Another Injury!
Over a year ago I injured my shoulder attempting to set a New World Record on bench. Well actually it was more like a personal best record. I have no idea as to what I was thinking at the time. I was training w/ an Ex Marine who was great at motivating and pushing me. He is older, shorter, pot bellied, and works out in layered sweat shirts (no lie! I think he thought that he could sweat off that belly of his instead of dieting). He is a strong man. No matter how much weight I would throw up he could always match it. Being extremely competitive by nature I should have known that I was headed for trouble.
My shoulder injury was a gradual one that still lingers on and hinders me to this date. Needless to say I have rather hesitantly accepted the fact that I will never be entering any Strong Man competitions or setting any World Records. I will leave that to the younger people in the gym. Although when I see some punk kid throwing up high numbers in bad form while making as much noise to draw as much attention as possible I have to admit that I am tempted to…
Oh who am I kidding? It was this kind of mind set that got me injured in the first place! I guess I will continue to keep those thoughts to myself and watch the all the chaos for a distance while scratching my head and preying that I never act(ed) like an idiot seeking whatever attention I can/could relish.
If the shoulder injury wasn’t enough last night I injured my right hand middle finger in a freak accident not related to lifting. This new injury is going to hinder my weight training even more. My hands and fingers are already a problem do to the onset of arthritis from my years of fighting.
Looking on the bright side of all of this my legs have increased size.
February 8, 2009 at 11:47 pm
that sucks.
But on the bright side, as you said, the legs are getting bigger!