[quote]Nathanimal wrote:
8, if you can come back from an injury and get back into working out, you are special. I know lots of people who seperate a shoulder or tear a muscle playing football, or lifting, and they don’t even try after they recover! It just makes my irate! U are a diamond in the rough[/quote]
Yeah, I have much respect for that too. I’m still trying to get back into training after my neck injury which happened over 6 months ago!
looking good man, are you still doing that insane high volume routine you posted a while back?
Yeah still doing the same routine. Weights have changed, but still tryin it. It works for me really well.
Thanks for all the support. Comming back after the injury was hard. Hurting form the pain and trying to go to the gym knowing it is just going to hurt more was always hard. Feeling depressed everyday becuase not where i used to be, haveing to learn to like my body all over again. Lots of battles down. Many more still to go. Still limping like crazy. but trying to get my legs under me.
Thanks again.
Respectfully,
Ant
I know where you are coming from and the best encouragement I can give you is that the past is gone. You make today count and the future takes care of itself.
Ant if you have the time get some ice/hot showers done 3 or 4 times a day on your irritable nerves. I found that sometimes after serious injuries the nerves are left with lingering pains that aren’t correlated with the actual state of the muscles, bones or connective tissue.
Heat/cold gives them slight shocks to bring them back to signal halfway decent again.
Also
Become really good at pre-exhaustion.
yo utahpower,
i wish you the best of luck in your recovery bro.
random question: what model/brand is that air purifier in the background? does it work well? any advice for someone looking to buy one?
[quote]fleep wrote:
yo utahpower,
i wish you the best of luck in your recovery bro.
random question: what model/brand is that air purifier in the background? does it work well? any advice for someone looking to buy one?
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Looks like a space heater to me.
OP- Congrats on the recovery. Your traps are sick, and as previously stated, great seperation in that back double bi pose! Keep up the great work.
You don’t honestly look like you’re benching nearly 400lb, because it seems your pecs are lagging. Although your triceps are doing well, so that might be it.
It looks like you have absolutely no leg size at all. Then, of course, you would think it doesn’t matter, right?
utahpower - OK, so it doesn’t matter HOW you almost got your legs ripped off. But, could you give some insight as to what the injuries were, and what therapies you used to recover from them? Sounds like you were in some sort of accident but got to the point where you could lift fully and develop a great upper body.
Guys with sports injury (tendinitis, stiff fascia, muscle pulls) sometimes take a long time to get back up to speed again. But, in your case, even with [what sounded like] serious accident injury, you were back in a mere 4 months.
Forgetting that you look young and are probably full of natural testosterone, was there anything special you did to come back so quickly?
although i dont really buy the numbers, your upper body looks good, especially comin off an injury. Be careful though, when i came back from my knee injuries after about 1 year i noticed that it had suddenly become my dominate leg! too much emphasis, just keep that in mind…and get in the fuckin squat rack!
[quote]animalmj wrote:
fleep wrote:
yo utahpower,
i wish you the best of luck in your recovery bro.
random question: what model/brand is that air purifier in the background? does it work well? any advice for someone looking to buy one?
Looks like a space heater to me.
OP- Congrats on the recovery. Your traps are sick, and as previously stated, great seperation in that back double bi pose! Keep up the great work.
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both wrong… it is just a fan i got a wal-mart. Lying around a bunch in the oklahoma heat was killing me…
[quote]Contrl wrote:
You don’t honestly look like you’re benching nearly 400lb, because it seems your pecs are lagging. Although your triceps are doing well, so that might be it.
It looks like you have absolutely no leg size at all. Then, of course, you would think it doesn’t matter, right?[/quote]
well contrl if your even in okc, look me up… we can go bench and squat… see where the numbers are. I think you’ll be surprised… i’m stronger than i look. 
[quote]jgundrey wrote:
utahpower - OK, so it doesn’t matter HOW you almost got your legs ripped off. But, could you give some insight as to what the injuries were, and what therapies you used to recover from them? Sounds like you were in some sort of accident but got to the point where you could lift fully and develop a great upper body.
Guys with sports injury (tendinitis, stiff fascia, muscle pulls) sometimes take a long time to get back up to speed again. But, in your case, even with [what sounded like] serious accident injury, you were back in a mere 4 months.
Forgetting that you look young and are probably full of natural testosterone, was there anything special you did to come back so quickly?[/quote]
I had major brusing in the legs, my viastus lateralis were both torn. and my vaistus intermedius was seperated on my left leg. Lots of tiny fractures in the legs…
The PT consisted of lots of water work, electric stimulation. and pain and tears…
I am young… and lots of fish oil, anti inflams and pure determination.
