Those are very pretty feet Snap and love the gothic warrior queen sandals 
12 weeks will be over before you know it and bless that surgeon
Despite the inane exercises and painful yanking, I always liked going to PT. It always felt like a positive step forward for my health/fitness/body.
15 degrees sort of bites, but there is only one way to go and that is UP.
Today was an interesting experiment: training someone else. A 104-lb. 14-year-old girl who claims she might like to compete in a powerlifting meet. I readily admit that I’m a total autodidact in the powerlifting arena. But I have had the advantage of being coached by some very experienced people and am pretty damn neurotic about form.
And since I can’t train myself these days, why not focus on someone else, eh? So I took her in to a gym and spent about an hour and a half showing her each lift. Quite challenging with one arm in a sling.
All in all, she had great form and really understood how to translate what I demonstrated and told her to her own lifts. The question really is does a 14-year-old have the drive and determination and willingness and time and all that other stuff one needs to be successful on the platform.
Other than that, life is about physical therapy for me. I still am not permitted to use my arm at all. Two more weeks of that restriction. As I’ve said before, the PT is hard for me, mostly because I can’t just barrel my way through it like I’d prefer to do. It’s a real mental game. And sometimes I cry when I feel sorry for myself.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Today was an interesting experiment: training someone else. A 104-lb. 14-year-old girl who claims she might like to compete in a powerlifting meet. I readily admit that I’m a total autodidact in the powerlifting arena. But I have had the advantage of being coached by some very experienced people and am pretty damn neurotic about form.
And since I can’t train myself these days, why not focus on someone else, eh? So I took her in to a gym and spent about an hour and a half showing her each lift. Quite challenging with one arm in a sling.
All in all, she had great form and really understood how to translate what I demonstrated and told her to her own lifts. The question really is does a 14-year-old have the drive and determination and willingness and time and all that other stuff one needs to be successful on the platform.
Other than that, life is about physical therapy for me. I still am not permitted to use my arm at all. Two more weeks of that restriction. As I’ve said before, the PT is hard for me, mostly because I can’t just barrel my way through it like I’d prefer to do. It’s a real mental game. And sometimes I cry when I feel sorry for myself.[/quote]
I think it’s great that you are spending your time working with a 14-YO on lifting. Do any of the average teens have the drive and determination and all that other stuff to be successful at a complex endeavor at that age? Some do, many don’t but you don’t know until you open the door for them.
we all cry when we feel sorry for ourselves, no matter what the reason. life goes on and if you ain’t moving forward, you’re moving backward…
Those are some gorgeous shoes and your feet look great in them!
Re shoulder rehab: So true that its a mental game. Try to look at it as a test of another kind of strength. You will come out of this with patience, tenacity, and new levels of determination and concentration that you have never known before! I am rooting for you Snapper and excited for the day when you will begin getting back some ROM in that baby.
Wow that is exciting about the 14 YO. I hope she does have the drive to stick with it and go somewhere. You just have to train her long enough for her to get bitten by the bug then I bet she will take off liek wildfire. I can only imagine how much better my teen years would have been if I had discovered powerlifting that early on.
Love the shoes! And cute toes there. Red is the perfect polish.
I’m handing off the wise woman crown to Owlie now - couldn’t agree more. This is most definitely a test of a different kind of strength, and I’m certain that you will only be met with success.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
And since I can’t train myself these days, why not focus on someone else, eh? [/quote]
This is a brilliant idea! And what a great way to lend your expertise. She’s a lucky girl to have you coaching her. I do hope she takes advantage of it and soaks up all the great info you’re supplying.
Way to wade through the emotional, physical and mental roller coaster your dealing with right now. Its so corny to say, but this journey will only enrich your life, as well as your powerlifting. Stay positive. You got this.
nods head what they all said Snap. There is wisdom here.
I’ve gone and turned into you. A tweaked shoulder and a new, cute dress from REI.
