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Today is a rest/walk day. I took the dog to the park and we walked for an hour - about 3 miles. Tomorrow will be an upper day. Also went and washed my new car because it was filthy after all the snow, and some jerkoff wrote "ASS" in the dirt on the back of my car! Sheesh, tell me what you really think!

Other than that, good day so far. :smilielol5:
 
Jenniquest said:
some jerkoff wrote "ASS" in the dirt on the back of my car!
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I really don't get people like this.
Glad you're having a good day Jen.
 
If you're going to do higher weights for lower reps, I would absolutely do a few warm up sets at a lower weight. Can help you keep from getting hurt, especially if your sets start in the 70% area.
 
cate said:
I really don't get people like this.
Glad you're having a good day Jen.
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Brent Loewen said:
F’in idiot!!!!

Great “rest” day! We’ll fire it up tomorrow!

PS - I’m really thankful I found u guys!
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LaMaria said:
As a 10-year-old, I´d have found that hilarious...
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Thanks! Not sure why it was written on my car - could've been a kid or maybe I parked badly, lmao.


-Cory- said:
If you're going to do higher weights for lower reps, I would absolutely do a few warm up sets at a lower weight. Can help you keep from getting hurt, especially if your sets start in the 70% area.
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Good advise, considering I think I strained my neck/back. It's feeling better now, but was hurting for a few days in a bad way. :ambivalence:

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Hello! Checking in.

So, I hurt my neck/back. Not sure how. Think maybe the deads, but I can't say for sure. I'm feeling better now, taking Advil and it seems to have eased up a lot, but I basically took it easy all weekend and ate like crap. :rolleyes:

I see Dr. Furr tomorrow for my shoulder, so if the neck is still hurting I will ask him about that too. Also getting my hair done in the morning! Anyways, if things check out with the Dr, I'll hit the gym again tomorrow and get back on track with my diet.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!
 
Thanks everyone! :)

Saw Dr. Furr. He did xrays and an exam. Says it's most likely biceps tendinopathy. Suggested lowering weights for push exercises at gym, advil, and time. If that doesn't do the trick, scan it and go from there.
 
Hm. While I agree that your symptoms as described could very well be tendinopathy lowering weights and time only work long-term if you´re very sure your rotator cuff coordination during shoulder movement is on point. Which it may be, but if this isn´t the first time it happened it also may not be.
 
I hate that diagnosis. Not specifically for you. Any time they tell me it just needs rest and they can't fix it immediately, I get really frustrated. :p
 
If it doesn't get better...(I don't give medical advice) but I had chronic shoulder pain after building my pond...and a chiropractor 'fixed' it after just a few visits. Not saying or recommending anything...I'm guessing it's muscle related as well...hope you recover quickly.
I did take Taekwondo with a doctor for several years...he was real big on...put ice on it!
 
LaMaria said:
Hm. While I agree that your symptoms as described could very well be tendinopathy lowering weights and time only work long-term if you´re very sure your rotator cuff coordination during shoulder movement is on point. Which it may be, but if this isn´t the first time it happened it also may not be.
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Dr. Furr basically said there's a possibility the tendon has deteriorated and it might snap, regardless of what I do. If I were in my 20's, he'd scan it, and do surgery if necessary, but since I'm in my 40's, the surgery is not as effective, and there's a possibility it would just snap again. If it does snap, I will still have full movement, but it will look a bit different from my other arm. That would be important to me if I was wanting to do bodybuilding shows or if I was just really hung up on my appearance, but I'm not so much anymore. So, I'm going to make adjustments, but I'm not fretting about it too much, if that makes sense? Oh, and he encouraged me to keep lifting, just back off a bit for several weeks to see if the inflammation subsides on its own.

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I hate that diagnosis. Not specifically for you. Any time they tell me it just needs rest and they can't fix it immediately, I get really frustrated. :p
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Me too!!! But I'm kind of used to it ... lol

OneEyedJack said:
If it doesn't get better...(I don't give medical advice) but I had chronic shoulder pain after building my pond...and a chiropractor 'fixed' it after just a few visits. Not saying or recommending anything...I'm guessing it's muscle related as well...hope you recover quickly.
I did take Taekwondo with a doctor for several years...he was real big on...put ice on it!
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Yeah, ice is good! I have been to the chiro before and if it doesn't improve I will try it for shoulder - thanks for the suggestion!
 
