No Crust Racing

Pretty impressive stuff Dan, well done. A competitive car, decent steering skills and a seemingly lovely wife in the co-driver seat, you're living the dream of many!

Troz you look fine. I already gave you all the homo.

Probably better than 6ft3 Anorexic 80kg Birds?

Thumbs up..... no homo.....

It's personal preference, but even at only 6ft I felt that 80kg or less was way too lean for me, I got down to 78, not by choice, and was way too skinny. That said, I'm more in it for looks than strength numbers, and having said that I mean just wanting to look half decent and healthy and not like an anorexic desk jockey.

The one from NZ doesn't come loaded with Freedom, 'Murica!

Since I'm already getting every comment in my email due to subscription to this thread I'll add my 2 cents. I've more or less always been able to eat what I wanted as I've always been running/gyming, but noted that after spending a few months on my arse from my leg, that my metabolism seems to have dropped a gear (I'm also into my 30s now so no doubt tat plays a role). I'd always prefer to just exercise more and eat what I want, but my current state of leg/back health does not allow over exertion so I've had to be somewhat more mindful at least on portion size. My main point being, what works for one will not always work for everyone else, we're all at different points, wanting different things, and have different bodies trying to achieve it. Do what works for you.

Hey Brad, how's progress going? Got some pics for us yet?

I won't know for a few weeks as I've got a clutch to do, a cage to fit, a new seat mount to make, and a splitter to make and fit before I can get to the track =\ Keep tabs on my build thread though, I always talk results in there.

All done now. It started out something like this. Front/Camber/Toe Driver: -2.5/4mm toe in Pass: -1.8/5mm toe in Rear/Camber/Toe Driver: - 1.3/1mm toe in Pass: -.7/1mm toe in And after A LOT of stuffing around it now has the following and "looks" a lot better. Front/Camber/Toe Driver: -2.75/1mm toe out Pass: -2.75/1mm toe out Rear/Camber/Toe Driver: - 1.3/1mm toe in Pass: -1.3/1mm toe in Once I drive it I'll know if it suits me or not.

That's a bit different then if it wasn't fully the knee. Old me will now do a warm up and test things out and abort if needed. Younger me would try and train through or around everything. Glad it wasn't anything major. I was able to pick the loaded bar back up and put it on the pins yesterday

I did to start with, by after a few sets doing it managed to keep it off my shins and knees when I got the hang of it.

I'd be inclined to go through my warm up routine and then make a call. If it's quite sore though, maybe just skip the squats, missing one session to allow the leg to recover isn't as bad as busting it and being off for weeks.

Went to my regular physio, she said the same things as the Osteo, but commented that it should have been a lot worse and that I was recovering quite well so said I should be thankful that I'm "high tone" which is the expression she uses for people who exercises a bit and have decent muscular control/awareness/recruitment etc. She said treat it like a sprain and get back to squatting/DL etc when pain permits but that dropping a touch of weight off and focusing more on the inner core stuff was the best coourse so I'll sit on my numbers for a bit and get my back sorted. TTT: Weird, I've had knee pain before from bike riding etc and it's always been during the load phase, lockout is always fine, so to only hurt during actual lockout is a weird one. This guy seemed to cite similar symptoms but no word on the actual cause. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=150837083&page=1

Copy/Paste from Infirmary thread. Well I've got a small update, and I may have jumped the gun a "bit" but to be fair, any issue at the moment feels like a mountain because progress is so slow and I'm so mindful that a small slip up can be a very time consuming set back. It's still pretty tender, but not as bad as it was when I did it. I'm back at work without pain killers but sitting uncomfortably. I'm seeing my physio today and managed to get into an Osteo last night, he said he was confident I've not done anything major (slipped/crushed disc big ruptures those sort of things) and felt that given the tightness in the area and the cold that the muscles had been too tight and strained a bit which failed to hold the SIJ in place and I'd then in turn strained the SIJ and into the lower lumbar (I think he said L5/L6 area) he did some work on it and made the same comments the physio has been saying, my external posterior chain strength appears quite good but that there's an underlying instability in my core allowing this SIJ movement and irritation. The consensus being that working being off my feet for 2-3mths and working in a recliner has basically allowed my pelvic floor and associated stabilisers to puss out and now they are not coming back on because I'm relying on abs and obliques to lock up and provide stability. So I'm going to drop a touch of weight off the squat, DL, and rows, not that it wasn't already light by standards, and just maintain the motions while I focus some solid attention on improve that inner core stability that seems to be upsetting things.

