Shadow's Snap back to reality.....

[treilin]

There are less complex and, um, potentially damaging hip flexor stretches you could do. Try the one listed at #14 in this article, and do it without your foot elevated for more of a psoas stretch.

Damaging? I'm not telling him to stick a f@ckin needle in it?!?!
If you want the muscle to take a week or so to release because of all the daily postural issues people place their bodies in then go for it... Or you can get to the point and take care of it. Placing pressure on a muscle like that is not damaging what do you think trigger point and accupressure therapy is?!?! Same damn thing the only difference is the therapist can't stand there as long applying the same amount of pressure as the weighted bar to a particular release point without there fingers, or arms, or body... or if they use T-bars still would take them 4 times as long to do the same thing that someone can do on there own at the gym. Not only that a you can work both sides simultaneously. So if you chose to try and release a posturally tight muscle (not talking about just from lifting) doing a stretch.... Have fun!
Or go pay a therapist an hour's worth of work to release them... when you can do it yourself for free in about 5-10 minutes max.

Rant ended

 

[The Shadow]

I'll pay you......


close enough??


Im off.....

 

[Cynical Simian]

Damaging? I'm not telling him to stick a f@ckin needle in it?!?!
If you want the muscle to take a week or so to release because of all the daily postural issues people place their bodies in then go for it... Or you can get to the point and take care of it. Placing pressure on a muscle like that is not damaging what do you think trigger point and accupressure therapy is?!?! Same damn thing the only difference is the therapist can't stand there as long applying the same amount of pressure as the weighted bar to a particular release point without there fingers, or arms, or body... or if they use T-bars still would take them 4 times as long to do the same thing that someone can do on there own at the gym. Not only that a you can work both sides simultaneously. So if you chose to try and release a posturally tight muscle (not talking about just from lifting) doing a stretch.... Have fun!
Or go pay a therapist an hour's worth of work to release them... when you can do it yourself for free in about 5-10 minutes max.

Rant ended

lol, my "damaging" comment was in jest and just in reference to the placement of the barbell. I was throwing out another stretch he could do in addition to or instead of the one you suggested and which could be done more frequently or at home since it wouldn't require gym equipment.

 

[The Shadow]

Treils a fiesty one...

 

[JKurz1]

got any recent pics boss? Lifts look good....glad to see you made a come back (or are making)....nice quick intense sessions....best of luck to you!

 

[Protobuilder]

Stick a needle in it, Shadow.

 

[JKurz1]

Later....done on these boards..I got emails from my bros....we'll keep in touch.....thnx for your help.....lets eat, train and rest HARD!

 

[The Shadow]

Well.....


My back/tightness is still an issue...but its a bit better already thanks to the stretch mention by CS and the release by Trel.

I got 2 more reps on ATF squats with 185 than last week b4 something felt "loose" ie - I felt like my torso was turning slightly to the right(left shoulder forward).


Spent remainder of workout on hypers and a modified reverse hyper......



20 minutes on a heavy bag

 

[BiggT]

Nice on pushing the squattin'.....also, it is nice to see another whole egg eater....what are your thoughts on the yolk/high cholesterol stuff? BS or a legit concern? I'd been eating a minimum of 4 whole eggs a day for well over a year and had my cholesterol checked a few months ago and it was only 167 with a good HDl/LDL ratio (I forget the breakdown off the top of my head).

 

[The Shadow]

the cholesterol in the yolk is the "good" kind....doctors forget to mention that


Thanks T.