Friday, March 6, 2009

Shoulders and Progress?



I am having a hard time testing myself lately. My shoulder is bothering me which means two of the things I want to improve on I can't really do: chest to bar pull-ups and overhead pressing. It is feeling better so I'll probably ease back into it. You can see in the picture above how I switch my grip to protect my shoulder. The sore shoulder has a suppinated grip to avoid too much movement back behind my head on the downward portion of the swing. Now I have to switch my arms to protect the other shoulder and it will take some getting used to.

In the meantime I am doing more strength work and FEEL good but haven't maxed out in a while. I am carrying 5-10 more pounds around on me and that probably helps. I haven't noticed a drop off in bodyweight workout performance yet, but we'll have to see if that remains true.

The next few workouts should be good tests for me. I have about 3 more weeks of big eating and then I am going to cut back and really think about practicing for the games rather than working out to get in the best shape, if that makes sense.

I need to post more pictures. I am lacking.

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