No Crust Racing

Poor Birds Aren't there some gloves you could be modelling or something? It's coming into winter now, time to get those assets out of storage.

Yeah no drama, if that's the case I'll buy a new bar. Can't imagine they're too expensive, although it could be an issue if the longer bars are thicker and thus my plates don't fit.

I'll have you know it's now 5kg AND my feet are up on a box to make it harder thank you very much Decent looking stuff. I did think about the bar, it's a random bar I got ages back, weighs about 10kg I think, honestly not sure of width. If I need a new one I'll get one. It'd have to be as tall as me though so at least 6ft long. LOL Just covering my bases given how my shoulder reacted to OHP of only 45 or so kg. It's either weak or I was doing something wrong so want to make sure I'm not about to be stuck with a bit of gear that locks me into a poor form.

Dude it's a spa, get with it MY question is more so to do with whether or not there's an issue with the grips being too wide. Do you wind up with extra strain in areas you don't want etc. I hit the gym with a mate once and just jumped on a proper dipping station and went at it and it was fine but maybe that was just a good width for me.

So I've continued to increase the amount of light jogging on the morning walk, I'd say I'm now jogging 3/4s of a 2.2k route. It's slow jogging (8/9km/h tops) but it's something. On the gym front, I'm thinking about adding some weight to say the squat, SLDL and the row next week if my back continues to improve through my mad stretching. I'm spending a good 10-15mins stretching before gym and at least 10-15mins stretching before bed every night and using the tennis ball on the sore spot, I would say it's helping. I'm looking at racks, see the may gym thread regarding that.

I'll wade into this. Shorten tendons? TROLOL. Shorten ROM I'd agree with. I've seen plenty of people lifting heavy shorten the ROM to get sets/reps in because they just care about the numbers, nobody ever won gold for having a better ROM than the next guy so long as it meets minimum requirements. That said, for me, stretching (warm up AND warm down) make s a monumental difference because I sit all day. Both the Myo and the Physio said there was no need to stop lifting with my back twinge because it was simple compensatory and due to misalignment of things, poor ROM in certain areas etc. This ios largely being fixed by massage and stretching. So when people say I should do yoga or some shit like that, they are probably right. I can't remember which fast bowler it was (McGrath or Lee) who had recurring issues (think it was Lee) and spent the entire off season focusing on mad stretching and came back better/faster/stronger without the issues. I'm very pro stretching these days because every soft tissue strain I've had has largely been fixed by improving ROM through stretching, but as for your tendons literally being shortened? No. That aside. I can get this rack, plus a bench to go in it for about $550 delivered. The problem is the guy can't tell me the width between the dip handles and they're not adjustable. Not sure if I should risk it or not, there are other racks, and on that is $100 cheaper but I can't get them here for less than about $200 bucks so it works out more expensive. Rack http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171007504897&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:AU:1123#ht_5901wt_906 Bench http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/170917826387?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D170917826387%26_rdc%3D1#ht_6059wt_910

Imbalances are right up my alley, I should definitely get one. Just gettig freight quotes on racks at the moment.

That would suit Birds fine, I'm sure if he could clone and date himself he would

People keep referring to vaginas in a derogatory sense, implying weakness. It's been said before, that testicles are pretty damn fragile, but the vagina can take a pounding by comparison. Take that how you will

Yes you will, I'm pretty sure your post count will start going backwards now too. Until you go and squat again. And don't hate on vagina's a decent one can take an absolute pounding.

Has anyone had experience with the Hex Trap bar? Looks like it could be a bit easier/safer on the back. I'm not about to buy one, just a random discussion topic more than anything. Part of me thinks that it'd allow you to lift more without risking the back, but at the same time makes me think that if the back is supposed to be getting a workout during DLs then you're kind of cheating. I'm thinking it makes the squat a pull exercise rather than push too. http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most.../the_trap_bar_deadlift

Ahh, good memory.

I probs just bitched about it but didn't deliver pics.

I thought I'd already shared this awesomeness, guess not.

