edibart’s BodyBlog

Well today I learned that I will be having surgery on 9 June!  I have mixed emotions about it all because I know I need it so I’m a little excited to get it over with but on the other hand I am disapointed because the recovery time is 4-6 months!  The doctor said my bicep tendon is almost completely torn from the shoulder joint, and I have a large tear in my rotator cuff….awesome huh!?  Now I’m just trying to figure out what I am going to do with myself for the first 30 days while my arm is immobilized by my side….

Today’s workout called for 30 Muscle Ups.  For those of you that dont know what a muscleup is, it’s where you are hanging from Olympic rings then you pull yourself up and transition into a ring dip.  Now I can do ring pull-ups and ring dips, but I just couldnt get the transition from pullup to dip.  I tried so many times, I tore the shit out of my hand but I just didnt want to give up.  Eventually I had to come to the realization that it wasnt meant to be today.  I am going to keep practicing and hopefully in the next couple of weeks I’ll have it down….