Here’s a knee wrapping video for Joe. My coach was narrating it but then stopped because I thought the camera was angled wrong. You get the idea, though. I think wrapping style is very individual. My coach tried several methods before we stuck with this one. He always wraps me exactly the same way. I hope this is helpful or pleasing to those of you with knee wrapping fetishes.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Good work. Knee wrapping video? Is this for a new fetish market that I am about to become a member of? [/quote]
I charge upwards of 20 bucks a vid, its a lucrative market
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Good work. Knee wrapping video? Is this for a new fetish market that I am about to become a member of? [/quote]
I charge upwards of 20 bucks a vid, its a lucrative market
[/quote]
Are your legs long and shapely like Snaps? Can I get a teaser vid before I lay down my money? Anxiously awaiting your reply…
that vid is hawt!
your gear bondage how to vid was hot.
nice squats good training.
aw snapper’s got a funny accent 
you got some nice shapley legs, too.
Thanks Snap, so its a circular wrap with a cross at the end. That makes sense. Now hopefully I can do it without maiming my self.
I got 8 chins yesterday too. Apparently I will have to work these harder.
[quote]alexus wrote:
aw snapper’s got a funny accent
you got some nice shapley legs, too.[/quote]
x2
Nice quads and hammies.
You get belted up before wrapping your knees? Wow, that’s hardcore.
Your knee wrap video is going to be the Yin to Meat’s Yang.
Serious question -what’s that “ball balance” thing you’re doing? Don’t tell me it’s functional (well, not so serious).
[quote]giterdone wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Good work. Knee wrapping video? Is this for a new fetish market that I am about to become a member of? [/quote]
I charge upwards of 20 bucks a vid, its a lucrative market
[/quote]
Are your legs long and shapely like Snaps? Can I get a teaser vid before I lay down my money? Anxiously awaiting your reply…[/quote]
Long and shapely like snaps? No.
Teaser vid? Check my log, see what you like.
My reply? …dude…come on now
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
You get belted up before wrapping your knees? Wow, that’s hardcore.[/quote]
I wear a lever belt. It’s not fastened. I can wear it around and then snap it before I squat or pull.
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Your knee wrap video is going to be the Yin to Meat’s Yang.[/quote]
Meat and I wrap very differently. In addition, he doesn’t appear to wrap very tight, whereas I am bruised after squatting with wraps.
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Serious question -what’s that “ball balance” thing you’re doing? Don’t tell me it’s functional (well, not so serious).[/quote]
The ball balance is a time killer between sets. I take a 55-cm exercise ball and balance on all fours on it. Kind of fun. Give it a try.
Thanks for the nice compliments on my legs everyone.
So I had my physical therapy assessment for my shoulder this morning. I am almost 11 months post-surgery. There was good news. And not so good news. And lots of advice given.
The good news is that all tendons/muscles appear intact and functional. My shoulder flexibility measurements have actually increased since I terminated physical therapy last August. In addition, my therapist said that he would rank me in the top 1% in terms of mobility and daily functionality after a serious cuff tear for someone my age.
The bad news is that the strength of my repaired muscle is extremely low and has actually dropped since I finished physical therapy last August. In fact, once that muscle fatigues, it totally shuts down. So it’s back to PT exercises three times a week that directly isolate my supraspinatus. In addition, my therapist said I would never be able to OHP serious weight or safely do C&J/snatches because of the tremendous strain these lifts place on the shoulder joint. I must admit that this saddened me since I’ve been itching to give these lifts a go again.
Then I got the “talking to.” About how I’m not 25 anymore (45.5, in fact) and now have five anchors in my shoulder. And how I must listen to my body and make my rehab exercises a priority for life to ensure structural balance. We also talked a bit about the sport of powerlifting in general. And how the whole premise of the sport is pushing your body to the max and beyond. Over and over and over again. At some point, you have to decide that lifelong wellness and a pain-free existence supersede the ego’s desire for a short-lived endorphin rush and a moment in the spotlight. Or at least I do.
Ms. Snap, I would say that is great news. I have no anchors in my shoulder, and I need to do PT exercises to maintain mobility/stability in my shoulders; in fact, most people do -they just don’t realize it until that nagging shoulder ache goes away, or something breaks.
I agree with the pain-free existence bit. However, “lifelong wellness” is, imo, positively affected by the effects of multiple short-lived endorphin rushes and moments in the spotlight. This fact can not be understood by those who don’t “know”…
Plus, you gotta collect those moments so that when you die, and your life flashes before your eyes, you don’t bore yourself to death.
I agree with punnyguy. Quality of life has many measurements. But you’re a smart chick, you will make the best decision, for you.
Snap, I’m happy everything is still holding together and that there is something that can be done, no matter how mundane that PT could be. But I’m not liking the other side, I also agree w/Punnyguy, there are many things that add to the quality of life, some that others just don’t understand. I hope you are the one making the decision, no matter what it may be.
