Yah, the doc I saw on Thursday and will see again on Tuesday, after my MRI tomorrow (Monday) belongs to the department "Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine" at Health Partners. In the bio blurb on his Health Partners web page, he states:Lee, have you considered seeing someone in Sports Medicine?
The bar looks fine as is. I think I'll leave it for now. If rust occurs, I'll take further action.
I looked at the brake pad that I was lugging around a few years ago. Some rust on the sides, but the surface looks good. Rust may be from when it was in the garage for a period of time. So, maybe my bar will be fine.
I was a chem minor, so I have a natural curiosity about this. Though, I'm a bit rusty.
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/restore/rt106.htm
If the bar get's rusty, I'll use a rust converter. However, rust converter only works on rust. So, first this.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pro...-on-Iron-and-Steel-Safe/step5/Rust-the-Metal/
Then this.
http://www.theruststore.com/Rust-Converter-Quart-P41.aspx
Results look interesting.
http://ecologicarchitecture.com/SoloHobbit/rust/index.htm
Since, I'm going to start working out with the barbell, it might be time to get another bar. Was looking at getting one with a zinc coating, but apparently, they wear off.
http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=87962
So, probably bare steel again.
Glad to have you in the fold! Dumbbells are great for certain exercises and/or for achieving a greater ROM, but for activating maximal mass, and for certain exercises like the squat and deadlift, there's nothing like a barbell.I do like using a barbell. It has a nice feel to it. I am learning to use both sides of the body together, rather than independently with dumbbells.
Thank you all for encouraging me to give it a try!
Sorry to hear of your knee issue. Seems like your body is telling you you're doing too much with all these ultras, but I understand the desire to complete the challenge. With my knee issue, if and when I'm running again, I'll be so happy just to run a few miles consistently.Weird how that full body mentality can create a block like that.
Yah, unless you're doing Olympic weightlifting, I don't think you need to splurge on fancy collars either, but if you got the cash, those collars look pretty sweet. I only use collars on deadlifts and rows, because the plates hit the floor after each rep. On the presses and squats, with good form, the bar should always remain parallel to the floor.Just remember that cf'rs are notorious for beating the hell out of their equipment. Yours won't get that kind of treatment so I would probably recommend to focus on the other parts of a barbell before you worry too much about the finish.
Some recommend resetting the deadlift for each rep, to ensure proper form and avoid fatiguing the lower back, which means setting it back down on the floor, which means the plates will wiggle and become looser after each deload, so you'll probably want collars for that. Dropping is also a possibility once you work you're way up to heavy weights and grip strength becomes a potential issue.Planning on getting another one of the same bar.
The collars are just for the dead, since that's the only one I could foresee dropping. Even then, it's probably unlikely.
I guess that I would want to be able to dump the plates for bench and squat if needed, so no collars. I also plan to connect those bars to the freespotter device, so no dropping.
I don't foresee major problems with the press, so no collars.
So in total, just one pair of collars.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Sorry to hear of your knee issue. Seems like your body is telling you you're doing too much with all these ultras, but I understand the desire to complete the challenge. With my knee issue, if and when I'm running again, I'll be so happy just to run a few miles consistently.
Yah, it would be hard at this point for me to go back to doing split workouts. And then lifting without running also feels incomplete. I really believe there's a lot of carryover for me. The lifting primes the running, and the running primes the lifting. Just as each of the six lifts seems to help prime the other lifts. I thought about pushing my bench press for a while while I wait for my knee to heal, but it doesn't seem worth the effort. I feel like my bench will go up anyway once I'm back doing my full body routine, and with less risk of aggravating my left shoulder.
Got the MRI done yesterday, will see the doc for diagnosis today, but the knee has been feeling a little better each day. I will probably try to start walk-commuting tomorrow if the doc gives me the green light. The plan would be to walk this week, and then next week start running a little at the end of the commute, just a block or two, and build up gradually from there. At the same time, re-introduce squats and light deadlifts.
Yah, I was also thinking that running toughens up the tendons and ligaments in a way that lifting does not.Yeah its definitely a downward spiral for me these days, I am hoping my silly idea of just accumulating my long cardio training on the bike and walking will get me over the next 7 weeks. I started out the race with the plan to run as far as I could and then if the knee stared hurting I would just switch to walking. The running, oddly enough, worked until something snapped at the 35k point and I could barely walk, so not only do I have ITBS but I think I did something else to it? I should probably go see a doc... its getting better very slowly hopefully by the weekend things will be more or less ok. It's hard to tell after these things, between the temporary soreness and what's legitimate injury. Oh well, I still think it was worth it, just wondering if I should have just walked the whole thing?
Yeah look at this little blurb I read about the carryover the other day, I think it must hold true especially if you want to introduce more volume in your lifting.
5. ANOTHER advantage of Zone 2 work are the improved adaptations one gets on their GENERAL work capacity.
General Work Capacity = ability to produce more work over time.
A nice example Alex gave was with a powerlifter he’s currently working with who wants to get his deadlift up to 400 kg’s (<– a lot more in pounds) while improving his general conditioning for health reasons.
[Being able to see your kids graduate high-school is a nice benefit of improved cardiovascular conditioning].
In the beginning the lifter noted he was only able to get three work sets (with wraps) in before he’d be absolutely wiped out.
After only a few months of dedicated GENERAL Zone 2 work (non-specific: bike, elliptical, brisk walk, etc), the same lifter was now able to get SIX work sets in.
He essentially was able to DOUBLE his volume (and thus, work capacity). Not too shabby.
http://tonygentilcore.com/2015/06/a...eakest-slowest-and-smallest-human-being-ever/
It pops a little, but nothing like it did last fall when I had what I thought was a hammie strain from deadlifting. At that time, I had to massage the quad just above the knee to unlock it.Hey does your knee pop when you straighten it?
Sorry to hear that, I wonder what caused it to tear?
Yeah I hear you. I have never had issues with my knees before so its kind of frustrating to deal with it now. I guess these are the inevitable injuries you have when you have a relatively active lifestyle. I suspect I will curtail my running significantly and maybe stick with half mary distances in the future. Who knows. Right now squatting is completely off the table. I think deadlifting might be ok for now. What really sucks is dealing with the double whammy of a f'd up shoulder and knee. So I can't even have bench aspirations anymore.