I’d give Austin Baraki a go. He should answer your question (or he might ask you to book a consult) but worth a try.
He’ll probably say don’t worry about it.
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Thanks, that sounds like the right guy to ask about it since he’s both a doctor and powerlifter. I asked the Squat University guy and he says it’s beyond his expertise but from what he knows some athletes need them fixed while others don’t, so maybe it’s not anything to worry about. All I know is if I keep squatting and pulling and it gets big I’m going to regret it, but I suppose that could happen other ways too.
Yep this is what I feel as well. There’s just no way you can replicate heavy weights on the top range no matter how slow you move a lighter or moderate weight. I think tempo work is great but still it’s just not the same.
I don’t like tempo work at all. I think maybe if you have technical issues on the descent then it could be useful but intentionally moving the weight slow on the concentric doesn’t seem like a good way to go.
There was some discussion about this on here a long time ago, there was some research by Russian scientists (it might be in Science & Practice of Strength Training) that found that by moving weights slowly you activate antagonist muscles, which is the opposite of what you want or maximal strength. I did tempo squats a couple times years ago because Mike T had people doing them, not only did they suck but the next couple times I squatted I was moving slower than ever and felt weaker. That alone was enough to make me not want to do them ever again.
I was trying to figure out how to contact him and ended up looks at the forums on his site. I found a thread where someone has the same issue.
I have been to the doctor and he has diagnosed me with a “mild” form of hernia on my upper abdominal wall. He said that I should not be that concerned, but he also said that I should not be pushing any numbers in the gym, specifically when doing the three main movements (squat, bench, deadlift).
Baraki:
It sounds to be very mild. While it may indeed progress over time, no one can tell you how quickly that may occur, or whether training will have an impact on this.
Train with loading to tolerance, just like we would in any other scenario.
And another one here with an inguinal hernia:
She also advised against surgery since the risk of complications outweigh
any benefits since I am asymptomatic. She even said “no surgeon would consider operating on moral grounds” when I asked about surgery as a preventative measure. Is this due to the lawsuits about hernia mesh
failures? Are they that bad?
So that’s the same ting the doctor told me yesterday when I asked about going to a private doctor, plus I read some stuff about lawsuits for issues with the mesh. I don’t know what to think. I should sign up for that forum and see what I can learn.
I don’t want to hijack this thread so if you want to continue this discussion you can post in my training log. I’m talking about hernias in three threads right now.
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