Recent content by rule62

I assume you have tried leaning back on the heels a bit more? I would use really light weights and get my form down before going heavy with these. Be careful, if your form isn't good and you drop a couple hundred pounds on your achilles, not cool.

Have someone who knows what they are doing look at your form on the exercises where this happens. I can tell you from experience, chances are that an injury is not to far in your future. Something is probably wrong with the form or your alignment. Sometimes minor adjustments can make all the...

http://www.rolf.org/ This link is their official website. It gives great detail on what it is and the theory behind it. I went for ten sessions, and it can be painful as JLB points out. I can't say I cried (although I can see how someone could) but I definitely knew when he hit a "challenging"...

Leg day rocks, get on it man. Squats (many variations - Hack, Smith Machine, etc) plus leg curls/straight leg deadlifts, leg extensions, calf raises (many variations). My gym is on a second story, I know it has been a good leg work out when it takes me four minutes to get down one flight of...

I love my chiropractor. I also went three times a week for about a month, then twice a week for a month and now I see him twice a month. Lately he has been working on my shoulder more than my back - he is also a physical therapist. It sounds like your alignment problem is to a point where you...

2BigGunz check in with us and let us know you are alive. This thread was started yesterday, I am assuming right after you doubled your dose.

BTW, that machine is a great machine I think. People who would never think about dips (older folks, people with a disability, etc) will try them on that machine and get results. Nothing I like more than seeing someone come in with a disability or someone who looks like they haven't worked out...

Yes, that machine looks like one we have in my gym. You stand on a bar while doing the movement. The bar will actually help you up. There is a weight stack that allows you to adjust the amount of "help". I weigh 235 right now, did weigh around 220 a few years ago when I started doing dips. I...

I believe a lot of people will be very interested in your journal - I will read it for sure. If you are worried about wether it is appropriate or not, just go a read a few threads out in "Open Chat"! I like your tag line, I have read a lot of St Francis de Sales - he is awesome. I imagine he...

It is so cool that Arnold has joined IM! I would have thought he was too busy now that he is Governer of California. I love that bench pic with the "magic" sunglasses.

Cool, stick with the dips for a while and see if you notice a difference. I certainly did - and you are right the number of reps goes up pretty quickly. Believe it or not, you will probably have to use some weights in a couple of months.

JerseyDevil, that is to bad. Here, maybe this will help, from a fellow Redskin fan: Hail to the Redskins! Hail Victory! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.! Run or pass and score -- we want a lot more! Beat 'em, Swamp 'em, Touchdown! -- Let the points soar! Fight on, fight on 'Til...

That's hypnotic.

cops25, I had a similar routine and cut back the number of sets and I did improve. Also, I put in dips. Dips really had an impact. Try working those in to your routine and see if you notice a difference. There are several ways to do dips, the exrx link that we use on this site shows one that...

Rolfing did not make me grow in height, but it really opened up my chest. My before and after pics are startling. Funny thing is I wasn't even after that, I was doing triathlons at that point in my life and trying to get my running gait tweaked. That sort of worked, but I really got an impact on...