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To: hobbes1
Benching twice your body weight..

3 years ago I made a mad dash for it and pulled it off. At a body weight of 165, I managed 335. I still think that this is alot easier than benching 405 at a BW of 200 though. At 5'4" tall, I don't have to move the bar a whole lot.

I paid a big price though, I ended up screwing up my shoulders, especially the left one. I strained my rotators and could hardly move my shoulders. After I pulled it off, I stopped working out for a year to heal. I never got back into the iron game as much as I should have either. At the moment, my workouts are on a hiatus, as I await word from some doctors as to how to treat a strange medical condition I have (massive hydronephrosis of the left kidney).

I'm still in decent shape, and compared to the general public, I am probably in good shape. But I sure do miss going into the gym and busting a gut.

245 posted on 04/25/2002 11:59:47 AM PDT by Paradox
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To: Paradox
massive hydronephrosis of the left kidney).

My two year old son, currently has hydronephrosis of the Left Kidney. He is undergoing exploratory tommorrow, and will probably have the valve corrected after that....

248 posted on 04/25/2002 12:18:35 PM PDT by hobbes1
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