TX, does gripping affect your elbows? It did with me.
Sumos are a pretty cool exercise and will give you a nice boost to your leg training, too.
Good luck with the elbows they sound like they need a rest! I hope they have fun resting in Disneyworld you lucky fucker! I’ve always wanted to go there!
[quote]buddaboy wrote:
TX, does gripping affect your elbows? It did with me.
Sumos are a pretty cool exercise and will give you a nice boost to your leg training, too.
Good luck with the elbows they sound like they need a rest! I hope they have fun resting in Disneyworld you lucky fucker! I’ve always wanted to go there![/quote]
Dude, WE GOT ROOM ??? You gotta mix well with two little girls though… !
My grip…let me describe yesterday. I did the Sumo Deads, my Hammys are nice and sore!
Then I went over to try and do a 10 x 10 for Tri’s, and a 10 x 10 for Bi’s. Picked a cable so I could minimize and control the movement for Bi’s. I put the half rope deal thing on, its only one pc, and looks just like half the black rope with handles you use for Push downs.
I set up 45 pounds on cable, and then held rope like a beer bottle. Brought it straight up and down with bicep. But I noticed, my right elbow hurt with that, so I wrapped it over my hand somehow, but just turning my fist from being palm in (like holding beer bottle) half way over to palm down, really helped. I would do em palm down holding a grip, but I cant go heavy enough to feel like I am doing any good. Are you reading that…I guess that is me being stupid…I should do them grips down, until I can build that muscle up, huh?! Stupid me…
So I guess it is all about gripping, huh !?
Tricep push backs, I leaned on a pretty upright incline bench with my chest on bench, then put two 30’s back and did push backs and held em up there for couple seconds. Good workout… 10 x 10.
The P T yesterday did remind me…I will be 50 in a couple years, yet am working out like a 25 year old. Prolly adds to problem, huh. But I feel like I only have a couple years to add the mass…it seems like guys who are over 50 are really limited in their mass…
TX, you’re on HRT, so you should have 25 year olds test levels! but 49 year olds tendons 
The GHRP-6 should be helping with the tendonitis, but if you can work out without pain I would do it…
If you can add mass then add it, I’ll be VERY pleased if I ever get to a lean healthy 250LB’s and I’m 32 now and struggling to maintain 230LB, in fact 225LB is more like it now! I made a post in BugadeshD’s log explaining the technique BBB recommended for my RSI, I’m sure I’ve shared it with you but if not then it may be of some interest to you.
I’d LOVE to meet up in Disney! my GF has 2 daughters and I’m little more than a child myself; you’d have to ban me from sugar so I don’t get too hyperactive running round Disneyworld with excitement! I saw an advert on TV and there was a woman dressed up as the sleeping beauty character and she was HOT! Have fun you lucky bastard, I think the rest will do you good anyway, especially with hoe hard you are training.
Love, peace and engine grease…
[quote]buddaboy wrote:
I made a post in BugadeshD’s log explaining the technique BBB recommended for my RSI, I’m sure I’ve shared it with you but if not then it may be of some interest to you.
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Post about RSI ? I’m goin hunting for it right now…
Could you copy it in here? Thanks Bro !
Don’t go hunting bro I’ll copy it.
I’m sure BBB will help if you start a thread in the injury forum or ask him in your RP-6 thread.
Hold tight…
TX*
BUG: I’ve had the same problem re forearms (feel free to to insert masturbation joke). BBB recommended a foam rolling technique which help me immensely, I basically has RSI from all of the gripping of weights since I’ve never used straps; it happened when I was on 5/3/1 since I was DLing every week without straps, doing hanging leg raises and loads of dumbbell rowing and pullups on top of my job as an electrician, thats all I could attribute it to.
I’ll try and explain it as I can’t find a video on youtube: stand sideways and lean into the wall with a foam roller against your forearm so your body weight is pushing the foam roller into your forearm which is braced against the wall. You may want/need to stand on your toes then bend your knees as you go lower so you can massage the entire forearm and hit the aching tissue. Then, whilst your doing this start opening and closing your fist whilst moving your wrist as if you were doing wrist curls. I hope this makes sense. Another exercise is working the extensors (the muscles which open the hand) by opening the hand against resistance.
I hope this helps
LEGS: Front squat/ Oly shoes/harness: 60x5, 60x8, 70x5, 80x5, 90x3 x3, 100 x3 x3, 110 x3PR
safety bar squat good morning: 65x5, 75x5, 85x5, 95 x5, x5
belt squat: 60x5, 75 x5, 85 x5, 95 x5, 105 x5
foam roll, I need to see the chiro for a tune up. Those good mornings are horrible but I’ll keep doing them. It must take some balls to go all out max effort 1RM on those like they do at WSB, I wouldn’t risk it myself.
