[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:
So it’s a Tennis Elbow strap. Cool.[/quote]
Precisely…And thanks for putting a name to it, so I know what I’m asking for when I go shopping.
I guess I’m the fool for not knowing what this is, since it seems to be a pretty common piece of equipment.
Oh, and a picture in case some other folks are as ignorant as I am.
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
I’m surprised to see that at least 2 people read through enough of that to know that there was a tip.
He reached into his bag, and pulled out some kind of adjustable velcro band that I hadn’t seen before. It may be something pretty common, but I’m a humble beginner and I wasn’t familiar with this item. I’ll try my best to describe it.
It looked kind of like a lifting strap, but without the part that you would wrap around the bar. It was maybe 1.5 inches wide, tightened like a belt would, and had a velcro closure.
He said to slide my arm into the band, and tighten it around my forearm, about an inch from the injured elbow. The suggestion was to fasten it as tightly as I comfortably could, without feeling like I was losing circulation, and then lift as I normally would. The injury that I have on and off is elbow tendinitis, and the guy said this is what he used to cope with the same injury.
So, I put it on, tightened it up, and went right back to the pulldown station where my elbow was acting up in the first place. I did a quick little light warmup, then moved the pin to my first working-weight spot. I was able to bust out my 3 sets with absolutely no pain in the elbow, and I proceeded to thank the guy over and over again for the revelation. He said that I should have no problem finding the bands at any fitness supply/equipment store (or online) for under 10 bucks. I haven’t had time to look in the past few days, but I’m sure he’s right, given how simple the device is.
If anyone is curious about the science behind it, I can’t offer much of an explanation. The guy is a nurse at a prison, and therefore is pretty well-versed in anatomy. Apparently, it has something to do with putting pressure on the elbow tendons, before they reach the elbow…Thus relieving the pressure IN the elbow, meaning less or no pain. I’m not entirely sure I’m sold on the science of it, but it certainly works in practice (For me anyway).
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Thanks. Depending on how my elbow is feeling by the end of the week I might have to look into this.
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
I’m surprised to see that at least 2 people read through enough of that to know that there was a tip.
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I didn’t read any of it…
I’m a bad person 
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
I’m surprised to see that at least 2 people read through enough of that to know that there was a tip.
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I didn’t read any of it…
I’m a bad person :([/quote]
That’s what I expected.
It doesn’t make you a bad person…Most people don’t bother to read a wall of text like that, but I always find myself unable to stop, once I start typing.
And even if I was offended on some level, you’d get a pass due to your past contributions to the T-Vixen thread.
[quote]SpnKick540 wrote:
A Master/Apprentice duo doing T-Bar rows in the corner:
Apprentice: Do you ever do deadlifts?
Master: Nah
Apprentice: Because they’re bad for your back, right? I know
Master: Yeah, dude. Especially straight-legged. That’ll mess your shit up quick.
Me: (A little louder than I meant) BullSHIT!
Apprentice/Master: blank stare
Me: Doing those 3-inch ROM t-bar rows with a rounded back will do a lot worse.
Apprentice/Master: … … … walk away[/quote]
Great!
What’s funny about this is at my gym there are two guys that me and my buddy also call The Master and The Apprentice!
They are also total goof offs.
Since we got rid of the last guy, I really like the other trainers at my gym. There are now 3 of us.
One of the trainers was deadlifting, and was up to about 365. The other trainer (who was training a really hot client) walked over to the bar, pushed the other trainer out of the way, did his best “walk around the bar with constant head fake” warm up, then attempt to pull the 365 cold.
I have never heard so many pops in my life. He laid on the ground until an ambulance came to get him. He couldn’t walk for 3 days, tore 2 muscles in his groin, and now has constant low back pain ever since the incident.
Boss was not pleased…
Tennis Elbow straps are from heaven.
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
I’m surprised to see that at least 2 people read through enough of that to know that there was a tip.
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I didn’t read any of it…
I’m a bad person :([/quote]
That’s what I expected.
It doesn’t make you a bad person…Most people don’t bother to read a wall of text like that, but I always find myself unable to stop, once I start typing.
And even if I was offended on some level, you’d get a pass due to your past contributions to the T-Vixen thread. [/quote]
Aww man, “past” contributions?
I guess I need to post in that thread again.
I did it again last night. I hit myself square in the mouth with the bar doing cleans, fell over backwards with the weight still in my hands, ate shit into the wall behind me and put a big fucking hole in the sheetrock in my garage. Today I have a fat, split lip.
Last week I was doing box squats in my squat rack. Normally I work up to a couple heavy triples and a couple heavy singles, usually starting with about 345-365 for the first heavy triple (yeah, yeah, heavy triple for me that is).
