The year of the Comeback!

[Poppy]

That’s interesting

 

[JB_rD81]

I’m starting to feel more and more fubar every day… every time I fix one thing, something different starts hurting. My left elbow/forearm extensors hurt so fucking bad I can’t even pick up an Apple, I’ve NEVER had forearm issues. It sucks

 

[Dirtnasty]

Forearms are my issue currently fucking low bar is doing it in. I’m sure at meet when I get hands wider it will be fine other wise bench May struggle bus

 

[Poppy]

Brother keep in mind… you ARE a journeyman and work with your hands all day every day. I’m not being doom n gloom but I was the same way until my promotion. I figured flying a desk half the time would help but it didn’t. The damage was done. It helped a little but not enough to un-fubar me. You aint no 25 year old anymore either.

I wished I could give you the “secret” but I haven’t found it either. Medicinal doses of hgh are still on the table….

 

[JB_rD81]

I broke down and wore my wife’s knee sleeve on my left arm yesterday for my last couple sets of bench and all the squats. It helped, slightly, she’ll be in for a surprise next Tuesday, as my left elbow had enough blue heat on it to make feeling anything but fire almost impossible until I torqued myself under the weight…

 

[JB_rD81]

That’s (HGH) an option, eventually.

 

[Poppy]

I have a pair of the elitfts superheavy knee sleeves that I wear on my elbows now. Gives pretty good support/compression. It helps.

 

[Poppy]

I understand the torque also. I’ve done it before

 

[JB_rD81]

Trained shoulders and weak points tonight… pretty much just turned into overhead presses, side raises, bent over rear delt flyes, pull downs, curls and v-bar pushdowns… wore my wife’s knee sleeves on my arm to help with my left elbow, they worked pretty good, so I informed her that they’re now mine…

 

[Dirtnasty]

Ha. Question when yo feel pain from bicep tendon where is it at.

 

[JB_rD81]

Bicep tendon is typically in the shoulder at the origin, or inner elbow at the insertion… a lot of shoulder pain is misdiagnosed biceps tendinitis

 

[Dirtnasty]

Those are the two spots I feel it in left arm. Goig to stop curls and what not for awhile see if it helps

 

[JB_rD81]

Also, on deadlifts, make sure your elbows are turned to the back of your body and triceps are locked, makes it ALMOST physiologically impossible to rupture a biceps tendon during a pull. Brandon Lilly is very good at explaining

 

[Poppy]

My major fail! That’s how I tore up my lat and probably led to lifelong elbow/bicep tendon problems.

I just couldn’t get my head wrapped around just what you said.

 

[Poppy]

A friend of mine said I was trying to muscle it up rather than dragging it

 

[Dirtnasty]

I’ll have somebody watch me cause it’s too late to change right now

 

[JB_rD81]

That’s a change that you can start to incorporate into your warmup sets, it’ll eventually become nature and you’ll always do it. It will also actually help your lift as it will force you to keep your arms locked and your upper back locked in place thus allowing you to keep everything in the chain tight

 

[Poppy]

I might of had a decent deadlift if we had trained together 20 years ago or so

 

[Dirtnasty]

I’m trying to have decent dead

 

[JB_rD81]

Some training updates. Saturday was our grandsons birthday, so no training, ate maximum junk food (cake and pizza)… Sunday was Day 1 & 2 of week 5, had speed work deadlifts and bench for reps

Bench Press 2x6 @ 205, felt good, left elbow wasn’t happy, but I blue gooed the fuck out of it and wore my wife’s knee sleeves…

Deadlift 6x2 @ 315, no belt. These felt good as well, no pull on my elbow.

Assessory work was all upper for bench as it was my bench day.
Incline dumbbell bench, face pulls, v-bar pushdowns.

Last night, Tuesday, Wk 5 day 3 was heavy squats, 3x2 @ 205 (not so heavy, but not shabby for a fake hip). Knees felt amazing, and depth felt good. Assessory work was

Hack squats, leg extensions, RDL’s and calves