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Title: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 12:09:04 AM
15 TIMES!!!! I feel like such a badass. I owned all the grandmas and grandpas in there doing their physical therapy.

8 weeks post-op for a torn pec. What a pain in the ass injury. With all of the bench threads up now, I thought I'd enlighten everyone to what the end result could be when bench pressing alot of weight. Torn pecs are no fun.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: rocket on November 14, 2006, 12:16:15 AM
Torn pecs are no fun.

Lies
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 12:23:29 AM
Lies

Really? You tore a pec and enjoyed it?
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: whitewidow on November 14, 2006, 12:24:26 AM
15 TIMES!!!! I feel like such a badass. I owned all the grandmas and grandpas in there doing their physical therapy.

8 weeks post-op for a torn pec. What a pain in the ass injury. With all of the bench threads up now, I thought I'd enlighten everyone to what the end result could be when bench pressing alot of weight. Torn pecs are no fun.

Hi- Mo elbasouni ;) you owe me a andrew jackson my man-lol
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 12:56:37 AM
lol, this isn't mo, he tore his pec over a year ago.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Petrucci on November 14, 2006, 06:12:52 AM
15 TIMES!!!! I feel like such a badass. I owned all the grandmas and grandpas in there doing their physical therapy.

8 weeks post-op for a torn pec. What a pain in the ass injury. With all of the bench threads up now, I thought I'd enlighten everyone to what the end result could be when bench pressing alot of weight. Torn pecs are no fun.

you just need to up the dosage bro!!! and you will be pressing 30lbs in no time!  ;D
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: HUGEPECS on November 14, 2006, 07:06:52 AM
to avoid further complications, try using the 15lbs curl bar next time you're benching ;D
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Adam Empire on November 14, 2006, 07:44:26 AM
Any spotters?
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Sir William Idol on November 14, 2006, 08:44:43 AM
good luck on your recovery.  whats your plan from here on out as far as chest goes?  was your tendon completely torn from the humerus?  what did the doc say as far as the success of the surgery?
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: whitewidow on November 14, 2006, 01:39:17 PM
Hi MO ;)
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: dorkeroo on November 14, 2006, 01:50:22 PM
15 TIMES!!!! I feel like such a badass. I owned all the grandmas and grandpas in there doing their physical therapy.

8 weeks post-op for a torn pec. What a pain in the ass injury. With all of the bench threads up now, I thought I'd enlighten everyone to what the end result could be when bench pressing alot of weight. Torn pecs are no fun.

Hope you have a speedy recovery man. I tore one of mine pretty badly, then the other (not so badly) just as the originial tear was finally feeling alright. Did tonnes of rehab and physio. It is worth it, although after that you are VERY careful with rep cadence and warm ups. Good luck, there is life after pec tears  :D
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: ManBearPig... on November 14, 2006, 03:12:45 PM
way to get right back on that bench after tearing your pec on it.   ::)
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Bast000 on November 14, 2006, 03:14:53 PM
all drugs.  post a pic, no way you did it 15 times
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Sir William Idol on November 14, 2006, 03:19:03 PM
way to get right back on that bench after tearing your pec on it.   ::)

he said it had been 8 weeks since surgery, and this was at the physical therapists clinic.  i have feeling the pt might know a little bit more about rehab than "power rod"
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Bast000 on November 14, 2006, 03:27:43 PM
i have feeling the pt might know a little bit more about rehab than "power rod"

i doubt it
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: columbusdude82 on November 14, 2006, 05:45:04 PM
Congrats, UptheDosage... You were a freak, and will be one again in no time!
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:06:41 PM
he said it had been 8 weeks since surgery, and this was at the physical therapists clinic.  i have feeling the pt might know a little bit more about rehab than "power rod"

thanks for clarifying that. "power rod" should read a little more closely.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:08:19 PM
Any spotters?

Yeah man. The PT was right there with his hands on the bar for all 15 reps. For something this hardcore and heavy, you have to take precautionary measures!
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:11:15 PM
good luck on your recovery.  whats your plan from here on out as far as chest goes?  was your tendon completely torn from the humerus?  what did the doc say as far as the success of the surgery?

Thanks man. I actually tore the tendon completely from the muscle, not the bone. The doc said that is much worse because he had to sew the tendon back into an exploded mushy insertion point. When you tear it from the bone, it's much easier to fix. He was very skeptical of the recovery at first, but things are looking good now.

I'll probably just use dumbells and hammer machines from here on out. Maybe light barbell inclines, but never barbell flat again.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: figgs on November 14, 2006, 07:15:10 PM
What do you blame the tear on? Drugs? Intensity? Form?

Just curious. You've experienced my greatest fear.

Good luck on your recovery, man.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Alex23 on November 14, 2006, 07:21:18 PM
15 TIMES!!!! I feel like such a badass. I owned all the grandmas and grandpas in there doing their physical therapy.

8 weeks post-op for a torn pec. What a pain in the ass injury. With all of the bench threads up now, I thought I'd enlighten everyone to what the end result could be when bench pressing alot of weight. Torn pecs are no fun.

Props.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:29:06 PM
What do you blame the tear on? Drugs? Intensity? Form?

Just curious. You've experienced my greatest fear.

Good luck on your recovery, man.

