Rick Allen, the one-armed drummer from Def Leppard, is pretty awesome, almost a hero to me, but...
He's about to become my greatest inspiration soon...
...WHEN MY ARMS GO ON AND FALL THE FUCK OFF!!!!! Baldheaded Jesus Godamnned Almighty CHRIST, but they hurt like holy old HELL. I think I reeeeeally do need to rethink my lifelong philosophy of "fuck makin' two trips".
Been like this since I was a kid. I can even remember my Grandmom Hughes saying to me one time, "Why do you think you have to carry alla that at once? Why don't you set some of it down and come back for it? Be easier to carry that way..." To which I replied, "'Cause then I'd hafta make two trips..." as if that were the worst thing imaginable.
Which it is.
Or usedta be.
That's gettin' aced out by "potential armlessness" these days. It truly does hurt too much most of the time to be able to brush my hair without sounding like the dialog from a porno when it gets hot-n-heavy. "Oooh, ahh, ugh, *whiiine*, *squeal*, ohohohoh, owowowow.... aaaahhhhh", that last part being when I put my arms back down.... I have GOT to figure out how to do this shit better.
Bossman seems to advocate not filling the shit bucket so full.
Been sayin' that the whole time I've been there. At first, I wanted it to hurt. To me, that means muscles are being used. Maybe they ain't likin' it so much, but they're working, which will hopefully lead to them needing fuel which they can then burn fat to get, etc. etc....
I load that stupid thing all the way to the top.
Not so bad when there's hay in it, but when it's pure shit... oh ma gawd. I know about "lift with yer legs" and shit.
I do that.
In fact, here lately, I've been using my knee to help heft the bucket up to the edge of the spreader.
My arms are NOT getting better at this.
Well, maybe they are, because I can feel new strength when I do "light" shit or normal stuff, but they're not getting better at not hurting like HELL every day.
And night.
Can't fall asleep sometimes, they ache so bad. Now, I know with guys who lift it's not all about "how much weight it is".
It also has to do with reps.
Well, I've been thinkin' I have both.
Weight and reps.
Maybe I need less weight and more reps? Hell, I feel like I oughta already be lookin' like a bulldog or Popeye with my arms all bowed out from my sides from muscle.
Like I'd hafta go sideways through a doorway....
I feel like I oughta look like that, they hurt so bad.
But, I don't look like that, I look like a crippled up old woman who can't brush her hair without help anymore. I think what I wanna know is this: If I keep this up the way I've been doing it, will my arms someday STFU and get with the program and this'll actually become easier OR am I gonna destroy my shoulders if I keep pushin' so hard?
See, I've got this friend, Jason, who is a drummer, a flooring installation expert, a carpenter-type and a contractor, so he does a lotta "arm use" shit.
Coupla years ago, he started to say how bad his shoulders/arms hurt him when he finished something, whether it was hanging sheetrock or drumming a gig.
HE ended up having to have surgery.
Rotator cuff, I think....
Anyway, I ain't havin' no gotdamned surgery.
I'm also not gonna give in, unless somebody tells me I have to or else... (or else my arms WILL fall off or something). Will my arms/shoulders get used to this, or do I really need to back off the weight of the loads? I don't suppose making 'em lighter, thus having to make *gulp* two trips, will be all bad... maybe I'll walk off my ass faster makin' two trips.... ya think? Also had another "ideer"... I could always glue my brush to the wall at the correct height and brush my hair that way, by crouching next to it and standing up into it over and over... kinda like a cat with one of those self-groomer things ya stick on the wall, only me going UP insteada back and forth like they do.
Cute, eh? Sooo....
what do I do?
(Besides whine a lot about how bad my arms hurt, I mean...)
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You don't need arms with legs like yours, Cat
Posted by: Catfish at February 08, 2006 11:18 AM (2xLLM)
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Love,
Your arms will get stronger soon, but, as Grandma Lucy told you, two trips ain't gonn send you to Hell. You don't need muscles on your arms to be as big as your boobs the first week!
I think I saw that brush on the wall trick once in a porno film...(I think it was a brush..)
Love,
Your arms will get stronger soon, but, as Grandma Lucy told you, two trips ain't gonn send you to Hell. You don't need muscles on your arms to be as big as your boobs the first week!
I think I saw that brush on the wall trick once in a porno film...(I think it was a brush..)
Posted by: yer Dad at February 09, 2006 09:56 AM (AUWqx)
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Gee, my arms'll get as big as my boobs?
Kewl...
Gonna need shirts with elastic in the sleeves, then, ain't I?
And, how soon's that gonna happen?
*staring at arms, waiting*
Kewl...
Gonna need shirts with elastic in the sleeves, then, ain't I?
And, how soon's that gonna happen?
*staring at arms, waiting*
Posted by: Stevie at February 09, 2006 12:54 PM (kL4Gm)
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