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really sucks, I blew out my elbow doing tri's. I had to stop doing bi's and tri's altogether. Oh well, it'll get better in time. I can still do chest, back, shoulders, core and legs. injuries blow.
 
Oh man, those weightlifting vids make me cringe. I saw some about guys benchpressing that looked fatal. However , no my current injury is nothing so severe. Tendonitis, sucks. what got it flaring up was grabbing a heavy preweighted curl bar to do tri's behind my head, and lifting it off the rack I felt something in kinda pull in my elbow. and its been hurting for like 2 months since. This is nothing new though, I've been lifting a long time and injuries happen, tendonitis just takes absolutely forever to heal. (especially when your job is physical) I've just been doing way more cardio and legs lately, core too.
 
dcycleman said:
Oh man, those weightlifting vids make me cringe. I saw some about guys benchpressing that looked fatal. However , no my current injury is nothing so severe. Tendonitis, sucks. what got it flaring up was grabbing a heavy preweighted curl bar to do tri's behind my head, and lifting it off the rack I felt something in kinda pull in my elbow. and its been hurting for like 2 months since. This is nothing new though, I've been lifting a long time and injuries happen, tendonitis just takes absolutely forever to heal. (especially when your job is physical) I've just been doing way more cardio and legs lately, core too.
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I can relate; I have a persistent weak area within my left forearm that if im not careful will flare up really bad. The first time I got tendonitis was the worst for the mere fact I had no idea what was going on or how to resolve it. So I did what weightlifters do "f***the pain im getting another rep at greater weight" that resulted badly, because as im sure your aware the more you agitate the inflammation the more inflamed it becomes. It got so bad I was unable to open my hand without intense pain throughout my forearm and elbow. It took about 6months of progressive attention to form, light weight and R.I.C.E. (Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation) as well as a daily anti-inflammatory (which in conjunction with attempting to cause a muscular inflammatory response is somewhat self defeating.) to finally get back to where I was.
Now I make sure to listen closely to my body and how it is responding to my training methodology. If my standards or programs are causing adverse or painful reactions I change up my modes. ("painful"- there is good pain and bad pain. Its about learning the difference)
Train hard and stay safe peeps.
 
At the Crossfit box I go to we have a standard eval we do the first time we start and then every three months after to see how much we have improved, both our time and technique.

The eval is:

20 pullups
30 pushups
40 situps
50 squats
500m row

The first time I did the eval was in January when I first started doing Crossfit. My time on the eval was 10:22. Well, last week I took the eval again and my time was recorded at 5:15. I am very impressed and next time I plan to get a sub 5 time.
 
Im motivated at seeing this thread. I love it when people seek self improvement and look to be well rounded in what they pursue. For those of you looking to have a fitness program that will help you build your body practically and thoroughly look up crossfit. The military is currently in the process of restructuring its physical fitness program. The marine corps has already started the shift to crossfit and General Cardogne has gotten the ball rolling at the Command and General Staff college at Fort Leavenworth for crossfit. These are short intense workouts that will burn you out and have you done in less than half an hour. The program easily prepared me for air assault school and had become a staple program for folks much more high speed than myself. Best of luck to you guys
 
roar-k said:
At the Crossfit box I go to we have a standard eval we do the first time we start and then every three months after to see how much we have improved, both our time and technique.

The eval is:

20 pullups
30 pushups
40 situps
50 squats
500m row

The first time I did the eval was in January when I first started doing Crossfit. My time on the eval was 10:22. Well, last week I took the eval again and my time was recorded at 5:15. I am very impressed and next time I plan to get a sub 5 time.
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awesome man! keep it up! I might have to google this crossfit stuff.
 
Yeah, I'm familiar with bodybuilding.com not muscular development though, I'll scope it out. always looking for ways to tweak the workouts.:thumbup:
 
Well it's been over a month since my last post on Bladeforums, I've been so busy this month I'll be glad to see it go, the past week when it comes to exercises alone it consisted of :
Friday: working all day Friday (and by all day I mean I ran a pressure washer for 7 hours straight after school, the reason I stopped working was the pressure washer quit working)

Saturday: paintball game on Saturday (even though I hadn't had the opportunity to play paintball in months, I left with the most kills and the most bragging rights, I made some ballsy moves that paid off)

Sunday: Sunday was a fun day I went and played some football at a local park with two line men, and two chicks, followed the game of football up by just playing around on the play ground, it was a good little work out/date,

Monday: played tennis for a few hours

Tuesday: Tuesday I played some tennis until it started raining then I ran a 5k in under 30 minutes with my last mile being in around 8-9 minute range.

Weds: I had a tennis match, did pretty well, it is players officiated and I got cheated, still a little pissed about it but I'm not going to dwell on it.

Thurs: Had another tennis match, this one was a 2 1/2 hour ride away, so I was stuck on a bus for 5 hours that day and tennis was about the only exercise I got in.

Friday: Rained all day today, decided to take a break, a girl I have been seeing came over and I just watched a movie with her.

Tomorrow: Pressure washing the backside of an apartment complex that is 6 apts. deep.

I have tried to keep up the routine of 25-30 push ups every other night, with the occasionally curling and crunches.

My biggest problems right now seem to be time, between school, work, tennis, and girls I hardly have any spare time, I still manage to squeeze in workouts but finding time to sit down and log in here has been few and far between.
 
