Happy birthday mate, hope you see no sack licking today 
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Happy birthday
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Happy belated birthday!
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Happy birthday, hope that sack stayed dry
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Thanks all!
Not been in the gym since Saturday and I have plenty of time to go in today for legs/back. Trying to give some proper rest to my wrist, and because pulls don’t hurt I know I haven’t got the discipline to not do them once I get there. I could go in and just do front squats and some other things but as soon as I’m happy and comfortable it’ll be chin-ups and other things getting involved.
I don’t trust myself v_v
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Went to a football awards evening on Friday night, still feel rough today! Firmly remembering why I don’t drink anymore. The video I got sent of me singing Spandau Ballet “Gold” on the karaoke strengthens that even further.
Finding it way too easy not to go to the gym at the moment. I think the wrist does feel somewhat better after a full 8 days off, but still not right. I got a doctor’s appointment on May 3rd so will say about it not healing as I expected it to.
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Hey man, I’ve seen you mention your wrist a couple times. I don’t know if you’ve seen this guy’s stuff, but this wrist mobilization move helped me a few months back. Maybe you’ll see something useful in here. And good luck with the doctor next week.
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Thank you @FlatsFarmer. Yeah Aaron Horschig is great, I’ve often gone to him with minor things and he’s always helped a ton. I’ve come across these exact videos before but extension was still causing me a lot of pain as the injury was still fresh. It’s good for me to come across them again and I’ll do the banded thing when I’m next in the gym (bank holiday today so closed).
I’ve been trying my best to keep consistent with rehab-type stuff, stretches etc. I feel like bottoms up kettlebells are great to test and improve that stability. As far as grip goes, I was able to hold pulls well in excess of 130kg pretty much straight away. Despite that, I’ve got a bunch of grip and finger extension-type gadgets to continue to pump blood to the right areas as much as possible.
6-7weeks later I finally have a little bit of a bruise on my ulna.
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The doc once again using google in front of me and printing out a bunch of pages I’ve literally read a dozen times each myself the past 6-7 weeks.
I pushed for an Ultrasound though, just gotta play the waiting game.
Still not been in the gym. I know there are lots of things I can still train (aswell as the opposite side) but just trying to rest it as much as possible for a couple of weeks… short-term pain for long-term gain kind of thing. I’d like to start putting some weight through the area again to promote healing but waiting for it to settle down.
Motivation low and feeling as flat as a pancake. Muscle memory will be my savior.
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It 100% will be.
I’ve lifted off and on for the last 15 years, even after a year long break I get to within 95% of where I was, in terms of strength, within a month. You’ll be back at it in a matter of weeks, nothing in the scheme of things.
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For sure man, regular gym closures during covid taught so many of us that. Doesn’t stop it from feeling like the world is ending though. 
This hiatus can be positive in the long run. Getting out of a rut and rethinking all you do surrounding health and fitness can be a good thing. It’ll be interesting to see how quickly I can gain it back without tracking macros much (except for protein). Maybe at a slight deficit, I can lose some fat whilst filling out again which should be good from a mirror and motivation standpoint.
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A gym buddy messaged me to say “I’m waiting outside, stop avoiding the gym you nob. keep the habit up”. He’s gone up in my estimations as a friend. It’s wonderful to have some one like that.
I went in and didn’t do much despite feeling like using every bit of equipment in there. Mostly stuck to rehab stuff. Made sure not to use the wrist at all.
One arm DB bench (just left arm)
24kg x 20
28kg x15
One arm DB Press (just left arm)
24kg x 7
24kg x8
One-arm tricep pulldown (just left arm)
can’t remember the weight
2x15
1kg and 2kg extension and flexion
2-3x10-15
4kg and 6kg bottoms-up kettlebell holds
4-5 x 10seconds
4kg bottoms-up kettlebell holds with some pronation/supination
Didn’t count reps, just went slowly until it started to hurt and stopped.
