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Overheard one of our trainers talking about the leg extension machine and he mentioned that it wasn't "good for you" and he wished that he could have gotten rid of that machine. Any of you guys no why it's bad for you?

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It's hard on the knee ligaments/tendons, Greg. It is basically good for competing bodybuilders who need crazy separation/striation in their quad muscles, but not for your average lifter just trying to gain muscle or functional strength.

Have to get the gym early tomorrow, Hawks Finals tickets on sale at Noon.

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Today's visit took 2 hours to see the Doc, busy office. Currently he stated I have Impingement and Bursitis going on. That's what he can see from the x-ray.
Told me to cut back on some of the upper body wieght training:sl, Not happy. Sending me to his special Physical Theropist and I need to get an MRI done.

Guess my legs workouts are going to increase, along with cardio.

Mahalo for all the support guys, really appreciate it:tu

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Hope you get some relief, Jay. :)

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I've also heard, squats are not good for your knees but I still do them. :D

Could have been worse, Jay. Glad you're okay. Just a couple weeks, won't kill you.

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Sitting at work with a bag of ice on my left shoulder. It popped at the gym, really popped, and I am just being cautious. Funny thing is, I have probably 50-60% better range of motion now than I have had in weeks, so I may have actually helped it in the long run....loosened an impingement or broke some scar tissue or something. I think I will have a better idea tomorrow, but am hoping for the best.

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I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Tom:D BTW, I'm sitting here as we speak with an ice bag on the inside area of my right arm. Good stuff:D Ice and taking the day off in between wo' appear to help...

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Thanks Mark! :D

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Yup, hope it's not anything more than some ice and rest.

Went in a did some back and arms today. elbow felt it while doing some triceps so I called it a day, at least it was my last or 2nd to last exercise. Back felt great though. Gonna take a couple days off to rest this elbow, or just do legs on Monday...

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Rest? When did I say I was gonna rest, Huy? :lr

Glad you got in a good one today. :tu

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Not sure how I am going to feel tomorrow, or if lifting is going to hurt (or even be possible right away), but I have been icing and stretching my shoulder all day, and am able to get my left arm straight up over my head for the first time in almost a year. Could I have broke/fixed my shoulder? :lr

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Back day yesterday, felt pretty good. Elbow was okay. Love the feeling of a sore back.

Today was a push day, had to reduce the weight and the reps due to the elbow. Kept everything under 8 reps. Skipped the tricep as well. Think I will take this whole week off as far as push exercises.

Legs and plyo tomorrow and Friday. Maybe it'll be better come Saturday.

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Scheduled day off today, and have a game late night. Not sure if I am going to take one more day off tomorrow to let the shoulder heal a little more...I am leaning towards that now.

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Think this thread needs a healthy dose of Ben Gay...;)

Last wo was on Sat 6/1 and all week prior to this the right inside forearm and lower bicep had been revealing achiness and stiffness with some dull pain. Took Monday through Wednesday and iced the area twice a day. Was going to take today off as well, but said "screw it" and hit the garage after a good 50min walk with the dawg:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

Really needed to push through the pain this morning as the first few sets in the rev curls and bicep curls were tough, but did it. Now, where did I put that bag of ice:D

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Did back today, first time since my shoulder popped out doing it last week. Kept relatively light, and stopped a rep short of failure every set...it was just in my head, didn't want to feel that again. :hn

Barbell Rows to 265
T-Bar Rows to 245
Cable Rows to 240
Pullups (bodyweight).

Good to know I am not injured with a sprain or tear, but a little unnerving knowing the joint is not completely stable yet.

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Good to hear, Tom. Stay healthy my Bruddah.

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Shoulders today. Elbows felt so so, had to keep the reps a little low.

DB presses 4x5
Cable upright rows ---- cable front raises 4x6
DB side raises ---- db front raises 4x6
DB shurgs 4x15 (tried placing the db to the front as well as the side)

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Legs today.

Squats, lunges, box jumps, and all the fun stuff when it comes to legs.

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Did some pulling today...

Tbar rows 225x8,8,8,8
Lat pull downs 150x12,10,10,8
Spider curls/cable curls superset 115x12,10,8,8/70x10,10,10,10
Snatch 135x10, 155x5 ( hurt my knee )
Seated bicep curls 35x12,10,10,8
Low rows 180x12,10,10,8

Weight: 207:)
Height:6'0"

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Did a double today, legs, shoulders, arms and abs so I could nurse the hangover I know I will have tomorrow. :r

Only fallout from popping my shoulder out last Saturday is that I can't train biceps very intensely, think I must have sprained the tendon that ties in the left shoulder and bicep.

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Rest day :)

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Chest day.

Took awhile to get my elbow warmed up but it felt okay after a few sets.

BB bench press 5x5
Incline hammer strength press 4x6
Flat DB flys 4x5
Incline cable presses 3x8

Finished off using the TRX suspension cables. Been using those the last few training days, and I have to admit, better workout than I thought.

