Have any of you had to significantly alter your training to accommodate a physical disadvantage due to injury, illness or any other reason?
Yes. I had to alter around my back workouts for quite some time due to recovering from a torn intercostal
"Ask yourself this: if everyone else is training once per week, what are you doing that's so different that you would expect to get better results than anybody else? You might have good genetics, be tough enough and disciplined enough to train hard... but so are a lot of people." - BOSS
"I think I must be overtraining"... no, you're just a pussy - Machine
Have any of you had to significantly alter your training to accommodate a physical disadvantage due to injury, illness or any other reason?
Oh tons! The biggest ones were my left torn hamstring, left torn pic, and chondromalacia. All at different times of course. However I am still having to avoid certain things from 2009. If you lift long enough EVERYONE will be doing some type of adaptive training.
It was a very lengthy recovery. It was originally misdiagnosed as a hernia, so that delayed it even longer. Took probably close to a year before I could squat or deadlift or do almost any type of pulldown or overhead pressing motion.
Originally Posted by ChrisTuttle
Ouch! That has to affect almost everything, no?
Yup pretty much everything. Where I actually noticed it originally was running. I kept feeling a nagging pain in my upper ribs. Sort of like when you've been running a while and start to cramp or get a 'stitch', but it was immediately when I started running every time. Like, less than 1/8 of a mile in.
"Ask yourself this: if everyone else is training once per week, what are you doing that's so different that you would expect to get better results than anybody else? You might have good genetics, be tough enough and disciplined enough to train hard... but so are a lot of people." - BOSS
"I think I must be overtraining"... no, you're just a pussy - Machine
Oh tons! The biggest ones were my left torn hamstring, left torn pic, and chondromalacia. All at different times of course. However I am still having to avoid certain things from 2009. If you lift long enough EVERYONE will be doing some type of adaptive training.
CT- Did any of the injuries require surgical repair?
You can’t do this for any real amount of time without getting injured. It’s just part of the game. All training is adaptive and individual. As you get older you lose flexibility, your joints get wore out, arthritis becomes a thing and your test levels start sinking like the titanic.
My list of crap:
Arthritis in both ankles and knees -probably my shoulders but never had them checked
Chronic bursitis in my left knee and left elbow
A partially unanchored tendon in my left elbow - cause of my bursitis?
Some kind of C4-C5 nerve compression in my neck causing my left rear delt to be flat and weakness in that rear delt, left lat and left biceps
I also had a partial tear of a Solis tendon in my ankle. A PT told me not to run anymore or I’ll snap it in half since it’s much weaker now. I listen to the PT more than the doc since they actually deal with and help heal these kinds of things more than the doc. Doctors are better for diseases like diabetes or hypertension than injuries
Things I can no longer do:
Upright rows
Skull crushers
Hack squats
Heavy B.B. rows
Max military press
There may be some other stuff but these I miss the most. It’s not the end of the world. My doctor may think so. There are work arounds and injuries make you think. They challenge you. Test your resolve to keep kicking ass.
Strength doesn't come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will. -Gandhi
You cannot dream yourself into a character. You must hammer and forge yourself into one. -Thoreau
You can’t do this for any real amount of time without getting injured. It’s just part of the game. All training is adaptive and individual. As you get older you lose flexibility, your joints get wore out, arthritis becomes a thing and your test levels start sinking like the titanic.
My list of crap:
Arthritis in both ankles and knees -probably my shoulders but never had them checked
Chronic bursitis in my left knee and left elbow
A partially unanchored tendon in my left elbow - cause of my bursitis?
Some kind of C4-C5 nerve compression in my neck causing my left rear delt to be flat and weakness in that rear delt, left lat and left biceps
I also had a partial tear of a Solis tendon in my ankle. A PT told me not to run anymore or I’ll snap it in half since it’s much weaker now. I listen to the PT more than the doc since they actually deal with and help heal these kinds of things more than the doc. Doctors are better for diseases like diabetes or hypertension than injuries
Things I can no longer do:
Upright rows
Skull crushers
Hack squats
Heavy B.B. rows
Max military press
There may be some other stuff but these I miss the most. It’s not the end of the world. My doctor may think so. There are work arounds and injuries make you think. They challenge you. Test your resolve to keep kicking ass.
i agree CD i'm just comparing my laundry list to everyone else's. Thanks for your input.
It was a very lengthy recovery. It was originally misdiagnosed as a hernia, so that delayed it even longer. Took probably close to a year before I could squat or deadlift or do almost any type of pulldown or overhead pressing motion.
Yup pretty much everything. Where I actually noticed it originally was running. I kept feeling a nagging pain in my upper ribs. Sort of like when you've been running a while and start to cramp or get a 'stitch', but it was immediately when I started running every time. Like, less than 1/8 of a mile in.
Oh man! I know that feeling. When I used to race motocross I had broken my ribs a few times so I know that discomfort.
Kind of. I squat like I am on ice that I am trying not to break through. Meaning I have to say with weight that does not bother my knee. It was a WHOLE year I could not squat even my own body weight. Now I am doing 285 front squat for 10 but if my form is off even a little I hurts.
Kind of. I squat like I am on ice that I am trying not to break through. Meaning I have to say with weight that does not bother my knee. It was a WHOLE year I could not squat even my own body weight. Now I am doing 285 front squat for 10 but if my form is off even a little I hurts.
I had to stop squatting and all other heavy quad movements for almost 18 months as well back in 2011/12
I'm talking a physical condition that will NO LONGER allow you to use the conventional "tools". This takes someone with a thorough knowledge of how everything works and how you can apply alternative means to get favorable results.
I had to stop squatting and all other heavy quad movements for almost 18 months as well back in 2011/12
OH man! So depressing! I love training legs. I wish I could go back and listen to my body more. My knees have a expiration date now and that date is coming fast
I'm talking a physical condition that will NO LONGER allow you to use the conventional "tools". This takes someone with a thorough knowledge of how everything works and how you can apply alternative means to get favorable results.
I am not sure if I am following that. Meaning finding a way to heal totally ?
Everything you do to yourself you pay for later. As a nurse you see it everyday. Whatever you do in your 20’s-30’s you pay for in your 40’s-50’s like partying. Your liver starts to give you the middle finger. Same goes with a bad diet. Diabetes and hypertension show up. Injuries you can compensate for when you’re young, but when you get older they remind you what you did. Hopefully you can modify your training or wear supportive gear to keep going. Neoprene sleeves may not be enough but you can get elastic ones like the crushers from lifting large.
Strength doesn't come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will. -Gandhi
You cannot dream yourself into a character. You must hammer and forge yourself into one. -Thoreau