General PT Q&As: Bring your questions here

[Gluckmann]

Hope that helps.

Cheers, man. I'll keep it all in mind.

[Phrost]

So I was doing deadlifts this morning and nearly passed out. What the hell? I hadn't had any caffeine, just a few swigs of a protein/creatine concoction and I don't think my blood pressure was up or that I was holding my breath.

Am I going to die?

[Eddie Hardon]

Am I going to die?

In the Grand Scheme of Things: Yes.

It could be by a bus tomorrow or in 50 years time surrounded by satiated, satisfied nymphs, glowing from your masterful efforts and awash in empty chocolate wrappers.


But it's going to happen to you.

(Though hopefully, not to me).

[Conde Koma]

So I have a film shoot in about a month and I wanted to tone up my arms. A while back one of my friends was on this push-up routine, something about adding more push-ups consecutively everyday. any recommendations for such a program?

i found this thread: http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=88415

after reading it i got a little nervous with emevas talking about shoulder injuries from too many push ups without pulling; would doing a couple sets of body rows every day counter-balance all the pushing?

[Seedle Avenger]

Can you work trigger points out of your muscles completely, or is massaging them until the symptoms and pain and all subside enough?

I've recently read into what they are, found some in my shoulder that have been fucking with it for years. I've worked on them for a few weeks, no pain anymore but I can still feel them in there. Just wondering if they actually completely dissipate or if painlessness is the total outcome.

[Gypsy Jazz]

Can you work trigger points out of your muscles completely, or is massaging them until the symptoms and pain and all subside enough?

I've recently read into what they are, found some in my shoulder that have been fucking with it for years. I've worked on them for a few weeks, no pain anymore but I can still feel them in there. Just wondering if they actually completely dissipate or if painlessness is the total outcome.

This could open a huuuuuge can of worms that delves into neurophysiology, but I don't feel like writing an essay.

The short version is that "trigger points" as described by Travell and Simmons are at best a useful construct for thought, but very inaccurate in terms of actual physical processes.

Some good research has been done showing that areas of firmness do not always (or even often) correlate to areas of tenderness, so hunting for lumpy stuff in hopes of resolving pain may not make sense. If you feel good and are able to perform the tasks you like, hunting "trigger points" is going to make you worry more than anything else.

Further reading: http://www.bettermovement.org/2012/c...that-knot-not/

http://humanantigravitysuit.blogspot...er-points.html

[Seedle Avenger]

Thanks Jazz, I had a feeling it went something like that. I'm about to read the links now.