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hscrugger
09-28-07, 6:25 pm
fellas, i'm tearing muscles left and right. in the past 4 weeks, i've torn my left biceps and my left calf. any advice on how to keep from tearing them?
brennan
what the hell are you doing....
did you tear it off the bone?
hscrugger
09-30-07, 4:01 pm
i tore my calf running when i misstepped, but it shouldn't have torn the muscle. i tore my biceps in a rugby match - got hit funny. still shouldn't have torn it though. i'm confused. and no, i didn't tear it off the bone. just a belly tear.
brennan
spanish.iron
09-30-07, 7:12 pm
well sports involve way more factors than simply moving a weight from point A to point B... Do you have a lot of experience with weight training or have you mostly just been into rugby n' such? I know a good book out there specifically for athletes that are looking to weight train and gain maximum strength for their desired sport is this one called "the new power program" by Dr. Michael Colgan. It's only 35$ canadian I think. SO WORTH IT. I know this old man that lives by it and he can bench 500lbs at only 190 lbs of body weight. It also goes into preventing injury and diet. Great book.
Proper diet, training, and stretching are crucial to not hurting yourself. If you are doing these three, there's not much else you can do to prevent such injuries... if there are then I don't know them....
spanish.iron
09-30-07, 9:04 pm
Proper diet, training, and stretching are crucial to not hurting yourself. If you are doing these three, there's not much else you can do to prevent such injuries... if there are then I don't know them....
That's all quite true. But there's a difference between a person who's strictly a weightlifter/bodybuilder/powerlifter and someone who is also a sports athlete. A person involved in activity outside the weight room CAN train is such a way as to improve performance and decrease risk of injury. Unfortunately I can't speak much on this, but I know that book I mentioned above addresses it.
That's all quite true. But there's a difference between a person who's strictly a weightlifter/bodybuilder/powerlifter and someone who is also a sports athlete. A person involved in activity outside the weight room CAN train is such a way as to improve performance and decrease risk of injury. Unfortunately I can't speak much on this, but I know that book I mentioned above addresses it.
I agree totally dude and I didn't really state the otherwise... but really the only ways to train to keep from such injuries is to strengthen the tendons and muscles... If I'm wrong I definitely want somebody to correct me. I agree whole heartedly that it's all relative to what you are doing, but if there is more to do that I am not aware of I would like to know also.
Giant Killer
09-30-07, 11:31 pm
Take some time off and heal up. Return to the iron when you have refined your form, no offense but sounds like you are either doing some crazy stupid shit, or not recovering properly.