kook
02-13-2008, 10:14 AM
Just something I was thinking about while not being able to sleep last night.
I've been through many injuries, although I have never put much thought into them. Not many have been lifting related, but are worsened through lifting. 4 years ago while working by myself I dropped a 250lb beam on my shoulder from about. I caught it while standing on a 12' tall ladder , had nothing else to do but walk down with it in pain(dropping it would have knocked the ladder out from me and I would have fell 10' or so).
I benched 2 days later, and never stopped, it hurt like you wouldn't believe until it finally got better, was it smart? of course not. I probably did more damage to it benching as heavy as I was right before it happened.
Since that time I have had problems with that shoulder, it gets loose, it gets strong, and seems to go on in that cycle. 4 months ago or so I knew it was getting loose again and weak, but I pushed it, would tell my chiro who kept telling me to take it easy for a bit, as I had no contests after Nationals. Well I dislocated it about 3.5 weeks ago, I just popped it back in, but I think I've finally learned my lesson. I have to be smart about this one. Or It might become useless.
Around the same time It felt as though I had pulled my pec on same side as shoulder, turns out its a bruised rib(it could have broke a few months ago for all I know), everytime I bend at the hips it puts pressure on this thing. Tried to bounce a tire off my stomach this past wknd and hurt it again.
And the big kicker, I was getting so strong during July-November leading to nationals and it all fell apart. I was Overtrained, and stressed out from quite a few things.My body shut down, metabolism went to hell, and I gained a lot of weight. I guess my heart wasnt happy with me, it started skipping a beat(robb and I talked about this,thanks bro) it would fill with blood skipping the normal beat then bam rush of blood and a few quick beats to catch up, it was scary as hell.It would happen a few times a minute and for about 2 monthes. I was almost sure I would die at any moment. Anxiety came with it and worsened the problem. But I kept training heavy, went to Nationals, came back did another contest 3 weeks later.
So if you've followed my log, I've made some changes, I've lost 40lbs and have a lot more to go, and have not lost much strength at all! and I feel strong, and good.(and that heart problem has gone away)
I don't need sympathy, just telling my story with some updates.
Mostly I hope that someone else can learn something from what I screwed up on. Overtraining is very real( I used to believe the statement" there is no overtraining, just under recovering), well its true to a point, but if you push it far enough overtraining is what will happen(Adrenal fatigue?)
Be Well, Train Smart
I've been through many injuries, although I have never put much thought into them. Not many have been lifting related, but are worsened through lifting. 4 years ago while working by myself I dropped a 250lb beam on my shoulder from about. I caught it while standing on a 12' tall ladder , had nothing else to do but walk down with it in pain(dropping it would have knocked the ladder out from me and I would have fell 10' or so).
I benched 2 days later, and never stopped, it hurt like you wouldn't believe until it finally got better, was it smart? of course not. I probably did more damage to it benching as heavy as I was right before it happened.
Since that time I have had problems with that shoulder, it gets loose, it gets strong, and seems to go on in that cycle. 4 months ago or so I knew it was getting loose again and weak, but I pushed it, would tell my chiro who kept telling me to take it easy for a bit, as I had no contests after Nationals. Well I dislocated it about 3.5 weeks ago, I just popped it back in, but I think I've finally learned my lesson. I have to be smart about this one. Or It might become useless.
Around the same time It felt as though I had pulled my pec on same side as shoulder, turns out its a bruised rib(it could have broke a few months ago for all I know), everytime I bend at the hips it puts pressure on this thing. Tried to bounce a tire off my stomach this past wknd and hurt it again.
And the big kicker, I was getting so strong during July-November leading to nationals and it all fell apart. I was Overtrained, and stressed out from quite a few things.My body shut down, metabolism went to hell, and I gained a lot of weight. I guess my heart wasnt happy with me, it started skipping a beat(robb and I talked about this,thanks bro) it would fill with blood skipping the normal beat then bam rush of blood and a few quick beats to catch up, it was scary as hell.It would happen a few times a minute and for about 2 monthes. I was almost sure I would die at any moment. Anxiety came with it and worsened the problem. But I kept training heavy, went to Nationals, came back did another contest 3 weeks later.
So if you've followed my log, I've made some changes, I've lost 40lbs and have a lot more to go, and have not lost much strength at all! and I feel strong, and good.(and that heart problem has gone away)
I don't need sympathy, just telling my story with some updates.
Mostly I hope that someone else can learn something from what I screwed up on. Overtraining is very real( I used to believe the statement" there is no overtraining, just under recovering), well its true to a point, but if you push it far enough overtraining is what will happen(Adrenal fatigue?)
Be Well, Train Smart