GIFt us your lifts! (or other achievements!)
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jennacole12 wrote: »1 month out as of today 😰. My presses are still my weakest event by far. I have to add 20 lbs to the log and 10 to the circus dumbbell and do them both along with a 100lb Axle press in less than 60 seconds 😅 nbd, not stressed at all.
Also, thankful GIF’s don’t have sound, this way I can spare you all the dying animal sounds I make when lifting heavy😖 Can’t hide that struggle face tho 😂
I adore you! You're gonna get it, Jenna! I can't wait to see it!1 -
Also... Pullups. Still no big breakthrough. But not quitting!
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jennacole12 wrote: »
Last August 2020 my 1 rep max PR for DLs was 225 LBS. I had hopes to advance further than that but was not sure if I could progress that far. Today I am so excited picture above is 245 LBS max!! I'm so excited how strong I have progressed since then!!
Great job!!!! Once you get past 200 it feels like progress is at a crawl right? 🤣🤣🤣 at least it does for me 🙄🤣
It was funny because when I got to 225 I was nervous thinking about how hard it was last year. Then I pumped them out like nothing so I was like OH WOW OK maybe I can go further!!😆2 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Got something in. Kind of winging tonight. Tried box squats for the first time (but went low weight because of my knee)
Did ohp... Still stuck at 70lb, but there is a little tiny vein in my shoulder that is flirting with me. Haha and I love that!
OHP is my worst lift, by a lot. Always proud of people who keep grinding at making it better. Have you got any partial plates? Might be a good place to have some 1lb donuts when 5lb jumps are too steep.
No... The smallest I have are 2.5s. I keep looking but don't see any in store and online is ridiculous. I was thinking of maybe looking at ankle weights or something.
Chain from the hardware store, washers, and baseball bat weights might be options to consider as well.1 -
Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
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jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
The shot will get you through the competition. However, it is a temporary relief and you could injury your shoulder more. I would say get the shot if you are in a lot of pain but exercise caution not to over work the shoulder. If you don't use KT tape, it's work a try. I would also suggest Tiger Balm; honestly it's a staple in my gym bag.1 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
Unfortunately, yes. Feel free to message me if you want or ask anything you want here - I've had a number of shoulder injuries - surgery/pt/rehab, etc.
As to the cortisone injections,from what I can tell, their success seems dependent on the person's body chemistry (how medicines work or don't for different people), the root cause injury and perhaps the talent of the injector though this likely is not as big of a factor anymore thanks to medical technology. Limited data I have as an example - my dad and I have both gotten multiple shots in multiple areas without any relief, any time (more than 10 because insurance makes us do them before they will progress to the next step). I have other relatives where they gave relief for years.
If you want to know more about the actual procedure of the shots, my shoulder shots were years ago but I have had two back shots within the last two months. Again ask me anything.
One thing I would ask you to consider doing. Stand in a mirror and move each arm/shoulder one at a time. Raise your good arm over your head going out from the side and from the front, then do the same with your inured shoulder/arm. Try and note when you have pain and if your body is cheating to raise the arm. With my torn labrum, the only way i could raise my arm was by altering the actual way I completed the act. I didn't even realize i had modified it until my PT showed me in a mirror like this.
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Also... Pullups. Still no big breakthrough. But not quitting!
So sticking with the new band position? You'll get it.1 -
___Soundwave___ wrote: »Chain from the hardware store, washers, and baseball bat weights might be options to consider as well.
Can I message you regarding your back rehab/injury? I have some questions about my current situation and was wondering if you had any experience or could share what helped you?
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jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
Everyone reacts differently to Cortisone shots. Depending on the pain level/tolerance sometimes they don't even touch the pain. I've done it once and I did not care for it. It wasn't for a competition, it was just for some shoulder pain as a course of treatment from the doctor as dictated by the insurance company, but I'm also not one for pain killers beyond the occasional ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
In high school there was a kid on our baseball team that got a Cortisone shot so he could pitch. Ended up destroying his arm. I to this day still struggle to believe a doctor would give this to him if he knew he was going to pitch. I'm guessing the doctor didn't know because it was a smaller town and stuff like that will ruin your practice. I will tell you that without it he wouldn't have pitched, and would more than likely have gone on to have at least a scholarship for baseball.
Personally I would suggest trying other things like the KT Tape, Tiger Balm/Icy Hot etc. to see where and how you feel using that. Not as strong and worth testing. Just be careful if you do decide to and know your limits because one competition isn't worth a lifelong injury.
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___Soundwave___ wrote: »Chain from the hardware store, washers, and baseball bat weights might be options to consider as well.
Can I message you regarding your back rehab/injury? I have some questions about my current situation and was wondering if you had any experience or could share what helped you?
