No Crust Racing

Speaking of BN, Birds what's the latest?

I'll need a myo ball or something, tennis ball doesn't cut it and I can't get enough weight on it to make it unbearable with the roller. I'll keep plugging away.

Oh not by your scale no, no way at all. Its very minor in my opinion but persistent. It's just a niggle that twinges regularly but I'd like to avoid it becoming a bigger problem. I only said grade 2 in terms of something I was reading that stepped up to above a basic strain when you felt it walking as well, which I do. But not by the standard you are referring, no.

Have been, I may stop stretching it as anything I read says if you have discomfort walking that's a "grade 2" which sounds stupid but just means it'll take 1-3 weeks to recover with minimal usage. Oddly it doesn't really bother me when gyming, but I just thought it was a good idea to sort it before going heavier.

Question from the Infirmary for people with experience in hammy strains. When looking at my left (good leg) from behind, the main tendon on the outside of the leg keeps twinging and carrying on, sometimes just walking, sometimes bending over to get things. What's the process for fixing these sorts of strains? It only pulls a little up into the "meat' of the hammy so to speak. I've been foam rolling it and doing stretches. I skipped gym Monday and may skip tonight as well as I've got some other niggles at the moment and haven't taken a full week off in a while.

Hammy is still twinging for no apparent reason, does it when I walk, does it when I sit, just random times also. Have been stretching and manual manipulating my ankle recently as asked by the physio and getting out of the car this morning it twinged decently and I had trouble walking up the steps to work, not feeling too bad now but geezus for a second I thought something major had gone wrong. It still has a way to go. I may take tonight off also and just see if I can get any improvement on this hammy.

Nice work.

Question for people with experience in hammy strains. When looking at my left (good leg) from behind, the main tendon on the outside of the leg keeps twinging and carrying on, sometimes just walking, sometimes bending over to get this. What's the process for fixing these sorts of strains? IT only pulls a little up into the "meat' of the hammy so to speak. I've been foam rolling it and doing stretches. I skipped gym last night and may skip Wednesday as well as I've got some other niggles at the moment and haven't taken a full week off in a while.

Just seeing what the options are. Like any job I do, when it's all apart you're going to have a look around and think how can I improve this or what other things need replacing while I'm in there. So it was just a case of "if" not "need". General consensus seems to be it can be done, to a degree, but the risks go up, So I'll just get this one machined and put it back in. I can't justify $300 or so on a new lightened flywheel.

I'm about to have the flywheel in the CA machined (mild tune 200rwkw track car). Can it be safely lightened at all? There seems to be a lot of conjecture about this. Anything is a gain and it won't cost much more than having it machined. I will ask the place tomorrow, but thought some opinions couldn't hurt. Clutch is a basic Xtreme HD Organic.

Skipped gym tonight, too many little niggles and sore bits, ankle in particular, especially after pulling the box in the car yesterday. Just went for a walk instead, will see how I feel Wednesday but may take a full week off as its been a while since I've done that and I promised myself I would to avoid injuries.

I do, if I had to pick numbers it'd be repped 140/160 and back to running.

Birds: I don't think I'm kidding myself, just not sure what I want entirely. Jangles: Great numbers dude. When I see that sort of thing, people weighing 10kg less than me and doing close to 200, THAT's when I go man why do I bother lol But it's all in jest, it's good to know it can be done easily enough.

Agreed. How is your DL progress Jangles?

I'm asking myself the same question. While Jangles is generalizing and I don't entirely agree, he makes a pretty valid point. I think I back away from clear goals because it makes slow progress/stalling easier to mentally justify. Yes I do have a bung leg, but I am still gaining slowly, but it's pretty eye opening to realise how far off the game I am, and it's not that I'm out to "win" but I think anyone who does anything will naturally compare themselves to others who do the same thing. I don't have any clear goals, my goal initially was squat and deadlift because I never had and it was obvious I had a strength imbalance. When I've thought about numbers I thought 140 squat and 160 dead would be good for me given the leg and that I'd like to be running again also. Holistically, why am I training at all? Probably because I was always the skinny kid and I've never really full shed that mindset, so you'd say my reasons are purely egotistical/aesthetic. I do enjoy the extra strength though, dropped the box in my car on the weekend and was surprised how light it was, because essentially I was just benching it lol In terms of fitness, yeah it helps, but I could be running more and doing less weights and still be plenty fit. So I dunno, I guess that's why my posts come across as all over the shop as Jangles pointed out. I will say that deading has made my back heaps better and I'm happy about that.

I'd never thought of it like that actually. I see your point. Easy solution though

^ is the main reason I do full body workouts.

Fair enough. That's what I'm sort of looking for, the lower part of my titties seems developed enough and I was looking for a little more overall shape if that makes any sense and is even achievable.

It's not on my toes, it's just not directly on my heels. Just some generic Mizuno runners. I have a carpet square down to protect the good carpet also.

Did you notice much of a difference in chest development?

Markos: I mean more so where should you be feeling the most drive/pressure when getting back up, At the moment I feel more mid foot to ball than I do in the heel. Also for anyone who has switched between flat and incline press, what differences did you notice?

I'm already pretty wide in my opinion, maybe a bit outside shoulder width and I go low bar. Interestingly physio advocated ball drive too, she said mechanically it's where you are supposed to push from.

Birds: Supp testing update? Markos/all: What's the conventional wisdom on where to drive from with the squat, I find the weight shifting forward for me and I'm driving more from the ball of my foot. I've been told different things heel vs ball, but in my head if I go and jump bare foot, it ain't the heel that wants to land first and take the impact.

lol EAD - I was waiting for it Fair points. Initially after getting the screw removed and getting the all clear to start doing stuff again, the goal was start squatting and DL because I was doing neither. Then I had that training session with Matt and at that point my goal was get squat and DL above bench, and I'm just about there. From there, I'm not sure. It really depends on how my ankle tolerates it as my next goal after getting squat and DL above my bench is to get back into running as I'm only walking at the moment. That will take some time for the ankle to handle running and 3x gym a week. I realise running is counter productive to strength training, but it's good for the dog and good for me and allows me to eat more After that I'm not sure, maybe aim for 140 squat and 160 DL as they seemed like decent totals for me if my ankle can deal with it. That would be a long term goal though as I need to take it slowly - I will also need more weights.

What's the splitter material? Structural ply? Your brake ducts look like mine, did you find they worked?