Looking back, I'd blame it on being severely overtrained. I hadn't taken more than 2 days off from training since I was 15 years old (I'm 21 now) when I broke my arm. I took exactly a week off before I got pissed and cut my cast off so I could lift.

I rule drugs out because I could bench 405 when I was 17 before I ever touched a drug. The whole idea with drugs damaging tendons is nonsense. If somebody was a newbie to training and just started juicing the day they started training, they may run into problems due to the muscles getting stronger than the tendons can keep up with.

It wasn't form either because this was actually my biggest fear also, so everytime I benched, I thought about it. I always use nice and slow controlled reps and sort of let my elbows come in to my sides on the descend instead of creating right angles with my arms at the bottom position to take pressure off the tendons.

I guess I would recommend never doing over 405 for reps because no matter who you are, your tendons are probably not going to be able to handle that kind of workload on a weekly basis. Or maybe they will. Who really knows. Good luck.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: whitewidow on November 14, 2006, 07:31:44 PM
Hi Mo :D

BTW- any pics of the tear???????
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: Alex23 on November 14, 2006, 07:33:25 PM
Looking back, I'd blame it on being severely overtrained. I hadn't taken more than 2 days off from training since I was 15 years old (I'm 21 now) when I broke my arm. I took exactly a week off before I got pissed and cut my cast off so I could lift.

I rule drugs out because I could bench 405 when I was 17 before I ever touched a drug. The whole idea with drugs damaging tendons is nonsense. If somebody was a newbie to training and just started juicing the day they started training, they may run into problems due to the muscles getting stronger than the tendons can keep up with.

It wasn't form either because this was actually my biggest fear also, so everytime I benched, I thought about it. I always use nice and slow controlled reps and sort of let my elbows come in to my sides on the descend instead of creating right angles with my arms at the bottom position to take pressure off the tendons.

I guess I would recommend never doing over 405 for reps because no matter who you are, your tendons are probably not going to be able to handle that kind of workload on a weekly basis. Or maybe they will. Who really knows. Good luck.

Great post man. Said it many times that tendon damage is bullshit; the problem is fiber to hard tissue ratio (tendon) that gets out of wack because of hypertrophy from drugs and eventually tear from too much pressure on the tendon. How many guys I see start cycling like it's trick or threat, weigths goes up like crazay and they just won't stop...
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: columbusdude82 on November 14, 2006, 07:34:20 PM
Hi Mo :D

BTW- any pics of the tear???????

That ain't mo.. this dude is stronger than mo...
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:35:49 PM
Great post man. Said it many times that tendon damage is bullshit; the problem is fiber to hard tissue ratio (tendon) that gets out of wack because of hypertrophy from drugs and eventually tear from too much pressure on the tendon. How many guys I see start cycling like it's trick or threat, weigths goes up like crazay and they just won't stop...

Yes! Exactly! You my friend are a smart man.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:36:50 PM
That ain't mo.. this dude is stronger than mo...

haha, finally you tell these guys i'm not mo. thanks.
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: columbusdude82 on November 14, 2006, 07:44:22 PM
I never knew you could bench 405 at 17. Now that's pretty impressive... I quit flat benching because it always felt too painful, but even if I hadn't I doubt I would have benched that much..
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 07:51:35 PM
I never knew you could bench 405 at 17. Now that's pretty impressive... I quit flat benching because it always felt too painful, but even if I hadn't I doubt I would have benched that much..

Yeah, we'd have this Lift-a-Thon at my school every year to raise money for the football team. I tied this other kid that was a 280 lb. fat ass that had the record when I was a freshman. He seriously bounced the bar off his chest and arched his back like crazy. It pissed me off, that kid thinking he was so bad, I wanted to bench 405 by the time I was a senior weighing 100 lbs. less. So that's where the heavy benching days began and this is where they've ended up. :'(
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: columbusdude82 on November 14, 2006, 07:54:57 PM
Yeah, we'd have this Lift-a-Thon at my school every year to raise money for the football team. I tied this other kid that was a 280 lb. fat ass that had the record when I was a freshman. He seriously bounced the bar off his chest and arched his back like crazy. It pissed me off, that kid thinking he was so bad, I wanted to bench 405 by the time I was a senior weighing 100 lbs. less. So that's where the heavy benching days began and this is where they've ended up. :'(

Haha I am always amused by guys who bench with their nipples touching the ceiling, and another sweaty dude "spotting them" doing rows with the bar...

Yeah you'll be back on the road to freak-dom in no time...
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: whitewidow on November 14, 2006, 08:02:37 PM
i heard Mo- tore his pec whil benching with fak mubarak. he said he was inclining 405. what you got on that-lol. you should have upped the deca doseage-lol.   
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: UpTheDosage on November 14, 2006, 08:44:48 PM
i heard Mo- tore his pec whil benching with fak mubarak. he said he was inclining 405. what you got on that-lol. you should have upped the deca doseage-lol.   

haha, i heard that too. i got nothing on that. when i go back on ima definitely up the dosage!
Title: Re: I Benched 20 LBS. Today on the Smith Machine
Post by: columbusdude82 on November 15, 2006, 03:48:25 AM
Really, Upthedosage isn't Mo Elpectearasouni, so stop wasting time and bandwidth saying that...

He is a hardcore bber, and unlike any other competitor I have ever talked to, he is not afraid to talk honestly about every aspect of the sport, whereas that Mo guy was full of BS... Can't you tell the difference?