I think I've posted before about injuring my knee. I finally went into the Orthopedic center in my area and found out what was wrong with me. With some x-rays done, and some poking at me, the doctor said that my quad muscles are disproportionate. The muscles on the outside of the quads are much stronger than the ones on the inside (left leg is worse than right leg), and this is pulling my knee caps out of their place. He said that it is fixable with some PT. I've got my first session on March 4th. So, I get to relax and stretch my outside of the quad while building the massively atrophied inside of the quad. The x-rays were pretty impressive. My knee caps are about 1/2 - 3/4 an inch out of align on my knees. But!!! I've got the permission to begin training again!

I'm sitting at about 190 lbs still, even after about three weeks off. I've hit the gym twice this week, and I'll be training hard core next week!

Thanks!

EDIT: as of Saturday morning, I was 188.4. So, Still losing, just not as fast. I'm still seeing improvements in appearance though. I'm probably putting on muscle while fat goes away, so I'm not dropping weight.
 
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Was off site the past 1.5 weeks for work. I was able to workout, but my eating was not that great. I need to step it up and do better. What happened to me was that I was burnt out on what I was eating and decided to just go completely out of control for a few days.

Hopefully I can get back on track and get to where I want to be.
 
roar-k said:
Was off site the past 1.5 weeks for work. I was able to workout, but my eating was not that great. I need to step it up and do better. What happened to me was that I was burnt out on what I was eating and decided to just go completely out of control for a few days.

Hopefully I can get back on track and get to where I want to be.
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The eating part is hard for me too, I have a hard time being disciplined enough to foodshop for lunch during the week, I always end up eating at subshops. I still try to go the healthy route- grilled chicken wraps, turkey, tuna ect. Its still not as heal;thy as making the stuff yourself.
 
roar-k said:
Was off site the past 1.5 weeks for work. I was able to workout, but my eating was not that great. I need to step it up and do better. What happened to me was that I was burnt out on what I was eating and decided to just go completely out of control for a few days.

Hopefully I can get back on track and get to where I want to be.
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One thing many people do wrong here is they change their diet suddenly. Cutting out everything at once isn't going to work for you unless you have an incredibly strong will. It's taken me almost two years of constant changing for the better, and I still eat bad sometimes, just not AS bad. Slowly change your diet, don't go cold turkey on everything. Also, knowing you messed up is better than not, because now you know how you felt, what you ate, and know to keep at it.

dcycleman said:
The eating part is hard for me too, I have a hard time being disciplined enough to foodshop for lunch during the week, I always end up eating at subshops. I still try to go the healthy route- grilled chicken wraps, turkey, tuna ect. Its still not as heal;thy as making the stuff yourself.
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I work in a Sub shop... The tuna is NOT that good for you. Sure it's tuna, a light meat, but at my place, it's drenched in mayo. Order smaller portions, don't get soda, and cut out sauces. Say... you go to Subway. Get a 6 inch (or mini if you want smaller), on wheat, or honey oat. Turkey, chicken breast, or even ham. If you have to have cheese, keep it just two slices. No sauces unless it's vinegar, lite mayo, or vinegrette (I'm not sure, but one other MIGHT be a low cal/fat free). Then, go to town with veggies. Ask for extra if you can. They're light in calories, and they're filling. Again, NO SODA. Not even diet. Also, no chips. Not even baked lays, or Sunchips.

Keep at it and you'll do great guys!
 
amroc said:
One thing many people do wrong here is they change their diet suddenly. Cutting out everything at once isn't going to work for you unless you have an incredibly strong will. It's taken me almost two years of constant changing for the better, and I still eat bad sometimes, just not AS bad. Slowly change your diet, don't go cold turkey on everything. Also, knowing you messed up is better than not, because now you know how you felt, what you ate, and know to keep at it.



I work in a Sub shop... The tuna is NOT that good for you. Sure it's tuna, a light meat, but at my place, it's drenched in mayo. Order smaller portions, don't get soda, and cut out sauces. Say... you go to Subway. Get a 6 inch (or mini if you want smaller), on wheat, or honey oat. Turkey, chicken breast, or even ham. If you have to have cheese, keep it just two slices. No sauces unless it's vinegar, lite mayo, or vinegrette (I'm not sure, but one other MIGHT be a low cal/fat free). Then, go to town with veggies. Ask for extra if you can. They're light in calories, and they're filling. Again, NO SODA. Not even diet. Also, no chips. Not even baked lays, or Sunchips.

Keep at it and you'll do great guys!
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yeah, I know the mayo isnt too swell, but the fat content isnt the biggest deal for me, its more the protein content that I need. I do load up the subs with veggies though.
 
I haven't changed my diet quickly, I changed it over the past 1.5 years. But occasionally I just like to blow it off and that makes me feel guilty and then for the next 6 months I will eat strict. It works for me and I have lost weight doing so and I have gotten in shape as well.
 
After getting back into training Muay Thai and Kajukenbo, I've realized how much three weeks will sap your endurance. I'm winded faster, but I'll fix that. Good news though! I weighed myself tonight, I was 186 even. This is ONE pound from the goal I set back when I was sitting at 235-240 about a year and a half ago or so... I'm really pushing to break the 185 barrier before long. I want to be 180 at the end of May.

I'll snap pics soon, or I'll have the girlfriend do it for me.
 
Well, Monday I started the Zone Diet and I can tell you I am liking it. It's taking quite a bit of willpower to stay on board with it, but I am doing it. Also it does take some time as you have to prep most of your meals for the next day if you know you will not be home.

Let's see how things are going after two weeks.
 
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