[quote]soldog wrote:
How’s the knee holding up these days?
So so. Saw another orthopaedist a couple of weeks ago. Same basic answer: not too much we can do…
Brewed any good beer lately?
Acutally, I brewed a porter and a brown 2-3 months ago, but never got the time to bottle it. It’s still sitting in the secondaries. Probably bad by now.[/quote]
[quote]soldog wrote:
How’s the knee holding up these days?
So so. Saw another orthopaedist a couple of weeks ago. Same basic answer: not too much we can do…
Brewed any good beer lately?
Acutally, I brewed a porter and a brown 2-3 months ago, but never got the time to bottle it. It’s still sitting in the secondaries. Probably bad by now.[/quote]
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That depends on a lot of things - might just check it to see. When I was brewing I left brews in the secondary that long with no problem.
Still banging away with that balanced volume in your training. nice work…oh definitely try the beer…it would break my heart to know that you threw it out!
I didn’t go back and check but some of your lifts look like they may be better than BI (before injury). You and George gonna start row/bike cross country comp? And don’t go all formal on me with the “hel”, we shared spam poems once, doesn’t that mean anything to you?
Rowed 107,859 meters so far this month. My goal for the challenge (row as much as you can in Jan) is 250K. Don’t know if I will make it. The rowing has been getting in the way of lifting, and then there’s, you know, life and stuff…
Marathon Runner looking Dude - thanks for stopping by.
And to the august Sir Hel, coming from a man in a skirt, it means a hel (get it?) of a lot. The lifts are definitely not better than before, and I’m sure that George would be ascaird of another competition with me!
SD - I do bottle condition. I don’t add fresh yeast, so it will probably take several weeks to come into condition. The darker beers take some time to mature, anyway. This was a very active yeast though, and might surprise. Nice deadlies, by the way!
Snap - I’ve been using a wider stance than I used to before the injury. I use an overhand grip since it was the arm with the pronated hand that was injured. I find that the wider stance lets me take a fairly narrow grip on the bar with both arms pretty much straight down. I reason that this is less likely to overstress the injured tendon. I hope I am right!
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Did you rupture a bicep? Were you in the habit of initiating the pull with a jerk of the arms? Double overhand now, eh?[/quote]
Avulsion of the distal biceps tendon (ie, ripped da sucka right off da bone). I was participating in a virtual DL meet. Pulled 280 for my first, then went to 300 for my second. Had it almost to lockout before it went. 300 would have been a PR. I even had delusions of 320 for my 3rd attempt, and might have pulled it if I hadn’t broken me.
I don’t think I jerk with the arms at the beginning. I try to push with the legs. I do think that I unconsciously pull some with the arms near the top. I can give you a video of the lift if you are really interested. I have difficulty watching it, myself.
Never mind that I’ve seen videos of a 105 lb woman pulling 343. I forget her name, but she is really impressive. Just walks up to the bar, positions her feet, grabs it, and pulls it. No muss, no fuss. That’s over 3x bodyweight! I googled it, and her name is Cheryl Anderson. Here is a link to a youtube video of the lift.
Me, I’ve given up any delusions of powerlifting. I just wanna look good naked. Unfortunately, that ain’t working out too well either…
