I was a pro there in the late 90’s. So you know Gunter? Any of the golf bros? My boy Rodney, the GM at the GC?
I worked there from 2011 to 2013, but the name gunter feels familiar.
He is the owner of the Taproom at Dubsdread. I lived in the hood, saw Dr. J and Shaq at Christos and Shakers (both likely gone by the time you were there).
Great times for me. My first kid was born at Arnold Palmer and my brother was an ER Physician at ORMC, then Sand Lake (later Dr. Phillips).
I played so much golf there, drank so many beers there.
Great memories.
Steve? Yeah, he was great to work for.
You don’t want to know what the kitchen was up to.
Often that is the case, of course. This was me being dumb though, I changed my dumbell row form and felt a stretch in the bicep which was a little uncomfortable but stupidly kept adding weight as I was in a rush and allowed myself to get out of a sensible mindset.
Mitch Hooper has done a lot of talking on this. In some ways the opposite is true. Waiting for things to clear up is rarely the answer. If it’s nothing serious, find what you can tolerate with the idea of increasing blood flow pretty much as soon as possible - that of course will be with less weight on the bar to start with for higher reps. Blood carries nutrients, flushes out inflammation once it’s done it’s job, and the movement will help prevent potential scar tissue problems. Keeping that muscle warm with an appropriate load is vital and then build back up as quickly as your body will let you without exceding a pain barrier.
The dude that created the RICE protocol in the 70s came out later to say it was trash IIRC, but many health services around the world will still prescribe it. When I rested a lat injury and reduced the frequency too much all i’d get was re-aggravation over and over. When I had a hamstring injury, from the next day I was walking as much as I could even with a slight limp. 48 hours after I was doing 5,000 steps a day and leg curls. Day 4 I did some rack pulls and more leg curls. Day 8 I worked up to 315lb x 10 RDLs.
Every injury is different and depending on severity the process is obviously going to take longer. The Mitch Hooper quote that stuck with me the most is “We’re not as fragile as we think we are, our bodies will let us know if it’s too much”.
But you must be listening when your body is talking to you.
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Which can also ring true before the injury.
We condition ourselves to train hard so much that it gets to the point where the discipline to end a set early sometimes feels more difficult than it ever was to train hard in the first place. It’s a level of gym maturity I still need to work on.
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Our bodies are definitely resilient… funny enough it’s usually something so silly that causes an injury
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It’s so true.
Do you remember when Sammy Sosa injured himself sneezing? I thought it was bullshit and got a laugh out of it. Flash forward a few years and I dislocated my shoulder taking off my sweaty gym t-shirt after shoulder day.
I still feel l owe him an apology for laughing at him.
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Yep ! I reached through a squat rack for an empty barbell and zingggg…
Using bumper plates on non olympic movements will lower testosterone levels.
Thats not bro science… thats a fact.
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Corollary: using only iron plates on olympic lifts raises testosterone
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I don’t know why, but I believe this too. If it’s not metal it doesn’t count.
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That brought back some early Olympic weightlifting memories. In the early 1970’s we piddled around attempting to do the snatch and clean and jerk. Being a long legged 6’ 0" guy made a squat snatch and squat clean next to impossible for me. My best lifts in both of those was a split snatch and a split clean. We abandoned Olympic lifting after only doing them a couple months.
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Fight me
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My position stands… 
It’s like the difference between a playground with wood chips or asphalt, vs one with rubber dipping dot surfaces.
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I fucked my back up 3 years ago (still not the same) warming up with 45lb t-bar rows.
exactly… infuriating
Within the right context, everything works. Best is relative.
The most optimal solutions are almost always the average, middle ground ones that are easiest to implement.
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