Re: For one particular "lurker"...

Dnia Thu, 25 Oct 2007 o 20:58 GMT Prisoner at War napisał(a):
On Oct 25, 1:57 pm, Andrzej Rosa <bakt...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mainstream in terms of public acceptance. IMO most of the UFC
competitors, most of the time do not juice. Pride (a Japanese
organization) is another matter, of course.

UFC folks don't juice much? I'd be extremely surprised. But you
follow it more than I do -- actually, I don't. Hope you're right,
then.

I don't say they never do or never did it before, but it's not a
standard practice.

Funny the Japanese do...maybe they're shorter and skinnier and so have
to??

Most prominent fighters aren't Japanese. For several years the champion
is Russian, for example.

[...]
Could be, but don't go overboard in the other direction all at once.
You need to build your body up to it first.

You know what, I was doing further thinking...I think the chin-ups
were just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back...it was
them wrist curls that probably did me in! As I recall this past
summer, I remember doing barbell wrist curls with heavy weights, I
don't remember how much but of course I went heavy...and I was having
a blast doing them, then I had a funny, almost painful feeling one day
and stopped doing them but kept up with everything else, like chin-
ups...I think that's what had happened....

Possible.

There is a reason I recommend one-armed lifts (beyond that I simply like
them). You can lift with one arm and lower the weight using two (or
drop the weight, if you are lucky enough to be able to do it). The
point is, that you shouldn't try catching the weight on the way down.
As you get tired, you slow the descent of weight less and less, but you
still try to catch it, so the force your connective tissue must absorb
gets bigger as you get more tired. It's much safer to simply drop it,
or lower it using both arms.

I thought you were joking...what do you mean one-armed lifts??? You
mean like them one-armed chin-ups, one-armed push-ups??

Pushups and chinups are exercises. I meant lifts, where you pick
something heavy and lift it overhead. To do it efficiently, you need
speed.

[...]
There will be days like that, and you'll probably won't go and off
anything. It takes much more than mere lack of fun to even seriously
consider the matter. It takes some serious amounts of suffering, my
son (I'm feeling old today, obviously). ;-)

Everything feels so stupid...why lift? Yet, why not? Yet, why is my
freakin' body breaking down?? The biggest "high" that comes with
exercise is feeling your own strength, your own vigor...but when
that's denied me, I get angry. So-called "off-days" I understand, but
this premature breaking down of the body I hate! More than suffering,
I hate stupidity...it seems stupid to be 35 and not able to curl with
my left arm. It's stupid that I'm only 35 and have such a bad back.
Just stupid, like a car without a steering wheel or something.
Ridiculous.

So, finally do something about it.

There will be days, when you'll not be curious anymore, and you'll still
find some excuses for not going and offing.

I'm just trying to be supportive. ;-)

Actually, I'd like to know where I can get them painless fast-acting
cyanide pills (or whatever). I mean, just in case I get truly,
seriously bored with things. I think I'm half-way there, and I'd like
to be prepared when the time comes.

In the meantime, I'm still curious how things will turn out for me,
and whether this freaking left arm/elbow will ever heal...I don't
think my back will ever heal. Jesus Fucking Christ.

IMO you should start with giving yourself a week of rest. Catch a cold,
if you have to, but stay away from gym and do not runh. Light stretching
is fine.

You'll see that your attitude will improve. Trust me, I'm an expert on
this. ;-)

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R
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