Its been quite a long weekend but I got a quick upper body (chest and arms) workout in based around the flat bench. I worked up to 90kg x3 then supersetted sets of 80kg x5 with arms curls and band triceps overhead extensions and pushdowns.
No workout Monday, must have had 5 hours sleep Sunday night and didn’t sleep too well Friday or Saturday night either. I worked about 14 hours today including driving, I’m shattered now so gonna try and get a decent sleep tonight and hit the gym tomorrow.
I was going to do legs today but my lower back is still sore (in a good way) from the good mornings and the last couple of days haven’t facilitated recovery as well as they should have so I wanted to do something that wouldn’t place too much stress on my CNS.
Upper body: Chins x50 (in sets of 3-6) incline BP (superstted with the chins) 50x12, 60 x8, 70 x6 x5, 80 x5, 60 x10 x11 calves several sets max reps
Dunno if you have any lower back problems but my favorite leg lift is trap bar deadlifts (or hex bar.). Easier on the CNS than squats and easier on back then deads or squats. Also it seems to combine the best of the squat and deadlift. If you want to hit the quads on it even more you can put your heels on plates.
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Dunno if you have any lower back problems but my favorite leg lift is trap bar deadlifts (or hex bar.). Easier on the CNS than squats and easier on back then deads or squats. Also it seems to combine the best of the squat and deadlift. If you want to hit the quads on it even more you can put your heels on plates.[/quote]
Thanks, I have a trap/hex bar with double handles so one side is standard and the other is 2". I have had lower back problems but thanks to BBB and my chiropractor I seem to be getting on top of them nowadays so I have begun incorporating good mornings into my routine to help increase my deadlift.
LEGS:
I went to my commercial gym today. They have a lovely Ivanko olympic bar so I thought I’d do some conventional deadlifts and front squats. I used the slanted calf raise between sets and worked up to an easy 160kg DL with double overhand grip and made 180kg quite easily with a mixed grip, but held back because my lower back isn’t fully recovered from the good mornings.
Worked up to a set of 5x90kg on front squat and did several sets of 5x80kg (flat shoes no harness ) then did 3 x 15 on leg extension. I was pretty shot after as I’m not running on full energy as I’ve been very busy and my sleeps been ‘off’ all week. I’ve been eating a fuckload though.
One thing I’ve noticed is that these good mornings have been helping me to build up confidence using my lower back again (something my litany of lower back problems took away) I feel like a 200KG conventional deadlift is on the cards soon.
[quote]buddaboy wrote:
TX*
BUG: I’ve had the same problem re forearms (feel free to to insert masturbation joke). BBB recommended a foam rolling technique which help me immensely, I basically has RSI from all of the gripping of weights since I’ve never used straps; it happened when I was on 5/3/1 since I was DLing every week without straps, doing hanging leg raises and loads of dumbbell rowing and pullups on top of my job as an electrician, thats all I could attribute it to.
I’ll try and explain it as I can’t find a video on youtube: stand sideways and lean into the wall with a foam roller against your forearm so your body weight is pushing the foam roller into your forearm which is braced against the wall. You may want/need to stand on your toes then bend your knees as you go lower so you can massage the entire forearm and hit the aching tissue. Then, whilst your doing this start opening and closing your fist whilst moving your wrist as if you were doing wrist curls. I hope this makes sense. Another exercise is working the extensors (the muscles which open the hand) by opening the hand against resistance.
I hope this helps[/quote]
Thanks for throwing that up for me Budda. It makes sense… It is basically what is done with ART. The guy pushes his finger into the forearm muscle as hard as he can, then he has me do the wrist curl. Makes perfect sense.
Funny thing…I have really been trying to find what irritates it…yesterday I did some 10 x 10’s …first Incline Bench on SMITH, then SHoulder press on same, with 40 lbs less. I looked at my wrists, and I think when I use the Barbell I let my wrists go backward…the reason I do it, I think, is that I have always used the suicide grip keeping my thumb on same side as fingers. To get the bar to move when its heavy, I think I tend to pull wrist back in error,to let barbell sit in the padded heal part of my hand.
Last week I got some huge sponges, and I am putting them on the bar and then wrapping hand around them. That keeps my thumb on the opposite side of bar from fingers…and I need to keep it there.
TX: This is how I try to bench press (when I do use the exercise). As I have no inclination to compete (apart from against myself) AND I don’t feel the flat bench is that productive I put most of my energy into the incline bench press, which limits weights somewhat (at least at first if you’re not used to the exercise) and is much friendlier on the shoulders. I personally think it’s a much more productive exercise.
