The AGONY!!!

**Mousey** · Dec 11, 2007, 05:14 PM

On saturday (8th December) i was in the gym again with Mac, Joe and the crew. I spent maybe an hour doing kongs and getting more daring until i got bored and decided to go on the bars for a bit

I spent a whole hour working on pulling up on the bars doing pull ups. The twist is that the pull ups i was doing weren't the ones with palms facing towards you. I was doing pull ups with palms facing away since that's how you grip a wall or w/e to muscle up and i really need some strength in my arms.

Anyway, my muscles are stiff and aching and have been since sunday no matter how many hot baths i take, it's agony to stretch my arms out atm

Anyone have any suggestions how to unstiffen my muscles?

mkk · Dec 11, 2007, 05:51 PM

Time and rest combined with more hot bathing and light stretching. They're probably overstrained.

**Mousey** · Dec 11, 2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mkk

Time and rest combined with more hot bathing and light stretching. They're probably overstrained.

Hmm most likely, i was hauling my whole body weight repeatedly for an hour, i'm amazed i didn't rip off a callus like joe did when he slipped off the bar

cozumel · Dec 11, 2007, 06:06 PM

If you are warming up and cooling down before the exercise then you should not really have a problem. You want to be careful as you may cause a pull, strain or tear.

**kris23** · Dec 11, 2007, 06:43 PM

damn dude, u always be hurtin urself......

Zelig · Dec 11, 2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mousey

Hmm most likely, i was hauling my whole body weight repeatedly for an hour, i'm amazed i didn't rip off a callus like joe did when he slipped off the bar

Should probably deal with the calluses before they rip off. I get them pretty bad if I don't soak and scrape them off regularly.

BlueMak · Dec 11, 2007, 07:17 PM

About 6-7 years ago after sudden lots of excercise I had my muscles tear on my shoulder. The pain, oh the pain. I had to go to the hospital since every hour that was passing it was getting worse, I had problem breathing. The doctor gave me twice some painkiller with a shot. Then some painkillers that I had to take for weeks. The damage was so much that I couldn't almost use the whole side for a month and I was having pain on it for months. It mostly went away after about 6-7 months and for good after 13-4 months but still I didn't dare to do much with it again.
Do not do more than you are used to. Slowly, very slowly and one day at a time.

RoyBatty · Dec 11, 2007, 07:22 PM

Like BlueMak said - do not do more than you are used to and increase the load step by step.

I used to do rowing and with tough trainings every day my body just got adapted to the pain and after a few years addicted too

Judas · Dec 11, 2007, 07:26 PM

i never do pullups with my palms facing towards me...

that just seems way to unatural.

Vikingod · Dec 11, 2007, 07:26 PM

Drink lots of water, and rest. Stretch out when you get it feeling better.

Judas · Dec 11, 2007, 11:37 PM

Get one of the gyroscope wrist thingies.......not only are they cool... they give you quite an excellent workout...

niceguyrichy · Dec 11, 2007, 11:56 PM

5 mins light jogging then stretch lots.
most people underestimate the importance of warming muscles up before working them, they really need warmed up first.

Falstaff · Dec 12, 2007, 02:05 AM

lots of water and stretching...I like the Volvic Revive drink, its pretty good for waking me up and getting me going.

Dyre Straits · Dec 12, 2007, 02:20 AM

You'll feel good when it quits hurting.

**Mousey** · Dec 12, 2007, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

Get one of the gyroscope wrist thingies.......not only are they cool... they give you quite an excellent workout...

a powerball? Yeah we've got one of those and i use it all the time, when i was rehabilitating my broken wrist my dad bought one for us all to use

Btw Zelig, calluses are quite important for free runners, we need really tough skin considering the strain it's under when your'e vaulting over someting prickly and concrete so i need mine really

Hmm.. My muscles aren't bad at all today, twinges when i stretch my arms out but zomg, i have biceps

Zelig · Dec 12, 2007, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mousey

Btw Zelig, calluses are quite important for free runners, we need really tough skin considering the strain it's under when your'e vaulting over someting prickly and concrete so i need mine really

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Well, I do quite a bit of work with weights, caussing calluses. Eventually they'll start to pinch and tear off when I'm using weights, so it's generally much less painful to just scrape them off.

Tough skin is alright, but huge hunks of dead skin just get in the way.

**Mousey** · Dec 12, 2007, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

Well, I do quite a bit of work with weights, caussing calluses. Eventually they'll start to pinch and tear off when I'm using weights, so it's generally much less painful to just scrape them off.

