Old guy making a comeback...

[RaginCajun]

thanks, there was a video about some guy with a miracle cure, a personal trainer that had it himself and said he cured it for good. http://www.tenniselbowtips.com/defau...hop=revesearch I haven't bought it yet, but didn't know if anyone else had.

if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. not saying that it won't help, just do not believe it when someone tells me they can fix my ailing tendons of 3-6 months, in just 3 days! just my opinion. that sucks that your gym will be closed on the weekends, time to pick up a new hobby. i am missing the yoga in my routine as well, and may try to start adding it in somewhere. when i was doing yoga, my body definitely felt stronger. good luck with the forearm pain

[tbody66]

A little motivation for myself, loved the cover of the new MD so I thought I'd pick up my pencil and see if I still had some skills, been awhile since I've drawn. What do you think?

[gbrice75]

You got some skills man, kudos!!!

[RaginCajun]

mad skills!

[tbody66]

after seeing it posted on here I noticed some flaws and have worked on it some more, it's always that way with whatever I draw, I always see so many problems with my work.

[SlimmerMe]

OH MY GOSH! Tbody......Wonderful drawing. Natural talent.

[tbody66]

OH MY GOSH! Tbody......Wonderful drawing. Natural talent.

Thanks, Slim, I knew you'd be gracious.

[SlimmerMe]

Thanks, Slim, I knew you'd be gracious.

You are so welcome. It is true. Great lines.

[tbody66]

Easter dinner did me in, great diet for two days since, but weigh in today showed me 190.4lbs at 19.1% bf. A week of no progress!

[tbody66]

Three days of 1500 cals a day or less, this better jump-start some fat loss! I'm not even extremely hungry and rarely have cravings.

[RaginCajun]

Three days of 1500 cals a day or less, this better jump-start some fat loss! I'm not even extremely hungry and rarely have cravings.

is that the way to go about it? how is the elbow holding up?

[tbody66]

is that the way to go about it? how is the elbow holding up?

It's the way I went about it to jump start something and to tell my stupid body who is boss. I'm at 1800 cals today, and my proposed diet has me at 2000. Just sick of being fat. The elbow seems worse every day, no more opportunity to give it rest at this point, have put too many things off already.

[scotty51312]

It's the way I went about it to jump start something and to tell my stupid body who is boss. I'm at 1800 cals today, and my proposed diet has me at 2000. Just sick of being fat. The elbow seems worse every day, no more opportunity to give it rest at this point, have put too many things off already.

You an me both bro!

[tbody66]

at least we are both still sexy

[RaginCajun]

It's the way I went about it to jump start something and to tell my stupid body who is boss. I'm at 1800 cals today, and my proposed diet has me at 2000. Just sick of being fat. The elbow seems worse every day, no more opportunity to give it rest at this point, have put too many things off already.

this is the approach that made my elbow worse. i am a very hard headed individual and didn't get the help i that i knew i needed at the time and i paid for it dearly. trust me, took me 4 months of physical therapy to rehab it to where i could really use it again. trust me, rest it or go see the ortho. just coming from my experience.

[-KJ-]

A little motivation for myself, loved the cover of the new MD so I thought I'd pick up my pencil and see if I still had some skills, been awhile since I've drawn. What do you think?

The only problrm I see is you didnt dram the number on his suit (21) LOL.
Fricken Amazing!!

[gbrice75]

Three days of 1500 cals a day or less, this better jump-start some fat loss! I'm not even extremely hungry and rarely have cravings.

Braggart!!! I'm fvcking STARVING!

[tbody66]

this is the approach that made my elbow worse. i am a very hard headed individual and didn't get the help i that i knew i needed at the time and i paid for it dearly. trust me, took me 4 months of physical therapy to rehab it to where i could really use it again. trust me, rest it or go see the ortho. just coming from my experience.

I have been conviced! After two long days of texturing and painting (a well overdue project, that I couldn't put off any longer) I have experienced more pain than I can recall in quite some time. My wife, friends and doctor have made me promise to not lift until I am healed.

The only problrm I see is you didnt dram the number on his suit (21) LOL.
Fricken Amazing!!

Sorry about that, thanks for the nice comment.

Braggart!!! I'm fvcking STARVING!

I'm sorry to hear this, I pray you will overcome the mental aspect of forcing you body into compliance.

