"Bully" <bully19 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> wrote in message
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> In news:ep2an6$nge$1@otis.netspace.net.au,
> Stephan Carydakis <steph777 DeleteThis @nospam.netspace.net.au> typed:
> > "Bully" <bully19 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> wrote in message
> > news:51jic1F1ki8b1U1@mid.individual.net...
> >> In news:ep22p3$llr$1@otis.netspace.net.au,
> >> Stephan Carydakis <steph777 DeleteThis @nospam.netspace.net.au> typed:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> Nope, deadly serious. If I do any overhead pulling exercise now, I
> >>>> use the lat pulldown machine which doesn't cause the same problem.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> OK. Same kind of thing as me then. How long before it became a
> >>> problem for you?
> >>
> >> Fro mthe time I started doing them -- years.
> >
> > Mmm. I'm thinking the elbow pain just might be a reoccurence of the
> > RSI/tennis elbow I had when playing bass regularly all those years
> > ago. It just seems to have happened very quickly. Do you think that
> > all of the gripping needed to hold heavier weights would add to the
> > elbow injury?
>
> Is it an "elbow injury" or a "distal bicep/tendon" injury. To me, there's
a
> difference. The former would be on the outside, the latter on the inside
> [ventral / dorsal ???].
I have both. The elbow pain is in both arms and the distal biceps tendon
pain is the left arm only.
>
> > Or is it mostly from the dips and pullups?
>
> I would blame the pullups; or that was at least what caused it in my
> situation.
>
> > Some people
> > hate wrist straps and I've read that some people think they can do
> > more harm than good.
>
> Who, tell me...? Is it that damn Pavel again? He looks like he needs a
good
> feed!!
>
> > I have never used them or gloves for that
> > matter. Do you use wrist straps or gloves?
>
> Yes, no. When lifting BIG weights I don't want my grip to give way first.
> You will get those that you should develop your grip so it doesn't give
way
> first, but that's their opinion and nothing else.
I think a balance is probably good yes? Because I do no forearm exercises, I
try to grip everything without aids. My grip has improved over the past 12
months. I used to struggle with 40kg in each hand and now I can handle
(just) doing shrugs with 70kg in each hand.
>
> [...]
>
> >> 5x5 at 110kg is impressive, particularly as a relative newbie!!!
> >>
> >
> > OK. I feel that my chest may be one of my weaker areas but I'm
> > loving, or was loving, the 5x5 trial with the weighted dips as this
> > was starting to build some shape and strength in just 6 weeks. Time
> > to get big legs and abs.
>
> How much are you squatting?
>
I don't squat. I have a 'growth' in my left lower back which the GP called a
fat deposit. As soon as tried squatting, I had pain. So I didn't do them. I
do leg press instead which doesn't seem to cause any lower back issues. I
don't use the 45 at my gym as it has a very odd setup. The foot plate pivots
and the mounting point is very high.When you get the weight down low, it
seems to get heavier than the normal 45 which doesn't pivot. I was at my
bro's gym last Sunday and used their 45. It felt a lot better than the one
at my gym. I managed 150kgx12, 200kgx10 250kgx8 300kgx4(with a spot).
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> Bear in mind most PT's, at least in the UK, carry the minimum level
> >>>> of qualification necessary to get a job in the "fitness industry".
> >>>
> >>> I think it's a fairly under-regulated industry here in Oz as well.
> >>> But as I found out today, she's been in the industry since the 80's.
> >>> Not that it neccessarily means anything, but she seemed fairly
> >>> switched on. She put me on to an Osteopath today. I talked to him
> >>> over the phone and he thinks he can help me.
> >>
> >> Yep, he can help you lighten your wallet -- that's for sure. Does
> >> he have any experience dealing w/athletes.
> >>
> >
> > He doesn't seem to pricey from others I've seen. AUD$65 for first 1
> > hour visit, then $55 for subsequent consultations. Apparently he does
> > treat sports injuries and that PT said she's used him and sent others
> > to him from the local gym. She said she wouldn't send me to a shonk
> > after I explained I'd seen a few of them around. I'll see how it goes.
> >
>
> Yeah, be sure to ask him some searching questions like "How much do you
> bench?" 
!
>
Hehe. Or maybe "How many protein shakes have you had today?" might reveal a
little more.
> [...]
>
>
> --
> Bully
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>
> "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees
> the opportunity in every difficulty." Sir Winston Churchill
>
>
Steph.
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