I used to be stuck at rehabbing with 500mL water bottle after neglecting my elbow for 7 years. Got to where I couldn't open doors without pain or sleep without ibuprofen. I'm closing in on a 3 plate bench now. There are rehab methodologies that encourage replacing of scar tissue with parallel aligns collagen (functional tendon). I used to do 1x30 with a 10sec ecc and a 3-5sec concentric with super light weight
legitimately excited to see you progress, i have injured my left wrist in the gym last month so i can relate to having to take a few steps back to then do a few steps forward, altho to a lesser extent. keep crushing it i really love your vidoes
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Life gets in the way sometimes and as you get older it becomes more obvious that there’s more to life than working out. But it’s good to see you back in this new chapter
Thanks for sharing this. While I wouldn't consider injury "normal", I do think that a huge majority of **really** serious lifters will, at some point, pick up an issue that takes more than a few months to resolve. The only real way to avoid it in most cases is to perform wishy-washy training that just isn't effective. I've seen people injury shamed before, or made to seem like they were a bad coach or content creator for having an injury issue. That's a pretty ridiculous take but some people actually think that way. The reinjuring thing is the worst, especially when there doesn't seem to be a clear trend in what causes it. I think I reinjured my QL about 10 times over 10 months with 10 different exercises, but ultimately I learned a lot from the experience and grew from it.
I can understand what you've been through with that elbow injury, had one recently, that along with a couple of other problems, made me stop training for more than a year, now I am finally feeling better and started exercising again, you'll make it through Omar, we know just how passionate you are about exercising, keep your head up king 👑💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
I have been dealing with some annoying injuries as well.. Started bouldering and being 230lbs just takes a toll. My rotator cuffs started acting up, elbow tendonitis,biceps got inflamed. I simply had to stop, just before I stopped I got some shoulder pain which has haunted me for a year. Turns out it was a proximal bicep issue and not a shoulder issue. I have finally reached a point where I seem to be able to do pull and push without pain or aggravating something. Time for us to get big Omar!
This is really beneficial for the fitness community to see. Too many people are not honest with how being natty works. The standard move for an influencer is to use steroids when the gains stall, claim natty, and preach to natties how to get out of stalled gains for views/$$$. It's just a reality. Train all you want for decades and decades, if you ain't got the genetics, you ain't gonna look like you're on steroids. You're gonna look natty and there's nothing wrong with that. After 15 years of lifting consistently, I look for gains after a full year and I recognize that I'm probably the only one that can notice them. Look up career fitness youtubers and see what they look like now and 10+ years ago, a lot of them look pretty much the same if not regressed with situations like Omar's explaining here. The expectations need to drop for natties. Keep lifting to age better and continue this wonderful hobby. You've gotta shift the focus off the gains or you'll end up with an ass full of steroids or mentally debilitating body dysmorphia.
Omar I've been following you since the dawn of my lifting days about 7 years ago. I still keep a screenshot of the ideal way to progress to the maxing out from your video 11 years. My friend you're the natty gold standard and have been my motivation to compare me to me, keep striving for greatness and helping others do the same as a Personal Trainer. I hope your recovery goes well and that you get to the point where you're satisfied with your progress again. You deserve your roses bro 💪🏾
Appreciate the update Omar, I too am going through a bit of a shoulder problem which is around 5 months in. It's bringing me down a bit, but it's encouraging to see your positivity on the subject. I'm working on the rehab, while simultaneously trying to cut body fat down to around 12-14%. Time will heal and I'm glad I've seen this video today !
We all come to these realizations at some point, whether we like it or not. Once I hit 40, when I had aches and pains after years of training for size and strength, I stopped fighting my body in the interest of growth so much, lowered the weight, and did more reps of pretty much everything. We lifting people often think that hitting higher numbers will make us happy, but now training for reps, a good pump, and just for the sake of it have become surprisingly enjoyable and far less achy. Good luck on your journey.
You sound good. I am in no position to evaluate your physical challenges, but mentally you sound good. I look forward to watching your video from June 2024.
Very relatable! Excited to see your successes moving forward omar. Been following you since the begining of my journey of working out in 2012-2013. Appreciate your hard work bro!