Sure, I'll be happy to share what my experience was like in case it can help you at all. I'll be back on later this evening.0 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
I can't speak to cortisone shots but would give KT tape a shot like GymGoddess suggested. It wreaks of pseudoscience but I've used it for nagging shoulder, knee, and ankle issues in the past with surprising success. Depending on the type of pain you're dealing with there may be different ways to apply it. The youtube instructional videos are pretty good in getting the tape applied the right way.1 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
I can't speak to cortisone shots but would give KT tape a shot like GymGoddess suggested. It wreaks of pseudoscience but I've used it for nagging shoulder, knee, and ankle issues in the past with surprising success. Depending on the type of pain you're dealing with there may be different ways to apply it. The youtube instructional videos are pretty good in getting the tape applied the right way.0 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
I always listen to my body, (well i do now) pain is pain, no need to surpress it, because in long run, it will cause injury (speaking from experience)2 -
I can't speak to cortisone shots but would give KT tape a shot like GymGoddess suggested. It wreaks of pseudoscience but I've used it for nagging shoulder, knee, and ankle issues in the past with surprising success. Depending on the type of pain you're dealing with there may be different ways to apply it. The youtube instructional videos are pretty good in getting the tape applied the right way.Personally I would suggest trying other things like the KT Tape, Tiger Balm/Icy Hot etc. to see where and how you feel using that. Not as strong and worth testing. Just be careful if you do decide to and know your limits because one competition isn't worth a lifelong injury.
To add to this train of thought, I'd consider some shoulder stability exercises.
Think things like the top two in this -
Body blade exercises if you or your gym has one.
The old school hold your arms out for minutes (I think of pe as a kid).
There are a number of isometric exercises that are used for stability. They were annoying for me to do because it didn't feel like i was doing much but they did build stability and have kept me from having my other shoulder surgically repaired.1 -
I have a question about deadlifts. When you're doing a set, do you stop and reset for each rep? Or just rep out continuously for the set? I usually do them continuously and wonder if I'm cheating it a little with momentum???0
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DancingMoosie wrote: »I have a question about deadlifts. When you're doing a set, do you stop and reset for each rep? Or just rep out continuously for the set? I usually do them continuously and wonder if I'm cheating it a little with momentum???
I do them continuously but I have a history of lower back arthritis so I tend to keep volume low and rarely go above 5-6 rep sets. Unless you’re going so quickly you’re benefiting from a bounce at the bottom I wouldn’t consider that cheating. My plates are competition-style with minimal bounce so I can’t imagine getting reset quickly enough to make a significant difference. I’ve always heard that style referred to as touch-and-go so it’s definitely a thing.2 -
DancingMoosie wrote: »I have a question about deadlifts. When you're doing a set, do you stop and reset for each rep? Or just rep out continuously for the set? I usually do them continuously and wonder if I'm cheating it a little with momentum???
I would not call it cheating to continuously do a set. I reset between reps on heavy reps because I want to ensure I have form right. But on lighter reps I will go continuous. It doesn't make it any easier or harder, it depends on you.
If you are competing, it may be different, depending on judge and rules, but in general it's a what you are comfortable with, can keep form, and progress with.1 -
The kind response to my 295 lb PR prompted me to go for 305 today but it was not in the cards. If I had 2.5s that won't scratch my bar I'd have just gone for 300 even. I'm close though, it felt great getting it off the hooks but couldn't get it off my chest.5
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DancingMoosie wrote: »I have a question about deadlifts. When you're doing a set, do you stop and reset for each rep? Or just rep out continuously for the set? I usually do them continuously and wonder if I'm cheating it a little with momentum???
I do them continuously. Except if I am doing a max PR then it is 1 rep for me. But if I put it down reset and do it again then it is not counted as a set. It's just 1 and 1 LOL1 -
DancingMoosie wrote: »I have a question about deadlifts. When you're doing a set, do you stop and reset for each rep? Or just rep out continuously for the set? I usually do them continuously and wonder if I'm cheating it a little with momentum???
If you look at it very strict it is not a deadlift anymore doing it continiously.
Because as the word says, it's a deadlift. So you start with a dead (non moving) weight
I used to do this as well, but i learned that getting it back on the ground, re-bracing yourself and then push your heels back into the ground and lift the weight up again, gets you stronger over time.
Also, because i have lower back issues, it is even more important for me to not do it continiously, because you lose your brace on the core when doing sets of 10, and thus putting more stress on my lower back, at first i did not notice it right away, but as i progressed with the weight, i always had lower back pain a few hours after and the days after.
Once i stopped doing it continiously, i did not have the lower back pain anymore, because i keep much better form during my deadlifts. I brace before each time.
In the long run i increased my deadlifts significally.
I was stuck on 220 lbs for a long time, and now my PR is around 330 lbs for 5 reps. With better form, and painfree afterwards
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Minion_training_program wrote: »DancingMoosie wrote: »I have a question about deadlifts. When you're doing a set, do you stop and reset for each rep? Or just rep out continuously for the set? I usually do them continuously and wonder if I'm cheating it a little with momentum???
If you look at it very strict it is not a deadlift anymore doing it continiously.