Maybe try pressing with a 2" bar which will force you to use your thumbs to grip onto the bar? Initially it will also limit the weight giving your injuries a bit of a break.
CHEST AND ARMS:
incline bench press: 50x12 x12; 60x5; 70x5; 80x6 x5 x5 x5
Flat bench press 30kg chains (on each side) with 2" board 50x5; 60x3; 70x3 HARD; 60x5; 65x3 x3 too slow; 60 x5; 60 x4 no board: HARD
Biceps Oly bar x15; x110; x12; x10
Biceps triceps bar curls: x15; x10; x12;x10
overhead triceps ext with band x10,x16,x12,x10
band crunch standing x20
bodyweight squat one foot elevated (to stretch hips after yesterday) x20 x10 L&R
Thanks for the video brother ! Watching her wrists in the video made me realize how far mine are probably falling back with my thumb behind the bar on same side as my fingers. Need to get away from the suicide grip, that’s for sure. And the sponges will help too…they make the bar feel like it is 2-3 inches wide at the grip.
No worries TX, I think a thick bar will ‘force’ you to learn to use your thumbs but I suppose the sponges will do the same; either those or ‘fat gripz’.
I haven’t slept properly all week I feel shitty man. I’m going to take half a sleeping tablet tonight to insure a good nights sleep.
I found a website selling peptides dirt cheap so I ordered some CJC; GHRP-2; and some HGH fragment 191-something? It is supposed to contain the fat burning properties of HGH but costs a fraction of the price, like less than a tenth. I can’t find too much information about it so I may start a thread on it in the Steroid forum.
I’m looking forwards to trying RP-2 and using it concurrently with CJC, which reportedly compounds its effectiveness.
[quote]buddaboy wrote:
No worries TX, I think a thick bar will ‘force’ you to learn to use your thumbs but I suppose the sponges will do the same; either those or ‘fat gripz’.
I haven’t slept properly all week I feel shitty man. I’m going to take half a sleeping tablet tonight to insure a good nights sleep.
I found a website selling peptides dirt cheap so I ordered some CJC; GHRP-2; and some HGH fragment 191-something? It is supposed to contain the fat burning properties of HGH but costs a fraction of the price, like less than a tenth. I can’t find too much information about it so I may start a thread on it in the Steroid forum.
I’m looking forwards to trying RP-2 and using it concurrently with CJC, which reportedly compounds its effectiveness.[/quote]
Hmmmmmm… I’m listenin… Combining the GHRP 2 and CJC, what is the expected outcome? I have read a lot, just can’t remember. I just posted in my GHRP thread that I finished a GHRP 2 yesterday, and did a 200 mcg dose of GHRP 6 from a brand new vial last night pre sleep. Slept GREAT ! I think, but can’t recall, that the 2 did the same… Have you considered GHRP for the sleep help?
The GHRP 2 did well for me for fat burning. I felt like it burned fat overnight…I ate like a PIG, and woke up with flat stomach daily, no problem. Last time I got GHRP’s, I ended up paying about 8 dollars USD per vial, including shipping. But that is here in the US, so not sure what shipping is over pond.
Doing Squats today, 10 x 10 of Goblets with probably holding two 50 lb dumbells…followed by some fun Tricep excercise in a 10 x 10.
Budda, speaking of sickness, which we have talked about at length here…dig this quality timing that just happened. Two girls, one 9, the other 8. Goint to Disneyworld a week from today. Can not move trip, it is planned… thats a hint… 
Three weeks ago, both girls caught Strep at school for the second time in 6 months. Both started Antiobiotics, and kicked it in 8 days or so. About the 15th day, my thin, tall 9 year old’s sinuses, tonsils and glands all puff up. We go to Doc last Tuesday, approx. 11 days pre vacation. She has Mono, which 50 % of the time happens right after Strep.
NOTHING can be done for it, cept rest, liquids, etc, etc. We googled the shit out of it, and started her on a sequence of about ten things in a row that she takes, all natural supps, twice a day. She has literally gotten a little better every single day. And she has never exhibited the horrible tired part of it.
Olive Leaf Extract in a capsule, Coconut Oil, protein, Choloidal Silver, Green (veggie) powder, ALLLL Natty, Natty, Natty stuff…and Cows milk, actually, Farmer Albert just had a cow give birth, so he sold me two half gallons of Collostrum Cows Milk. They drink that twice a day. Sounds utterly GROSS, but its just creamy milk. And FULLLLL of stinking good stuff that makes Calves grow fast to keep up with the herd.
It’s working !!! I don’t know if Mono gets over there much, but it is the most depressing sickness,
that usually lasts a couple months, minimum. We will have it gone in a week at this pace.
And you can bet Mom and Dad are taking some of the stuff too…to keep from getting sick before the trip.