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Shoulders today.

Arnold presses 5x6
Seated lat raises 4x6
Single arm db row ----- single db lat raises 4x5
BB front raises 4x5
DB shrugs 4x12

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Skipped today....two hockey games and insomnia Sunday kicked my arse. Only one game tonight, so back to the gym in the morning.

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Follow the advise of the doctor and still on break. Kinda sucks.......

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That's why I use a doctor who is an athlete, Jay. :)

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How's your shoulder, Tom?

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Crippled, Brian :r ...actually, it works pretty good on everything but biceps now. I think the tendon that ties in the shoulder and bi is sprained, or at least inflamed.

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Sounds awful.

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After 35+ years of heavy training, pretty much not understanding "cycling" my weights the first 25+, I am just lucky I can still do it, play hockey, walk, etc. :r

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So, I've been using Muscle Pharm' Re-con for a post workout drink which has been working out pretty good now. The mango/orange flavor taste good and the powder mixes in with water fairly decent after a 60+ second stir. In addition, I've been tossing-in 5gm of Muscle Pharms Creatine blend too.

Question is: what post workout drink have you guys been consuming post workout and has it been working for you?

Smoke two cigars and call me in the morning Tom;)

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Mark, I have just been taking about 25-30 grams of ON Gold Standard Whey and 15 or so grams of ON BCAAs, along with a regimen of specific vitamins and minerals for recovery. I have done some of the mixes in the past, this just ends up being a little less costly for me. I do throw in some CreaCore creatine pre and post workout sometimes as well.

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Mark, I take Isoflex protein for a post workout. Take 1.5-2 scoops of protein (40-50 grams) and through out the day I sip on ON (optimal nutrition) BCAA. As far as vitamins and minerals go, I take glutamine chondroitin.


Had a good back day yesterday, kept it to 4 lifts but we did not keep track of our sets, so I think we ended up doing like 8 sets of t-bar row

T-Bar
wide grip pull ups ---- reverse grip lat pull downs
seated bent over flys

Finished off with a couple sets of biceps, but by then my arms were down.

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Back day for me, went high reps and low weights with low rest to keep from popping my shoulder.

Wide grip pulldowns to 260
Close grip pulldowns to 260
T bar rows to 250
Bent Over Rows to 245
Pull ups
Dead hangs
Abs

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Today, I reached a very special personal goal. Two years ago, I weighed in at 155 pounds. Determined to become healthier and more in shape, I began to workout for the first time ever. 2 years, 4 waist sizes, 1 shirt size, and 52 pounds later, I finally reached my goal of weighing over 200 pounds and getting in the best shape of my life. I never thought I'd be able to bench over 225 pounds, now I'm doing 275 for 8. Thanks for all the support motivation this thread has given!

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/...psa9c67156.jpg

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Congrats, Rob...awesome dedication and commitment! :tu

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Congratulations Rob:tu Hard work eventually pays off. Although, you will not be seeing any photo's of me anytime soon. Still got a little "baby fat" I'm trying to work off the mid section:r

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...thank you:tu

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Good amount of heat hanging around in the garage this morning adding to a great workout:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

Slight dull pain in the right bicep/forearm area at the beginning of the wo, but worked through that, and now that area is feeling quite good (for the time being):D

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quads and chest today.

squats 10x5

flat bb 5x5
incline bb 4x6
flys 4x6
decline hammer strength 4x6

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Legs, arms and abs today.

Leg Press and curls only for legs as I have a game tonight.

Close grip bench and cables for tris.

Preacher curls and dumbbell curls for bis.

I prefer doing barbell curls, but my shoulder/bicep tendon actually felt OK doing these exercises today, so I am probably going to stick with them a couple more workouts and see if I can heal up some more.

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Biofreeze, Baby! Bathe my shoulder in it before every workout. :lr

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...:tu

That dull pain/stiffness is still there in the rt inside forearm/bicep area, but just pushing that issue to the back of my mind and continuing to work through it:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

On the plus side, added another 5 lbs to the standing press, which bumps me up to 80 lbs on that routine. Look out Rob. Coming after you bro:banger

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Chest day today, did high reps with moderate weight.

Bench press to 275
Incline bench to 265
Dips +45
Pec Deck

John Cena was in the gym while I was there. He was a douche as usual. His buddy, I think he wrestles under the name "Shamus"(?), seemed like a decent guy.

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Sounds like yer gym needs one of these placed in the window Tom;)

http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img/it...cker-043f0.jpg

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Self-appointed douchebags like me are acceptable. Flaming Azzhole Douches like Cena? Not so much. :lr

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Working it in the garage this morning:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

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Back day....kept the weights a little lighter again, still tentative about that shoulder popping out...but it did not. :)

Bent Over Rows to 305
T-bar Rows to 270
Cable Rows to 275
Super-wide Bent Over Rows 205 high reps, no rest
Pullups

No John Cena, that was nice. ;)