Quote (carteblanche @ May 25 2013 01:44pm)
how many years have you been doing it for?
what lifting-related injuries have you had? were they your fault (eg: bad form, overworked, etc) or were they unpreventable?
knowing what you know now, knowing how much time and hard work it took, knowing the rewards, would you recommend powerlifting to a normal person? at what age is it too late to start weight lifting? 30, 40, 50, etc
Doing what westside? maybe a year
In general? 7
Lifting seriously? 3-4
Injuries..1. from doing incline BB Press. I hurt my left wrist some how, still bothers me today but barely, I need to get it looked at by my body therapist. That one was kind of a fluke, I kept going and even did tris after while it was hurting so I made it worse. I learned from that to listen to my body and its beter to miss 1 workout than 4 or 20,(Which is why I took yesterday off and did high rep stuff)
2. Dead lifting 495..I've done 495 probably 50 million times. I hurt my back very badly, real bad strain because I didn't work out my abs. I had Shane ask Louie and his first questions was does he train abs. I now hit abs 4x a week HEAVY and HARD. That one was preventable.
3. One time I was squatting and tl;dr I got my finger nail pinched in the squat rack, it had a ton of blood in it and was very sensitive. I went home, heated up a needle and tried to poke it, didn't work. Heated it to where the needle was white and poked it, blood squirted up a whales blow hole.
4. When I was training in gear I had a single ply bench shirt(titan) and long story short it was aggravating my left bicep very bad. It'd be like a sharp pain shoot through it. I never found out what did it, but I stopped using a shirt and it went away on its on.
When you lift its just a matter of time until you get hurt, pre hab is very important and listening to your body. You WILL get hurt, but you can minimize it, learn from other peoples mistakes and try not to get hurt.
I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone one. It takes a certain person to power lift and you can quickly tell if you are cut out or not for it. I'd rather squat 1000 pounds than look like I can squat 1000 pounds.
At what age? As long as you are above ground you can do it. A lot of people get caught up with trying to win the whole meet, I am guilty of that too. But you are only beating yourself at every meet. try to improve your total and you'll be fine. My next meet I dont care how I place, i just want a better total.
Quote (Diggins @ May 25 2013 01:53pm)
Do you want to come hangout with me down in Tampa?
Sure, I hate driving though so I never will. haha No seriously, I HATE driving.