Can’t wait to see your return. Love your rational and objective approach to overcoming these obstacles. Stress management is key, and sleep is our biggest lever-looking forward to seeing your progress.
Welcome back. Sounds like my life (minus the injury) in that I need to get back in the gym and be more consistent. If nothing happens, we'll be back in a year and hopefully we'll be improved. 💪
Halfway through the video...and already got some useful insights into my life. I am a college student and I won't say that I am having a hustle like at your level. But it is definitely something for me. And also, I injured my back so it really took a toll on me psychologically. But your story really helped me. Thank You.♥️
Lets discuss the fallacy of unbounded continuous improvement. Everyone will have the final peak at some point, but nobody talks about it. Have some real talk about when optimizing all aspects of training and lifestyle yield the smallest or no marginal gains. How do we know when we get there and, where do we go from there. Do you grind out for nearly 0 improvement, maintain, shift goals or change modalities completely?
Priorities change in your late 20's, the gym has been taking a back seat to other goals for me lately as well. Had a lower back thing flare up about 6 months back, along with knee pain that at one point was so bad I couldn't do any sort of squat variation whatsoever. The thing that's been getting me back into being serious about lifting is discovering new ways to train, trying out different styles of training that I used to write off or think I knew better. I read the short essay "Developing Physical Strength" by Bob Peoples (deadlifted 725lbs Naturally in the 1940's at age 40!), he inspired me to start doing back work as a warm-up for every single workout (rather than the stair climber). I'm going to double my back training volume and see how it goes. Cheers Omar!
Omar you are an OG. Inspired me in my early days and I bought the real saiyans deadlift shirt even back than. Glad you are still killing it and appreaciate what you do. You'll always have a special place in my heart!
Glad you're doing better! I wondered what happened during that time gap. Look forward to your videos with Dr. Israetel, he's hilarious and is probably the best guy to run the numbers.
I'm on a similar path as you as well. This week I'm deloading, it was from a weird tweak of my wrist from getting up. Any bodyweight pressure felt uncomfortable for 2 days. For the 5 weeks prior I went hard af and honestly quite glad I did. I've been pondering quite a bit of where to change selection and such. I've landed to fewer compound movements on the first 4-5 weeks at a lower weight on some exercise selection, and last week (maybe two if body can do it) going full throttle until form failure, then deload. Going to see how that works on this period and the following and reasses. Thanks so much on your insight and how your progress is regarding all physical and mental states. It's quite validating to have these videos being uploaded. Appreciate your content and all the work you've been doing.
Love it mate, i can personally relate to your story with constantly injuring my left pec over 7 years, but somewhere in 2023 i mamage to work around with specific technique and hit my all time PR 150kg, i wish u the same and more!
Was going through something similar, sub optimal sleep,nutrition & stress, mad how small changes make all the difference excited to see the training take off now LFG
i have not watched your videos in years. So this was great for me. I love the channel and never unsubbed. I miss your preworkout. I still have ths merch!
You need to Collab with Alexander Bromley. I love Bald Omni Man, and I love Israetel. However Bromley is definitely the man right now in RU-vid lifting. It's not even close either, the quality of the content this man is putting out is just insane.
Bro I know the feeling. Been dealing with an AC joint and knee issue, been rehabbing for a while now and all my hard training is basically back and calves lol. Just gotta be patient and keep doing your rehab.
Relatable. I got a shoulder dislocated two years ago and since then it's reoccured 6 times and every time it happens it takes me a month to get back to normal.
Wow I’ve been going through something very similar with the elbows and tendons, it really affected me mentally a few months ago. This is alongside stress and work life balance! Thank you for this video
I would say the stress and work life balance are the causes for it. Got piriformis syndrome from work stress and a desk job. Had a hip cramp while benching and next morning sciatic pain. How tf are you gonna get a glute injury from benching? Tf is this?
