How to bulk up?

[117 M34]

http://www.myprotein.com/our-range/our-samples/our-samples.list

 

[Dirty Harry]

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Great shout that Adrian, these advertise on our site and have very good feed back, the early days saw a bit of a lull in that it was 'out of stock' a fair few times but that's been addressed these days it seems.

 

[hilts]

Have any of you guys had de quervain's tendonitis i have had it for 3 months and it is getting me down, the doctor said rest but this didn't work, tried ice anti inflam tablets and splint and no joy

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Pinch DeNiro's dinner. He'll thank you for it ;-)

 

[FantasyIreland]

Have any of you guys had de quervain's tendonitis i have had it for 3 months and it is getting me down, the doctor said rest but this didn't work, tried ice anti inflam tablets and splint and no joy

Yep,i've had it intermittently for years on my left hand.

It flares up unexpectedly and makes DB pressing almost unbearable with any amount of decent weight.In such cases I have to resort to a different approach ie. supersets or pre exhaust

Other than anti inflammatories and ice,i don't know any remedies.

As for the cause,i think it may have been flat barbell bench pressing.

 

[hilts]

Have any of you guys had de quervain's tendonitis i have had it for 3 months and it is getting me down, the doctor said rest but this didn't work, tried ice anti inflam tablets and splint and no joy

Yep,i've had it intermittently for years on my left hand.

It flares up unexpectedly and makes DB pressing almost unbearable with any amount of decent weight.In such cases I have to resort to a different approach ie. supersets or pre exhaust

Other than anti inflammatories and ice,i don't know any remedies.

As for the cause,i think it may have been flat barbell bench pressing.

It is properly pissing me off now, play guitar it hurts, do push weights the same, rest and it seems to lock up on me, turn my thumb and my tendon clicks and feels like it will snap

 

[decmancity]

Back home from uni now,
Got to either find a local gym for a month or work something out!

Been thinking recently that I really need to start putting in some more upper body exercises I think because whilst progress is slow on squats etc my progress on bench for example is even worse.

Should I do this or just keep at the 5x5 as outlined?

Thanks

 

[117 M34]

Back home from uni now,
Got to either find a local gym for a month or work something out!

Been thinking recently that I really need to start putting in some more upper body exercises I think because whilst progress is slow on squats etc my progress on bench for example is even worse.

Should I do this or just keep at the 5x5 as outlined?

Thanks

My bench has reached a plateau too.
I'm doing 5x5 for the big compound moves each session and then other isolation exercises over a 4 day split, so not exactly 5x5 but incorporating it in.
Other exercises are all still progressing but bench has hit its limit for the moment.

However in other good news, before changing my routine about 2 months ago, I could do 1 single tricep dip. Just back from the gym and did 3x10 today so good progress there.

 

[Kippaxstreetheadache]

Just a quick question.

I've been having pain where my bicep meets my forearm, it's usually after pushing myself hard and lifting heavy, I get the impression it's tendon related. Possibly tendonitis?

It's only affecting one arm, and I know it's not muscle related, as that's a different kind of ache/pain altogether.

This is the same arm in which I've had elbow problems from boxing, overextending on a jab.

Still get a slight popping feeling in the joint when I fully extend said arm, doing press ups for example. Although not painful it's really quite distracting and off putting when you're trying to focus on continuing to muscle failure in a set.

Any advice on these two issues?

Cheers.

 

[garymj]

Just a quick question.

I've been having pain where my bicep meets my forearm, it's usually after pushing myself hard and lifting heavy, I get the impression it's tendon related. Possibly tendonitis?

It's only affecting one arm, and I know it's not muscle related, as that's a different kind of ache/pain altogether.

This is the same arm in which I've had elbow problems from boxing, overextending on a jab.

Still get a slight popping feeling in the joint when I fully extend said arm, doing press ups for example. Although not painful it's really quite distracting and off putting when you're trying to focus on continuing to muscle failure in a set.

Any advice on these two issues?

Cheers.

Rest, and NEVER lock out on your punches.