When are you going to post the vids?
Had a friend who got the same injury a couple of years ago - snapped the small tendon that goes down the inside of the forearm… He just deadlifted 700 in a meet over the weekend. Once he got out of the cast he just started light, light, light curls for very high reps to get blood in there and promote healing.
It is possible to come back from that one. Sucks while you’ve got it though.
"Been there done that bro. I blew my right distal biceps tendon doing atlas stone prior to 5 friggin meets I had scheduled last heavy training day POP, Man got to love the sound of it. LOL
I agree get in the gym NOW. I actually hit a pressing PR the day after I did it just couldnt row for shit LOL, then had surgery and kept hitting it hard. One arm dead lifts, pressing with one arm, GM’s with a safety squat bar and squats the same. GHR, Reverse hyper, one arm farmers, Plyo work for speed anything you can think of. Nail the rest of your body like normal.
Mine was bad had to do the same as you but hey had to take an extra inch off the tendon as it was frayed to hell. I was in my cast 8 weeks, But got out of it and did a strongman comp like 6 weeks post cast ( not he smartest hitting in the world and I dint set any records but I did the whole thing completed every event and came in 10th over all.
Within 6 months I Deadlifted 650lbs in a meet, 8 months 675.
you can come back the hardest thing is dealing with possible limited supination, oh and getting full range of motion back, Then just getting the pressing stability and strength to come back. It takes time but youll be back and stronger and smarter mentally then ever.
I do suggest switching that hand to your over hand on the DL for at least the start, Mine will always be that hand now as the tendon stayed just that much shorter and tighter then the other.
Take plenty of fish oils and EAT UP as well try to not lose to much overall weight and dont be to pissed when your arm shrinks, mine came out about the size of my damn wrist but comes back fast just using it again in everyday life."
Math- Just getting caught up and cant believe the bad luck that grabbed you. very sorry for you… Here is to a speedy and quick recovery! All the best, Paul
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
War wound![/quote]
Yup. Lost that battle!
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Ouch.
Math - You are probably in mucho pain and still get in here and pump the other guys up.
Much respect. I hope you heal fast.[/quote]
Acutally, it doesn’t hurt that much. That’s spooky. Thanks for stopping by.
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Math,
And has anyone asked?
Is that your drinking arm??
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Yes it is! Not sure whether that’s a good thing or not. I definitely need to lose weight, and porter is not my friend in that endeavor.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What a shitty thing to happen to such a good guy. I had a friend tear his left biceps just a couple months ago. He had surgery and is back to doing all his daily activities and tying kids hockey skates no problem. Hang in there.[/quote]
Thanks, Eco. I was actually able to brush my teeth with my right hand this evening, and that’s before surgery. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s completely torn.
[quote]mathineer wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What a shitty thing to happen to such a good guy. I had a friend tear his left biceps just a couple months ago. He had surgery and is back to doing all his daily activities and tying kids hockey skates no problem. Hang in there.[/quote]
Thanks, Eco. I was actually able to brush my teeth with my right hand this evening, and that’s before surgery. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s completely torn.[/quote]
If you can still supinate your hand, maybe not.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Had a friend who got the same injury a couple of years ago - snapped the small tendon that goes down the inside of the forearm… He just deadlifted 700 in a meet over the weekend. Once he got out of the cast he just started light, light, light curls for very high reps to get blood in there and promote healing.
It is possible to come back from that one. Sucks while you’ve got it though.
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Thanks for the link, DCA!
[quote]OldGoat wrote:
Math- Just getting caught up and cant believe the bad luck that grabbed you. very sorry for you… Here is to a speedy and quick recovery! All the best, Paul[/quote]
Thanks, OG!
Jack,
I haven’t had a lot of luck lately in uploading videos, but I’ll give it a try. Here is first attempt.
Math, that first lift flew off the ground. I am really surpised that adding 20 more pounds resulted in such a serious injury.
I’m pretty sure you can come back from this math, just be smart about it.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Math, that first lift flew off the ground. I am really surpised that adding 20 more pounds resulted in such a serious injury. [/quote]
I was rather surprised as well! 
The second attempt came up fairly well too, at least until the injury just short of lockout. I find it difficult to watch that one, and doubt any of you want to see it either.
Late to the party - I hope you recover fully from this setback. All the very best.
Thanks Joe and Form.
I know I’ll “come back”, but I’m not sure yet exactly what that will mean.
My first love was ultra running. I really wish I have been able to finish at least 100 miler. I still catch myself thinking I might just get one more marathon in.
As for weight lifting, I never really thought I’d get too far past pulling 300. 350 maybe. 400 was completely out of sight. I never had the burning desire to take power lifting as far as I could go with it (although I have, apparently, already done that!).
I’m sure I’ll lift weights again. I doubt I’ll go back to my recent PR-whorish ways. I’m pretty sure I’ll be a lot more conservative when I do.
For now, my priorities are
- Get through the surgery.
- Get through the re-hab, and recover as much range of motion as possible.
- Improve body composisiton - target 10% BF (around 150 lbs). I’d really like to be able to run again, at least a little. From experience, I don’t think it’s advisable when I weight much over 165.
- Recover reasonable levels of strength.
- Remember I’m 56 years old, damnit!
- Discover some fitness related passion that keeps the ticker going until at least 66. (Note: this probably won’t entail competing in MMA.)
Thanks again for all of the concern and well wishes. I really value this virtual community. Please don’t hate me if I decide not to pull 300 again.
Hey Kevin - maybe you should take up bodybuilding? I hear they don’t need to lift heavy…
[quote]soldog wrote:
Hey Kevin - maybe you should take up bodybuilding? I hear they don’t need to lift heavy…[/quote]
Sure! I’ll just jump over to the Bodybuilding forum, ask them to critique my full body pink dumbbell training plan, and wait for the helpful advice to start rolling in!
Just an old guy opinion, I think your priorities are spot on, but don’t sell yourself short. That ticker has a lot of life left and the fact you have been increasing your lifts/PR’s means you have a lot left to gain.
As much as I would like to lift in the 4-5 bill range, I know I didn’t build a base for that in my younger years, so getting the “infrastructure” ready for that will take some time, even if the muscles are ready. I’m in no hurry.
If you choose an endeavor to build on, choose one that you’ve built a base with. If that is endurance running, maybe you will have quicker gains there. In terms of powerlifting, you have also established a base and you can continue building on it if you wish. You have lots of time left to pursue whatever passion you enjoy.