Cb1006's Journal, 02 August 2019

Crossfit is the path to Snapcity. 

And yes, besides squats and deadlifts, flat bench is where I've had most of my injuries. Thankfully they were never full tears where the chest muscle rolls up like window blinds. Dumbbell bench is where it's at. Way more natural. 

I just shake my head when I see the same people and they go straight to the bench for an hour. Then more upper glamour muscles and that's it..  

Of course they usually chicken legs hiding under their shorts. 

With a list like that and in comments... not much is safe it seems lol. 

Problems usually arise when you go relatively heavy and with improper form. Any exercise can be dangerous or safe depending on the lifter and their ego, haha! 

The problem with Crossfit usually is that there are bad coaches who don't know how to teach proper form, people may be doing highly technical lifts quickly, and they are usually doing them to exhaustion. Form breaks down when people do that, compounding the issue. I don't think cardio and lifting should mix but it can be done if you're skilled and if you lift smart. I prefer to separate them though since it is less efficient where muscle building is concerned. 

If it makes you feel better, Peeper, I've lifted and lifted heavy for 18 years and only had a 2-3 injuries, only 1 of them was bad. The others healed up within weeks. 

What does balloon up mean? 

Deadlift for me mostly but it’s also my favourite exercise somehow 🤷‍♀️ 

I can’t lift my arms because of my shoulders bilaterally are so messed up between inflammatory arthritis and calcific tendinitis. I have a Heterotopic random floating bone in my shoulder tendon at the rotator cuff😩 like idk why my body felt the need to grow a random bone🤦🏻‍♀️😩 so anyways it’s beyond painful. I’m finding I can swim comfortably like the froggy style. If I do that motion outside of the pool it hurts. I’m losing weight but my arms are disgusting 🙁 I can only seem to bicep curl?? Like I can bend at elbow and bring my hand up to shoulders. 💪 can anyone recommend another movement? My ROM is shot. Swimming was recommended by my rheumatologist because of inflammatory poly arthritis ( basically RA) and we have a pool and I love swimming but any other suggestions I would be great full 😊😊😊 

Great post Cb1006. That link shared some mindful information. Every now and then I find myself going too heavy and my form getting sloppy. Yesterday I looked up in the mirror and saw I was using poor form. I really got down on myself because it looked so stupid. This past spring I injured my elbow and it took weeks for it mend. I try to be careful and work safely because an injury can erase months of progress...  

JC- Can you also do tricep pulldowns then? I mean at least you'd be hitting bicep/tricep. IDK about shoulders, Can't think of anything you'd be able to do. :(  

DP I’m not sure. I will have to try. I’m thinking about getting bands. I have 5 lb kettle bells.  

@JC can you do a pull down motion? We use the cable machine, out the metal V bar on and pull down to work the triceps. Balances the biceps. Balance is necessary I was told. What about the peck deck machine? That’s arms straight, on ours, and bring them from side to out front. Facing backward you start in front and end with arms straight out at the sides. Not sure if you can bring your arms up that high. Pushups? A trainer said it might be easier on my shoulder if I put my arms under me and did more of a tricep push-up. 🤷‍♀️ much harder though lol. Easier on shoulder but harder on muscles. Hopefully the guys can help ya out!  

Pull down from what height? 

Keyten idk what jc can do. I do a lot of shoulder presses with dumb bells or the machine for the main exercise and lateral and front raises for minor? I guess. JC... You can start at like elbow height, if that makes it ok and then push or pull down from there. 

And Good job, keyten! That's like your body weight. 😉 

1/2 your body weight I mean  

Our gyms cable machine is usually set at the high position. Plenty of people there though that would be happy to adjust it down to shoulder height or lower. Hubby starts shoulder height, pulls down completely then comes back up to elbow height and repeats until he brings it back up to starting. I start higher because it’s not worth it for me to take a few seconds to adjust. He’s always in a rush and I’d rather just do it and move on.