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Hey guys,
It has been a little while since I posted anything in here and I honestly have not been training. I was just about to jump into the next section of training and pick my meet when I re aggravated my knee.
I got pissed off and turned into a pissy baby bitch that was feeling sorry for myself.
I have since gone to the doctors, found out I have to get surgery on a meniscus (minor surgery and minimal downtime) in my knee, and there is nothing I can do about it. AKA getdafuckovait
So with that being said I would love to hear the coaches take on training and just how SICK of a pump ill be getting in my upper body.
Thanks in advance and looking forward to working back in.
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Sam, there are a handful of questions to ask yourself that will help you and help us.
1. When is the surgery, what is the recovery time and what do the stages of recovery look like (crutches, how many weeks of PT etc)? This will help lay the ground work down.
2. What can you do still, and right after surgery, that will not set you back and help you progress. Start exploring exercises that don’t hurt now or 24 hrs later (that’s an important one). Of course most upper body stuff will be fine, floor pressing and most single joint arm, shoulder, and back exercises, but you might also find that there are some lower body exercises that you can do as well, albeit lightly, but you can still do them.
3. What are your goals now and moving forward? This may seem simple to answer with the immediate “get back to squating/deadlifting/where I was, as fast a possible” but that isn’t necessarily the most motivating thing to wrestle with mentally for 8-12-16 weeks. Find something that you can do and will motivate you right now that will keep you in the gym and moving, whether its a training partner, some stupid dumbbell challenge, or really anything.
Long story short, the worst thing you can do it nothing. So don’t do that.
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All great stuff from Matt.
In addition:
After rehabbing three knee surgeries myself, I can tell you it isn’t that big of a deal for a quick scope and scrape.
Recovery should be fairly quick, and you can start once the PT says to.High box squats work really well, as well as dong lots of balance work and single leg stuff as tolerated as you progress.
We can cross that bridge when er get there.In the meantime, hit the upper body and do lower body as tolerated.
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1. When is the surgery, what is the recovery time and what do the stages of recovery look like (crutches, how many weeks of PT etc)? This will help lay the ground work down.
Surgery is not set up yet, I get back into the doctors office this week in order to ” go over the results”. I will be keeping you guys in the loop when I get it squared away as well as give you the insights as far as recovery goes. It sounds like it will be fairly straight forward and will be doing PT very quickly after surgery.
2. What can you do still, and right after surgery, that will not set you back and help you progress. Start exploring exercises that don’t hurt now or 24 hrs later (that’s an important one). Of course most upper body stuff will be fine, floor pressing and most single joint arm, shoulder, and back exercises, but you might also find that there are some lower body exercises that you can do as well, albeit lightly, but you can still do them.
The real kicker about this particular knee issue is that as long as the tear lays flat and does not flip up in my knee, I am pretty damn stable and normal. I The majority of the problem comes from rooting hard into the ground with my feet. That rotation is the real motherfucker for me. I have noticed that as long as I can keep a vertical shin angle, then I can really do most things. Upper body is totally fine, Competition bench sucks do to the position of my knees while performing leg drive.
3. What are your goals now and moving forward? This may seem simple to answer with the immediate “get back to squating/deadlifting/where I was, as fast a possible” but that isn’t necessarily the most motivating thing to wrestle with mentally for 8-12-16 weeks. Find something that you can do and will motivate you right now that will keep you in the gym and moving, whether its a training partner, some stupid dumbbell challenge, or really anything.
The goals for moving forward are to continue to train and compete in my first powerlifting meet before switching back over to strongman. In terms of the short term ( during the pre-surgery/recovery/rehab) I am planning on cutting down body fat and really not eating like an asshole. I am merely shifting my focus from a contest/meet prep to more of a physique/bodyweight goal. Time to go to fuckin swole town kehd.
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This will take some time to answer.
Let’s see if I have enough now.
1. When is the surgery, what is the recovery time and what do the stages of recovery look like (crutches, how many weeks of PT etc)? This will help lay the ground work down.
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2. What can you do still, and right after surgery, that will not set you back and help you progress. Start exploring exercises that don’t hurt now or 24 hrs later (that’s an important one). Of course most upper body stuff will be fine, floor pressing and most single joint arm, shoulder, and back exercises, but you might also find that there are some lower body exercises that you can do as well, albeit lightly, but you can still do them.
Try high box squats in a pain free range and lessen the root.
On Bench, try Floor Presses or Edema Presses
3. What are your goals now and moving forward? This may seem simple to answer with the immediate “get back to squating/deadlifting/where I was, as fast a possible” but that isn’t necessarily the most motivating thing to wrestle with mentally for 8-12-16 weeks. Find something that you can do and will motivate you right now that will keep you in the gym and moving, whether its a training partner, some stupid dumbbell challenge, or really anything.
Swole town is the best place to visit in recovery.
Find things you can do, and you can REALLY bring up the bench in the process with Edema bench , etc.
Upper body swole can be improved as well as lower back strength.
Lots of work that does not involve the injured area, like Back Raises, hypers, etc.What would Frank Castle do?
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