You need to check out my kneewrap video from the Women’s PL Seminar this past weekend, quite different…I’m shaking my foot half way thru the wrap to wake it up…but I didn’t shed a tear or a too many foul words.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
We also talked a bit about the sport of powerlifting in general. And how the whole premise of the sport is pushing your body to the max and beyond. Over and over and over again. At some point, you have to decide that lifelong wellness and a pain-free existence supersede the ego’s desire for a short-lived endorphin rush and a moment in the spotlight. Or at least I do.[/quote]
I can totally relate to this dilemma and am mulling it over myself at the moment because of my knees. I don’t know about you, but I don’t honestly think when I’ve been limping around for thirty years on “shot” knees that I’ll look back at 75 and think that the fact I hit a 500lb squat when I was 43 is any consolation. I dunno that’s just me.
I saw a documentary once of ex NFL players from the 60s who are practically crippled now, some of them sitting in wheelchairs, watching videos of their playing days. It was pretty sad to see. Some of them only played for a few years. I don’t remember if they asked them if they thought it was worth it now.
I wont stop lifting, just change focus slightly, maybe aim for 3 rep PRs rather than 1 rep maxes or something. It’s another reason I’m looking at the O lifting. It’s a tough decision that’s for sure.
I believe that you can keep pushing your self and still take care of your body. Maybe that means that you can’t push your self quite as hard as you used to but I don’t think it menas you have to give up either.
Maybe it just means you can only be a world class squatter.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
We also talked a bit about the sport of powerlifting in general. And how the whole premise of the sport is pushing your body to the max and beyond. Over and over and over again. At some point, you have to decide that lifelong wellness and a pain-free existence supersede the ego’s desire for a short-lived endorphin rush and a moment in the spotlight. Or at least I do.[/quote]
I can totally relate to this dilemma and am mulling it over myself at the moment because of my knees. I don’t know about you, but I don’t honestly think when I’ve been limping around for thirty years on “shot” knees that I’ll look back at 75 and think that the fact I hit a 500lb squat when I was 43 is any consolation. I dunno that’s just me.
I saw a documentary once of ex NFL players from the 60s who are practically crippled now, some of them sitting in wheelchairs, watching videos of their playing days. It was pretty sad to see. Some of them only played for a few years. I don’t remember if they asked them if they thought it was worth it now.
I wont stop lifting, just change focus slightly, maybe aim for 3 rep PRs rather than 1 rep maxes or something. It’s another reason I’m looking at the O lifting. It’s a tough decision that’s for sure.[/quote]
FB, I’m glad you posted this, because I will now swing to the other side of the pendulum. When you were doing the RSR, and you posted that you needed to take pain killers for your knees in order to be able to squat, I was flabbergasted. Maybe a few (legal) pills for an optimum performance in competition once in a while, but all the time for a regular daily workout? That is not something I would advocate.
(Apologies in advance if I’ve overstepped my bounds, but I couldn’t resist the opening.)
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
We also talked a bit about the sport of powerlifting in general. And how the whole premise of the sport is pushing your body to the max and beyond. Over and over and over again. At some point, you have to decide that lifelong wellness and a pain-free existence supersede the ego’s desire for a short-lived endorphin rush and a moment in the spotlight. Or at least I do.[/quote]
I can totally relate to this dilemma and am mulling it over myself at the moment because of my knees. I don’t know about you, but I don’t honestly think when I’ve been limping around for thirty years on “shot” knees that I’ll look back at 75 and think that the fact I hit a 500lb squat when I was 43 is any consolation. I dunno that’s just me.
I saw a documentary once of ex NFL players from the 60s who are practically crippled now, some of them sitting in wheelchairs, watching videos of their playing days. It was pretty sad to see. Some of them only played for a few years. I don’t remember if they asked them if they thought it was worth it now.
I wont stop lifting, just change focus slightly, maybe aim for 3 rep PRs rather than 1 rep maxes or something. It’s another reason I’m looking at the O lifting. It’s a tough decision that’s for sure.[/quote]
FB, I’m glad you posted this, because I will now swing to the other side of the pendulum. When you were doing the RSR, and you posted that you needed to take pain killers for your knees in order to be able to squat, I was flabbergasted. Maybe a few (legal) pills for an optimum performance in competition once in a while, but all the time for a regular daily workout? That is not something I would advocate.
(Apologies in advance if I’ve overstepped my bounds, but I couldn’t resist the opening.)[/quote]
Ha Ha, I’m on anti-inflammatories for my knees (normally diclofenac or naproxen) not painkillers. Hopefully after I get my physio I will not need them at all. Thanks for the concern and no apologies necessary.
Don’t worry if I got to the stage where I had to take painkillers to get through a session I’m sure my wife would intervene and I’d like to think that I would be wise enough to call it quits at that stage too. (though I couldn’t promise)
Besides painkillers “bung me up” like you wouldn’t believe, but I wont go in to that!