*** The 2017 Gym Rats Thread ***

SOunds like you need to work on your core strength. Arching your back is a sign your body is struggling to maintain a neutral spine when your center of gravity is shifted as it has to compensate.
 
Kris_90 said:
After reading Freefaller's post and also having long arms I tried sumo this morning. I felt it more in my hamstrings/glutes which are my weak areas so naturally I want to switch from conventional but is there any reason why I couldn't pull both (each once per week)?

I've also got long femurs so I assume the deadlift advantage is limited somewhat.
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I pull both out of competition and they both compliment each other.
 
Marvt74 said:
First day of the StrongLifts thing for me.

I couldn't get a bar at first so did some rowing then some lat pull down stuff and then some rear flys.

Then got a bar and did the first day. Weights were very low so was quite easy. I gave myself 20s rests as only dealing with 25kg for each. Decided to do a few extra reps rather than upping the weight as it'll increase soon and I figure I can concentrate on form.

I do struggle with form on bent over rows which is annoying.
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Don't worry about the weights feeling easy - they go up fast enough and you'll be working on good form in preparation for the heavier stuff with these starter weights.

On BOR, I find lat activation quite difficult - blame the hunched over a computer thing probably.
 
mrthingyx said:
For somebody with a potential rotator cuff problem, that is a LOT of petrol to pour on that particular fire.

The rotator cuff is one part of a big puzzle involving the shoulder's mobility and stability. You mentioned you were benching with dumbbells: did that cause pain, too?
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Indeed, thus I turn to the collective wisdom here to not rebreak myself :D.

I did get pain on my warmup sets with the dumbells but my physio told me to only stick to partial range of motion when warming up which helped. For working sets I could get full depth (taken as chest tap if I was using a barbell) without pain. It could also be that I never got to try heavy weights, the dumbells topped out at 25kg.
 
I used a resistance bands in my shoulder rehab, constant tension over a full range of motion worked for me - I used all of the below exercises and worked from the weakest up to the strongest Therabands, I then moved on to using cable machines at the gym when they weren't providing enough resistance.

Internal rotations
External rotations
Lateral raises
Front raises
Face pulls
 
I've blown my calf in my sleep again :rolleyes: No idea what I get up to in my sleep but it's a dangerous time for me!
 
Dreamforger said:
I pull both out of competition and they both compliment each other.
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Yeah I can't find any negatives. I'll try pulling sumo for hypertrophy days and conventional for strength days.

@Marvt74 - For BOR's, if you haven't already try an underhand grip (like you are about to curl the bar). I can feel my back activating when using underhand but struggle feeling my lats when using an overhand grip.
 
PermaChanged said:
How's this even possible!? Enormous calf cramps during sleep yes, blowing a calf no.
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I can fully dislocate my shoulder in my sleep as well, so in comparison a calf that now feels like it's right on the edge of going ping is quite minor :D
 
A full dislocation? As someone who's fully dislocated my shoulder twice and needed A&E doctors to put me under to pop it back in I'm suprised this is even possible - the pain is unbearable, worse than child birth according to Rebecca Adlington! I think I'd rather be kicked in the nuts than to dislocate my shoulder again.
 
Yep full on morphine, muscle relaxants and being wrapped in bed sheets and pulled in different directions by multiple doctors to get it back into socket. I actually don't find it overly painful to be honest.
 
MikeTheNative said:
I would be move concerned about your lack of forearms. :p
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:D

I don't know how I went from forearm to wrist heh, but the tendon near the inside of the elbow leading into the forearm is very sore and actually lost power on pressing dumbbells. I'm too bloody young to be falling to bits like that :p
 
I'm surprised you had little pain! Morphine didn't touch the pain for me, and they said they'd have to knock me out fully to put it back in - I've no recollection of it going back in either time due to the general anesthesia - Propofol and Midazolam, both are wonderfully fun.
 
Gyno revision done. Landed back in the UK yesterday evening. Didn't go as smoothly as my original op (had a haematoma which needed evacuating) but went in Monday morning, got discharged Tuesday morning on schedule and was given a check-up and o-k to fly home Weds. No lifting for a few weeks now <3 although I think I was overly cautious not lifting for 6 weeks when I had the original op.
 
Somnambulist said:
Gyno revision done. Landed back in the UK yesterday evening. Didn't go as smoothly as my original op (had a haematoma which needed evacuating) but went in Monday morning, got discharged Tuesday morning on schedule and was given a check-up and o-k to fly home Weds. No lifting for a few weeks now <3 although I think I was overly cautious not lifting for 6 weeks when I had the original op.
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I believe the expression in polite internet society is "in for breasts."

shroomz said:
Indeed, thus I turn to the collective wisdom here to not rebreak myself :D.

I did get pain on my warmup sets with the dumbells but my physio told me to only stick to partial range of motion when warming up which helped. For working sets I could get full depth (taken as chest tap if I was using a barbell) without pain. It could also be that I never got to try heavy weights, the dumbells topped out at 25kg.
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Do you warm up your rotator cuff with internal/external rotation exercises before benching?
 
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