Pushing through the pain vs being injured

[bsm1985]

How do you guys handle this fine line. It made me thing about it today. I had gone through my entire hamstrings workout and was doing leg press to start off my quads. I felt my left ham tighten up on one set. I wanted to continue to increase the weight but realized with a few more reps that I didn't need to do this. I guess I had to think of the long term goal here as me injuring my hamstring would do nothing but set back weeks of preparation that have already gone into this show. I guess you have to have the mindset to look past wanting to kill your legs at the present moment and to realize you are getting your total body ready each and every day. The journey is what we thrive for. The results will take care of themselves.

 

[Presser]

I always worked out through my injurys, UNLESS it was a precontest workout, then rest rest rest. So in your case, yeah I would have rested and not pushed through considering ur doing a show soon

 

[nuknuk]

give it two weeks rest if need that long. keep it light.

 

[The Dude]

I've been hurt so many times that I can tell what's an injury or leading up to it vs something else. A pull, slipping feeling, pop, twinge, or anything like that and the workout is over. I train lighter and much more smoothly now. I've learned that I can't do over a certain weight on certain exercises no later how big or strong I get. I also use tons of DMSO on any strange feeling area