Definitely tweaked my elbows a bit (probably shoulders too if I'm being honest) doing martial arts a while back. Arm bars, shoulder throws, definitely the striking work too. After a few years of working on those areas in the gym, I definitely feel better. The worst injury was tweaking my shoulder after hitting a tree mountain biking. Light hit but still caused a pretty bad instability (couldn't even do a pushup or hold myself in a plank). Thankfully rehab and strengthening everything around the shoulder helped massively. That was really the kick in the butt to get me back in the gym seriously. Strengthen everything around your joints and treat them with the respect they deserve! Wish you the best in fixing your elbow, can't way to see a hypertrophy arc. BOM is a cool dude! 💪
I also had an acute injury to my elbow that, a few reconstructive surgeries later, resulted in a noticeably lower range of motion in that elbow (It doesn't straighten or flex all the way). I can train any lift I want. Obviously every injury is different but a little loss in elbow range of motion isn't the end of the world. If Omar's life has settled into a place that allows good training, I could definitely see him still hitting a bunch of PR's.
I have a bone spur in my right elbow that's hampered me for years. I train with higher reps as I've gotten older (43) but overall I'm still able to train intensely with respectable weight. It's just that the days of 5 reps or fewer are over on pressing exercises
Not just sleep but strict mobility work is vital to avoid injuries or pain. You need mobility balls from big to small not just some foam roller. Rogue fitness has a bunch of good mobility stuff.
Oh mate. If 5-6 hours is good in comparison, I can't imagine how you've been surviving before. Maybe try to aim for even more, so you can finally grow and work and exist at full capacity. Can't wait to come along! 💪💪💪
Great video, Omar. I find myself at a point in my life where I'm also dealing with a lot of stress. My diet/sleep can definitely be better, and I'm not in the gym as much as I would like to be. However, you and other natural OG youtubers have proven that getting jacked doesn't have to be on a short time table, and it's ok to get off track. Thanks for the great content over the years. Shout out to Bald Omni, too!
Important to say that you don't owe anyone anything. You've proven your presence to be positive and valid, regardless of where your own training is at. One day, you'll be old and weak. Will your words also be irrelevant? I think not.
Sleep was by far the biggest factor why my training progress sucked .. since I fixed my sleep I just had gains of my life. Sleep is critical. I feel better, have more energy, better mood. Never going back.
Been having knee pain since 2018. Had to do a ton of mobility work from Kelly Starret's book, the Supple leopard, and did a lot of leg training in the last few years. I am about 99% back to normal with my legs, I am building up my stress tolerance of my once painful tendon/knee again. There is still lots of work to be done in terms of muscle imbalances (uneven overhead press, pullup, bench) but what was the worst has passed. It drove me crazy knowing I was once in the top and fell so badly To anyone struggling, keep going, expect miracles but work for them like crazy.
@@Soccasteve one of the PT's I went to stated that I had patellar tendinopathy. It was just the symptom. Due to loss of mobility I could not get rid of it until I had more mobile hips, ankles and such. And I also had a hard time turning on my glute on the painful side
Work is such a huge stressor for me that it absolutely negatively affects my sleep and even acutely affects my workout performance after work. I started going to the gym at 6 a.m. due to that. Still, got some nagging injuries and recovery is terrible due to constant stress.
I had the exact thing happen to my elbow when I was just fiften, but I think it got better with just consistent force. It doesn't go to 180 degrees, and forearm doesn't go fully supine, but I still got the feeling that I'm locking out the bone on overheads, just like on the left arm.
Dude no joke, look in to arm wrestling. You’re already strong for your size, and the angle of which your right arm stays at is literally a biomechanical advantage, look at Michael Todd and others in the sport. It’s been getting a lot more traction over the last couple of years. (If you haven’t looked into it yet) Cheers man! Hope you and yours are well
It’s crazy how many people think they can get by on low sleep. Anecdotally you always see it - the friend working hard on low sleep and a few weeks in they get sick.
I’ve lost a bit of mass since starting grad school and having a kid last year. Probably like 3 lbs of lean tissue, strength isn’t quite what it used to be either. Gonna get back to form with a vengeance though
I totally understand you Thiccboi. I've been dealing with what probably is a biceps tendonitis for months now. It feels so great to get back to direct biceps training and back training with no pain. LETS GO OMAR!
