[quote]The Wolverine wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Also, your left elbow pain is a different matter altogether and may require you to see a doctor. How long have you been lifting and how old are you?
Well, I started working out when I was 14, but only took it seriously as of last December. I’m 16 now.[/quote]
I hate to be a dick, but I wouldn’t consider yourself someone who trains “seriously” being that you just started a thread asking if you should stop training altogether.
That’s just my opinion.
-Matt
[quote]FreddieY wrote:
Was the callus pure cortical bone?
What’s the deal with the tuberosity on the inner side of the radius (the bump that the fracture appears to run through on the March 05 x-ray)? [/quote]
As for the callus - It’s been a lot of years since undergrad biomaterials / biomechanics and physiology. The wikipedia article on bone healing seems like a decent explanation, i.e. it’s woven bone that would take a while to remodel if it were left to continue seeing that funny load.
I think that bump on the inner side of the radius is from the previous break and repair that happened about 6 months prior to the one in the pics. The 3 pieces of hardware from the original fixation most likely provided excessive stress shielding.
It is smoother now, which sort of gets this example back on topic-- Bone is deposited and resorbed in accordance with the stresses placed upon it (Wolff’s Law). Lifting will strengthen bone, and the OP’s ulnas will adapt.
[quote]Matt McGorry wrote:
The Wolverine wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Also, your left elbow pain is a different matter altogether and may require you to see a doctor. How long have you been lifting and how old are you?
Well, I started working out when I was 14, but only took it seriously as of last December. I’m 16 now.
I hate to be a dick, but I wouldn’t consider yourself someone who trains “seriously” being that you just started a thread asking if you should stop training altogether.
That’s just my opinion.
-Matt
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This is the same guy? Crap. There is NO WAY this guy is curling 100lbs of anything with good form.
This is where every smaller guy who lifts jumps in and gives examples of Olympic lifters who lift heavy but aren’t that big.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
This is where every smaller guy who lifts jumps in and gives examples of Olympic lifters who lift heavy but aren’t that big.[/quote]
or:
“I just started BJJ lessons last month, watch out, Ill kick your ass!”
or:
“You only get big with steroids, I dont want to be all big and nasty, girls dont like that and anyways, I dont want my heart to stop. I better stop working out too much before I get too big. Yep, just lateral raises, cable flies, and hercules curls for me. Thats all the mass building I need.”
[quote]The Wolverine wrote:
Really? A lot of people I know at my school have curled a lot more. At least 200 I think.
I try to have the strictest of form when I exercise. My bent over rowing is the only thing that suffers usually. Well, thanks for the advice. I’ll heck it out with my doc.
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Is this because your school’s cable machine stops at 200 lbs? I can’t imagine such a flat, even number being used often on a barbell. Myself and a lot of other people can curl that ‘200’ lbs for reps but I don’t think we could curl a 100 lb barbell, and some people that can’t curl that can’t even barbell bench that.