Ok guys and gals, I was reading Cory's thread and a few of us are struggling with diet or have fallen off the diet wagon. If I start a thread in Challenges for Feb, will anyone be interested in a Feb Diet Challenge?

My plan is to hit the gym today. I may switch to a full body routine while I'm letting the shoulder rehab a bit. Here's what I am thinking:

Squats
Romanian deads
Bench
OH Press
BB rows

5 compounds, every other day, no accessories, long walk on off days

Thoughts?
 
There's nothing that stops my process deader than an injury. Pretty much every time I've decided to shape up, it comes crashing to a halt with some kind of infirmity. Probably it's much worse because you haven't yet got an accurate handle on what's going wrong.
As to the possibility of a tendon deteriorating: I'd hardly write you off at your age. Not even at mine.

I wish I could give you meaningful comment on your workout plan. It sounds like you're planning to do what you can. Just make sure you don't strain something else in avoiding stressing your shoulder. Have you developed an aversion to the stair mill? I know you've said you don't love cardio but as long as you're continuing significant resistance, wouldn't it be helpful to log some cardio while you're at it or is that implied as warm up for the weights?
 
Injuries kill me too. They make me grumpy because I can't do all the things I want to do. I also have more free time to be bored....because I can't do the things I want to do. My eating habits go down the shitter.

Be careful benching if you are having shoulder issues. It can be a shoulder fucker.
 
Which grip have you been using for your deadlifts ? If you have been using mixed grip, is the bad bicep on the arm used primarily for the underhand portion of the grip ? the underlying cause sounds like a form problem.

also consider having a physiotherapist, preferably one with sports injury experience, often doctors take the easy option of rest and drugs rather than finding the cause and providing proper rehab to prevent it happening again in the future.
 
Hale said:
There's nothing that stops my process deader than an injury. Pretty much every time I've decided to shape up, it comes crashing to a halt with some kind of infirmity. Probably it's much worse because you haven't yet got an accurate handle on what's going wrong.
As to the possibility of a tendon deteriorating: I'd hardly write you off at your age. Not even at mine.

I wish I could give you meaningful comment on your workout plan. It sounds like you're planning to do what you can. Just make sure you don't strain something else in avoiding stressing your shoulder. Have you developed an aversion to the stair mill? I know you've said you don't love cardio but as long as you're continuing significant resistance, wouldn't it be helpful to log some cardio while you're at it or is that implied as warm up for the weights?
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Yes, I have a serious aversion to the stair mill, but I would not say it's new by any means - I have a love/hate thing with that machine. I did it yesterday ... it sucked. It always does. :smilielol5:

-Cory- said:
Injuries kill me too. They make me grumpy because I can't do all the things I want to do. I also have more free time to be bored....because I can't do the things I want to do. My eating habits go down the shitter.

Be careful benching if you are having shoulder issues. It can be a shoulder fucker.
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Yes, I'm exactly the same. Boredom = overeating. Hopefully the Feb challenge will help out! It will be a good thing for me to focus on!

Brent Loewen said:
I am so hoping the shoulder improves. Injuries suck!!!

Hang in there and I’m in for February’s challenge
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I am ready too! We can do this!!

Trusylver said:
Which grip have you been using for your deadlifts ? If you have been using mixed grip, is the bad bicep on the arm used primarily for the underhand portion of the grip ? the underlying cause sounds like a form problem.

also consider having a physiotherapist, preferably one with sports injury experience, often doctors take the easy option of rest and drugs rather than finding the cause and providing proper rehab to prevent it happening again in the future.
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For deads, I've been doing the overgrip, not under. But the shoulder issue has been going on for longer than I have been working out - it started this past Sept/Oct with pain while taking off shirts. It has improved at times, for weeks it will feel okay, then it will flare up again, so it makes sense to me that it's inflammation, as that seems to be the course inflammation takes. Also, I have rheumatoid arthritis, so inflammatory responses can go haywire in my body. My main reason for the visit was actually just to make sure the joint itself wasn't deteriorating. The joint itself looked normal - which is great. It means no permanent joint damage or hardcore immunosuppresants to stop the inflammation.
 
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