Practice What You Preach

And what I should be preaching is preacher curls.

Nope.

On a side note: the industry tells trainers that doing isolated exercises like bicep curls is not good. It's a waste of time and not a functional movement. You should be working on your biceps by doing compound exercises like seated rows or chin-ups. This is what I have started doing lately and it seems to be working well for me.

For one reason or another I have a mild shoulder injury at the moment; thus limiting me from doing movements that will pull on my shoulder or raise my arms above shoulder level while bearing weight. Cool. No Worries, I'll be ok in no time.

But I don't want to totally neglect my training so I got back into the curls for a little while.

Pow. Too much weight doing a barbell curl and I have a severely painful back injury. I am not 100% how severe but a few opinions and a little movement exploration tell me that with ice and rest I should be ok in a few weeks.

Fantastic. Should I start an injury scoreboard? The CURRENT totals are:

1) Tibia fracture with lateral meniscus damage
- under investigation by orthapedic surgeon; surgery a high possibility.
2) Rotator cuff/pectoralis minor tear
- light rotator cuff exercises diagnosed
3) Intercostal(?) partial tear
- Minimum 2 weeks off heavy lifting and sleep deprivation due to pain. It hurts to breathe.

Awesome!