Recovering from bicep tear SUCKS!

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I am 42 and Ive been training MMA about for about 4yrs now along with my weight training which ive been doing about 20yrs .Anyway because of my work sch. ,Ive been doing my lifting 4days wk for about hour and MMA afterwards for about an hour and a half .Well about the first of May I had done chest and I hit the MMA room and started doing some grappling .I shot on a guy for a double leg and felt my bicep pop as i was picking him up.I ended up tearing the outer head of the bi from the top.Went to the doc he said i prob wouldnt need the surgery i could just leave it and it would reattach itself where it was at.Well I didnt do back or bi's for a month or so and only did light upper body.I laid off the jujitsu and grappling and started back kick boxing mid june.I had just done chest one night and decide to spar for some cardio.I spared with 3 guys and on the 3rd i threw a loopy left hook and tore my other bi, this time from the bottom so i had it reattached june 26 and havent done upper body since .Not being able to do anything but leg presses is driving me freakin nuts.Any way im doing 300mgdeca and 200mgTest a week just to keep from losing all my size.Any susgestions to help speed up recovery?

 

[kfrost06]

Sorry to hear that, I know it sucks. I herniated my disk doing deadlifts the end of March, 3 1/2 weeks into cycle. I then developed a csyt on my S1 nerve and everything hurt, even sitting down. I haven't been able to lift at all since then and it drove me crazy then finally just became really depressed. Lifting really is so much a part of my life and being with out it is like losing your best friend. I am hoping to start back up this week, slowly.

I know this isn't what you want to hear but the best advise is to rest and let your body heal. Try and stay positive. Good Luck! I can give advice but I have a hard time following it myself.

 

[Fa Seeshus]

i've torn one too. isn't it funny how chest training can set you up for it... this has to do with how the bicep tendon crosses the shoulder joint.

you can get around this by focusing less on the flat bench, and more on inclines and dbs. also controlled light curls between sets of chest will help keep the bicep loose. i like the movement rusty jeffers does at 7:45 in his chest workout.

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I really miss training especially lifting, but the worst part is coming to the realization that Im getting to old to do both MMA and weight training at the intensity that ive been doing it .Looks like im going to either pick one or the other or slow down the pace abit or both.