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[67pete300]

I hyperextended/dislocated my thumb doing a face plant over the box during box jumps after a nasty set of squat cleans. I worked around it for a few weeks and it is getting close to 100% again.

On a better note I beat my CO (and everyone else in the command except for one guy) on the physical fitness test and earned a day of special liberty.

[JOES66FURY]

Joe, you have anything against rack pulls? I haven't deadlifted in 6 months. I do another exercise thats strange to hit lower back but i'd say the injury prone shouldn't try.

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Not sure I know what you mean by rack pull, although like anything else a lot of exercises in the weight room have diffferent names in different places.

[JOES66FURY]

I dusted off the ol' Merckx, bought a new battery for the speedo, and started riding my bike again about a month and a half ago.

It's an old racing bike - the one I used to race when I was in high school. ( road bike )

First trip was just 10 miles - nice and easy, concentrating on pedal stroke and cadence - to reacquaint all the body parts with the bike.

The next few rides were around 25 miles, pushing a little harder each time. I can already feel a difference in the time it takes recovering from the little hills we have.

I was able to sneak in a little 10 mile ride before work last Thursday - avg speed was 17.2, avg cadence was 95.

Last Saturday, I rode with a group and did 32 miles, avg 17.5 with avg cadence of 88 - those numbers aren't truly accurate, as there were lots of stops and starts.
I tried to hang onto a wheel of the faster group - and I was only able to hang on for a couple miles or so. They were cruising at about 23 mph. I'm trying not to let that hurt my feelings - I'll get faster.

I wish I could fit a ride in more often, but it looks like weekends are about all I can count on.

Thats awesome! I have not been on my bike in some time, the combo of bending over and moving my legs tends to aggrevate my back but I sure do miss it. I was never a very "good" rider. I would average between 17 and 19 around here where my buddies would be clicking of 23 to 35 without a problem. I hated riding with them. I would ride 40 to 60 miles every weekend jsut for some me time and I would do 10 to 15 every night when I got off work...

[JOES66FURY]

I hyperextended/dislocated my thumb doing a face plant over the box during box jumps after a nasty set of squat cleans. I worked around it for a few weeks and it is getting close to 100% again.

On a better note I beat my CO (and everyone else in the command except for one guy) on the physical fitness test and earned a day of special liberty.

No one likes a show off Pete LOL!!

I have been doing clean presses as of late and have torn the shit out of my hands, ripped all the skin off my palms...thankfully all my digits are still G2G...

[Deaf Bob]

Got my 2nd load of "exercise". One slab was huge. 2 feet wide by 6-8 inches... Had to pull it over the side of the truck before chainsawing it into stove chunks... Got some good pulling exercise that way... Since my bed is steel.. Sawing in the bed is a no no..
My shirt was drenched.. Next to last cut SPARKS! Hit an insulator that the tree grew around... Bye bye chain... All 32 inches of it..
Took 2 goarounds on the sharpener to get it sharp for round 3 today...
Now I know why the slab was in the load...

[JOES66FURY]

I hit some sort of spike a tree grew around with a chain saw once...man, dropped a load in my shorts that day. Took forver to sharpen that stupid chain too...one doesnt expect sparks when sawing wood...there are sounds, smells and sights you expect...sparks...not one of them.

[groucho]

I was 185 for quite a while and snuck up to around 197 or so. My jeans were all tight like "skinny jeans". One day I got fed up, dieted and lost 17-20 pounds. So, for about a year and a half I toggle from 180 and a bit under. I didn't change my breakfast at all. For that I usually have a pastry/cupcake/slice of cake/2 waffles or just anything sweet but kinda small and a glass of 1% milk, which luckily I can't taste the difference from regular milk. Lunch-I love fries with lunch. So, I cut that out for a couple or 3 weeks. I ate Pollo Loco chicken for lunch and dinner. Breast and wing with skin removed and some veggies. During the diet I also sometimes ate pastrami and burgers (without my beloved fries), each time peeling the bread off before each bite plus leaving part of the sandwich behind. If you don't have the willpower to do this I suggest when you get your lunch or dinner, put a part of it in the trash on your way to the table where you eat. You can't eat what's not on your plate. Dinner-make it small and low in calories. If you crave a snack a couple hrs after dinner, what I do is have a 2/3 coffee cup worth of Cereal. I ride a bike once in a while. Probly not enough to matter because I'll ride 20-30 miles in a day and then nothing for 2-3 weeks. NOW, I eat pretty much the same breakfast, anything I want for lunch, and just kinda snack for dinner. Oh, 1 thing I believe is crucial? I weigh myself EVERY morning. So, if I gain a pound or 2, that's ALL it'll be and easy to correct. I was 179 this morning and SO looking forward to lunch.

