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CaptainH13 said:
damn....


i fucked my back up when i was like 13..skating,,jumped down some stairs and laned al weird and it ripped some muscle in my back like a tissue...


i only went tot the physical thereapist(my friend,the basterd) once...

there's still a ton of scar tissue in there,which causes all tha pain..it's only bad when i'm bent over for any lengh of time...

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Jadian said:
Yup, I expect to be in a wheelchair by the time I'm 30. Two of my vertebrae are smashed into each other and bowed out, and all the doctors said was "Well, that sucks."

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Shroomnoob said:
I stopped working out after injuring my lowerback when doing deadlifts. No warmup was again to blaim. Luckilly i didnt need surgery but the weeks off training was enough to make me quit (again)

Bleh

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RandalFlagg said:
...a former wrestler friend who has arthritis and walks with pain (he started to feel this pain when he was 20).  Imagine being in your 20's and hurting all the fucking time!  Fuck that!

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Exactly my case; I got it when I was 19 and it's fucking horrible, the doctor told me to "get acoustomed to the pain"

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looner2 said:
I think low-rep max strength building is the best way to become strong...

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Absolutely spot on.

There's nothing better than low reps and heavy weights. With that said, maximizing the efficiancy of your work out with things like proper warm ups without exhausting yourself, adequate rest between sets and excersizes, proper form (!) and of course nutrition and sleep is fricken key. Anyone who does their best to conform to these sorts of standards can pretty much guarantee growth. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that if you train your body using your brain, and nourishing it like a plant you will see results.

I think pushups are definitely awesome for skeletal muscle, and pull ups + variations are great for strength, but you should still switch things up, no?

I know that I'm not the most hardcore body builder, but from what I've discovered is that you basically should try isolating mucles seperately or in groups, and work on hypertrophy and nuitrition (again, including sleep). You switch up routines a few times a year, and get to know your body. I found that the first few months or working out, pushups and the like were fine. Put on lots of muscle, but after that it's really about knowing your body and what to push, and when.

I guess I'm just scared of switching things up.

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looner2 said:
I think low-rep max strength building is the best way to become strong for fighting. Endless reps has diminishing returns and doesn't equate to power that is needed in short bursts of activity in a fight.

Or you could forget strength building and just train in boxing, judo, wrestling...etc... and beat the pants off of any musclehead you choose.

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plus I have found that the girls prefer a fit man to a muscle bound one.