So I didn’t even bother putting the safety pins in place before I did a set of 3 at 305. I don’t know what the hell happened but I just could not get off the fucking box with 305 that day. I was lifting by myself so no one was there to spot me and after kind of panicking a little bit there, I just said fuck it, rolled the weight off my back, leaned forward really quickly and let the whole bar drop right down to the ground. Luckily I have some thick rubber padding on the floor or I might have shattered the discs or busted the concrete floor.
Bent the shit out of the bar. But the worst part? I did almost the exact same thing about a year ago.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
I did it again last night. I hit myself square in the mouth with the bar doing cleans, fell over backwards with the weight still in my hands, ate shit into the wall behind me and put a big fucking hole in the sheetrock in my garage. Today I have a fat, split lip.
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LOL, I smacked myself in the chin doing a jerk a while back and I was sure I cracked a tooth. Something went snap in my jaw and I couldn’t really open my mouth or talk for a few minutes. Had a nice bruise from that.
Last night I did step-ups in the squat rack after squatting. I moved the big ass step-up thing into the rack and everything. But since no one really squats at my gym but me, no one got mad. I was disappoint ) :
I’ve hit myself in the nose doing militaries before, just didn’t back my face up like every other rep ever for some reason, and boom bar meet cartilage, face meet blood.
[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:
Hey Wez, I saw this at Walgreen’s last night. [/quote]
Thanks, man…I picked mine up at Dick’s today. 15 bucks and worth soooo much more.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
[quote]Wezcattoy wrote:
I’m surprised to see that at least 2 people read through enough of that to know that there was a tip.
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I didn’t read any of it…
I’m a bad person :([/quote]
That’s what I expected.
It doesn’t make you a bad person…Most people don’t bother to read a wall of text like that, but I always find myself unable to stop, once I start typing.
And even if I was offended on some level, you’d get a pass due to your past contributions to the T-Vixen thread. [/quote]
Aww man, “past” contributions?
I guess I need to post in that thread again.
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Me thinks my devious plan may have worked. (In Monty Burns Voice) Excellent.
[quote]dianab wrote:
LOL, I smacked myself in the chin doing a jerk a while back and I was sure I cracked a tooth. Something went snap in my jaw and I couldn’t really open my mouth or talk for a few minutes. Had a nice bruise from that.
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So, who was the jerk?
Sorry… coudn’t help myself;)
[quote]aeyogi wrote:
[quote]dianab wrote:
LOL, I smacked myself in the chin doing a jerk a while back and I was sure I cracked a tooth. Something went snap in my jaw and I couldn’t really open my mouth or talk for a few minutes. Had a nice bruise from that.
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So, who was the jerk?
Sorry… coudn’t help myself;)[/quote]
ahahaha nice!
Once I was doing seated calf raises, I was bent over the machine with my head over my kness and pressed with my feet not thinking about my head was in the way. Needless to say, I rammed myself in the nose with 90 lbs and the top of the part that falls across your legs. Damn that hurt so bad, and I started bleeding pretty good too-- felt like an idiot 
Had a snazzy gash and bruise across the bridge of my nose for over a week.
This morning I was playing basketball at the Y. We had a heckuva rain storm last night and the roof was leaking near the sideline, but we played anyway with a big yellow bucket catching the leak. Two games went by smoothly. I even shot and made a deep three using the bucket as a screen. In the third game I drove baseline and made a nice dish to my big man, who made a nice layup.
As I was watching him make the shot, I continued up the sideline and knocked the bucket all the way to half court shooting water all over the place. I managed to keep my feet, but it was embarrassing.
Idiotic moments for myself:
When I was 16 and used a preacher curl bench for the first time, I just did the bar to test the movement patterns and didn’t realize how quickly the bar was coming when it got over the hump so to speak. Drilled myself in the face, chipped my two front teeth.
Earlier this year I was doing pin presses in the rack and went to grab my log book after my set, the bar was about waist-high in the rack. Somehow I didn’t see the actual bar and looked past it while focusing on my logbook. Bent at waist rather quickly and drilled the bar with my face, again broke my two front teeth. Spit them out, bled a lot, finished my workout then looked for the pieces/went home to put them in milk (does that actually work?)
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Idiotic moments for myself:
When I was 16 and used a preacher curl bench for the first time, I just did the bar to test the movement patterns and didn’t realize how quickly the bar was coming when it got over the hump so to speak. Drilled myself in the face, chipped my two front teeth.
Earlier this year I was doing pin presses in the rack and went to grab my log book after my set, the bar was about waist-high in the rack. Somehow I didn’t see the actual bar and looked past it while focusing on my logbook. Bent at waist rather quickly and drilled the bar with my face, again broke my two front teeth. Spit them out, bled a lot, finished my workout then looked for the pieces/went home to put them in milk (does that actually work?)[/quote]
Yes. As a matter of fact if you leave them in there long enough you’ll successfully create a clone of yourself …