[JOES66FURY]

I weigh myself every day. it helps me know I am maintiang weight. I also do a lot of weights so I measure myself as well to make sure the weight I am putting on is good weight or bad weight. I have put on about 7 lbs of muscle from my etimates...waist is shrinking, moobs are shrinking...everything else is growing..

My motivationg factor here is because some asshole doctor told me I was too old and broken to weight lift anymore and I should be walking and doing water aerobics and other old people shit...I wanted to punch him in the mouth...So, I am doing all the stuff that jagoff told me not to and my PCM is loving it. She told me to go for it...So I am.

[CDMBill]

I managed a thirty pound drop last year and stalled this year. Got to get back on the bike more. Left ACL is down to 25% so somethings had do go away. I did work up a sweat taking the unused Bowflex from my garage where it held up old clothees I use for car projects and took up a lot of space to our new man cave where realistically it will do less. I have been back on the mountain bike a few times in the last month shaking the cobwebs out and off. And I rode it around the pits at most of the Drag Week stops.

[kyhunter89]

Not sure I know what you mean by rack pull, although like anything else a lot of exercises in the weight room have diffferent names in different places.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNxIHr_AWmI

If your just wanting to hit lower back and not worried about legs. I feel It works it harder, takes legs out of the equation, and your form is less likely to be bad. Arch back up, head up and go.

[kyhunter89]

My jeans were all tight like "skinny jeans".

I weigh myself EVERY morning. So, if I gain a pound or 2, that's ALL it'll be and easy to correct.

I'll be buying all new jeans this year. I spent the money to put on the weight, i'm sure not gonna cut it.

I was weighing myself every morning. It never changed, like I wasn't making gains. So now I'll weigh myself about once a month and i'll see lbs lost or gained as progress. Some people say to just watch your self in a mirror to see changes. If you see yourself everyday, your not likely to notice the changes.

[Caveman Tony]

In the last 2 years at this job, I've aged 10.

This is bull.

I'm goin runnin.

[JOES66FURY]

I ran 2 miles last night and felt freaking great. No back pain, I was feeling incredible and wanted to do more but my shin started to ache a little into the 3rd mile and I had to stop...That made me mad...I felt like I could go all night...all the work in the gym I have been doing has really payed off...man, what a night, i was so excited...tonight is bicep and tricep night...cant wait to get into the weight room!

[milner351]

you guys are helping me build up my will to get back at it again, thank you.

I am doing very targeted stretches on my hands / forearms to try to get feeling back in my right hand. My right middle finger has been numb since before labor day. The stretches are helping, but still numb. It's a 30 day program, still a couple weeks to go and I've missed a few days.

I was a gym rat from about 14 to 35, I'm now 42 and haven't been in a gym at all in probably 7 years. We have stuff in the basement, a soloflex, treadmill, bike, bench, and a rack of dumbells - I just need to make the time and motivation to get down there.

I'm 20lb heavier than when I graduated from highschool and I've lost allot of muscle mass since then (wore a 52 tux coat to prom, wear a 48 now). My son will be 3 in December - and I don't want to be a fat lazy Dad when he's trying out for baseball, soccer, football, scouts, etc...

Thanks for the motivation.

[kyhunter89]

Weekly check ins? Milner, use your son as motivation. I know your having problems with your hand, so I dont know how much youd be limited though.


Feels good not worrying about weight. I plan on bulking all winter. Between building a house and working on cars, the gym has took a hit.