Like I said in another comment Omar. I'm still recoverying from a shoulder injury for almost a year now. I still keep growing with my high volume training style, alot of machíne work and doing exercises that don't bother my shoulder. Yesterday I benched like 155lbs for 10 reps, any more than that hurts for now. It's a slow process but we'll recover 💪🏻 Side note, I'm an OG who's been training since the beginning of the 2000s. I remember when RUclips fitness was born and you we're there from the beginning along with Scooby the Hodge twins, Chris Jones, etc. Your videos just keep getting better man!
I used to be stuck at rehabbing with 500mL water bottle after neglecting my elbow for 7 years. Got to where I couldn't open doors without pain or sleep without ibuprofen. I'm closing in on a 3 plate bench now. There are rehab methodologies that encourage replacing of scar tissue with parallel aligns collagen (functional tendon). I used to do 1x30 with a 10sec ecc and a 3-5sec concentric with super light weight
@@NiciO.G I'm recoverying with just normal nutrition, stretches and high rep work like always. I've gotten better but have a long way to go for my old pressing strength. And I've also been at rehab for shoulder work for months.
legitimately excited to see you progress, i have injured my left wrist in the gym last month so i can relate to having to take a few steps back to then do a few steps forward, altho to a lesser extent. keep crushing it i really love your vidoes
Life gets in the way sometimes and as you get older it becomes more obvious that there’s more to life than working out. But it’s good to see you back in this new chapter
I can understand what you've been through with that elbow injury, had one recently, that along with a couple of other problems, made me stop training for more than a year, now I am finally feeling better and started exercising again, you'll make it through Omar, we know just how passionate you are about exercising, keep your head up king 👑💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Thanks for sharing this. While I wouldn't consider injury "normal", I do think that a huge majority of **really** serious lifters will, at some point, pick up an issue that takes more than a few months to resolve. The only real way to avoid it in most cases is to perform wishy-washy training that just isn't effective. I've seen people injury shamed before, or made to seem like they were a bad coach or content creator for having an injury issue. That's a pretty ridiculous take but some people actually think that way. The reinjuring thing is the worst, especially when there doesn't seem to be a clear trend in what causes it. I think I reinjured my QL about 10 times over 10 months with 10 different exercises, but ultimately I learned a lot from the experience and grew from it.
I have been dealing with some annoying injuries as well.. Started bouldering and being 230lbs just takes a toll. My rotator cuffs started acting up, elbow tendonitis,biceps got inflamed. I simply had to stop, just before I stopped I got some shoulder pain which has haunted me for a year. Turns out it was a proximal bicep issue and not a shoulder issue. I have finally reached a point where I seem to be able to do pull and push without pain or aggravating something. Time for us to get big Omar!
Omar I've been following you since the dawn of my lifting days about 7 years ago. I still keep a screenshot of the ideal way to progress to the maxing out from your video 11 years. My friend you're the natty gold standard and have been my motivation to compare me to me, keep striving for greatness and helping others do the same as a Personal Trainer. I hope your recovery goes well and that you get to the point where you're satisfied with your progress again. You deserve your roses bro 💪🏾
Appreciate the update Omar, I too am going through a bit of a shoulder problem which is around 5 months in. It's bringing me down a bit, but it's encouraging to see your positivity on the subject. I'm working on the rehab, while simultaneously trying to cut body fat down to around 12-14%. Time will heal and I'm glad I've seen this video today !
This is really beneficial for the fitness community to see. Too many people are not honest with how being natty works. The standard move for an influencer is to use steroids when the gains stall, claim natty, and preach to natties how to get out of stalled gains for views/$$$. It's just a reality. Train all you want for decades and decades, if you ain't got the genetics, you ain't gonna look like you're on steroids. You're gonna look natty and there's nothing wrong with that. After 15 years of lifting consistently, I look for gains after a full year and I recognize that I'm probably the only one that can notice them. Look up career fitness youtubers and see what they look like now and 10+ years ago, a lot of them look pretty much the same if not regressed with situations like Omar's explaining here. The expectations need to drop for natties. Keep lifting to age better and continue this wonderful hobby. You've gotta shift the focus off the gains or you'll end up with an ass full of steroids or mentally debilitating body dysmorphia.
Very relatable! Excited to see your successes moving forward omar. Been following you since the begining of my journey of working out in 2012-2013. Appreciate your hard work bro!
Can’t wait to see your return. Love your rational and objective approach to overcoming these obstacles. Stress management is key, and sleep is our biggest lever-looking forward to seeing your progress.