Because as the word says, it's a deadlift. So you start with a dead (non moving) weight
I used to do this as well, but i learned that getting it back on the ground, re-bracing yourself and then push your heels back into the ground and lift the weight up again, gets you stronger over time.
Also, because i have lower back issues, it is even more important for me to not do it continiously, because you lose your brace on the core when doing sets of 10, and thus putting more stress on my lower back, at first i did not notice it right away, but as i progressed with the weight, i always had lower back pain a few hours after and the days after.
Once i stopped doing it continiously, i did not have the lower back pain anymore, because i keep much better form during my deadlifts. I brace before each time.
In the long run i increased my deadlifts significally.
I was stuck on 220 lbs for a long time, and now my PR is around 330 lbs for 5 reps. With better form, and painfree afterwards
when i get over 200 lbs I take my time each time i do a set to make sure my form is absolutely perfect and i wear wrist straps because my wrists are weak and I am not trying to focus a grip and take away from focusing on form.
I am so not trying to pull anything in my back
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I need to keep the deadlifts where they are, or even lower, to focus on the "dead" lift. The first rep is always the hardest, so I probably am using momentum a little, even though it is slight. I really don't want to hurt my back!1 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
The shot will get you through the competition. However, it is a temporary relief and you could injury your shoulder more. I would say get the shot if you are in a lot of pain but exercise caution not to over work the shoulder. If you don't use KT tape, it's work a try. I would also suggest Tiger Balm; honestly it's a staple in my gym bag.
Thank you that’s a good point, I never used KT tape or tiger balm, but I’ll check both out. Thank you so much for the recommendations 😁2 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
Unfortunately, yes. Feel free to message me if you want or ask anything you want here - I've had a number of shoulder injuries - surgery/pt/rehab, etc.
As to the cortisone injections,from what I can tell, their success seems dependent on the person's body chemistry (how medicines work or don't for different people), the root cause injury and perhaps the talent of the injector though this likely is not as big of a factor anymore thanks to medical technology. Limited data I have as an example - my dad and I have both gotten multiple shots in multiple areas without any relief, any time (more than 10 because insurance makes us do them before they will progress to the next step). I have other relatives where they gave relief for years.
If you want to know more about the actual procedure of the shots, my shoulder shots were years ago but I have had two back shots within the last two months. Again ask me anything.
One thing I would ask you to consider doing. Stand in a mirror and move each arm/shoulder one at a time. Raise your good arm over your head going out from the side and from the front, then do the same with your inured shoulder/arm. Try and note when you have pain and if your body is cheating to raise the arm. With my torn labrum, the only way i could raise my arm was by altering the actual way I completed the act. I didn't even realize i had modified it until my PT showed me in a mirror like this.
This is all so useful, I tried the suggestion but I’m so sore from yesterday I am struggling to tell where the pain is compared to normal muscle soreness. I’m going to attempt again in a few days.... thank you !!!jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
Everyone reacts differently to Cortisone shots. Depending on the pain level/tolerance sometimes they don't even touch the pain. I've done it once and I did not care for it. It wasn't for a competition, it was just for some shoulder pain as a course of treatment from the doctor as dictated by the insurance company, but I'm also not one for pain killers beyond the occasional ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
In high school there was a kid on our baseball team that got a Cortisone shot so he could pitch. Ended up destroying his arm. I to this day still struggle to believe a doctor would give this to him if he knew he was going to pitch. I'm guessing the doctor didn't know because it was a smaller town and stuff like that will ruin your practice. I will tell you that without it he wouldn't have pitched, and would more than likely have gone on to have at least a scholarship for baseball.
Personally I would suggest trying other things like the KT Tape, Tiger Balm/Icy Hot etc. to see where and how you feel using that. Not as strong and worth testing. Just be careful if you do decide to and know your limits because one competition isn't worth a lifelong injury.
You are right I hadn’t thought of it like that. I was thinking more it would get me through but not considering my feeling it could cause more damage 😕0 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
I always listen to my body, (well i do now) pain is pain, no need to surpress it, because in long run, it will cause injury (speaking from experience)
I didn’t even think of it that way, so glad I brought it here you all have helped so much!jennacole12 wrote: »Another 5 am workout.... my shoulder is killing me from last night, so I did all light weight, a ton of reps. My coach suggested a cortisone shot for the meet, but not sure. I don’t even like taking Advil, so my instinct is not a chance, do any of you have experience with this?
I can't speak to cortisone shots but would give KT tape a shot like GymGoddess suggested. It wreaks of pseudoscience but I've used it for nagging shoulder, knee, and ankle issues in the past with surprising success. Depending on the type of pain you're dealing with there may be different ways to apply it. The youtube instructional videos are pretty good in getting the tape applied the right way.
You’re right it def does 🤣 but I’m willing to try it out!!! And I’ll def have to look up how to put it on I’m clueless.2 -
I like how this has gone from a GIF thread to a community with a bunch of regulars. We should be the weekly "Gif"ters... get it... Lifters....2
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