[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Funny. Like it’s bragging rights or something.[/quote]
Winning in any form is as necessary as breathing for us competitive types.[/quote]
LOL - (i messed upped myself better than you did…)
been there…
Godo to hear things are going well snapper. You’ll be back under the bar soon enough.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Winning in any form is as necessary as breathing for us competitive types.[/quote]
Sadly, Kimba, I think you’re right. If I’m going to mess up my shoulder, I wanna do it better than most.
Joe, I hope to be under the bar by end of summer. I CANNOT wait.
that’s pretty hardcore --and you i guarantee you have a cooler story then most, like a total movie plot
snapper, glad surgery went well. SIX WEEKS! GAH! kill me, that’s a long time.
don’t get fat!! lol. that’s my sound advice.
Have fun spinning and walking? I suppose. well, at least your glutes will be fabbbb.
_Mel
Six weeks until I can sit in machines. Much, much longer till I can lift seriously again.
I’m not worried about getting fat. I’m concerned about massive loss of strength and musculature, which will inevitably happen.
Any loss of strength you have will likely be temporary. Hard to swallow, but at least you won’t be in pain anymore. Someone once said to me: you don’t realize how much pain you are in until it’s no longer there.
I didn’t fully comprehend it until I had my tonsils out. I was 22 at the time, and 3 months later for the first time in about 4 years I hadn’t experienced a sore throat or difficulty breathing.
You’re a badass, anyhow!
I was thinking that you should be able to do hill runs and sled pulls pretty soon yeah? I mean you’ll have to still limit that arm movement but that shoudl help keep the legs working and keep you focused on something.
Or am I totally off base?
You’re not off base, Joe. Quite honestly, I’ve never done either hill sprints or sled pulls. My gym doesn’t have a sled. But that doesn’t mean I can’t improvise. I have been hiking and spinning. Anything to get the blood moving. I’m really just all about the weights, though.
Snap: When I started lifting again in October I had been MIA for 2 years, maybe more. It took 4 months to get back to my old numbers. 6 weeks is not that bad. Obviously with an injury you’ll have to take it easy but trust me you don’t loose that much strength.
snapper! i can’t tell you enough how i wish this didn’t happen to you! but i am most confident you will return, better then ever. saying that doesn’t really help, but i wish i could 
my stories doesn’t adiquetely compare but i’ve had a few good stints of not being able to lift or exercise at all for various reasons physical and other, and it does suck but you will be back, much much better too.
Your strength loss will only be temporary. Consider it an extended deload. I know rehab sucks, but it is what it is. You will be back at it in no time, only with less pain and an eventually much stronger shoulder.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
I’m not worried about getting fat. I’m concerned about massive loss of strength and musculature, which will inevitably happen. [/quote]
I wonder if the loss of musculature is inevitable (although I agree the strength levels will go down). If you don’t gain fat during your layoff, either by watching your diet or doing cardio like a madwoman, I am going to guess that your arms and shoulders will still look pretty good for a long while and your butt and legs won’t suffer at all. Your body might conform more closely to the society-approved “toned” look, but I just don’t think you’ll lose the aesthetics.
In fact, I’ve always wondered what would happen to my body shape if I had to stop lifting. You’ll be the guinea pig for that experiment.
Thanks for the encouraging words, all of you!
Things to ponder:
The concept of viewing this time as an extended deload. [Ummm, I’ve actually never done a de-load before.]
Guinea pig for Kimba. [Seems like Kimba’s posing a challenge here.]
Had a great morning at the gym.
5 sets of 30-second squats against the wall
3 sets of 15 ATG squats (no weight)
20 minutes climbing stairs . . . 80 flights at a slow pace
Came home craving cottage cheese.
Hey K…your hot.
kbye
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Guinea pig for Kimba. [Seems like Kimba’s posing a challenge here.][/quote]
You betcha!
Just ate some. Mmmm. Cottage cheese
Great new avi. Very badass.
You might could also do sandbag squats. If you put the sandbag on the uninjured shoulder it would be a way to load your squats. Maybe somebody with lower levels of dumbass than I have has some experience with this.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Snap: When I started lifting again in October I had been MIA for 2 years, maybe more. It took 4 months to get back to my old numbers. 6 weeks is not that bad. Obviously with an injury you’ll have to take it easy but trust me you don’t loose that much strength.[/quote]
I agree with this. There’s such thing as muscle memory. No only that, you still have the mental strength and stamina that you’ve developed as you’ve trained. That doesn’t go away. It will suck to take a step back no doubt but it doesn’t change what you’ve already built.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Snap: When I started lifting again in October I had been MIA for 2 years, maybe more. It took 4 months to get back to my old numbers. 6 weeks is not that bad. Obviously with an injury you’ll have to take it easy but trust me you don’t loose that much strength.[/quote]
I agree with this. There’s such thing as muscle memory. No only that, you still have the mental strength and stamina that you’ve developed as you’ve trained. That doesn’t go away. It will suck to take a step back no doubt but it doesn’t change what you’ve already built.[/quote]
i’ll third this… how much strength you lose depends on how smart you are about letting yourself heal, and whether or not you give up. I know you will and wont, respectively.
That is a great workout!
Agreed on all accounts. Your muscle memory must be incredible. And yes, your avi rocks!