The reason why you tweak your back today when just doing simple things is because you are fat. You may have hurt your back when in good shape but if you leaned out you wouldn't put so much pressure on your spine by doing simple things like typing on getbig with your sausages for fingers. Did I hurt your feelings calling you fat?
YOU CANNOT TOUGH OUT A SLIPPED OR RUPTURED DISK. What you have to do now is lift right. Try every type of grip for pulldowns, go wide, then narrow, v bar, rope whatever and see what doesn't hurt your neck and stick with those. same as biceps, try dbs, but also try preachers etc... until you find a comfy groove. Bob mentioned that he never does rows. He likes to do seated exercises where his chest is up against a pad and does rows that way. Also look at doing revers rows where you set a barbell in a rack, lay under it and pull up in a rowing motion. Add weights to your chest or abdomen and pull up.You need to stop your regular program and spend the next week tinkering with all sorts of exercises until you find the ones that work for you. Don't fight through pain, you will only make it worse. Train smart, use full motion, pause at the bottom and squeeze at the top and take advantage of proper form over simply adding weight.[/quoteIs this guy serious. This is the type of nonsense I was expecting "Use full range of motion, squeeze at the top blah blah blah""Stop your regular program.. " Your advice sounds like that given to a youth in the gym throwing weights around.Some people can train with damaged discs, Ronnie Coleman did for years until he had to have surgery.I don't need a lecture about how to train, I was asking for feedback on those who have had experience with a similar problem.I do lift right, several people have approached me and said "Why are you lifting all these tiny weights and using machines" and when I've explained what injury I've had, they ALL say "It's not your form or technique, you couldn't have do it in the gym, I've seen you train" All my I have always performed perfectly.The only bodypart that I can work effectively is legs, lower back and abs. Everything else is just trying to get a pump.I'll be seeing the Neuro Surgeon tomorrow to discuss ways of resolving this.Let you know what develops from that.Thanks for the quality feedback.
