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napalm: 12 weeks to WPC Worlds...ya, really...

yeah, i'm not sure something like that could do what a lax ball/the stick/foam roller couldn't

40 bucks is 40 bucks...
 
napalm said:
yeah, i'm not sure something like that could do what a tennis ball/the stick/foam roller couldn't

40 bucks is 40 bucks...
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True. I no have a stick or roller so that's one of the reasons why I want it bad. Still would be cool to have.

You getting anything else lifting equip wise?
 
smoker145 said:
True. I no have a stick or roller so that's one of the reasons why I want it bad. Still would be cool to have.

You getting anything else lifting equip wise?
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nope, starting w the bench shirt. i have to have a back up plan for nationals next yr in case i can't squat by feb. that plan is bench only and possibly depending on achilles dead lift only.

a piece of 3 foot pvc is like...nothing. go to home depot...

i got the stick for 25 bucks and i love it...
 
What is weird is deadlift bothered you more than squat before worlds and yet...

Wonder if you could buy something to help your heel, like an insert to help out when lifting, idk
 
A Jack!? That shirt is all the rage! Might as well kick it off with the best. In4 napalm's 400lb bench!
 
herderdude said:
A Jack!? That shirt is all the rage! Might as well kick it off with the best. In4 napalm's 400lb bench!
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The sleeves on that shirt are tight even by shirt standards. I got mine in last week, but haven't used it yet. It's without a doubt a monster shirt and the triple layer stitching on the chest is thick as hell.

I'll most likely use it next week if I can stretch out the sleeves enough.
 
Rodja said:
The sleeves on that shirt are tight even by shirt standards. I got mine in last week, but haven't used it yet. It's without a doubt a monster shirt and the triple layer stitching on the chest is thick as hell. I'll most likely use it next week if I can stretch out the sleeves enough.
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So what do you think? The jack or the ace pro for a rookie?
 
smoker145 said:
Saw estimated death toll at 10,000. Unreal.
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Ugh, I was on Filipino news websites this morning. That 10k is just the island of Leyte.

When we went to tacloban a few yrs ago, we went to mcarthurs shrine - where he landed w 174k troops. The shrine was awesome, I doubt it's still there...
 
napalm said:
Ugh, I was on Filipino news websites this morning. That 10k is just the island of Leyte.

When we went to tacloban a few yrs ago, we went to mcarthurs shrine - where he landed w 174k troops. The shrine was awesome, I doubt it's still there...
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Damn I'm jelly of that. He vowed he'd return one day... And he did.. America!

And damn I didn't realize it was just the one island
 
Took a banca ride a couple miles out into Leyte gulf just so I could say i was there.

We're going back in April, it's gonna be interesting to see how much will be fixed as far as infrastructure.

The flips don't typically move very fast on things like this...
 
Do they still have old tanks and war relics left on the beaches? I'm not sure if it's there or somewhere else

And does her family live at your house and do the up keep?
 
smoker145 said:
Do they still have old tanks and war relics left on the beaches? I'm not sure if it's there or somewhere else
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Not at the shrine, but where we live there a still tunnels the Japanese dug in 1941. Our whole island was occupied from 1941 to 1944.

Some of my wife's relatives were part of the resistance fighters. It's awesome to sit back and talk to these guys over a couple San Miguel's.

Not too many of them left alive.

On a side note, I'm watching this jay glazer interview w Richie incognito. You know what? I think I believe him.

The whole thing stinks and he's the scapegoat...
 
I think he went too far, and at the same time this other guy is an outcast type. Incognito is a dirty freaking player and had shown lack of control a few times. At the same time, who knows what happens if phone call wasn't left and it was a non-dirty player.
 
He has a not so clean past but it's hard to say who I believe. It will be interesting to see how it unfolds
 
There are dynamics going on here that we as fans have no fcking clue about.

It takes me back to my navy days. We said shyt to each other that was along the same lines. N-words, honkey white mother fckr, cracker I've been called it all and then some. Brought us closer together as a unit.

I can see it the way he's explaining it...
 
napalm said:
There are dynamics going on here that we as fans have no fcking clue about.

It takes me back to my navy days. We said shyt to each other that was along the same lines. N-words, honkey white mother fckr, cracker I've been called it all and then some. Brought us closer together as a unit.

I can see it the way he's explaining it...
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I think all in the locker room. Phone calls is the part that is sketchy in my estimation. It is seeming like he was trying to toughen him up.

I agree 100%, we will never know all aspects here.
 
Incognito just said that Martin sent him a text last week saying he was going to kill incognitos entire family.

I think incognito was just doing what his coaches asked him to do.

I know Richie isn't a saint, but for fcks sake...
 
rob112 said:
I think all in the locker room. Phone calls is the part that is sketchy in my estimation. It is seeming like he was trying to toughen him up.

