Trucking and back pain, tips for easing it.

Also very impressive Sir!

 

Thanks but no thanks, shoulders are my strong point..

 

Not sitting on your wallet seems to help too. Just that little subconscious thing that makes you sit a lil crooked adds up over time.

 

Back pain SUCKS. Anybody who's had back issues know what an ordeal this is. For me personally, back pain comes and goes at the oddest times. I can go to the gym, go crazy on the weights, and have no issues. But then one day...out of the blue, l might turn the wrong way, twist the wrong way, or bump into something unexpectedly, and "BAM", my back hurts. Kinda odd how that works sometimes, but I guess it's like boxing... it's the ones you don't see coming is the ones that hurt the most.

I also agree on the strengthening of your core to help alleviate back pain. "Use it or lose it" (not in the sexual way...lol) is what they use to say. A sedentary life style is probably the worst thing you can do to your body. If you don't use your muscles, than it becomes weaker and weaker. Your muscles begin to shrink, therefore so does your metabolism (since having more muscle burns more calories). Bone density also gets weaker because your not putting any stress or weight on the body for the bones to strengthen. Overall, your health just begins to deteriorate if you don't do any type of physical activity to stay in shape. All it takes is just one injury and your back is NEVER the same. Taking the proper precautions, knowing your limits, and most importantly...LISTENING to your body is the key.

"NO PAIN, NO GAIN?" You'll definitely get some PAIN and it'll be SHAME when the only thing you GAIN is PAIN.

Also, when strengthening your core, make sure you understand that there's a BIG difference between powerlifting and bodybuilding. Powerlifting, you use your muscles to lift the weights. Bodybuilding, you use the weights to build your muscles. Big difference between the two. I've seen jacked up guys at the gym who look like monsters, but lift what a lot of people would call "sissy weights". They'll refer to them as show muscles..."All Show, No Go", but what they don't realize is that using proper technique, form, reps, and CONCENTRATING on building MUSCLE and NOT STRENGTH is the main goal of bodybuilding. Don't get me wrong, your still gonna gain strength because you have to lift heavier weights to build bigger muscles, but strength training on the the other hand is the opposite of bodybuilding. Your end goal is to lift as much weight as possible...and not so much on building muscle, per say. Form and technique is completely different compared to bodybuilding. That's why some of the strongest guys in the world don't necessarily look like they're all that strong, unless you're this guy



Or this guy from the bodybuilding scene.....

 

Just pull 495 for two reps yesterday. That’s a rep pr for me at that weight.

My lifts are
Squat 385
Bench 245
Dl 495

@175 pounds. Trying to get a 4 plate squat by the end of October.

This was my 6th double at 335 last week.


Some random deadlifts
405x3 2” defecit and beltless