No Crust Racing

These. Same colour too, but upgraded the bearings for t3h speedz, stopped removed for the coolz

Rollerblading was the bomb, a lot faster than skateboarding. I think I still have an old pair floating around in a box somewhere.

I'll mention it to mine when I'm there next. I "think" I badly strained that shoulder many years ago in a high speed roller blading accident, yes I know.... lol I don't have even ROM on bench. I will be sure my grip is even on the bar but I run out of arm travel on the right (lower shoulder) side before the left.

I'm not sure how to feel about that.

Scared you all off it seems with my back talk lol Random quesiton. If when I'm looking in the mirror and I'm relaxed and one shoulder sits higher than the other, what does that imply about muscle imbalances?

Sorry to spam two threads, Pasting this here from the infirmary thread so it gets visibility as I'm interested to hear from anyone who's had it or nows of someone with the same problem and if they did or did not go surgery and how they're going now. Got my MRI back, looks like I've got a protrusion on the disc, is that called a herniated disc or is that something different? Physio said we can work on "managing" it through core strength and wants me to get stuck in straight away while I decide if I want to go that route longer term or opt for surgery. He said there are some good conservative surgeons he knows in Melbourne who will do a microdisectomy (I think that's what it was called) and cut that 5mm protrusion off and sew me back up. He said I'm the perfect candidate for it and should see immediate relief as the rest of my back is in good health. He also said he rarely recommends surgery and only suggests it if he thinks it will have a extremely positive outcome. That said he's happy for me to work on managing it for the moment. I'm assuming I did this that time I was squatting and something went pop and I was in bad pain, but I got over that eventually with rest and stretching. I realise it's not the disc that causes the pain, but the impingement on the nerve. I've read a bit that said stop all exercise other than walking and it will heal slowly, but he said protrusions do not heal and that the upper body work I'm doing at the moment, flat and incline, chins and dips, will have no impact on it. I think I have the prolapse in this image. Thoughts? EDIT: Interesting info in this paper - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2915533 Surgical patience showing quicker relief from pain etc in the early stages but that longer term it levels out. I'll get a referral and see the Neurologist, but I'm leaning towards conservative management rather than having something cut into my back. I'm also still tossing up whether to get this plate removed.

That's correct on both accounts My query is more for anyone who's been there and whether they managed to work around/through it/fix it etc or if surgery was really the best option.

If anyone has a better video that would be good, seemed weird to me.

So by now some of you will have heard about Kevin Ogar. http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/crossfit-coach-kevin-ogar-suffers-freak-accident-during-competition/story-fneuzlbd-1226802836305 Here's the video, I know nothing about this lift, what did he do wrong? Anyone got a better vid? No idea why it won't embed. Aids. http://youtu.be/jWJapBpKrQA

Got my MRI back, looks like I've got a protrusion on the disc, is that called a herniated disc or is that something different? Physio said we can work on "managing" it through core strength and wants me to get stuck in straight away while I decide if I want to go that route longer term or opt for surgery. He said there are some good conservative surgeons he knows in Melbourne who will do a microdisectomy (I think that's what it was called) and cut that 5mm protrusion off and sew me back up. He said I'm the perfect candidate for it and should see immediate relief as the rest of my back is in good health. He also said he rarely recommends surgery and only suggests it if he thinks it will have a extremely positive outcome. That said he's happy for me to work on managing it for the moment. I'm assuming I did this that time I was squatting and something went pop and I was in bad pain, but I got over that eventually with rest and stretching. I realise it's not the disc that causes the pain, but the impingement on the nerve. I've read a bit that said stop all exercise other than walking and it will heal slowly, but he said protrusions do not heal and that the upper body work I'm doing at the moment, flat and incline, chins and dips, will have no impact on it. I think I have the prolapse in this image. Thoughts?

Well I got my results, not great, will talk about it in the Infirmary thread.

Thanks mate, just didn't wanna be a jackass asking $100 for a set of mats if they're worth $20. Haven't been able to match them to anything on eBay as yet.

