bye bye powerlifting

[princessofdarkness]

although i am lifting outrageous amounts of weight for my size, im injuring myself every day! the chiro says my joints are to small for p/l and should go back to bb.....think he's right, might have to wait for a p/l meet, sick of being injured all the time.....

 

[b fold the truth]

Hmmm...I still think that you could really benefit from a top notch trainier...

 

[princessofdarkness]

Hmmm...I still think that you could really benefit from a top notch trainier...

and what's he/she gonna do? make my joints bigger? really, if it's not in your genetics, youre screwed, i found out the hard way

 

[JDarty6173]

Maybe you should reconsider quitting PL.. It could be that your joints just arent strong enough, which that can be fixed... You also need to reevaluate your training and form and find out why u keep injuring yourself... Small changes can often make a big differnce when it come to form and injury prevention..

 

[IrishPower]

pod:

it's whats in your heart that counts and using your head when you train.

small-jointed people can excel at powerlifting as well. look the lightweights in the WPO meets or even the APF meets. they are not thick and huge.

you just need to modify your training.

shoot me an email.

/t

 

[1-dawg]

Irish is right. The lighterweights all haev small joints. Look at a lifter like Tony Conyers -- he is tiny, yet he lifts huge weights. Nance Avigliano is another example. Her teen protege -- can;t rmember her name. Amy Weisberger -- this list goes on and on. Heart will take you further than any joint in your body. If you are getting injured all the time then you are doing something very wrong. I have watched guys with extra large joints get hurt so don't believe what your doc says about joint size -- anyone can get hurt along the way. However, you can work around injuries. I was told by a doc 4 years ago to stop lifting because my shoudler will be jello in 1 year -- guess what, 4 years later my bench is up 170lbs, and my shoudler hasn;t botheered me in almost 2 years. No surgeries either.

 

[princessofdarkness]

Irish is right. The lighterweights all haev small joints. Look at a lifter like Tony Conyers -- he is tiny, yet he lifts huge weights. Nance Avigliano is another example. Her teen protege -- can;t rmember her name. Amy Weisberger -- this list goes on and on. Heart will take you further than any joint in your body. If you are getting injured all the time then you are doing something very wrong. I have watched guys with extra large joints get hurt so don't believe what your doc says about joint size -- anyone can get hurt along the way. However, you can work around injuries. I was told by a doc 4 years ago to stop lifting because my shoudler will be jello in 1 year -- guess what, 4 years later my bench is up 170lbs, and my shoudler hasn;t botheered me in almost 2 years. No surgeries either.

if you seen my physique you would realize how small my joints are....i carry alot of muscle for how big i am...i think bb is a safer route...

 

[DBCooper]

The small joint comment your doc said goes with the same mentality as saying BB's are not healthy(therefore overweight) because they do not meet the met life height weight chart's standard or that as's are completely unsafe. Over time your joints,tendon's, and ligament will adapt plus being hurt is part of PL.

 

[Gluteham]

If a chiropractor told you that you need to quit powerlifting because of small joints get a new chiropractor. Ofcourse you can always find someone out their to tell you what you want to hear. BUT simply telling you that your joints are to small is one of the biggest cop outs i have ever heard. THat is a chiropractor just after the visitation fee he charged you. It sounds like your training techniques just need to be altered. You should use this time to find out what lifts are really hurting your joints. Then evaluate the lifts that you need to do to strength those joints. THen find the lifts that you really suck at and make those stronger. Hell if Louis Simmons can come back from destroyed knees and fractured disk in his back then i think that you can come back from this. Dave Tate tore his pec off the bone several times before he realised that it wasn't powerlifting that hurt him rather the way he was lifting that continued to keep hurting him. he had to change his training. And look at just those two now. I just think that you need to change your training. More often than not i truly think that in term of bench pressing, deadlifting, and squatting powerlifting if taught correctly is safer on joints than body building.

good luck and lift hard

 

[Imnotdutch]

although i am lifting outrageous amounts of weight for my size, im injuring myself every day! the chiro says my joints are to small for p/l and should go back to bb.....think he's right, might have to wait for a p/l meet, sick of being injured all the time.....

I gonna go against the grain here and say that if you think the doc is right you should go with it. The worst thing that can happen is that you spend some time bb'ing whilst you get alternative opinions, and then find out that your original doc was wrong. So you get a rest and had a change.......big deal.

Also, I'm not sure that you should be pl'ing if your heart isn't in it.

 

[b fold the truth]

Re: Re: bye bye powerlifting

Also, I'm not sure that you should be pl'ing if your heart isn't in it.

Right on the money with this one...

Also wanted to point out that I have worked off and on with bodybuilders (many on Elite) who THINK that they properly know how to squat, bench press, and deadlift because that is how they have been properly taught in the bodybuilding world...and they rarely ever are even close.

B True

 

[chuck48]

It wasn't that awful long ago a skinny 150 pound kid wanted to just be able to bench 315 and he would be happy. If he could just squat and pull 4 plates! Well now I bench 450 dead and squat over 6 and keep on improvin. I have small joints but so does george halbert. You are only ever defeated if you quit!!!! Powerlifting is just you and the bar, get pissed, train smart, eat right and sleep well!! You will definitely be amazed, viking power to ya!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[b fold the truth]

I am convinced that any sport/thing that POD puts her mind to...she can and will do...and be very good at...

B True

 

[princessofdarkness]

I am convinced that any sport/thing that POD puts her mind to...she can and will do...and be very good at...

B True

 

[Sergeant]

When I started PL I hit it hard for way to long because of my enthusiam in my new found sport. I ended up getting hurt too frequently as well. I started BB but all full range and not extreme weight to really work the muscle and nothing else. I paid attention not to put any strain my joints. I never stopped working the glute ham raise, (think this is were most of my strength came from) abs, and would occasionally do some light squats. 2 months and nothing hurts and moving back to all the PL movements. I probably lost 10 to 20 percent of my strength but in great shape and feel passing my past personal records will be easy. So take a little time off, heal and come back later.

 

[princessofdarkness]

...this is what im gonna do...take some time off, bb...i would love to compete at the olympia, lots of time for me to powerlift, im still young.. i know i have the lifts, just don't want the injuries anymore.....

 

[Taomaster]

Princess,

Small joints mean small bones. This means that for a person your height, weight and bf%, but with bigger bones, has less MUSCLE! (more weight is in their bones). SO....get your joints strong, warm up before lifting, take ascending sets to "feel" where you stand that day so you don't shock your body.

Small bones means efficient for your weight class.

 

[princessofdarkness]

Princess,

Small joints mean small bones. This means that for a person your height, weight and bf%, but with bigger bones, has less MUSCLE! (more weight is in their bones). SO....get your joints strong, warm up before lifting, take ascending sets to "feel" where you stand that day so you don't shock your body.

Small bones means efficient for your weight class.

i train under a national powerlifting champion, he agrees that im doing my body more bad than good. he says my genetics are for bb and that's what i should be doing...i get peace of mind in the fact that i have got the lifts and can always get them again.....

 

[Night Fly]

If you enjoy bb...and your heart is in it...then you should do it! Maybe pl isn't for you. IF you feel that you have pushed your body to the extent....then go do something else if that is what you want to do! It's just want YOU want to do. Good luck making your decision...I'm sure it's a tough one.