Pain and Injuries.
Do any of your lifters have problems with elbow tendinitis? Is it part of pushing through the dark times?
Elbow, wrist, knee, back, hip, etc. There will ALWAYS be something that is hurting but there is a difference between a chronic ache (severe or not) and an actual injury. Learning the difference is the key.
Tony used to look at me and ask "do we need to go to the hospital or can you train?" There is no other option. If I was injured and needed medical attention then we must go to the ER (which did happen twice), if not - then I had to be on the platform...
Tired and Sore
When I met Krastev I told him I would do whatever he asked of me as long as he taught me how to lift. (which led to the feta cheese inside joke.) I committed 100% to his program and philosophy even before I had any idea what that meant. As time went by and I was so tired and sore from training multiple times daily with no days off that the simple IDEA of squatting down in the morning to stretch hurt! I was beyond miserable and in so much pain that I could not stand from the toilet! I literally had to fall on the ground, crawl to the sink to get up because my legs were so blasted...
Knee Pain
People have been asking when we squat and train everyday, how do our knees not hurt? Well, they do - along with everything else. But for the knees, here’s what we do:
- (the most obvious) Anti-inflammatories. I prefer Celebrex or over the counter Aleve. 3 of these = prescription strength.
- Apply equiblock, bengay, icyhot or some other skin ointment before workouts and then ice immediately after. A dixie cup frozen makes for a good massage tool...
Motivation
If an athlete were to train fairly hard several days in a row, and after that they were especially tired and weak, should they continue to train as hard as they can? or should they have a slightly easier session to allow them to recover?
Tired and weak? How do you know you're weak when you haven't gone to the gym to try yet? There are way TOOOO many days that not only myself, but other lifters would have swore up and down that they could not perform well only to find themselves setting a pr.
Training around an Injury
Sore Hip Flexors
Spotters in Squats
I constantly hear people making comments about using spotters in the squat.
IMO, spotters are used in a situation when the bar can't be dropped.
Learning how to miss properly is equally as important as learning how to make attempts. Making lifts will assure success whereas missing correctly avoids injury which assures continued training heath.
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Drug Free Lifting
This program of daily training can be beneficial for anyone, regardless of their age, goals, current level of fitness or drug use.
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Central Nervous System
I was having a discussion on another forum late last year about overtraining and CNS recovery. I am not a doctor and didn’t know the exact reason why this type of training works, but along came Brent. Brent has a Ph.D. in Neurobiology. He answered the questions in terms everyone can understand. I emailed him to say thanks for explaining to everyone, including myself, of how and why it works.
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