Have not changed anything, still just doing 2x 8reps at a bit over 100 on flat then 2x 10 reps at like 60 with incline which is slowly feeling more stable hence a little more weight on it. That 3x weekly is enough for me at the moment chest wise. Some fat to lose so have adjusted eating and tempo/breaks accordingly as I'd like to trim up a little, whihc is working. I do miss the buzz from doing a bit more but my weights set maxed out at 118 and I don't think I ever did more than 6-7 continuous reps at that weight (would have to go back and look) and I can't see much of a difference in my chest visually benching a bit less but more comfortably. Had my MRI on my back this morning, see what the results say tomorrow, they better show something for the cost...

Morning gents. I don't often visit the Stagea sub but I've been cleaning out my shed and these mats came in my Silvia when I bought it, just wanted to know from what model Stagea they are from and if they're worth much as they're not needed in my track car. Drivers side could use a vacuum but otherwise they appear to be in good condition. Cheers

Nice work Birds

Solid effort was solid, great work. Done sensibly with changes that can be maintained. This is exactly what larger people need to do, make lifestyle changes they can stick too. Still ate your pizza, still had some coke etc. Awesome results mate. Always good to see someone succeed using the basics where so many others fail.

DID YOU SAY UPPER CHEST?!?!?!?!?

If I had a shoulder girdle related injury I would do everything Rev told me to do. If anyone has been through that grinder it's him.

That's no good. I'm sure you'll have options to at least treat the symptoms to get some comfort.

Been a while. Still seeing physio weekly, I'm off for a CT scan this week as there's been little to no improvement. Especially over Xmas where I took it really easy for the most part and was not sitting as much (Physio though that was a big part of it). I've been doing some storm water trenching/digging work but breaking it up and still coming away really sore to the point of taking a couple anti-inflams here and there to help. As for gym, I've knocked the bench weight back to 100kg and just do 2 sets of 8 then 2 sets of 10 on the incline with 55 or so kg just to try and get into incline a little to help my chest shape. This week I also ditched the weight belt on chins and dips and instead of doing 3x8 have just done 3x10-12 at BW to see if the weight belt was causing me any issues, which it didn't. I'm in two minds about re-adding the belt as I'm enjoying doing more reps on the whole. I've lost a little weight 1-2kg through smaller portions, healthier snacks, and a few more reps here and there. 86 or so in the mornings now. See what the scan shows.

Nice work Birdman

It's good you're active but a lot of that is not really considered high intensity and want high intensity - as in max muscle recruitment - to burn max calories and get you into deficit so you'll drop weight. As was said, this is GREAT for core "strength" and you will have a solid platform to perform compound movements with. Funnily enough, all I've done lately is cut back a little on the eating, add a few reps and shorten the breaks (using lighter weight) and my abs are becoming more defined and I'm just an average build (183 - 86-87kg) if anything, I'm a little porky. We're not busting your balls and saying "oh man it's so easy" it's more like, the recipe is pretty simple, calorific deficit and enough work to force the abs to grow. There's genetics in that equation as well though, some guys are just built to develop into otters easily and some are built to develop into bears easily. I've got a little definition but really I could care less as I rarely walk around shirtless in public. This. Also this. And this was me to a tee when I was doing hour long sessions 4 times weekly, still had abs. You just have to make sure you're burning it. The body becomes VERY good VERY quickly and requiring minimal effort to do what you're asking it to so you have to constantly be changing what you're asking of it, not necessarily heavier, just different. Force it to work in different ways all the time.

LOL WTF

I might have an overly simplistic view or maybe my desired outcomes are just really easy to achieve because they are minor but for me it's as simple as when I want to gain weight or get bigger I do heavier weights and eat more protien/carbs etc and when I wanna lean off a little or drop weight I do a bit more cardio and cut back a little on the calories and that seems to work fine enough. If you wanna drop 10kg, what are you doing to achieve it? I'd like to think you've already looked at your diet and tried to cut back on fats/sugars, unnecessary carbs etc, and that you're doing sufficient exercise for your calorie intake. That is, you should have a bit of a calorie deficit. If you're doing those things, properly, you should be losing weight. If you're not losing weight then you're still eating too much or not exercising enough for what you eat so change it.

I don't think it'll ever get that far Troy. By that standard we would also not be allowed to discuss burnouts, speeding, drifting on public roads, or things like speed, pot, etc. A "discussion" hurts nobody. Condoning on encouraging illegal activities is quite another thing.