[flytrapcan]

fmoncas, do you know your quad measurement? Lookin huge.

[fmoncas]

I am afraid i dont have very good news...Something really unexpected happened to me …..to make the story short I have been resuming squats (I stopped because I hurt my back last year) however I knew something was not right this time but I just kept squatting because I love the fu@#$ing exercise…and I was squatting again 305 pretty easy and very deep….anyways…. a little discomfort started to appear in my back last week but I didn’t pay attention to it…….i squatted again Tuesday and I wake up yesterday with a weird pain in my leg and groin area……..but the pain in my back was ok…..however in the afternoon the pain in the leg-groin was very intense!! I missed my HIIT cardio (my wife didn’t let me go even though I was getting ready…I was feeling guilty for not going but probably she was right) …Again to make the story short it seems like one disc in my spine is pinching a nerve or something and is causing my leg-groin problem.

At this point a have been feeling a little frustrated because I am just coming out from another injury (chest-delt tendonitis) and this happens now!! I need to find a way to keep working out around this new injury like I always do but it really sucks!! I will probably have to go back and remove a few exercises from my workout and replace them….Anyways my squat days are over at least for now….i will keep focusing on the hack squat and the leg press….

This offseason has been full of injuries for me…..my body is a mess but this is not going to stop me…there is always another path to take us where we want…this is just another obstacle in this journey……..TODAY CHEST AND BACK!!! LETS KEEP GOING!!!!!!

PAIN IS JUST WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY!!!!!

Later

[fmoncas]

Originally Posted by flytrapcan

fmoncas, do you know your quad measurement? Lookin huge.

26.5" at the middle ... thanks my friend for your encouragement!!

[CueNtoZ]

sucks man i wish you a speedy recovery

[fmoncas]

Originally Posted by CueNtoZ

sucks man i wish you a speedy recovery

thanks my friend

[fmoncas]

Ok I made it to the gym…and I had a great workout even though I was suffering with this pain…..Today I did my back and chest volume workout...i had a great upperbody pump and I felt great after I finish it……I only replace the bent over barbell rows for t-rows (chest supported).

This is the summary of today’s workout ….83% capacity

1.Chest supported T-Bar Rows …..135 lbs (3 sets x 10 reps)
2.Seated cable rows…………………… 12 blocks (3 sets x 12)
3.Bent over cable pull downs…… Whole stack (3 sets x 15)
4.Lat pulldows ………………………… 12 blocks (3 sets x 15)
5.Dumbell pull overs……………….. 100’s (2 sets x 15)

6.Incline DB press……………………. 80’s (3sets x 10)
7.Flat DB press ………………………… 80’s (3 sets x 12) 3 sec negative 1 sec positive
8.Dips……………………………………. Bodyweight (3 sets x 15)
9.Weighted stretches……………. 50’s (1 set x 60 secs)

Tomorrow legs!! Hopefully I will feel better……

Later

[cmart315]

Sorry to hear about the injury my friend. I think you know that no one here will ever doubt your hardcoreness to succeed and find another way. I'm still following along closely even if I'm not posting, just letting you know!

[flytrapcan]

Originally Posted by fmoncas

Ok I made it to the gym…and I had a great workout even though I was suffering with this pain…..Today I did my back and chest volume workout...i had a great upperbody pump and I felt great after I finish it……I only replace the bent over barbell rows for t-rows (chest supported).

This is the summary of today’s workout ….83% capacity

1.Chest supported T-Bar Rows …..135 lbs (3 sets x 10 reps)
2.Seated cable rows…………………… 12 blocks (3 sets x 12)
3.Bent over cable pull downs…… Whole stack (3 sets x 15)
4.Lat pulldows ………………………… 12 blocks (3 sets x 15)
5.Dumbell pull overs……………….. 100’s (2 sets x 15)

6.Incline DB press……………………. 80’s (3sets x 10)
7.Flat DB press ………………………… 80’s (3 sets x 12) 3 sec negative 1 sec positive
8.Dips……………………………………. Bodyweight (3 sets x 15)
9.Weighted stretches……………. 50’s (1 set x 60 secs)

Tomorrow legs!! Hopefully I will feel better……

Later

You need to meet my training partner, I believe both of you would workout in a full body cast!

I had a year of injuries and finally decided to take it a little easier. So no ass to the ground squats - because of a back injury, no more heavy bench press - shoulder injury, wrist injury, no more heavy overhead dumbell press (triceps) - shoulder injury, this was difficult I was doing 175lb db for 15 - 20 reps (ok some bragging there). Point is I'm no smaller, no weaker and I have no injuries now.

Good luck with the recovery. Make sure you train around an injury, not thru it.

[fmoncas]

Originally Posted by cmart315

Sorry to hear about the injury my friend. I think you know that no one here will ever doubt your hardcoreness to succeed and find another way. I'm still following along closely even if I'm not posting, just letting you know!

thanks my for the support....

[fmoncas]

Originally Posted by flytrapcan

You need to meet my training partner, I believe both of you would workout in a full body cast!

I had a year of injuries and finally decided to take it a little easier. So no ass to the ground squats - because of a back injury, no more heavy bench press - shoulder injury, wrist injury, no more heavy overhead dumbell press (triceps) - shoulder injury, this was difficult I was doing 175lb db for 15 - 20 reps (ok some bragging there). Point is I'm no smaller, no weaker and I have no injuries now.

Good luck with the recovery. Make sure you train around an injury, not thru it.

Man i feel your pain concerning to those injuries!! on the other hand you are a monster bro!! 175lbs DB !!!....awesome..

Thanks for the advice bro i really appreciate it.....i will take it easy on the leg exe for a while.

[fmoncas]

Quick update about my "NEW" injury.......before going to the gym yesterday i did a little research on the subject...and since i was sure that the problem with my leg-groin pain was induced by a pinched nerve i guess-estimated that maybe something in my spine was out of alignment…..so I attempted something in the gym just to try to relieve the pain…..the idea was to stretch my back repeatedly during the workout to decompress the discs in my spine…the idea sounded naïve but I didn’t have nothing to loose.

This is what I did: After every 2 sets I hanged myself to the chin-up bar for about 60 secs…..it felt very comfortable and my lats were stretched to the max……..to make the story short today the intense pain in the leg-groin side is 95% gone!.....i am very pleased that my dumb idea worked. On the other hand I have been seating on my desk all day and my back is a little sore….an indication that I need to take it easy for the next few weeks……So no more squats, no more Barbell rows, no more Stiff leg deads….Ouch!! but its better to be safe than sorry….contest prep is around the corner and I need to be ready

later brothers