Also, Nick I started doing some very light lateral raises also. Like 2 sets of 8 with 3kg dumbells lol

Haha, yeah the boys at paintball weren't stoked to see it. A few of them walked away when I attempted to put it back in place thinking it was just a dislocation, got it back to about 30 degrees but it was jamming against the bottom of the Tib, once I got into hospital and jumped up on the bed it flopped back to 90+ lol The worst of it was that it occurred during a bucks day, of which I was the best man and I spent the night in hospital after having surgery =\

Hah, cheers dude. You will see though, I've lowered the weight and worked on form which has made the motion harder and thus giving me better results for lower weight. I do one curl exercise, before I was doing at least 3, plus I now do curls near the end of a session so my energy is being put into compound movements first and foremost. I'd say that's a decent change? Forgot to add spent some time on the tennis ball last night also and I'd say it helped a bit.

TBH, I won't be bothering with DL, I'm like you, only in it for basic strength improvement and the looks and I can get that from other exercises that are a bit easier/safer for me to do. If you go to a Physio try and get one that is actually hands on, so many just assess and advise without actually working (massage etc) on the issue. I see a Physio, as that's free, and a Myo which isn't but the Myo actively works on the issue and helps me stretch it, give a deep tissue massage and gives me pointers on how to free it all up myself at home.

Chin up Birds, it's shit but most of us have been there. I've had some decent soft tissue injuries along the way that slowed me down/stopped me cold for long periods. I started out at 65kg when I first lifted a weight and was a desk jockey who hadn't played any decent sport since high school. Through all of that I got up to mid 90kg's, but as mentioned that was not without injury and set back. The good thing about injuries, from my point of view at least, is that they teach you new things about your body, new ways to do things, how to improve movements, better appreciation for what you had, etc. Almost always, the people with the right attitude, which will be most of us here, will come back stronger over time. If it helps, this is what I did in October... And yes, that is beyond 90 degrees clockwise rotation about the ankle joint. Ruptured most things and spiral fractured the Fib. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151461078874838&set=a.10151461078724838.586369.753524837&type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151461079019838&set=a.10151461078724838.586369.753524837&type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151461305669838&set=a.10151461078724838.586369.753524837&type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151601549784838&set=a.10151461078724838.586369.753524837&type=3&theater The diastasis screw (the big one) was removed but everything else remains. I was told it would be a solid year before I could even consider running again and prior to this I was covering at least 100k's a month on foot, not heaps but decent for me as I've never been much of a runner. I'm already back to light jogging and have done a few 3k runs without too much issue (beyond swelling) because I wanted to get back into it and have been working hard on the rehab side. I also spent a bit of time sitting to do my gym work and come to realise how weak my back/core was. So now I've started on squats, DL, SLDL, rows etc to get my legs and back/shoulders strong, which I wasn't doing before so in the end I should wind up stronger and better than I was, granted with a slightly deformed ankle and a need to pay attention to it, but that's no different to any other decent injury you have. You'll be fine soon enough

LOL!

We should have a white off. My mid section is a sight to behold. The gut is pretty impressive too.

f**k me I lol'd at that Gen y speak. If it helps Troz, I'm not DL either while I get my back sorted. Light squats, light SLDL, and a Myo once a fortnight, a HEAP of stretching, a podiatrist visit this weekend, and still seeing the physio the hopsital provided. At least get looked at by a pro to find out if it's an acute issue, compensatory, referred etc. For me, the issue is compensatory from my busted ankle/broken leg and just takes time to fix so while I fix it, I work around it. The key is I don't get any discomfort while doing my exercises. Get it looked at, get it sorted, then get back into whatever exercise you want. </2cents>

Walked this morning, gym tonight. Had a solid 20min stretch before exercising then got into it. Did everything as normal, almost made the 8th rep of the 3rd set of curls too. Managed a 90sec plank at the end and managed to fit 5kg in my pockets for my dips. Went for another walk afterwards. See how I pull up tomorrow. Seeing my podiatrist friend on Saturday.

I almost took a selfie tonight after having a reasonable session but my heterosexuality prevented it. That, and I remembered that I'm the whitest mother f**ker around with no muscle. Good times.

That's some kinky stuff you got there...