Tomtomtoms training log

[MrWalk]

You're doing great. Don't be too hard on yourself about the few issues. The set-backs and little injuries are part of the game, you know. Sometimes you just have to back off like you've done and let something get straightened out. Of course, I admit I believe in trying to push through the thing too, if I think I can.

At least the general fitness level and good nutrition seem to make most things heal quickly.

Like Rip says, the pains are our reward for not sitting on our asses. The break I just had to take was long enough for most of my little pains to go away and I missed 'em.

Your squats and mine are going to go up. We can handle it.

BEEFCAKE!

[holvoetn]

Good one, tt.

Yes, we need those vids

[tomtomtom]

Injured left wrist and injured right shoulder really sucks when my girlfriend is out of town for two weeks

[holvoetn]

Ouch !
How come ?

[tomtomtom]

No girlfriend... no right hand, no left hand...

You figure it out!

[holvoetn]

No girlfriend ? Waste of protein, then

[pagangoddess]

Everything felt bad over the weekend. Left wrist, right shoulder, knees slightly stiff. WTF??? Anyways, I thought I would give today a go...

I went through a stretch like that also. I ended up taking a week off and that only helped marginally. But I got through and things are back to smooth sailing. Be patient you'll get through it.

No girlfriend... no right hand, no left hand...

You figure it out!

Be patient. You'll get through that too.

[MrWalk]

Injured left wrist and injured right shoulder really sucks when my girlfriend is out of town for two weeks

I, for one, feel your pain, ttt. That is just terrible, terrible. Not workable at all. You're going to have to improvise.

[tomtomtom]

I went through a stretch like that also. I ended up taking a week off and that only helped marginally. But I got through and things are back to smooth sailing. Be patient you'll get through it.

Did you do anything specific? Get a lot of sleep, eat good, take antioxydants? Massage, healing, a priest, a mullah, anything?

I've been thinking of taking some time off too, but for now I'll keep going...

Thanks for the support guys (and gals )

[pagangoddess]

I went through a stretch like that also. I ended up taking a week off and that only helped marginally. But I got through and things are back to smooth sailing. Be patient you'll get through it.

Did you do anything specific? Get a lot of sleep, eat good, take antioxydants? Massage, healing, a priest, a mullah, anything?

I've been thinking of taking some time off too, but for now I'll keep going...

Thanks for the support guys (and gals )

I had some other shit going on in life that I needed to address and once I got those things in perspective I started sleeping better. The sleep helped improve things.

I had pushed through the squats even though there were small things going on that I didn't take the time to address along the way. I just wanted the numbers. Well once the numbers got high enough all the little things I should have been working on suddenly made themselves known. My squats were at 120 lbs when I literally started over with just the bar. I worked on shoulder and hip mobility. Lots of stretching especially hamstrings and glutes. I was patient when I added weight making sure I kept proper form on each rep.

Hope that helps some.

[tomtomtom]

Wednesday, week 4: By the time I got to the gym my shoulder was feeling ok.

Squats: 1 set @ 20kg - 5 reps... painful. Stopped.

Bench @ 62,5kg - 5/5/5/5/5 : Felt good... no problem.

Rows 50kg - 5/5/5/5/5: Good, felt heavy, but no problems doing them. Heavy as in sweating and breathing hard, my muscles seem fine. Nice pump.

Dips BW - 13/9/7 - Painful in the wrist and shoulder, not very bad, but bad enough

Reverse crunches 6kg: 3x12 - ouch, painful The good kind.

I'm not quite sure what to do about my knees. I think I'm going to have to take atleast two weeks off, and no cheating this time...slooooow. If my shoulder gets any worse I won't be able to do presses or dips. Probably not rows either, so unless they get better, I'm taking a whole week off training... or more. As long as it takes I guess. We'll see...

[tomtomtom]

The day after... Knees feel ok, shoulder feels good, wrist feels terrible. Hehe... It usually takes two days before the shoulder and knees feel bad actually, but it's looking fairly good. My left hand is useless, can't move at all. I have no idea what's going on with it, but if it gets better by tomorrow, I'm training. No squats though...

[holvoetn]

Are you doing any wrist stretching exercises ?

[tomtomtom]

No, not really. Never have... Should I?

It feels better now. Still a bit sore, but I can hold stuff and twirl it without any pain.

[holvoetn]

If you have problems with your wrists after doing squats, you may lack quite some flexibility. Your hands and forearms should make an almost straight line.
See here for more info on stretching (does not only apply to front squat, BTW ):
Wrists: http://stronglifts.com/how-to-stretch-y ... xperience/
Shoulders: http://stronglifts.com/shoulders-dislocations/