TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 - Page 204

On March 16 2018 14:48 L_Master wrote:
On the downside, I have no idea what I just did to myself. Hit some golf balls two days ago for the first time in a while and sort of bothered what either seemed to be the left erector or lat.

Then yesterday I noticed at one point walking a little bit of pain right in the center of my chest about the breastbone/sternum level, but also seemingly centered somewhere dead center of the back around or just below the shoulder blades. Only noticed it subtely yesterday, and it didn't bother me cycling or doing some light lifts of OHP, incline, dips and some other assistance.

Then today it blew up. Coughed walking back from work and it was a solid pain at both times in the center of my chest and in the center of my back. A bit of a crushing sense to it, almost like what you'd imagine from heart trouble or angina, but I've been screened recently, don't have any reasons to be suspicious there, felt fine aerobically, and also had reproducible pain and relief depending on motion. This gradually decreased over about 20' from a pretty painful, perhaps 6-7/10 down to a dull ache that I only noticed in certain movements.

Then later tonight I wasn't thinking about it and pulled hard on the skewer of the bike to take the wheel off and set it off again, worse than the first time. This time, though it feels very close to centered, it has a subtle right side component to it and only hurts with right side based activity.

Can't seem to palpate anything to reproduce the pain, and I also have no clue if it's coming from my back or chest...which is slightly annoying. I can get some discomfort thrusting my neck forward, exhaling (at base of exhale) forcefully, and on fly like motions or pushing my hands hard against each other.

Supposed to deadlift and do back work tomorrow...think I'm still going to go, but just start with the bar and try to avoid tweaking this at all, as I have no idea what movements I can and cannot do.

On March 20 2018 12:04 sung_moon wrote:
Speaking of deadlifts, been on 5/3/1 for about 2 months now, with the goal of eventually, reaching 1k total in the 3 main powerlifts. While I feel very confident in my Bench/Squat form, I can't help but feel that maybe my Deadlift still has a ton of work form-wise.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BghnF4mHyNP/?taken-by=alexloeung

Feel free to critique or massacre my form. Let me know if its ok, bad, or I'm on a 1-way ticket to Snap City. I usually workout alone (except the day this footage was taken), and so, I don't have much in other's opinion/evaluation of my DL form.

Thanks guys.

On March 21 2018 22:47 VHbb wrote:
Hi guys - I need your advice

what do you suggest eating for breakfast when you train during the day?

some notes on myself:

- I cannot have a very large breakfast: I don't mean too many calories, but too much stuff.. I hate eating in the morning, and the idea of stuffing myself with a large volume of food is not very appealing

- I go to the gym in the morning twice a week, and I play rugby twice a week (gym on Mon / Wed; rugby on Tue / Thursday)

- I usually have a very light lunch, I don't like eating at work (I bring my own, but if I eat a big lunch I don't work well in the afternoon)

- my breakfast is usually either (a) 2 eggs or (b) some yogurt with oatmeal, and a coffee always


any advice? I realized I'm feeling quite weak after the gym, and I don't really recover too much during the day..
so perhaps I could add something that gives me more energy in the morning.. what do you think?

thanks!

On March 28 2018 03:52 Jerubaal wrote:
Should I ever try a max pull if I'm not doing any sort of competition? How do you work up to that? Do you just do singles and increase the weight gradually?

On March 26 2018 04:17 phyre112 wrote:
You're sitting down into the movement too much to start. Notice how when you start pulling, the first thing that happens is your hips rise, THEN they extend to break the bar off the ground? Start with them higher so you can get properly tight and you'll be stronger and you'll strain your lower back less. I'm not noticing any rounding that's going to do you any damage - you're barely even rounding the thoracic spine really, just letting your shoulders come forward which is perfectly fine and a good way to make the ROM shorter, it just makes your lockout a bit harder. Make sure you keep the lats tight though (usual cue is "bend the bar" or to pretend someone is trying to poke you in the arm pit and "cover it" with your upper arm). Also possibly something that I'm overly sensitive to since it just made a hell of a difference in my own deadlift recently, but try to sit back more to get your shins more vertical. THIS VIDEO explains the process and the reasons for it quite well (and the rest of JP cauchi's deadlift videos are pretty neat too.) A bit of that will be resolved when you start with your hips higher, but extending at the ankles is also something to take a look at. Finally, take your time in between reps, possibly even fully reset your form in between. Your first rep on each set (especially the second and third sets) look much better than the following reps.

On March 28 2018 03:52 Jerubaal wrote:
Should I ever try a max pull if I'm not doing any sort of competition? How do you work up to that? Do you just do singles and increase the weight gradually?

On March 27 2018 23:18 VHbb wrote:
thanks phyre, that's good advice about the breakfast -- I'm trying to do as suggested and this couple of days is feeling actually better.. for now I just combined my two typical breakfast together and I have 2 eggs + some yogurt with oatmeal and a banana (+coffee).. it's enough to resist until lunch
and when I have rugby training in the evening I get a good snack mid afternoon (again like yogurt + banana.. this still feels a little light, probably I should add some carbs, but it's harder since I'm usually at work)

p.s. played my first match this weekend, man my stamina is shit.. i was dying at the end

On March 28 2018 11:22 AoN.DimSum wrote:
is eshlow still around? I saw he got married on fb? I just started reading his Overcoming Gravity book. About 5 years late.

On March 28 2018 11:29 phyre112 wrote:

I find the better my cardio is the harder I push out of the gate and I wind up feeling exactly the same in the 80th minute anyway. Scrums are hard.

On March 28 2018 22:51 Philozovic wrote:
Overcoming gravity has been writen by a dude chilling on TL ?!

I read it didn't even know that

On March 28 2018 11:22 AoN.DimSum wrote:
is eshlow still around? I saw he got married on fb? I just started reading his Overcoming Gravity book. About 5 years late.

On March 28 2018 11:29 phyre112 wrote:

I find the better my cardio is the harder I push out of the gate and I wind up feeling exactly the same in the 80th minute anyway. Scrums are hard.