Ulnar deviations with 2kg dumbell
3x10-15
I really wanted to do chin-ups and a whole bunch of other stuff that isn’t painful but I told myself I’d have two full weeks of full rest except for rehab stuff. Left back alone hopefully motivatign me to do some one arm back stuff and legs tomorrow or Saturday. I might be being silly because if you’ll look back I’ve had some half-decent workouts since the injury (including things like rest-pause tricep pushdowns). Just following advice from doctor at the moment.
Holy hell I felt flat as a pancake. It’s crazy how quickly aesthetics can disappear when the muscles are empty. As discussed though, all comes back just as quickly!
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Buy your mate a protein shake to say thanks, what a great mate!
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The past few days my pisiform has been the most painful part of my wrist. I’m hoping this is a good thing as there’s potential that it could be a pretty bad bone bruise that could eventually subside as opposed to a ligament tear with an extremely low bloody supply that could take forever. For that reason still not being able to weight bear doesn’t seem so bad compared to if it was something to do with my TFCC.
Me overspeculating probably isn’t the best thing, but all my gym time has been replaced with research. Waiting for an Ultrasound, may end up paying private for an MRI + Physio (or hand specialist).
Sorry I know this isn’t meant to be an injury log. I gotta keep logging though because if I don’t there’s probably higher chance i’ll stop.
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Research into the injury or what programme you will do as soon as you are back fit and ready to go?
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Both to be honest.
A couple of weeks after the injury I was super hyped to get started on something different and it felt amazing to get out of the rut I didn’t realize I was in. Pushing so hard and so consistently without taking the time to notice how I actually felt day to day. Numbers on the bar were the only thing that mattered whilst my overall health took a back seat. The injury made me realize that the gym has perhaps been a little too important and I’ve been neglecting other areas of my physical and mental wellbeing.
That initial epiphanic feeling has died down as the weeks have gone on with little progress in recovery. Training research has now gone down the path of me obsessively trying to figure this shit out whilst I wait on a physio appointment and an ultrasound (which I don’t feel will give me much, MRI just too long a waiting list and the doctor not being helpful).
I was gonna go today and just train around it. Even had a wash and my pre-workout meal. That motivation soon elapsed and my discipline is lost right now. I will find it again, this is my first proper injury and I’m sure in the long-run I’ll be a stronger person because of it.
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The internet is so cool. I managed to have a very small chat with a TeamGB physio that has been in Anthony Joshua’s corner.
All of his advice is a massive contrast to what the doctor told me.
I think I know who I trust more, and I feel I already kinda knew this stuff really. Was just concerned about it taking so long and if I could be making things worse. I’m off to London this weekend to do the Dare Skywalk, may work on a small program in my head with some exercise substitutes and get back in the gym 3-4x a week Monday.
I say that now. Lets see how my motivation holds. 
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Nice, How did you get in contact with the physio?
When i did my back in (crushed a disc), i got completely different advice form the surgeon, physio (from the hospital), my GP and my private physio.
I really think doctors and others talk about stuff they don#'t understand.
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What did they recommend?
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@rugby_lifting Instagram. Didn’t expect a reply but he only had a small amount of followers so did it on the off-chance. I’m 100% with you on the doctors comment, and I’ve actually posted similar sentiments on T-Nation before.
@Bambiwithhorns Basically told me not to live wasting my time waiting for scans as ulnar-sided wrist pain can often come back inconclusive due to the complex nature of the area. Even if there is something wrong it’s hard to tell much. Even MRIs fail to tell a full story. There are more invasive tests that would be more telling but an X-Ray coming back clear and having more or less full range of motion is a good sign.
Try to do some exercises at ~50% or what I can manage and see if I can build up a couple % each session throughout the next few weeks. When it comes to pain he said that if something doesn’t cause pain then it’s very likely it’s fine to continue doing that movement (I said I was avoiding pulls just in case despite them feeling okay). If an exercise does cause a little pain but not too terrible then that is still okay, but to feel it out over the next day or two to see how recovery is.
I was desperate to ask more questions but I didn’t want to become a nuisance as he was taking time out of his day to respond to me for nothing.
My doctor told me to splint up when using the hand and keep resting it which couldn’t be more opposite to this.
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