I agree 100%, we will never know all aspects here.
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Yea but what about tone. I could leave a message on your phone saying ill kill you, but if my tone is in a joking manner then...

Everything in plain text looks bad
 
Social media will change another facet of life that was once private; the locker rooms.

Tonight on ABC with your host, Mr. Big shot

:D
 
When it broke, I thought incognito was a dick, now.. Idk. Everything looks bad when the media breaks it. Like the jets fan who punched that girl. Everything was made about how he is an ass, but in the end, she was charged with assault Bc she kept hitting him and then he hit her. Not saying it was right at all, just saying media can make you jump to the conclusion that he just went up and rocked her.
 
Physical therapy assessment today.

If I hear the argument full squats are bad for the knees I'm walking (limping) out...
 
yesterday was nothing special. i'm not sure i like the therapist. she's about 55, looks lesbianish - whatever. all we did was assess the mobility. there good thing is there's a cute blond ATC student that was doing all the measuring - of my feet.

the PT asked me what my expectations are and i said i'd like for it to be ready around jan-feb. that's about 2 months. go back on thurs.

so far, not so much...

edit: my right calf is already atrophying. it's 1.5 cm smaller than left...
 
Man, this air boot is really screwing me up. My left hip is bothering me now because the boot is a diff height than my shoes.

It's gone starting tomorrow...
 
iparatroop said:
Keep the boot, get a thick insole for the other foot.
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I hear ya, but I think I can accomplish the same thing as the boot w just the cane. Shyt, I did it in Prague and Amsterdam for 3 days.

I just hate this thing, and it's about time I started moving it a little...
 
napalm said:
I hear ya, but I think I can accomplish the same thing as the boot w just the cane. Shyt, I did it in Prague and Amsterdam for 3 days. I just hate this thing, and it's about time I started moving it a little...
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The immobility portion of it is so that you don't continue to aggravate the existing injury (in this case, tears). Although you may feel like it's time to get it moving, you can't see inside to see how much it has healed. Only an MRI is going to be able to tell you that. We're not 18 man and healing takes more time now. Better to go through the proper steps than to regret an outcome that you may well have been able to prevent.
The cane is an option, but it still doesn't immobilize the affected area. Try the cane and the boot to take pressure off of the opposing hip. Or, you can buy some of those sweet Skechers with the thick sole that firm up your buttocks.
 
iparatroop said:
The immobility portion of it is so that you don't continue to aggravate the existing injury (in this case, tears). Although you may feel like it's time to get it moving, you can't see inside to see how much it has healed. Only an MRI is going to be able to tell you that. We're not 18 man and healing takes more time now. Better to go through the proper steps than to regret an outcome that you may well have been able to prevent. The cane is an option, but it still doesn't immobilize the affected area. Try the cane and the boot to take pressure off of the opposing hip. Or, you can buy some of those sweet Skechers with the thick sole that firm up your buttocks.
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Me and my kid just measured with the boot on and a tennis shoe on the other. Holding my feet on the same level my kid said there's about an inch difference. That's a lot for an insert.

Look at the bottom of this thing: it's closer to a motocross boot than you think.

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It's killing my left hip too. Can't have that so I might spend tomorrow out of the boot w a cane. I can always put the boot on but I fcking hate it

And my buttocks are firm enough...
 
Joe_P said:
Napalm, you train at Detroit Barbell?
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Nah, JJ was wanting me to go down there since nationals. After my Achilles heals I don't think I'm gonna have a choice since I want to start w gear.

Maybe around the first of the year after I buy a bench shirt.

I've been down there to watch a couple meets, that's about it...
 
PT today:

She was a little more relaxed today, right when I caned in she saw the boot was gone. I took that as my queue and told her I made a couple decisions. Boot = gone and it's time to start moving it.

She just said 'I see' then took me out to this sit down step thing and got me warming up. I think she may work out: we started talking about mobility when I was sit-stepping and they use lax balls, tennis balls, the stick and different foam rollers. After warm up she had me do some easy band work and this squishy rubber half ball thing you work every part of your foot into.

I'm having trouble (obv) w dorsiflexion, when the tendon stretches = no bueno.

Things I learned today:
Don't curl your toes when they are doing e-stim on your Achilles, you won't be able to uncurl them without help...
 
Haha that e-stim stuff can be intense depending on where it is at. My low back it is all good, did my traps once and felt like I worked them out.

She say anything about your reasoning behind no boot(hip thing)?
 
rob112 said:
She say anything about your reasoning behind no boot(hip thing)?
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Yeah, but I told her after 13 ortho surgeries I have a pretty good idea of when to move things.

That along with when you're old, if you don't move things, they tend to not want to move when you want them to.

She accepted that I think...
 
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