Random health and exercise thoughts - Page 405

Originally Posted by stinger70

been doing sumo deadlifts for about 3 weeks, and leg press.

Originally Posted by GraphicNovelty

well there you go.

Originally Posted by rjmaiorano

A strong ass is better than no ass. Ask any girl. Or guy...

Originally Posted by stinger70

yeah but...the problem started way before the lower body lifts. So it must be a fat problem not a muscle one.

Originally Posted by Jared

I gotta vent (so feel free to ignore me):

I tried bulking & cutting the last two years and I never really got cut and kept losing all my muscle gains: I guess I don't have the genes for abs. So this spring I decided to just keep on bulking under the theory that being jacked is the next best thing to being cut.

My weight is 5 lbs heavier than my lifetime max and my lifts are all at lifetime maxes. But I'm having trouble gaining more weight and my lifts are starting to stall, so I'm trying to ramp up the milk and creatine.

The girl I just started dating says she likes my body, but she never saw me before for comparison. Half the time when I look in the mirror naked I think I look awesomely huge, but the other half of the time I think I look fat. My rock climbing is suffering. But the worst, THE WORST, is that at least half of my clothes don't fit any more.

Some days (like today), I'm really unsure that this is the right thing to be doing. Other days (deadlift day in particular), it feels great.

Originally Posted by Prada_Ferragamo

I didn't even see the post. Link my ass.

Originally Posted by APK

tl;dr post ahead: Not fully healed, but I'm optimistic that this will not be the case for long. I stumbled upon this a couple of weeks ago and got it based on the glowing reviews from people who sounded like they were dealing with pains similar to mine. It's too early to deem it a total success, but it seems to be working. The basic idea is that most pain that isn't something like a broken bone or torn ligament is caused by a trigger point. These points are small strands of contracted muscle fibers (like a knot) and are tender to the touch. What's interesting about this is that these points can often send the pain elsewhere. This makes treatment difficult, since you aren't treating the actual source of the pain, but rather, where the source is sending the pain. I was skeptical until my stuff arrived (I also bought the Thera Cane and the Knobbler you see recommended on the page I linked to) and got to work. The book is a comprehensive look at the whole concept, but the real strength of it is the dedication of individual chapters to common trigger points in literally every area of the body. Though I was feeling pain near the top of my shoulder, I actually found a trigger point lower down in the supraspinatus area. This is where the barbell was when I would do squats (some of you may recall me noting a pinching sensation in that area from doing squats). It doesn't encompass a large area (maybe the size of a quarter), but holy shit, what I felt when I came across it with the Thera Cane. "Tender" doesn't describe it. "Agony" is a more fitting description. But it was one of those "hurts so good" types of agony while working on it. I also have a lesser trigger point a couple of inches below that (if you drew an imaginary C from the first trigger point, it would connect with the second). So between those, it's clear why that entire area has been a source of discomfort for many months. I work on those two spots daily and while they're both still tender, I haven't been waking up with a stiff shoulder nor have I been feeling any discomfort while doing stuff like DB bench or heavy deads. I still haven't tried any overhead pressing movements; those will be the true test for recovery. I don't expect the healing to be an overnight thing, though. The author states that only new pains are quickly fixed. Seeing as how I was noting this shoulder pain in my training log four months ago, I figure it to be a while before I'm all better. But shit, it's a lot cheaper than visits to the doctor or chiro would have been.

Originally Posted by Rambo

You said that your energy level had gone up since you'd cut down from 6 meals to 4. I was just wondering why you thought that was.

Originally Posted by rjmaiorano

I don't really get how your not able to fit jeans etc. It took me almost 20lbs of bulking to out grow my jeans, then another 25lbs to out grow those. But I spose everyone puts on weight differently.

What confuses me is you said the jeans started not fitting before any leg work. But 6lbs of fat wouldn't make it difficult for myself to not fit jeans.

Originally Posted by mrchariybrown

lucky you.. I gain the majority of my mass in my thighs and ass, so it's about 10lb = 1 size for me :\\