{"id":1046,"date":"2017-05-01T15:25:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2017-05-01T15:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:27:24","slug":"training-around-a-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/training-around-a-shoulder-injury.php","title":{"rendered":"Training Around a Shoulder Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The average time for recovery from a rotator cuff injury OR surgery is nine months. It may take six for some people & twelve for others to get to the same point but for all it will be eighteen months before you are really back to your old self – if indeed you do heal.<\/p>\n

So now at eight months (sounds like a pregnancy) I am pretty good. Certainly everyday it gets a small percentage better & I have noticed this all along.<\/p>\n

Now I can do full body (100+ kg) hangs easily without pain. I can do light lat pulldowns, even pec deck flyes without pain. But only light.<\/p>\n

The two exercises I am not doing are overhead press & bench press – I will wait another six months for those.<\/p>\n

I have lost no strength apart from the shoulder. That’s because I kept training from day one of the injury – just avoiding the shoulder.<\/p>\n

You may as well take time out & focus on other stuff.<\/p>\n

1: GRIP – you can train grip until the cows come home with an RC injury & it will come in handy too during the later phase of physio when you are doing a lot of bar hangs to open the shoulder joint. Early on bar hangs will not be possible due to bursitis & pain. Don’t worry in a few months you will hang with strength.<\/p>\n

2: HIIT cycling – On a real outside bike & inside on the incumbent machine. My cardio is up & my thighs are pumped. Also a dramatic increase in erections with the real outside cycle sprints. I do have a special two piece seat to protect my gonadal circulation. That’s important as cycling with a normal seat that sticks up your ass definitely causes impotence & probably prostate disorders too.<\/p>\n

3: Core training – Go hard its no problem with an RC injury.<\/p>\n

OK that’s it for 6-8 months give your shoulders a rest apart from a strict physio discipline.<\/p>\n

What have I learned form my injury?<\/p>\n

1: To periodize a joint centric program of physio based protocols. To get my joint structures prepared for the ravages of life beyond 50 which for me is a year from now. <\/p>\n

2: To use SARMS, Peptides & HRT when possible as well as other anti aging protocols.<\/p>\n

3: To partake of life’s pleasures & maintain a sense of humor. <\/p>\n

Sadly a month back one of my old school buddies killed himself after 18 months with a broken ankle & torn ligaments. I know another guy that did the exact same thing a few years ago but he had snapped both Achilles completely & had the ankles fused in surgery. Frankly both guys would have been better off with amputated feet & prosthetics.<\/p>\n

Anyway I enjoy chasing the young ladies far to much to consider topping myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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