John R's journal of 'seeya later pec'
| plonker |  | John R's journal of 'seeya later pec' | 01-07-2010 @ 22:59 |
The world famous projectile vomit master Member 1293, 443 posts SQ 210, BP 155, DL 280645.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | Ok.. so been lurking here and there and made a few s**tty posts... started strongman about 2 1/2 months ago.. used to play rugby.... was loving it, and have done two competitions.... 2nd in the first one (narrowly pipped by joni) 4th in the other... strength has been going up really quick since starting the sport... then last week thought i'd go heavy on flat bb bench.... pop... seeya later mr pectoral attachment.... bloody rubbish... so surgery on 19th july to re-attach... which will be 3.5 weeks post injury... so this is my road to recovery and hopefully back stronger than ever.. ( except benching of course) Anyway plan is to recover super quick, with a s**t load of supplements.. (anti-inflams and other tissue re-building supplements) once decided i'll post what i'm taking and keep it updated.... as for now.. can still train some upper body with high reps.. and can do front squats also for now.... joni had a similar injury and has given me some good info.. and i'll be checking out his log of his recovery in more detail.... anyway i'll post more s**t closer to my surgery.... | ||
| CP | | ... | 01-07-2010 @ 23:08 |
Member 830, 314 posts SQ 235, BP 155, DL 240630.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq | Sorry to hear that john.. All the best for the surgery and rehab.. | ||
| plonker | | ... | 02-07-2010 @ 05:47 |
The world famous projectile vomit master Member 1293, 443 posts SQ 210, BP 155, DL 280645.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | Cheers craig... | ||
| Joni | | ... | 03-07-2010 @ 16:07 |
 left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | hurts to read mate  after i sent you the link to my rehab journal i read a bit myself and my heart sank. It is such a tough time! But i feel like it gave me a lot too - its not trying to sugar coat it but just that you can try to make the best out of a s**tty situation. Hope the op goes well mate, enjoy the morpine, i know i did  | ||
| pikey_dan | | ... | 03-07-2010 @ 19:25 |
 Dropped a bollock somewhere Member 808, 1241 posts SQ 225, BP 120, DL 250595.0 kgs @ 98kgs UnEq | Sorry to hear about the injury mate hopefully a speedy recovery? | ||
| bigbadbish | | ... | 03-07-2010 @ 19:26 |
 A World class farmer Member 576, 3429 posts SQ 350, BP 200, DL 400950.0 kgs @ 136kgs UnEq | Heard about this today mate. Gutted. Good luck with the recovery, see this as a chance to squat B I G! | ||
| plonker | | ... | 04-07-2010 @ 20:27 |
The world famous projectile vomit master Member 1293, 443 posts SQ 210, BP 155, DL 280645.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | Cheers fellas... Anyway.... so tomorrow will be two weeks til surgery unless my mri scan shows up some sort of surprise.... so the last week the injury has been feeling better.. and isn't as restrictive as you might think.. can do rows.. light bis/tris and light db overhead pressing.... and front squatting is fine and deadlifts are pretty much as good as normal... shoulder feels a bit tight on lockout when i go heavier... but anything slightly chest is off the menu as the majority of my pec isn't there anymore... so thursday... Front squats/standing leg curls i'm a atg olympic style squatter for both front and back squats.. front squats 5x60 3x80 3x100 2x110 1x120 1x130 1x135 pb 1x140 pb!! f**king tough though.. came up and it turned into a frontsq/good morning hybrid pretty pleased though ham curls.. good.. stack for 7x5.... saturday... deadlifts/ gaybodybuilding upper body circuit.. deads 8x60 5x100 5x140 3x180 3x200 2x210 2x220 1x230 1x240 1x250 1x260f would have been pb.. think i would have got it but felt the injury twinge slightly as it got to my knees... 190x10 upperbody: single arm overhead db press 18x10 24x12 24x11 24x9 24x8 inverted barbell rows 3x12 standing rope extensions/preacher curls... can't really remember weights just burnt the guns out!! so gonna try similar stuff until surgery over the next two weeks... | ||
| Boar | | ... | 04-07-2010 @ 20:29 |
 Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25597 posts Administrator | very best of luck with it plonker mate ! joni went thru a bit of a rough time but always kept goin with what he could do and befor we knew it he was trying out his new pec !! | ||
| mikehowarth | | ... | 04-07-2010 @ 20:45 |
 Not so much as forgotten as can't remember Member 894, 4924 posts SQ 245, BP 167.5, DL 272.5685.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | Excellent training around the injured area! Don't see it stopping you none. Best wishes for the op john! | ||
| Joni | | ... | 04-07-2010 @ 21:01 |
left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | mate, how can you deadlift with the injury? well i guess if it is completely torn off but hey, deads are a big no no for a long time after the surgery i am afraid if this is a pec major tear we are talking about. There are stories of guys actually tearing their pecs from deadlifts when going for it too early in the recovery. MRI scan showed nothing for me because the guy didnt know how to read it the fifth doctor i saw who finally diagnosed it needed nothing but about 3 seconds and one test of moving my arm. He booked the operating room there and then. | ||
| plonker | | ... | 04-07-2010 @ 22:15 |
The world famous projectile vomit master Member 1293, 443 posts SQ 210, BP 155, DL 280645.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | well i saw the shoulder surgeon already... he just wants to have a look before he operates.. yeah i've no doubt deadlifting is off for a while  but for now it just doesn't seem to hurt much... and i guess i can't make it worse... so... | ||
| Cuddles | | ... | 05-07-2010 @ 07:10 |
 Eat.Cycle.Sleep.Win Member 2, 12511 posts SQ 190, BP 150, DL 280620.0 kgs @ 99kgs UnEq Administrator | All the best for your recovery mate. | ||
| David | | ... | 05-07-2010 @ 08:52 |
 I ♥ Dr. Gillian McKeith Member 17, 742 posts SQ 0, BP 180, DL 0180.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | Yeah good luck with the op and recovery mate! What were you benching when you did it? Close to your max or just when banging out some reps? | ||
| plonker | | ... | 05-07-2010 @ 14:27 |
The world famous projectile vomit master Member 1293, 443 posts SQ 210, BP 155, DL 280645.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | 151k.... not really a bench fan.. thought i'd go heavy... mistake.. was going up quite nicely as well until about 4 inches off my chest  cheers for comments fellas | ||
| Joni | | ... | 05-07-2010 @ 14:31 |
left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | the reason might lie elsewhere. Well in fact it has to lie elsewhere, because its not like this is a common injury. For me it was that i had tight pec tendons to start with - and i had been tearing them slowly from a tight squatting position (tight shoulders + tight triceps + short tende pec tendon + tight narrow grip on squat bar = small accumulative tearing in the pec tendon). I ignored the warning signs, or didnt understand them. I thought i had achy shoulders, but it was the pec tendons insertion point in the shoulder. So it didnt take much for it to tear off the bone when benching (tendon stretched to the limit & contracting) | ||
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