[RaginCajun]

glad to hear that you are seeking treatment. trust me, you will be happy you started now and not another month from now. hopefully a MRI will be able to tell if you have torn a tendon or a bursa. when you go meet with an ortho, discuss the different types of treatment like physical therapy (ASTYM), PRP therapy (plasma-rich platelet injection), and cortisone. good luck!

[tbody66]

glad to hear that you are seeking treatment. trust me, you will be happy you started now and not another month from now. hopefully a MRI will be able to tell if you have torn a tendon or a bursa. when you go meet with an ortho, discuss the different types of treatment like physical therapy (ASTYM), PRP therapy (plasma-rich platelet injection), and cortisone. good luck!

thanks RC!

[SlimmerMe]

REST.....can you possibly do this? Need to heal.....

[tbody66]

I don't have a choice, it is incredibly painful and debilitating. I have almost no grip strength.

[tbody66]

some progress, met with physical therapist yesterday, on the way to recovery.

[SlimmerMe]

some progress, met with physical therapist yesterday, on the way to recovery.

Good for you~ Glad to hear you are on your path to recovery, tbody.

[RaginCajun]

some progress, met with physical therapist yesterday, on the way to recovery.

you won't regret it! and lets hope the recovery is quick!

[-KJ-]

Get better soon bro!!

[SlimmerMe]

Missing you! Hope you are healing~

[gbrice75]

Feel better brotha, we're thinking of you.

[tbody66]

A guy leaves for a minute and they put the diet section under a new "hard to find" heading???

[SlimmerMe]

^^ a bit more than a minute......

WELCOME BACK!

[tbody66]

Okay, I did everything I could to get over the tendonitis to no avail, so I broke down and got the shot. All is well, I've been back in the gym for about 6 weeks, finally getting some tone back and thinking I'm around 22% bf, I was over 30% when I came back to the gym. I'll post some pics as soon as I can get them taken, tomorrow is weigh in and measure day for me anyway so I might as well start here. I have been eating 89.4% clean and have definitely kept the cals down and the fat out for the last month. I am very confident that I can make major progress toward my goal by Christmas. I'll post my goals here soon and my diet I'll be using to get to the next stage. I'm hoping I can get GB in on a personal 3 week challange. I like some of the new blood I'm seeing on the boards with some really inspirational logs going as well, I'll be adding on their boards and seeing if we can't get another transformation challenge up and running. Now where's the rest of the old crew??? Twist?

[gbrice75]

Can't really do the personal challenge atm... for a few reasons. One, I need to be super focused on myself right now... and while it may seem like the challenge would HELP that cause, I don't think it would. Two, our goals are different - i'm about to start lean bulking, I assume you're still going to cut based on your numbers atm. Finally, it would be totally unfair to you - i'm currently working with Narkissos... under his wing, i'd SO crush you lol!!!

Twist is around from time to time, but very busy with school and such. He's been having some health issues as well, you can search for his thread called 'My Thread' here in the nutrition section.

[RaginCajun]

glad to see ya old ass back around!!!!!!!!! like slim said, a wee bit more than a minute!

[baseline_9]

Looking forward to seeing those pics...

How did u manage to get up to 30% BF.... Were you considering sumo wrestling

I think your new plan sounds better that sumo

[tbody66]

Dude's and Dudette's, I love to cook and love to eat and even when I'm not lifting I eat like I'm on a mass program! Truthfully it just got away from me and I hardly even really noticed, until I was able to get back into the gym.

[Sgt. Hartman]

Welcome back man, good luck.

[tbody66]

Thanks. I have three dinners I'm involved in for the next three days, so it's going to be rough, but I'll just use it to fuel my muscle memory!

I just got back from the gym, leg-day! Did 5x5's with 315 lbs for squats, then straight leg deads super-setted with toe presses for calves. I'm not where I need to be, but I'm on my way!

[baseline_9]

Power/Hypertropy

Remember that program I outlined, you should do it

[baseline_9]

A little motivation for myself, loved the cover of the new MD so I thought I'd pick up my pencil and see if I still had some skills, been awhile since I've drawn. What do you think?

I wish I could draw free hand like that..... graphics im good at but free hand is something I would love to learn, how did you learn?

[tbody66]

I've been able to all my life, You just draw what you see, not what you think you should draw, hard to explain. I truly believe that artists are born with it. Most things can be taught, I don't think art is one of those things.