Interesting comment on Doug McGuff's latest post, http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/. He has started to perform the leg press in the middle of the big 5. (Geesh, I could have told him that…it kicks up the metabolic rate so the last 2 exercises are being performed completely winded…)
My trainer, Chris, has noticed that quite a few of us Body By Science guys end up with shoulder impingements. He recommends rotator cuff exercises on off-days. True enough, me and my friend Jeff Erno, http://ernoj.blogspot.com/, have both had issues with this.
I worked out fasted with 9 grams of BCAAs taken 15 minutes before workout:
| HIT | Last Workout | This Week | Increase | Kevin J Smith | ||
| 28-Jan | 5-Feb | % since | ||||
| Exercise | Weight | Time (secs) | Weight | Time (secs) | initial | Comments |
| Lower Back | 338 | 95 | 342 | 95 | 63% | ROM: 72 degrees |
| Pull-Over | 190 | 112 | 192 | 88 | 75% | MedX |
| Chest Press | 180 | 93 | 182.5 | 95 | 74% | MedX |
| Leg Press | 816 | 91 | 820 | 94 | 52% | MedX |
| Pull down | 150 | 72 | 150 | 85 | 50% | Super Slow |
| Overhead Press | 288 | 73 | 288 | 75 | 80% | MedX |
3 comments:
Jeff's impingement was actually a supraspinatous strain incurred grappling during Jeet Kun Do (?spelling?)practice. We were able to work around it by adjusting his ROM. The injury did not occur as a result of BBS training.
Doug McGuff
Hey Kevin,
Doug is right. It started after a grappling session of Jeet Kune Do where I was doing lots of pulling with my left arm specifically. My opponent was pulling on the back of my head with his left arms as well and left me with a sore upper back for 2 weeks. The left shoulder initially wasn't as bad but is taking longer to heal. I will be going back to JKD this week but it will be mostly kicks for a while.
Fortunately I have recently been able to up my ROM to full after 3-4 weeks of only doing the upper portion. I feel like I am getting my strength back pretty quickly.
jeff
Nice workout, BTW. Another week of steady progress in weight and time.
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