Priorities change in your late 20's, the gym has been taking a back seat to other goals for me lately as well. Had a lower back thing flare up about 6 months back, along with knee pain that at one point was so bad I couldn't do any sort of squat variation whatsoever. The thing that's been getting me back into being serious about lifting is discovering new ways to train, trying out different styles of training that I used to write off or think I knew better. I read the short essay "Developing Physical Strength" by Bob Peoples (deadlifted 725lbs Naturally in the 1940's at age 40!), he inspired me to start doing back work as a warm-up for every single workout (rather than the stair climber). I'm going to double my back training volume and see how it goes. Cheers Omar!
You sound good. I am in no position to evaluate your physical challenges, but mentally you sound good. I look forward to watching your video from June 2024.
Welcome back. Sounds like my life (minus the injury) in that I need to get back in the gym and be more consistent. If nothing happens, we'll be back in a year and hopefully we'll be improved. 💪
Halfway through the video...and already got some useful insights into my life. I am a college student and I won't say that I am having a hustle like at your level. But it is definitely something for me. And also, I injured my back so it really took a toll on me psychologically. But your story really helped me. Thank You.♥️
Omar you are an OG. Inspired me in my early days and I bought the real saiyans deadlift shirt even back than. Glad you are still killing it and appreaciate what you do. You'll always have a special place in my heart!
We all come to these realizations at some point, whether we like it or not. Once I hit 40, when I had aches and pains after years of training for size and strength, I stopped fighting my body in the interest of growth so much, lowered the weight, and did more reps of pretty much everything. We lifting people often think that hitting higher numbers will make us happy, but now training for reps, a good pump, and just for the sake of it have become surprisingly enjoyable and far less achy. Good luck on your journey.
Glad you're doing better! I wondered what happened during that time gap. Look forward to your videos with Dr. Israetel, he's hilarious and is probably the best guy to run the numbers.
Was going through something similar, sub optimal sleep,nutrition & stress, mad how small changes make all the difference excited to see the training take off now LFG
I'm on a similar path as you as well. This week I'm deloading, it was from a weird tweak of my wrist from getting up. Any bodyweight pressure felt uncomfortable for 2 days. For the 5 weeks prior I went hard af and honestly quite glad I did. I've been pondering quite a bit of where to change selection and such. I've landed to fewer compound movements on the first 4-5 weeks at a lower weight on some exercise selection, and last week (maybe two if body can do it) going full throttle until form failure, then deload. Going to see how that works on this period and the following and reasses. Thanks so much on your insight and how your progress is regarding all physical and mental states. It's quite validating to have these videos being uploaded. Appreciate your content and all the work you've been doing.
I have a bone spur in my right elbow that's hampered me for years. I train with higher reps as I've gotten older (43) but overall I'm still able to train intensely with respectable weight. It's just that the days of 5 reps or fewer are over on pressing exercises
Love it mate, i can personally relate to your story with constantly injuring my left pec over 7 years, but somewhere in 2023 i mamage to work around with specific technique and hit my all time PR 150kg, i wish u the same and more!
Relatable. I got a shoulder dislocated two years ago and since then it's reoccured 6 times and every time it happens it takes me a month to get back to normal.
i have not watched your videos in years. So this was great for me. I love the channel and never unsubbed. I miss your preworkout. I still have ths merch!
Lets discuss the fallacy of unbounded continuous improvement. Everyone will have the final peak at some point, but nobody talks about it. Have some real talk about when optimizing all aspects of training and lifestyle yield the smallest or no marginal gains. How do we know when we get there and, where do we go from there. Do you grind out for nearly 0 improvement, maintain, shift goals or change modalities completely?
Bro I know the feeling. Been dealing with an AC joint and knee issue, been rehabbing for a while now and all my hard training is basically back and calves lol. Just gotta be patient and keep doing your rehab.
Wow I’ve been going through something very similar with the elbows and tendons, it really affected me mentally a few months ago. This is alongside stress and work life balance! Thank you for this video
I would say the stress and work life balance are the causes for it. Got piriformis syndrome from work stress and a desk job. Had a hip cramp while benching and next morning sciatic pain. How tf are you gonna get a glute injury from benching? Tf is this?
I also had an acute injury to my elbow that, a few reconstructive surgeries later, resulted in a noticeably lower range of motion in that elbow (It doesn't straighten or flex all the way). I can train any lift I want. Obviously every injury is different but a little loss in elbow range of motion isn't the end of the world. If Omar's life has settled into a place that allows good training, I could definitely see him still hitting a bunch of PR's.