[quote]Curodd wrote:
although i dont really buy the numbers, your upper body looks good, especially comin off an injury. Be careful though, when i came back from my knee injuries after about 1 year i noticed that it had suddenly become my dominate leg! too much emphasis, just keep that in mind…and get in the fuckin squat rack![/quote]
Once again… If you want to come for a workout. I’d love to have a partner. The numbers are real. Sorry if you don’t believe it.
I’ll be in the squat rack, doing some curls! ha ha ha sorry but i do squat… just started on some 10x10 with 275 last week and this week going 285 lbs.
Best of luck
respectfully,
ant
i dont doubt those numbers at all. looking huge at 6’4 is difficult in general so you can’t always go by appearance when judging numbers. also, bench is more delt/tricep strenth than anything and utahpower’s got those covered so again i dont doubt those numbers. also, i’m not saying utah has chicken legs, but i’ve seen plenty of guys with chicken legs squat several pps so i don’t doubt that either. glute/hamstring/core/lower back strenth really dictate squats, not huge bodybuilder quads.
dunno why i went off like that, but keep it up utahpower you’re a beast and don’t worry you’ll bounce back.
[quote]utahpower242 wrote:
Curodd wrote:
although i dont really buy the numbers, your upper body looks good, especially comin off an injury. Be careful though, when i came back from my knee injuries after about 1 year i noticed that it had suddenly become my dominate leg! too much emphasis, just keep that in mind…and get in the fuckin squat rack!
Once again… If you want to come for a workout. I’d love to have a partner. The numbers are real. Sorry if you don’t believe it.
I’ll be in the squat rack, doing some curls! ha ha ha sorry but i do squat… just started on some 10x10 with 275 last week and this week going 285 lbs.
Best of luck
respectfully,
ant[/quote]
why not just post video?
Looking absolutely great - fantastic work and keep it up.
Well done
[quote]shizen wrote:
utahpower242 wrote:
Curodd wrote:
although i dont really buy the numbers, your upper body looks good, especially comin off an injury. Be careful though, when i came back from my knee injuries after about 1 year i noticed that it had suddenly become my dominate leg! too much emphasis, just keep that in mind…and get in the fuckin squat rack!
Once again… If you want to come for a workout. I’d love to have a partner. The numbers are real. Sorry if you don’t believe it.
I’ll be in the squat rack, doing some curls! ha ha ha sorry but i do squat… just started on some 10x10 with 275 last week and this week going 285 lbs.
Best of luck
respectfully,
ant
why not just post video?[/quote]
loved to… got a camera i can borrow?
[quote]fleep wrote:
i dont doubt those numbers at all. looking huge at 6’4 is difficult in general so you can’t always go by appearance when judging numbers. also, bench is more delt/tricep strenth than anything and utahpower’s got those covered so again i dont doubt those numbers. also, i’m not saying utah has chicken legs, but i’ve seen plenty of guys with chicken legs squat several pps so i don’t doubt that either. glute/hamstring/core/lower back strenth really dictate squats, not huge bodybuilder quads.
dunno why i went off like that, but keep it up utahpower you’re a beast and don’t worry you’ll bounce back.[/quote]
thank you… your good people.
With much respect,
Ant
[quote]utahpower242 wrote:
shizen wrote:
utahpower242 wrote:
Curodd wrote:
although i dont really buy the numbers, your upper body looks good, especially comin off an injury. Be careful though, when i came back from my knee injuries after about 1 year i noticed that it had suddenly become my dominate leg! too much emphasis, just keep that in mind…and get in the fuckin squat rack!
Once again… If you want to come for a workout. I’d love to have a partner. The numbers are real. Sorry if you don’t believe it.
I’ll be in the squat rack, doing some curls! ha ha ha sorry but i do squat… just started on some 10x10 with 275 last week and this week going 285 lbs.
Best of luck
respectfully,
ant
why not just post video?
loved to… got a camera i can borrow?[/quote]
you don’t own a phone?
Sounds like youre doing alright for yourself, especially after those injuries. That sounds pretty nasty.
Im not sure how you can tell he has chicken legs, those are some baggy ass shorts hes wearing in his pictures. Also, at 6’4", it takes a hell of a lot of mass to fill out your thighs and I dont imagine squatting is a ton of fun with those long levers.