Continuing the tale of the time I destroyed my entire posterior chain through training like a complete nugget:
I struggled along with my training for about six months, unsure how to make some semblance of progress with a lower back made of glass. (Even though the initial injury was to my hamstring, the secondary damage to my lower back gave me the most grief by far.)
No matter what I tried, I’d invariably take one step forward and two steps backwards – getting fatter and weaker as time ticked by despite training with discipline and intent upwards of four times weekly.
It wasn’t until I stumbled across an article by great coach and author Jim Wendler mentioning weighted vests (a training tool I’d hitherto not considered) that things began to change for the better.
What I actually did was very simple:
I purchased a cheapo 20kg one from Amazon.
And then?
I started walking.
Only around the block for a mile or so, and I drew some very strange looks on my travels. (I’m honestly surprised I didn’t get arrested considering my bulky vest bore an uncanny resemblance to an explosive device, especially when my orange headphone wires were protruding from it.)
Very long story short, that weighted vest contributed greatly towards fixing my lower back.
Moreover, I doubt very much I’d still be training today had I not bought one and used it all those years ago.
Anyway.
You can do a lot more with weighted vests than increase your risk of a police encounter while taking a walk, such as the couple of simple ways to incorporate vest work into your training regime found in the “back” section of my book “The Back and Legs Bundle” (which is on sale until tonight – 09/03 – at 23:59).
A couple of things to note if you are interested:
1) The book is expensive as far as books go, even with the discount (but it’s still cheaper than a large bag of whey protein from some brands to give you some context), and,
2) This is a compilation of two issues of my paper and ink newsletter “The Phil Tyreman Letter” plus some bonus material. So if you own one or both issues of the newsletter, you need to carefully consider if the content you don’t already own is worth the asking price.
A detailed breakdown of what’s inside is on the below-linked page, and you can claim the discount by entering the code HORSE at the checkout:
https://philtyreman.co.uk/bundle/
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. Firstly, if you’re battling with an injury such as the one I have described in this email, you have a moral obligation to yourself and your dependents to see a doctor and follow their advice – even if that advice is “stop training”.
I shouldn’t have to write this, but I am acutely aware there are some out there who will read a story about a person under medical supervision training intelligently around an injury and take it as licence to behave like an idiot, (wrongly) believing it somehow makes them “hardcore”.
Secondly, this is a real deadline meaning that the code will expire when I say it will expire (23:59 tonight – 9th of March). So if you would like the book, I would get it while there is still time on the clock.