I Snapped A Biceps Tendon - While Juggling!

[@eysteinskjlsvik1736]

Good luck with your surgery. Nice channel keep up the good work

[@OlmoLungring]

Oh no! Sorry to hear that and I wish you a quick recovery. 49 years young now here. That´s great juggling! That is also a great tool to boost brain development and we can find many neuroscientists speaking well of it. I was about to ask how exactly was your program before the accident and the volume/intensity of it when you mentioned you will cover that in the following videos. Are you going to approach these topics: You were not including any form of back lever training, were you? (famous for biceps tearing). Did you include a deload week in your periodization? Did you stretch or did mobility exercises along with the strength? How was your frequency of training? (enough time to recover between sessions?). How was the increase in intensity between your sessions? (increase too hard for planche? which can also be very harsh on the biceps). What was the position of your hands during planche training?( fingers pointing backward are harder on biceps) . While you recover, why don´t you try Kaatsu/BFR training to keep/increase your muscle mass, check Dr. Mercola articles about it. All the best and keep rejuvenating! :-)

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Thanks! Yeah, I'll try to cover some of that stuff in my video. Bottom line: I didn't do nearly enough recovery/deload. But the main thing was that I kept going long after I had a lot of pain and my shoulder was very unstable. I wasn't doing any back lever, but I had been doing that prior to hurting my other shoulder about two years ago.

[@funwithcalisthenics]

I’m 58, and train Calisthenics, and follow you too. Absolutely loved the juggling.. awesome to watch. Wish you a speedy recovery.

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Thanks a lot! And I also follow you. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to working out soon - and hopefully I'll be smarter about it.

[@newdayrising]

I hope you get better soon!!

[@javierrangel6869]

Hola, quiero compartir mi experiencia también, tengo 53 años y practico calistenia y el 21 de diciembre del 2022 tuve un accidente practicando el muscle up, era mi segunda serie de 5 repeticiones y en la ultima, no pude hacer el ejercicio completo y quede sostenido de un solo brazo, cuando trate de hacer la transición completa puse uno de mis codos en mis costillas y de repente oí un ruido "pop" y un dolor muy fuerte en mis costillas,e baje de las barras y no podía respirar muy bien, entonces y dolor aumento y fui al medico, me tomaron rayos X tuve fractura de una costilla, no hubo compromiso del pulmón, me recetaron analgésicos, anti inflamatorios y reposo, pero el dolor a veces es muy fuerte especialmente cuando Tozo o estornudo, pero vamos mejorando, gracias por compartir tu experiencia con el tendón del bíceps !!!

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Hola. Thanks for sharing your story. I guess this stuff is just hard when you're older. Sorry to hear about your fractured rib, and I hope you recover quickly!

[@javierrangel6869]

@@The_Aging_Warrior Thanks and keep us informed about your surgery.

[@artosbear]

*I am very rusty and I was injured and watch as I absolutely destroy any hopes you have of ever approaching the level of juggling that I can do* 🤣 Hope you can recover well man, not fun

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Hmmm... yeah sorry, I can see how it could come across that way. In case you're interested: it's probably true that an older person (say, older than 40) wouldn't be able to get as good as I am. For the same reason that I can't get really good at gymnastics/calisthenics - the amount of training required is just too hard on the body. I got good by doing it hard for a lot of years when I was young. But - for a young person (say, in their 20s at the oldest) with drive and ability, it's possible to get to my level in maybe a year. And to the level I was at in my prime in maybe two years. That would be with maybe 6-8 hours of practice a day, and some kind of guidance. It helps a lot to be around other good jugglers. I've seen several young shothots who got much better than I ever was in just two or three years.

[@johnlee7691]

Wow. I am also fifty years and train calisthenics. I have followed you to learn, and your injury surprised me. I hope your surgery goes well

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Thanks. Yeah, it surprised me too! I guess I'm not invulnerable after all... I'm going to make a video on how it (really) happened. I think it'll make more sense then.

[@jimreadey2743]

Sorry that you had to go through this. Thanks you for sharing with us, though, so that we might learn from your experience. I am 65, and still like to challenge myself... so I'm looking forward to hearing your analyses and conclusions. (I just found your channel 20 mins. ago because I've been playing around with muscle-up preps. I independently started doing the negatives, with L-sits, after the pullover mount. Even added some ankle weights to the whole affair, the other day. I hope I'm not doing anything harmful!)

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Thanks. I actually think I know exactly what I did. I'll explain it in my next video. Long story short, it was mostly stupidity. I kept pushing things long after my shoulder hurt and clicked around like crazy. You can probably avoid my kind of injury just by stopping when things start to hurt. I'm very impressed that you're working on muscle ups at 65!

[@jimreadey2743]

@@The_Aging_Warrior I appreciate the preview. My adulthood (since I discovered yoga 30 yrs. ago) has been about learning how to do less... to listen to my body, and comprehending its messages. So your lesson is a great reminder to me. I'm still learning. And the excitement of learning a new exercise can trigger ego energy... and that ego energy can sometimes still convince me to ignore any tightness and clicks. Thanks also for the kudos... I can only imagine what you'll be working on in 10 yrs.! (Combining one-hand juggling with one-arm pull-ups, perhaps...? )

[@dewacen]

sorry for your injury, hope you will fully recover. could it be the accumulation of weight pull ups that caused the injury?

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

That was part of it. I have a pretty good understanding about what happened. I'm making a video on it.

[@dewacen]

@@The_Aging_Warrior thanks for your videos, i am about the same age as you and are doing weighted pull ups too. nothing too heavy but i really dread injury 😅

[@franktaubenkraut2217]

OMG Best wishes on your recovery. Bizarre things can happen as we age.... :(

[@The_Aging_Warrior]

Yeah, getting old sucks.