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Yannis Helios's avatar

You always win with this attitude. Well done, Scooby.

3 days ago I injured my wrist and it is in my good hand, after the initial frustration I am now so happy that I get to use more my neglected left hand .

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Scooby Werkstatt's avatar

Right mindset. Ambidexterious training :)

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Hugo Norori's avatar

I broke my left arm bout 2 years ago and thanks to your spillover effect tip I managed to mantain some muscle and minimize loss

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Victor Henrique Souza Cunha's avatar

Pure wisdom

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Chris Clark's avatar

I hope you recover soon, however if you are about to read The Kaiju Preservation Society then you are in for a treat (light, fun enjoyable read)!

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Scooby Werkstatt's avatar

Im half way thru and love it.

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Ivana's avatar

I'm young but I pull my muscles all the time. I blame being heavy and being sedentary because of my job and going into exercising after that. I think even having a lot of muscle mass contributes to this if all that muscle isn't warmed up.

I think I do best with a few hours of light or rigorous cardio almost daily. Can't really take breaks without risk of new pulled muscles.

That is to say you seem to be doing very well especially at your age

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Scooby Werkstatt's avatar

Pulled muscles are beyond annoying! Glad you have learned how to minimize that. Is it always the same ones? Do you have a stretching routine you use?

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Ivana's avatar

The pulled muscle group changes, but I have learned what tends to trigger it.

Stuff I find that helps me avoid pulled muscles (i.e. if I don't do them, I might pull a muscle):

- a variety of movement and gentle cardio that heats my body up. warm weather is good. something that is not repetitive (like lifting weights) but instead works a variety of random movements, like gardening in warm/hot weather. walking frequently outside (not a treadmill).

maybe you'd like hot yoga?

- dynamic stretching is good. calisthenics are good.

- low weights with high reps if I haven't been lifting heavy consistently or some supporting muscle group might tweak out.

- rigorous cardio with a gentle warmup and cooldown as often as possible (daily is good).

- static stretching tends to just make it tighter. I need to remember not to stretch statically if it feels tight because it just makes it worse. I do yoga-type stretches. I only do some static stretching in the middle of a rigorous workout, but I find it doesn't *really help prevent tightness.

- lots of vegetables. even salad is 'effective'. fortified cereals. almond milk. eggs. foods with lots of nutrients basically. If I have a freshly tweaked muscle, I like eating lots of kale, bananas, milk, etc.

- I like my big high density foam foam roller. it's about 4' long. there are a lot of muscles you can roll out and I'm sure there are tutorials online. You can get creative with this. It can be painful but it's good to do. Roll out slowly with like 8-15 reps. maybe once a week to prevent knots from growing or to find trouble spots. I also use a smaller roller on trouble spots or wring out knots with my hands.

- if I had lots of time and money, swimming would probably be good for working a wide variety of muscles. running works a lot of muscles. variety of exercises is key.

- work muscle groups surrounding any problem areas and be consistent. Like if lower back gets tight, work on the core and RDLs, and work slow RDLs single leg for balance. accessory lifts.

- avoid sitting at a desk doing laptop work for the entire day :P

- don't stretch in the morning lol. start off gentle. exercise or do harder stuff in the afternoon.

move slowly and don't hyperextend for certain movements if needed. In general, just warm up before doing anything physical for at least 10 minutes.

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