Dallman RossWhen the playground is empty and it's not raining, I have to take advantage of it. Okay, I did scare off three teens who were sitting at the picnic table behind me, though I told them I'd be gone soon and they didn't have to go on my account. I like my form from the third rep on; not so much the first two.
fresco@spamless Have you ever had injuries? ("impromptu" or not)
@frescosecco Thanks! Actually, it's just that I don't have easy access to normal set of parallel bars. I take what I can get. 😅
@frescosecco I have been dealing with a screwed up right shoulder for most of a year, actually. It was pretty impinged. I've got it working decently most of the time now, but I have some ongoing issues with it.
@spamless I hope it'll fully heal! It's still amazing if this is the only injury you've ever had. High repetitions for the win, I guess :)
@frescosecco Oh, I had other injuries a while ago. I pulled or tore a muscle in my traps or something a year ago, but I couldn't get any of three doctors to confirm anything there. But I couldn't do pull-ups for six or eight weeks and I was pretty concerned. That's when the shoulder stuff started up.
Back in 2021 I had a hernia and had surgery, and I started up too soon with intense physical exertion and hindered the healing process. Six months later I had a hernia on the other side. 1/2
@frescosecco 2/2 Whether that was already in the cards — I lost 50 pounds in 2020 when I started in, and I'd spent years in poor physical condition — or whether I made it worse with my program, I don't know.
In 2023 I tore my meniscus distally and had to have an arthroscopic repair. The knee bothered me for well over a year despite that. I've done lots of knee-strengthening work since, and mostly I don't have pain anymore. The other knee, too, from a ski injury and surgery 40 years ago.
@frescosecco One more post on this: the week after the knee arthroscopy, I did my push-ups and fell, exhausted, onto the other kneecap at the end. That knee hurt for the next year-and-a-half, more than the one that had been repaired. I took to walking backwards uphill as therapy, and it helped markedly. The last half-year, I don't much notice anything anymore. But 69-year-old knees are not 50-year-old knees, I can confirm.
@frescosecco Okay, yet another injury recollection. Maybe it was in mid-2021 — I'd have to consult my logs to see — was the first time I tore a muscle in my biceps. I couldn't do pull-ups anymore then for nearly two months either. But I could do push-ups and most other things. Eventually it healed up fine.
@frescosecco What have your experiences been with sport and injury?
@spamless Wow, thanks for your injury recollection! Makes me think of a Nietzsche quote...
I started some strength training a year ago after two frozen shoulders. I am currently struggling with common elbow tendon issues. Can I resolve those by walking backwards as well? :)
I started some strength training a year ago after two frozen shoulders. I am currently struggling with common elbow tendon issues. Can I resolve those by walking backwards as well? :)
@frescosecco Hilarious, thanks.
I've posted about my shoulder work on YT and Instagram, if not here. I don't get much interaction from that stuff here, so I've let things slide. I don't want my account to be all-fitness, either, as I have lots of other interests. But are you on Insta? I hated it for years and ignored my dormant account until a year ago, when I started posting lots of fitness videos. It's one-dimensional as hell there, but it generates good interest. I like inspiring health.
@spamless I'm not on Instagram. What you post here is enough to inspire :)