Swollen Shoulders

[BillyMack]

no steroids here folks, just lots of hard work and plenty of speed bag....

http://billymack.us/gallery/Garage01/IMG_4213

wish I had a before picture...

[SupergeZ]

damn billy, your rippped!

what shoulder exercises do you do to get shoulders that size :O

and what on earth is that tied around your chest lol?

[Tim]

pretty impressive ... but check out THIS swollen shoulder... I suggest you avoid the exercises that earned this

[Speedbag]

pretty impressive ... but check out THIS swollen shoulder... I suggest you avoid the exercises that earned this

Oh man, I know just how you feel.....

Happy Rehabbin' Tim.

[jaguiler]

nice work BM !! heart rate monitor !! pretty cool ..... or is that strap tied to your moving platform.... kind of like a floating cirque de soliel speedbag trick....

[BillyMack]

Super: As far as weights I do shoulder shrugs and side shoulder raises, all the while hitting the bags in between. Then I swim a mile, which just continues to burn up the shoulders. Then I always make a smoothie (soy milk, whey protein, berries). I never meant to get my shoulders this big, it's just happened.

Alan and Tim: My heart goes out to the both of ya. At least Alan pulled off a smile but Tim in that pic you look absolutely horrid. The look on your face and complete absence of color in your skin will haunt. Can I use that pic as my "before" picture? j/k, man...hope you both take it easy and get healed....

jaguiler: yup, Polar HRM, keeps me in the zone...I have it beep when I'm out of my target rate so if I hear it go off it means I need to keep pushing....excellent tool...

[ninja420]

Nice billy!

[Speedbag]

.... Tim in that pic you look absolutely horrid. The look on your face and complete absence of color in your skin will haunt. Can I use that pic as my "before" picture? j/k, man...hope you both take it easy and get healed....

Check out the orange Betadine under his arm and on his chest. This pic was probably taken just a few hours after surgery, just when he got home. Not the best time for your closeup. If you think he looks bad on the outside, just wait till you see it from the inside....

[ninja420]

and How did you guys injure your shoulders? Im just curious becuase I dont want it to happen to me LOL

[Tim]

...complete absence of color in your skin will haunt.

Can you believe I live in Florida! I don't make it to the beach much

[Speedbag]

and How did you guys injure your shoulders? Im just curious becuase I dont want it to happen to me LOL

one word. OVERUSE.

hours and hours and hours of doing everything I love(d).
Racquetball, weights, Martial Arts, Speed Bag - more Speed bag, More weights, More Martial Arts. Lots more weights, lots more Speed Bag.......

and that was just on a saturday.

Multiply by 5 or 6 days per week, x 30 years.

(*Perhaps a little more rest would have been in my best interest of my joints.. yours, too.)

[Tim]

and How did you guys injure your shoulders? Im just curious becuase I dont want it to happen to me LOL

I'm not sure where my bone spur came from... just something that happens I guess.

The torn labrum was a weight lifting injury in the 1999/2000 timeframe. It was getting worse over time.

[SupergeZ]

was wondering... do you guys have a home setup or do you go to the gym? if u workout at home wana share sum images of your setup?

i workout at home on a setup i got in a sale, but am gona ebay it as im joining a gym in the town, but ill post sum pics after if your interested, might even do a billy mack pose 4 ya if your lucky

[ninja420]

haha well Alan I guess I dont have to wory then....I dont have that kind of discipline and I dont lift weights at 290 lbs getting bigger is not in my game plan... but thanks for letting me know. And Im so sory that this kind of thing happend to you guys....

[Tim]

was wondering... do you guys have a home setup or do you go to the gym? if u workout at home wana share sum images of your setup?

i workout at home on a setup i got in a sale, but am gona ebay it as im joining a gym in the town, but ill post sum pics after if your interested, might even do a billy mack pose 4 ya if your lucky

All my stuff is torn down at the moment. I prefer to workout in a gym because a) they've got AC, which my garage doesn't and b) they have a better selection of equipment than I could ever hope to match.