[quote]ecogenx wrote:
maraudermeat wrote:
on a side note, after months of my lower back killing me and having no idea why… i found the reason by accident. i sleep on my side with one of those body pillows between my knees. i’ve always been told to do this to take pressure off the lower back. well… the other night i lost the damn thing in my sleep.
i was reaching around in the dark and found two of those big pillows that are only fooo shooo on the bed. i stuck two of those fuckers between my knees and bam!! no more back pain. my thinking is that the body pillow wasn’t nearly thick enough. my knees were still rolling in and putting a lot of stress on my hips and lower back.
these two big pillows actually push my knees out past my hips and take all the pressure off. if i was a betting man, i would say that was the cause of my disk problem to start with. i only started using the thick pillows three nights ago and i’m like a new man. before i was bent over like an old man in the morning until a hot shower loosen things up. tonight was the test. my lower back hasn’t felt this good in years.
being big is awesome and sucks at the same time. when i sleep i have to have these two huge pillows between my knees and i have to put another one up beside my head to hold my arm level. if i don’t, my shoulder drops and hurts like hell. oh to be a little guy.
So it was the fluffy pillows that hurt your back not the 8 million pounds of deads and squat…hmmmm. (Just f-ing with you)
I have a similar pillow set up. Between the legs, propping my arm up, hugging, under my head. I need at least 4 good temper pedic pillows to get comfortable.
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yep… the body pillow did me in… who’d a thunk it?
I definitely have my pillow fort up around me every night. the only time i wake up is when one of my “fort walls” falls down and i start to ache somewhere.
Thanks Meat. I now blame all my weaknesses and my fatness on that tiny-ass pillow I’ve been using!!! I knew it had nothing to do with being a pussy like all you guys said I was!!!
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
PeteS wrote:
The squat video just makes me feel… dirty. Nice work. So do you have the bands rigged around the rear of the rack?
yeah… i felt very dirty after that session. the kind of dirty that no shower can clean.
the bands are single choked about a foot back from the hooks directly above on the uprights. when hanging without weight the loops are right at the hooks. i put a 135lb bar in them and let it hang. it stretched about 6 inches below where it would sit on my shoulders in a parallel squat. that’s about as scientific as i get:)
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All makes sense to me. I have been choking them around the forward ‘chin’ bar, which is causing me to be pulled forward. Makes it interesting and all, but I think I will try your set up next time.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
maraudermeat wrote:
PeteS wrote:
The squat video just makes me feel… dirty. Nice work. So do you have the bands rigged around the rear of the rack?
yeah… i felt very dirty after that session. the kind of dirty that no shower can clean.
the bands are single choked about a foot back from the hooks directly above on the uprights. when hanging without weight the loops are right at the hooks. i put a 135lb bar in them and let it hang. it stretched about 6 inches below where it would sit on my shoulders in a parallel squat. that’s about as scientific as i get:)
All makes sense to me. I have been choking them around the forward ‘chin’ bar, which is causing me to be pulled forward. Makes it interesting and all, but I think I will try your set up next time.
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that is definitely the draw back to bands. you have to have them directly above you or you will get pulled forward or backward. it’s not a big deal with submax weight but on max attempts, it only takes a little bit of pull to totally fuck up your lift. on my 715 i didn’t step back far enough and the bands put me back on my heels. it’s a bitch to have to worry about stepping out with heavy ass weight and also doing it so that you are directly centered under the bands.
[quote]mjnewland wrote:
Thanks Meat. I now blame all my weaknesses and my fatness on that tiny-ass pillow I’ve been using!!! I knew it had nothing to do with being a pussy like all you guys said I was!!![/quote]
i think we need to upgrade the body pillow to one worthy of our…uhhh… stoutness.
mine would have a built in beer coosy and a vagina.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Is this your main log now? still thinking about a bb’ing show?
Hope all is well! :)[/quote]
yep… i stopped posting in the bodybuilding section. didn’t get much interest. i guess i wasn’t doing enough hammmerzz strength machines:)
my bodyweight has leveled off at 260. i feel really good but don’t want to lose anymore. my strength is at an all time high. the bodybuilding thing is now on the back burner as i chase new strength PR’s.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
mom-in-MD wrote:
Is this your main log now? still thinking about a bb’ing show?
