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And I got my stuff

Had an update appointment with the physio. No real progress pain wise. I am getting stronger in the planks and my abs are getting more defined but no real benefit in back pain as yet. I won't be able to continue doing to side plank as doing them on the right side really upsets my elbow so I'll have to watch that in the next week or two, if need be skip a session to let it heal properly. He said I need to work on core for stretching for a good 6mths to see some results, better than injections or surgery IMO. He also said there's no need to come and see him any more than monthly at most as I'm just wasting my money because I'm doing the work at present. A session now looks like this. Breaks between sets are normally 90-120secs. As you can see I've dropped the weight on a lot of things and added reps, keeps the heart up and semi covers off for no cardio at the moment, plus a bit easier means more enjoyment and less chance of injury. If anything I'm now a touch bigger and more defined in some spots. Doing some lunges and calf raises again albeit with next to no weight. The physio stretching is various back and leg and pelvis stretches. Physio stretching and general warmup stretching 2x8 reps at 101-102kg or something on the bench. Then 1x 10 at 73kg incline press (this is slowly improving, initially 54kg was a real struggle oddly) Physio stretching Front plank, started out at 30sec to take it really easy, close to 2mins again now. 3x10 weighted dips at 12.5kg Physio stretching Side planks (scrapping these for another TBA core exercise) 30x Alternating Lunges (so 15 per leg) with a whopping 6kg of dumbells heavily focusing on locked core during. 3x10 Weighted dips at 17.5kg Back plank for 60-90sec 25 or so calf raises on a board with the same 6kg dumbells. Takes about 40-45mins.

You have 2 bench goals listed with different weights, assuming one is a squat goal. I've got no doubt you'll get there so I won't wish you good luck

I'm in Wodonga. They are on eBay as we speak. A few people watching but no bids yet, always happens at the end. They end tomorrow.

Eat a dick flamin mongrel. I mean "lol"

Good to see you back in here TTT.

I also pointed out the same stuff TTT did re the supps. But ultimately, if you don't enjoy the actual process of lifting or it's not giving you the body you want, or the body you think gets you the most compliments, don't do it.

With your mindset, I'd honestly say very little. You've tried it, it doesn't work for you in achieving the goals you want, your body clearly looks different when you're lifting weights and the general populace appears to prefer it the way it was. Make the decision based purely on what makes you happy. The opinions of others means nothing to you unless that's the reason you're exercising (which is fine). You've said on soooooo many occassions how you're unhappy with the results and do not like how you look when lifting, so logic dictates you would stop doing it. Do whatever makes you happiest.

When I did my back that time, it was nice knowing I could dump the bar and fall forward and not worry about where it ended up. Had to pull myself into a standing position using the rack lol

You should talk to Huggies about some limited run Black pull ups for young metal toddlers lol

Well you can't have the Racing car ones because they are blue and society states that only boys can wear blue. You are a girl, you must wear pink. (Yes I think it's dumb too, but I'm sure when the time comes my grub will probs want the pink ones).

You can't have. They have the surge guard in the wrong spot. You need these ones for princesses.

These ones are awesome because they have racing cars on them.

Yeah L5 sorry. Is that where yours is Nick?

I literally fell your pain, mine is impinging the sciatic nerve also so every twang in the back goes down the leg too. T5 I think, the lowest one. Good times. At the moment I do no squat or DL, just working on core and stability with my physio (same one who fixed my bad elbow and forearm). When I showed up after years of not seeing him he laughed and said this is gonna be good. We have a good dynamic.

Yeah we're talking 13 years ago now lol Ahh fair enough, I was very skinny but still did chin ups, situps, pushups etc, so was at least lean muscle, winning age group champs at athletics n shit. Easy to be fast or jump high/far when you weigh nothing.

Not skinny and no six pack, wut? I have an old film photograph somewhere of me when I was 17-18, rake thin, ripped abs lol I too celebrated heartily with every KG.

After: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/creatine_supplement_facts.htm After: http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/supplements/when%E2%80%99s-the-best-time-to-take-creatine Primarily After: http://www.livestrong.com/article/461298-is-it-better-to-take-creatine-before-or-after-training/ I just went with that, it worked well for me for my goal - aiding recovery. I wouldn't say I noticed more power or more reps etc.

No idea, it's their product, they'd know.

Odd, every thing I've read any where say's it's a recovery supp and to take it afterwards. I've been wrong before and I don't see that trend stopping any time soon.

I understood the same.

Boz: I cannot be 100% sure, but I "assume" it was that time I was squatting and got real low and my back went "bang" in terms of pain and I had to go see someone straight away, it hasn't been right since and being the smart person that I am kept training thinking I was working around it, getting better etc as the numbers were still going up, albeit still shitful. My physio seems to think that my crap ankle ROM throws my pelvis mechanics out so I load up unevenly through pelvis and lower back which causes issues as the weight climbs. Using a raiser below my heel helps but I find I have to have a really wide stance and feet out 45 degrees to be comfortable getting to parallel and below and I stretch like a motherf**ker so it shouldn't be a ROM issue elsewhere. Physio had me do a number of tests and said for the most part ROM and flexibility is decent for a desk jockey, just not in my ankle.

If you've had 4 weeks off you've likely lost some muscle mass which will partly explain the weight loss, that plus no supps likely means less water weight. This is not really the thread for this discussion, but I can say that if you don't like gym, don't do it. Do whatever exercise you want that helps you feel good and keeps you in shape. I do gym because I like to do gym and it gives me the results I want. I do not run because I do not enjoy running, even when I was doing it regularly I was not "enjoying" it, but it worked to keep me trim so I did it. I've found I can keep trim enough with diet control and some more volume. So the non fun thing has been ditched. I'm sure there are other things you can do besides gym to keep you fit and healthy and stay happy. That all depends on what your goals are. You either move the goals to fit your attitude, or you adjust your attitude to do the things you must do to achieve your goals. Make the choice and go with that, you can always do it differently down the track. Nothing is set in stone with exercise.

I was only adding one spoonful, so I'd say 5g tops, in my post workout. None on any other day. I ran out a week or two ago,m haven't replaced it and haven't noticed much if any difference but I am not training heavy with weight or volume.

All I can suggest is that you do what I do and change up the routine to something you enjoy/can do without risk/injury/pain etc while you're working on problem areas. All I do at the moment is 3x 40min sessions and all they include is some bench, chins, dips, and various stretches for my back, plus some planks some light calf raises and lunges. Mostly things I enjoy or can do without risk to making my issue worse while I work on it. Gotta keep the attitude positive and if the workout becomes a chore then motivation goes out the window, take a full week off or just spend a full week doing only the stuff you like to get you back on track.