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Originally Posted by Majour
Are you taking the Bronkaid yet?
Yes, I have been all month. The effects (and side effects) are similar to caffeine and I'm sure some of it's placebo, but I like it. I'm only taking Sulfate which is apparently not as strong as HCL, but whatever it's working fine, for me anyway. I'll probably give a more thorough and exacting rundown of my experience with it a few months down the road.
Update: My rib in front is F'd up. It's fine as long as I don't take deep breaths, get up and down a lot, bend over, twist to the side, or lift heavy weights. Sitting around and walking around is fine. And especially no running.
I went to the chiro today because my rib in back is F'd up as well, but it just pops in and I feel immediately relieved. She set my back and make an educated guess that I most likely have torn cartilage on my front rib, but it doesn't really matter because I just have to rest whatever it is. Bleh.
I had just enough time to squeeze in a 'lifting' session between the time when I got off work and before I left to the chiro. It basically turned into a metcon that I did in well under 20 minutes, there was def a little puke factor afterwards. Anyway, it looked like this:
Broken Rib Metcon (BRM)
Front Squat 155x3x5
Super Set with 16kg KB Swings 3x10
Bench 135x2x10
DL 225x2x5
Front squatting hurt my rib about 40% less than back squats so that's what I went with. I have never front squat more than the bar, but I filmed it and will upload it later.
KB swing felt good as long as I didn't go above eye level. Eye level was pushing it a little bit.
Bench was easy, and if I layed flat on my back my rib was really bad, but with the correct back arch it felt great. The first set was easy, I threw in some laundry and came back for the second set and barely made the 10th rep. Not bad overall.
DL was actually far and away the best exercise of the day. It felt fantastic on my rib and there was zero pain. WEIRD. I might possibly try and come up with a DL based routine until my rib heals. That sounds fun.
Anyway, I gotta bunch of stuff to do today. Well, not really, just gamble a lot. I will upload the vids later.