The Comeback Tour II - KB's new journal

[Tweakle]

my advice for what it's worth, forget everything that causes impact at this stage.. my life revolves around keeping my back from getting stressed outside the gym. It's gotta last a lifetime and anything that doesn't make it stronger or delays healing from workouts is a negative. Impact workouts, plyometrics - none of this is doing to 'heal' your back, a damaged disc doesn't react to high force stimulus the way muscles or ligaments do, it doesnt regenerate and get stronger. It just pops, eventually.

It sucks, but this takes years to get over... nearly 10 years after blowing out my L5 I still have down periods, months where things aren't quite right feeling, but its nothing like it was for the first 5 years. And fuck surgery, their definition of 'fixed' and ours are completely different. Good luck, I had a LOT of false starts on the road to recovery, but I pulled 705 last summer on a back that I was told by multiple docs would require surgery if I were to ever walk without pain.

 

[KillahBee]

I'm always up for hearing intelligent thoughts/opinions. The thought behind integrating plyometrics and impact movements back into my training is that I was doing so well with my rehab/strengthening, that the timing seemed right. There has to be a point where these things gtet brought back in, not to strengthen but to reintroduce them since they are a part of daily life.

 

[KillahBee]

Sat, 4/22:

Did 30 minutes on the bike, L6, Hill
10 minutes on treadmill

light stretching

 

[KillahBee]

Sun, 4/23:

30 minutes treadmill, Sp3, Incl4.5

light stretching and real light core work

 

[jdevlin1985]

Sun, 4/23:

30 minutes treadmill, Sp3, Incl4.5

light stretching and real light core work

I'm guessing you must be one lean ass MF right now.

 

[KillahBee]

I'm guessing you must be one lean ass MF right now.

Was getting there, but put on some fatty fatness when I was out of the gym and basically immobile the last 2 months or so.

but with the limited work I can do, leanness is the name of the game for the enxt few months. which is fine for a bit - the girls like abs I'm told.

 

[jdevlin1985]

Was getting there, but put on some fatty fatness when I was out of the gym and basically immobile the last 2 months or so.

but with the limited work I can do, leanness is the name of the game for the enxt few months. which is fine for a bit - the girls like abs I'm told.

What are your stats at present?

 

[KillahBee]

What are your stats at present?

I have no friggin clue. Somewhere around:

5'11" / 6' (haven't checked my height in years and years)
175-180
BF = 13%

I have no clue on the BF to be honest.

 

[jdevlin1985]

I have no friggin clue. Somewhere around:

5'11" / 6' (haven't checked my height in years and years)
175-180
BF = 13%

I have no clue on the BF to be honest.

Ok i'm thinking, just slightly above average build, tad bit of fatty fatness on the ass and belly region, maybe holding a shit load of water. Can only go by what you've told me, but dude, thats not bad considering. Nothing adding in a tidy diet won't take care of.

 

[KillahBee]

Ok i'm thinking, just slightly above average build, tad bit of fatty fatness on the ass and belly region, maybe holding a shit load of water. Can only go by what you've told me, but dude, thats not bad considering. Nothing adding in a tidy diet won't take care of.

Pretty much sums it up. Haven't been training that long (relatively speaking) and in that short time have torn my RC (out of the gym of about 10 months on that one) and have an extruding disc (just getting back to the gym now after about a year off). But it'll all come around with some hard work and persistence.