» Vomit (Go to post) | 06-06-2009 @ 19:58 | ||
I always thought having a puke bucket just outside the gym was traditional for a real gym! There's one parked outside my shed even now. As for classic pukes, mine was over a security guard outside Uni (long time ago) in front of 400 people & getting cheered for it. Then waking up the next morning with the bruising from a car tire going from one shoulder to the other hip. Damn that was a good session | |||
» Clavicle bone pain - advice please (Go to post) | 18-04-2009 @ 13:15 | ||
On the other side of things, if they do break get them looked at. It's a mis-set broken clavicle that sealed the eventual doom of my shoulder. Good news is that lifting isn't a common way to break them. Andy | |||
» Opinions on a strange sensation (Go to post) | 29-01-2009 @ 13:35 | ||
Why does this remind me of an old joke ====================================== Joe was in great shape, but as he got older he was increasingly hampered by incredible headaches. When the pain became unbearable, he sought medical help. After being referred from one specialist to another, he finally found a doctor who provided a solution. "The good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration. You have a very rare condition. Your testicles sit unnaturally close to your coccyx, the base of your spine. The close proximity creates migraine headaches. The only way to relieve the pain is to remove the testicles. " Joe was shocked and depressed, but decided he had no choice but to go under the knife. After the operation, the pain was gone, but he felt ugly and deformed. As he walked down the street, he realized that he needed an ego boost. He walked past a men's clothing store and thought, "That should help - a new suit!" He entered the shop and told the salesman, "I'd like a new suit." The young salesman eyed him briefly and said, "Let's see, size 44 long?" Joe laughed, "That's right, how did you know?" "It's my job sir" replied the salesman. Joe tried on the suit, it fit perfectly. As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked, "How about a new shirt?" Joe thought for a moment and then said, "Sure!" The salesman eyed Joe then said, "Let's see, 34 sleeve, 16 and a half neck..." Joe was surprised, "That's right, how did you know?" "It's my job sir" came the familiar reply. Joe tried on the shirt, and it fit perfectly. The salesman asked, "How about new shoes?" Joe was on a roll and agreed. The salesman eyed Joe's feet and said, "Let's see, nine-and-a-half?" Joe was astonished. The salesman was right again. Joe tried on the shoes and they fit perfectly. He walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked, "How about some new underwear?" Joe thought for a second and said, "Sure, new underwear might help" The salesman stepped back, eyed Joe's waist and said, "Let's see, size 40." Joe laughed smugly, "No way, I've worn size 32 since I was 18 years old!" The shocked salesman shook his head, "You can't possibly wear a size 32 sir! Wearing underwear that tight would press your testicals up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache!!" | |||
» Drills and kit and stuff (Go to post) | 29-01-2009 @ 13:27 | ||
I made a dragging sled up once by pouring concrete into the middle of a large tyre with a lump of scaffold set in the middle so I could add extra weight. Nice and cheap to do and lasts for ages, a bit like my cheap wrist roller, concrete poured into an oversize washing up liquid bottle with some tow rope set into it. You could even tie two smaller tyres together and fill them with concrete and have a weird sort of stone. As for the loading stuff, I used to use an old army kit bag with my chains loaded in them; a fiver for the kit bag and 40 quid for 6 * 2m lengths of chain second hand from a chandlers What can I say, I had spare concrete | |||
» Buying a good bar (Go to post) | 28-01-2009 @ 20:41 | ||
I havent had any problems with the Crains bars I've used for a few years. Though they are power bars. If you have ever lifted at Hamiltons in the East mids you have used one. | |||
» immortal quotes from strength athletes (Go to post) | 12-01-2009 @ 11:56 | ||
@Phil The quote originated on the Deepsquatter website, they even marketed T-shirts for it many moons ago. Back on the quotes, one from a "coach" to me before I headed onto the platform "If it feels heavy push harder" and followed on the same day "Squeeze like your going to crap yourself, but dont" An old time favourite of mine though "Pull until your eyes bleed" | |||