Tough skin is alright, but huge hunks of dead skin just get in the way.

Yeah i can see why, but when you freerun you tend to lose your calluses just as quickly as you earn them, especially if you do cat leaps

Oh that reminds me, now i've got some biceps if my arms aren't hurting still tonight i'll have a go at some cat leaps and muscle ups

Judas · Dec 14, 2007, 01:55 PM

imo, i find it's fruitless to do a workout... then when the pain hits... letting it completely disapate before continueing the exercise again...

Actually i find it's even better if after you've done the excersise and are in pain the next day... to try and do consistantly, a lighter version of the same excersise to get rid of the pain quicker and to keep building on what was started. things go alot quicker that way...

but then again everyone is different..

i REALLY like doing self distructive weight lifting..

start out with some heavy stuff, and have gradually lighter weights all ready so that you can emediately drop the heavier and grab the next one until you can't even lift 1 pounders lol... (20-30 reps per weight if possible)..... do that twice a day and you'll be massive lol..

**Mousey** · Dec 14, 2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

imo, i find it's fruitless to do a workout... then when the pain hits... letting it completely disapate before continueing the exercise again...

Actually i find it's even better if after you've done the excersise and are in pain the next day... to try and do consistantly, a lighter version of the same excersise to get rid of the pain quicker and to keep building on what was started. things go alot quicker that way...

but then again everyone is different..

i REALLY like doing self distructive weight lifting..

start out with some heavy stuff, and have gradually lighter weights all ready so that you can emediately drop the heavier and grab the next one until you can't even lift 1 pounders lol... (20-30 reps per weight if possible)..... do that twice a day and you'll be massive lol..

that would be awesome and i'd totally go for it.. but i don't have any weights to train with

pure freerunning for me i'm afraid

Neshi · Dec 14, 2007, 06:26 PM

my advice is, just use the arms naturally. so don't do stuff another way just because its hurting. if you do this it will be over in no time..

**Mousey** · Dec 14, 2007, 06:55 PM

I'm back in the gym tomorrow, and i'll be hauling my weight for another hour all over again :P
i'm that determined to be able to muscle up a wall y'see.

Dec 11, 2007, 05:14 PM	#1
Mousey Bang. Bang. Bang. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5,421 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	The AGONY!!! On saturday (8th December) i was in the gym again with Mac, Joe and the crew. I spent maybe an hour doing kongs and getting more daring until i got bored and decided to go on the bars for a bit I spent a whole hour working on pulling up on the bars doing pull ups. The twist is that the pull ups i was doing weren't the ones with palms facing towards you. I was doing pull ups with palms facing away since that's how you grip a wall or w/e to muscle up and i really need some strength in my arms. Anyway, my muscles are stiff and aching and have been since sunday no matter how many hot baths i take, it's agony to stretch my arms out atm Anyone have any suggestions how to unstiffen my muscles? __________________ Visit hardWIRED - Back up and running, The Wiki is back Who we are, is but a stepping stone to what we can become.

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BlueMak DH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 8,246 Rep Power: 118 System Specs	About 6-7 years ago after sudden lots of excercise I had my muscles tear on my shoulder. The pain, oh the pain. I had to go to the hospital since every hour that was passing it was getting worse, I had problem breathing. The doctor gave me twice some painkiller with a shot. Then some painkillers that I had to take for weeks. The damage was so much that I couldn't almost use the whole side for a month and I was having pain on it for months. It mostly went away after about 6-7 months and for good after 13-4 months but still I didn't dare to do much with it again. Do not do more than you are used to. Slowly, very slowly and one day at a time. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

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Dec 11, 2007, 05:51 PM	#2
mkk cheap philanthropist Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 3,698 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	Time and rest combined with more hot bathing and light stretching. They're probably overstrained.

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Dec 11, 2007, 11:56 PM	#12
niceguyrichy never enough coffee .. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: eu Posts: 4,690 Rep Power: 87	5 mins light jogging then stretch lots. most people underestimate the importance of warming muscles up before working them, they really need warmed up first. __________________

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Dec 14, 2007, 06:55 PM	#21
Mousey Bang. Bang. Bang. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5,421 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	I'm back in the gym tomorrow, and i'll be hauling my weight for another hour all over again :P i'm that determined to be able to muscle up a wall y'see. __________________ Visit hardWIRED - Back up and running, The Wiki is back Who we are, is but a stepping stone to what we can become.