upper-and-lower-chest/ And I'm inclined to think it's likely just excess fat in my case. I don't want my chest to be any bigger at all so I wont be doing flies (can't at home anyway). What I need is to get some cardio back in my routine. Especially as I get older I want to tone and tighten more. Or Euro training... Dips might be contributing as well.

So in the end, the concreter sent a mutual friend around (unbeknownst to me, I just thought he was dropping in to see my shed). we talked about the water issues and I showed him the random apron cut etc. He handed me $100 from the concreter who had said that he didn't want the hassle of dealing with me anymore (I guess those calls were annoying enough) and that he thought if he came around we might punch on (we probably would have as we had exchanged some very heated words on the phone when I told him what I really thought). So if our mutual friend thought what I was saying was fair to just give me the $100 for the weather strip. I bought that GaraSeal one from eBay. It remains to be seen how well it will seal to the concrete sealer and grit additive. If it doesn't seal well I'll pull it up, strip back the sealer and put it down again. The supplier felt it would work fine as is but we'll see. I've also siliconed around the guides and bottoms of the flashings so when the next rain hits I'll know. Here's an offcut of what the strip actually looks like. What you see inside and out. That door rests on the outside of that hump. I've tested pushing the Silvia over the strip and you feel it there but it's not that hard to overcome at least on a light car. Fingers crossed no more water issues.