A tweaked shoulder. No good, Kimba.
I, too, played around with my squat stance today per O’s advice in KK’s log. Tried a super wide stance just for fun. Shit, that threw me off. I think I should leave well enough alone. I’m a pretty good squatter.
Had a fab day doing nonweighted exercises. Was sweating up a storm. Stuff like nonweighted squats with a fast drop into the hole (works well for me with gear), step ups to the highest step with a super slow decent, pistol squats to a low bench, timed wall sits, calf raises off a platform, ab stuff, etc. It’s amazing how hard one can work without weights!
weights are an accessory and a great motivation for those that are driven by numbers byut body weight stuff can still kick your ass. Glad to know your finding your groove Snap.
That is some good training within your parameters. And you are far better than a “pretty good squatter”.
Try two of my rehab exercises: sumo squat holds (I can do about 30 secs. before dying) and lunge holds (same). Ass kicking.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
weights are an accessory and a great motivation for those that are driven by numbers byut body weight stuff can still kick your ass. Glad to know your finding your groove Snap.[/quote]
x2
Theres a reason why they train you with bodyweight stuff in bootcamp.
sounds like things are going pretty darn good for you, snapper. your surgeon taking good care of you and a PT to help you get right back into shape. that 14 year old is lucky to have some time with you-i think that is a great outlet for you now.
and ditto on the shoes-they are very warrior goddess like. 
So what’s happening with the 14 year old girl you were coaching? Have you done anything else with her? I know the great feeling of coaching kids. For about a month I was helping out at my daughters high school with the girls powerlifting team that was going to Provincials.
I went to the meet and they all did great. I’ll be doing it again next year starting in the fall from the beginning. It was so much fun watching them get better and being able to give small tips and information that make a big difference in how they are doing.
I’d love to be a high school PL coach!! I guess first I’d have to be a PL’er
Hope all is well K!
I’m glad your working on body weight stuff and finding it to be a good work out. Good for the mind, body and soul!
Nice Snap! I love all that stuff. If you do more of it and feel like it, post the set/reps scheme so I can steal it and use it myself…please
ps. yes, i’m that lazy
Ahh, my training is not exciting enough to merit logging sets/reps right now. I pretty much have to stop an exercise when I feel any upper body strain (shrugging or tensing) because I promised my surgeon I would. Damn, I hate having to keep promises like that. But I know it’s for the best. I have one more week of doing essentially nothing [in my mind]. I see my surgeon on the 25th, and he should lift more restrictions then.
PT is progressing. Anyone who has gone through PT for a serious injury/surgery for an extended length of time will understand when I say it’s painful, humbling, and frustrating. At this point, I just lie on a table and stare at the ceiling and focus on my breathing and try not to wince while my therapist moves my arm in ways that it simply doesn’t want to go. I’m not a patient person. And I tend to be too much an “all or nothing” type. I still have no active use of my arm. But it’s just a matter of days . . .
Regarding the 14 year old . . . I only met with her once. I think, perhaps, she doesn’t really have the drive and desire to be successful in this sport. I think she just wanted to please me by giving it a try. Plus, I think I expect too much of other people. It blows up in my face sometimes.
I would bet good money on you succeeding in not wincing. Snapper is not a wuss.
The 25th is next week. Hang on.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Regarding the 14 year old . . . I only met with her once. I think, perhaps, she doesn’t really have the drive and desire to be successful in this sport. I think she just wanted to please me by giving it a try. Plus, I think I expect too much of other people. It blows up in my face sometimes.
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I can see that, being such a driven woman yourself. Its hard to understand where others come from when they don’t share the same drive. Alas, she is 14 - and from what I remember, life was all about friends back then, so who has time for fun things like powerlifting. But its nice you gave it a try.
Yes, the 25th is next week! Can’t wait to hear what the doc says. I’m sure your progressing perfectly.
And good job on the self restraint. Strong woman for enduring PT pain.