Hope all is well!
yep… i stopped posting in the bodybuilding section. didn’t get much interest. i guess i wasn’t doing enough hammmerzz strength machines:)
my bodyweight has leveled off at 260. i feel really good but don’t want to lose anymore. my strength is at an all time high. the bodybuilding thing is now on the back burner as i chase new strength PR’s.
thanks for checking in:)
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ya, for some reason I just can’t picture you in speedos(not that Im trying, hehe)
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Awesome, awesome videos. If you keep getting smacked around like that, are you going to have your moniker changed to “Marauded” Meat?
“Those aren’t pillows…”, one of the best lines ever, from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
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so far, no one has hit me nearly hard enough for my taste. hopefully that will change.
yeah… that’s one of my favorite movies. “Why are you nibbling on my ear??”
for my own info… what is punnyguy?? i have this thing where i try to figure out people’s screen names. it’s not supposed to be punyguy is it?
“Punnyguy” means I like puns, and (foul) word play. With the big dudes in this forum though, maybe “Puny” as in weak, is more appropriate though!
(fyi, 47 yrs old -but very immature for my age!-, 5’8" 175lbs, shamefully still in the ‘look good naked’ mode, mostly 'cause I’m single…; the 35+ forum here has become my favorite internet read, lots of quality and wisdom here)
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
“Punnyguy” means I like puns, and (foul) word play. With the big dudes in this forum though, maybe “Puny” as in weak, is more appropriate though!
(fyi, 47 yrs old -but very immature for my age!-, 5’8" 175lbs, shamefully still in the ‘look good naked’ mode, mostly 'cause I’m single…; the 35+ forum here has become my favorite internet read, lots of quality and wisdom here)[/quote]
oh… thank god. nothing worse than someone spelling their own screen name wrong. good to have you aboard.
[quote]mjnewland wrote:
Thanks Meat. I now blame all my weaknesses and my fatness on that tiny-ass pillow I’ve been using!!! I knew it had nothing to do with being a pussy like all you guys said I was!!![/quote]
I meant it lovingly.
Come here and let me stroke your forehead til you feel better…
Hey Boss, nice lifting! Those squats were amazing.
I think I may have to start that pillow thing… my lower back, hips and shoulders have been really bugging me as of late. Thought it may be my mattress, but it is only 3-4 years old, and high quality.
When I sleep on my side, my hips an my shoulders ache and my hands go numb (pins and needles). If I sleep on my stomach, my lower back kills me. F’n brutal. I’m gonna have to try this, may be a cure.
Question… How come Dave does not post on here, and the very rare video of him on here as well? He loos like a cool dude, even if he does hit like my sister…
(my sister is 3 inches taller than me and outweighs me by 60 pounds… lol!)
[quote]bunny7568 wrote:
Hey Boss, nice lifting! Those squats were amazing.
I think I may have to start that pillow thing… my lower back, hips and shoulders have been really bugging me as of late. Thought it may be my mattress, but it is only 3-4 years old, and high quality.
When I sleep on my side, my hips an my shoulders ache and my hands go numb (pins and needles). If I sleep on my stomach, my lower back kills me. F’n brutal. I’m gonna have to try this, may be a cure.
Question… How come Dave does not post on here, and the very rare video of him on here as well? He loos like a cool dude, even if he does hit like my sister…
(my sister is 3 inches taller than me and outweighs me by 60 pounds… lol!)[/quote]
definitely give it a try. my back feels awesome now. i find that the knee has to be higher than your hip. stack some pillows between those knees.
Dave is cool as hell. He’s a steel worker and really doesn’t know how to use a computer. I post vids of him every once in awhile. He’s not nearly the whore that i am.
I think i figured out why he hits like a girl… he has even shorter t-rex arms than me. his hands basically attach at his shoulders.
Tried the pillow thing for the last 2 days… hips and lower back feel a bit better (I know it is too soon for real results yet) but kept waking up replacing the damn pillow.
Gonna bring the duct tape to bed tonight… can’t wait to see the look on the bride’s face… heheheheh…