» immortal quotes from strength athletes (Go to post) | 12-01-2009 @ 10:01 | ||
Old classic, but says it all in my book "Go heavy or go home" | |||
» Favourite alcoholic drink!? (Go to post) | 09-01-2009 @ 09:28 | ||
For the rare tipple Guiness Laphroaig Talisker Ardbeg Long gone are the days of the purple nasty | |||
» Which flavour bands to buy? (Go to post) | 16-12-2008 @ 21:00 | ||
Personally I'm a fan of the Jumpstretch bands, but only because a set of Ironwoodies split on me once. Slap a pair of Blue and Green Jumpstretch on a bar and have some fun. | |||
» Korte's 3x3 (Go to post) | 16-12-2008 @ 09:57 | ||
- Tried it and trained a few people with it. - It hurts like hell and kicks the crap out of you to start with. - If you can get used to it you can get some great gains, but they will plateau with extended use like any method. - If you can't rest enough, eat properly or injure easily don't go near it. The people who I have seen get the best results are the ones with joints and tendons built out of steel. Normal humans quite often end up either burning out or as you state, getting injured (though when were powerlifters ever considered normal), as everything though YMMV. If you are thinking about using this approach though and fancy some research on the subject there are some good bits on the Deepsquatter archives and if you can find them there are some translated research papers from the old eastern block coaches about volume build up over time in their Olympic program which is probably relevant to using the Korte approach - pity I cant find the link to the damn things at the moment - though one good source for technical info is still Supertraining by Mel Siff, which I believe is a basis for a lot of the Westside methodology. Anyhow, enough rambling from me. From a personal standpoint, if you can stand the workload and lack of auxilliary work its well worth giving a shot; despite the pain. | |||
» DOMS (Go to post) | 11-12-2008 @ 14:29 | ||
I've tried both approaches over the last 15years and looking back at the training logs it didnt make much difference either way in terms of progress apart from in one important area. As I got older I found that when I trained through DOMS for any period of time I ended up with some form of injury; not immediately, but a month or two down the road and not always in the obvious areas. Normally I would write these off as normal training injuries, but looking back at the diary history it just screamed at me that I wasn't resting enough to repair the trauma to the muscles and I was saving up problems for when my body decided to make me pay my dues. One thing I did try and from the records appears to have worked is to schedule in a recovery session a couple of days after the main work just to get the blood going and work out the stiffness. E.g. Some medicine ball, sand bag or kettle bell work, to get the body working again but not over stressing or breaking down the recovering microtrauma In the new year when I finally get back doing some training I will be going for the rest/recover approach myself and hopefully my damned b*ggered shoulder will at least let me do something if I treat it nice. | |||
» the problem of loaders (Go to post) | 11-12-2008 @ 09:32 | ||
Definitely, down in the East Mids we have operated on at a minimum of one weeks cut off before the contest, sometimes two dependant on the size and location. That way you not only have time to get running orders, table cards, refs and maybe even loaders sorted but you can adjust your expensive trophy orders so you don't have a large wastage. | |||
» the problem of loaders (Go to post) | 10-12-2008 @ 20:57 | ||
From the confidence side, Tracy and I used to run spotter information and practice sessions before a contest if we had new spotters helping out so they knew what was expected and how to go about it. All you need is a competant referee and a willing stooge for the demo stuff. Helped loads when we used to do it. | |||
» Narrow stance squatting (Go to post) | 10-12-2008 @ 20:40 | ||
Btw - If you are feeling really like inflicting pain on yourself try 21's with narrow stance squats. That will make your legs hate you. | |||
» Narrow stance squatting (Go to post) | 10-12-2008 @ 20:38 | ||
Good to hear I was wrong, but with those pains you can never be too careful. Having had a surgical inflicted hernia I know the pita it can be. Good luck on the narrow stance stuff |