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« on: July 15, 2014, 04:06:42 pm »
god that was a long time ago. no idea what my numbers are now on those lifts, except bench. i weigh about 173-176 now and have for a few years. my squat got as high as 360, dropped DL altogether and haven't honestly tested it in a very long time, OHP don't remember although maybe like 125x5? i can't do it at all now because of my shoulder. the most i've ever benched is maybe 245 but i've never really made much of a consistent effort to improve it. i think i could bench more now.
point is, lifting numbers have tanked for me in terms of importance over the years, and certainly after i finally got the 2x bw squat. they're just not crucial. maybe i'll take up powerlifting one day, but not anytime soon.
in terms of injuries? i've had niggling things that came and went, for the most part.
developed arthritis in my big toes but i mostly work around it just fine and it usually isn't actively painful. does fuck with my toe-off when running and jumping, though. and i can't really do lunges or burpees. this will be with me forever and is depicted in my avatar.
messed up my hip squatting after switching to olympic lifting shoes like four years ago and not allowing myself to build back up with the new movement pattern. this went away after a few weeks.
messed up my left elbow a couple years ago, i think from doing dips really stupidly in an attempt to do as many as possible -- got some dry needling and the pain went away immediately.
right wrist has always hurt on OHP above a certain weight. i could do 115 pounds forever but as soon as i tried 135 my wrist was like, bro, don't do that.
my lower back suddenly started getting really stiff and then painful during squatting earlier this year and i've been forced to stop squatting and other movements that heavily load those spinal joints in flexion, like max effort DL bounds. PT says it's because i'm getting older and my butt wink is too pronounced and my hips move side to side when i'm squatting in a fatigued state. i only buy the last explanation, but for the time being it's actually good because i have to focus on other shit.
left shoulder is jacked up now, i think because of hanging on the rim after grabbing it too many times. i'm not letting it heal all the way because reaching as high as i can on a jump is THE ENTIRE POINT OF TRAINING for me. the pain is in overhead movement and it's worse the more externally rotated my shoulder is. i can sort of do neutral-grip DB OHP but it tweaks a little, so not worth it. regular OHP is out of the question. bench, pushups and dips are fine unless i've done something that day to make it flare up.
most of those haven't led to major off-time from training (like, on the order of months). i have off-time on an unpredictable basis due to work travel, which can be anywhere from 1 to 2.5 weeks at a time and during which i don't have access to a track, court, field, whatever. a lot of the time i can't even go outside, like in afghanistan. i do maintain some training during trips but it's not very high quality for the most part.
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