i never would have believed it. in fact, i’ll credit iron fist with knowing much more than myself about lifting and such, but i’d always argue with him that overtraining was an excuse not to work as hard as you can. i knew you needed a little rest, but i always thought the recommended amount was for pu$$ys.
last week i went to the keys and miami with my family. i didn’t have the facilities to lift nor the time to train. i dreaded my first night back figuring i’d be rusty as hell. to my suprise, when i was reunited with my punching bag i was hitting harder than when i left. not allot harder, but a little bit. plus, my ratio of “that’s what i’m talkin about” hits to “ehh” hits increased dramatically. i also noticed i was faster mainly due to the fact that i was much more relaxed with my movements. i just wasn’t expecting much or making a big deal of it, and every strike felt solid.
i went into my weight room with the same attitude and figured i’d just have to have a couple crappy lifting sessions before getting back on track. instead i was pushing more wieght for more reps. i really couldnt fu cking belive it. i had to look back at my lifting journal a couple times to be sure i was right. i felt fu cking great. i wasn’t even exhausted at the end of the session.
i was plataued in both lifting and training and kept trying to push myself harder to break it. i never would have imagined i would have started making good progress again after not doing **** for a week. i really felt great about the fact that i was progressing again and looked forward to lifting and going to class. i wasn’t just going downstairs because i’d feel guilty for not doing it, but because i was really enjoyiong it again.
and now i have a fu cking hernia. go figure. life sucks.
Jesus, man, Rest! Of course you rest!
I have a habit of overtraining too. It’s not pu$$y to rest, it’s listening to your body.
I hope you feel better, GDA. We were wondering where you were.
Get better soon okay?
i’ll be alright .. . i caught it immediatley i think. it didn’t hurt, but i could see it when i got out of the shower.
dr. said i’ll be fine two weeks after the surgery. just bad timing for this to happen. right before the vacation i wouldn’t have minded at all.
anyway, does anyone know what’s cool to do while you have a hernia? is it ok to do things like bench presses and concentration curls? pushups? i tried to ask the dr. but i don’t think he really knew for sure. he just said that some people don’t even bother getting the surgery and it gets worse. he wasn’t really able to give me a straight answer about any of my questions on continuing training. i figure kung fu is out becuase of the low stances in my style, but i dunno. i tried calling sifu but had to leave a message with his son.
also what kind of rest is optimimal? i always feel guilty on the days i don’t work out so i don’t want to sit around more than is needed. my guess is that with lifting the rule of thumb is your cool if it’s been at least a day and your not sore. stomach can be done every day (wait . .. maybe that’s why i’m in this position now). stretching can be done every day. where im most confused is with training/cardio/bagwork, chigung (the exercises that make you cry for the pain in your legs). i used to think these things could be done every day, but after seeing so much improvement after taking some time off im not so sure.
at least now i’ll be able to drink beer and hang out here a bit while im healing.
diego .. . basically your insides start falling out. it’s when you rip the stomach or groin enough that your inards leak out of your new hole. that’s what i meant when i said i was able to see it. i got out of the shower and walked over to the toilet to take a p!ss and noticed that the right side of my groin was puffed out way ****her than the left. to be honest i was actually hoping for a hernia when i saw it because of the previous lymphoma scare i had. i definately notice it, it’s uncomforatble sometimes, but it doesnt really hurt. mine’s not bad though because i noticed it right away. some people live with them for years while their intestines get sucked in and out of an unatural hole. it doesn’t actually get really painful until it becomes strangulated. to the best of my knowlege this is when you get poop stuck in the part of the intestine that is hanging out. i guess you really know it at that point.
Re: finally learned there is no progression without rest . .. life f#$%&*g sucks.
Originally posted by GunnedDownAtrocity i never would have believed it. in fact, i’ll credit iron fist with knowing much more than myself about lifting and such,
I was going to give you a big “I told you so,” until:
and now i have a fu cking hernia. go figure. life sucks.
Dude, that blows. I hope you get better soon. Did you know that metal helps cure hernias? It’s true. Go download some more Children of Bodom or let Nightwish’s soothing vocals help heal you
You want to do exercise, how about you visualise yourself doing exercise in the hot tub. More benefits than most people belief and your motor neurons get a good reminder of movements.
oh . . there really isn’t a way to prevent it. some people are born with a weak spot in the muscle that eventually rips with enough stress, others weaken the area with a previous injury, some can get them from chronic coughing (god **** pot!!!), while some people just rip it under normal stress for no apparent reason at all.
i think i may have actually gotten mine last night while lifting. i upped my weight a little on all lifts and really pushed the reps. it also could have been all the lugging of bags during our trip to the beach. we went with two other friends and i swear none of the ****ing bags weighed less than 60lbs and i was usually the only one moving them all up on top of the van (which is no easy feat considering how close me and the ground are) and back down again.
Serpent: CoB rules! Have you ever heard Nightwish? It’s a prog metal band with a female opera singer with an amazing voice. Download the song Fantasmic.
GDA: After you heal, try keeping your abs tight in every lift you do. Supposedly that will prevent hernias. And keeping the anus drawn up (like when you stop in the middle of going to the bathroom) will prevent hemmorhoids.
Originally posted by IronFist
[B]Serpent: CoB rules! Have you ever heard Nightwish? It’s a prog metal band with a female opera singer with an amazing voice. Download the song Fantasmic.
Hemarrhoids(sp) are caused by hig Blood pressure in the anal region.
Normally caused by stress.
They come in 3 stages, and most of the time will go away by themelves after a few days.
Any exercise/medication that lowers blood pressure can help as well.
There are also cremes out there that will help. Just ask for Roid or pile medication.
Some Qi-Gong exercises can cause them as well if trained improperly.
Time to reach for the Donut cushion and start fearing the sessions on the white throne.
iron fist . . .“try keeping your abs tight in every lift you do”
i actually try to dude, i don’t know that i actually do it every rep, but the rip i got was in a groin muscle. it’s funny cause i had a groin muscle bothering me on my left side for a long time. i kept training anyway, and it stopped bothering me, but now i got a hernia on my right side. i’m gettin that sh!t sewn up quick though. plus i learned the value of rest .. . . though i was delayed in fully applying the benifits.
When you really love what you are doing though, the hard work and the resting are all a lot of fun! I would say in relation to some of my training, the hard work is the more physically demanding practices like weapons training, and two person exercises, and the resting is the more meditative practices. Regardless keep enjoying your training and MA!