Well I've got a small update, and I may have jumped the gun a "bit" but to be fair, any issue at the moment feels like a mountain because progress is so slow and I'm so mindful that a small slip up can be a very time consuming set back. It's still pretty tender, but not as bad as it was when I did it. I'm back at work without pain killers but sitting uncomfortably. I'm seeing my physio today and managed to get into an Osteo last night, he said he was confident I've not done anything major (slipped/crushed disc big ruptures those sort of things) and felt that given the tightness in the area and the cold that the muscles had been too tight and strained a bit which failed to hold the SIJ in place and I'd then in turn strained the SIJ and into the lower lumbar (I think he said L5/L6 area) he did some work on it and made the same comments the physio has been saying, my external posterior chain strength appears quite good but that there's an underlying instability in my core allowing this SIJ movement and irritation. The consensus being that working being off my feet for 2-3mths and working in a recliner has basically allowed my pelvic floor and associated stabilisers to puss out and now they are not coming back on because I'm relying on abs and obliques to lock up and provide stability. So I'm going to drop a touch of weight off the squat, DL, and rows, not that it wasn't already light by standards, and just maintain the motions while I focus some solid attention on improve that inner core stability that seems to be upsetting things.

I think you can go ahead and change the project title now! Good work mate.

OK I can't see me squatting or DL'ing anything for some time now. Warmed up and got into session but half way through second set of squats that pain in my back/SIJ went bang and got very sharp in that area and down my left leg. Had to put bar on safeties, and cannot lift it back up onto pins. Painful to walk/stand/sit/ just generally move. I've had a hot shower and tried a heat pack didn't do much, trying ice now which is not doing much either. I'm going to try and get into my physio again tomorrow if possible. Hoping it feels somewhat better tomorrow morning. Pretty crushed as I have that sinking feeling of being out of action for a while.

Given it's all down my left leg also everything I read says sciatic. I'm going to call my physio tomorrow and see if I can come in. I hope I'm not feeling like this tomorrow as I reckon I'll have trouble driving.

I'm in a bit of trouble. Warmed up and got into session but half way through second set of squats that pain in my back/SIJ went bang and got very sharp in that area and down my left leg. Had to put bar on safeties, and cannot lift it. Painful to walk/stand/sit. Gonna hit the shower then heat pack it. FML.

Not really, I said I wasn't having a go, and I wasn't. I was generalising and using your comments as an example of what I was having a whinge about. Appreciate your mature response though, refreshing given what I often see around here. The underlying comment was, to what end was that post made? At the absolute crux of it, what were you trying to achieve, and that's not a rhetorical question or said with any malice. Perhaps my point is partly that your follow up comments could have been included in the original post to semi clarify why you felt the need to comment? As opposed to what you did, which was akin to walking up to a group of people half way through a conversation and interjecting with a one line negative comment without context. From that, I'm guessing the point was just to say to the uneducated amongst us (like me) the cage looks the goods, but in reality that particular join could be a touch better? I remember watching that clip the first time, mouth agape.

God I love getting car parts in the mail.

Nice work so far. You can tick half cage off the list given you've already paid for it. Hopefully Brad comes through with the goods in the 2 week time frame he gave us

Sorry I meant total as in .5mm toe out/in each side. So .5mm toe out one each front wheel and .5mm toe in each side on the back so each axle as a total of 1mm toe in/out or 1mm toe in/out per wheel.

I should add too, I've noticed I am getting thicker, arms, chest, back legs, a little bit in the mid section but that my weight is not really going up that much, I still fluctuate between 86-88kg despite getting a little bit stronger.