I'm still recoverying from a damn shoulder injury for almost a year. I can't free weight press what I used too but I still build up the pressing muscles with high volume on machines and some dumbell exercises that don't bother my shoulder.
I feel your pain... I injured my left AC joint in late 2019 and it took me until mid 2021 for it to finally reintroduce my usual pressing exercises. Thankfully it's no longer an issue anymore and hopefully you experience a similar road to a full recovery.
@@AmY-gm2qs I don't know how old you are, but the older the more stuff takes to recovery. I remember starting off training many years ago and never getting hurt. Just recoverying well.
@@lolfirepoisonftl Yesterday I benched like 155 with no pain for 10 reps, anything heavier hurts. It's a slow process to recovery but I still keep growing with training other exercises that don't hurt.
Sleep was by far the biggest factor why my training progress sucked .. since I fixed my sleep I just had gains of my life. Sleep is critical. I feel better, have more energy, better mood. Never going back.
You need to Collab with Alexander Bromley. I love Bald Omni Man, and I love Israetel. However Bromley is definitely the man right now in RUclips lifting. It's not even close either, the quality of the content this man is putting out is just insane.
Definitely tweaked my elbows a bit (probably shoulders too if I'm being honest) doing martial arts a while back. Arm bars, shoulder throws, definitely the striking work too. After a few years of working on those areas in the gym, I definitely feel better. The worst injury was tweaking my shoulder after hitting a tree mountain biking. Light hit but still caused a pretty bad instability (couldn't even do a pushup or hold myself in a plank). Thankfully rehab and strengthening everything around the shoulder helped massively. That was really the kick in the butt to get me back in the gym seriously. Strengthen everything around your joints and treat them with the respect they deserve! Wish you the best in fixing your elbow, can't way to see a hypertrophy arc. BOM is a cool dude! 💪
Been having knee pain since 2018. Had to do a ton of mobility work from Kelly Starret's book, the Supple leopard, and did a lot of leg training in the last few years. I am about 99% back to normal with my legs, I am building up my stress tolerance of my once painful tendon/knee again. There is still lots of work to be done in terms of muscle imbalances (uneven overhead press, pullup, bench) but what was the worst has passed. It drove me crazy knowing I was once in the top and fell so badly To anyone struggling, keep going, expect miracles but work for them like crazy.
@@Soccasteve one of the PT's I went to stated that I had patellar tendinopathy. It was just the symptom. Due to loss of mobility I could not get rid of it until I had more mobile hips, ankles and such. And I also had a hard time turning on my glute on the painful side
Oh mate. If 5-6 hours is good in comparison, I can't imagine how you've been surviving before. Maybe try to aim for even more, so you can finally grow and work and exist at full capacity. Can't wait to come along! 💪💪💪
Not just sleep but strict mobility work is vital to avoid injuries or pain. You need mobility balls from big to small not just some foam roller. Rogue fitness has a bunch of good mobility stuff.
I had the exact thing happen to my elbow when I was just fiften, but I think it got better with just consistent force. It doesn't go to 180 degrees, and forearm doesn't go fully supine, but I still got the feeling that I'm locking out the bone on overheads, just like on the left arm.
Important to say that you don't owe anyone anything. You've proven your presence to be positive and valid, regardless of where your own training is at. One day, you'll be old and weak. Will your words also be irrelevant? I think not.
Hey Omar! Can you comment on Position USA? Are these shoes no longer being made? Can't find any solid info but it looks like the company is no longer in business.
Dude no joke, look in to arm wrestling. You’re already strong for your size, and the angle of which your right arm stays at is literally a biomechanical advantage, look at Michael Todd and others in the sport. It’s been getting a lot more traction over the last couple of years. (If you haven’t looked into it yet) Cheers man! Hope you and yours are well
Work is such a huge stressor for me that it absolutely negatively affects my sleep and even acutely affects my workout performance after work. I started going to the gym at 6 a.m. due to that. Still, got some nagging injuries and recovery is terrible due to constant stress.
Can the elbow injury be fixed and get back full rom? I had a nagging bicep injury for a long time and the recovery was rough, I had to stop lifting and do full rehab and I'm still afraid of doing straight arm calisthenics exercises even though my bicep curls seem to have come back up.
It’s crazy how many people think they can get by on low sleep. Anecdotally you always see it - the friend working hard on low sleep and a few weeks in they get sick.
The last few years summarized in 15 minutes.
Like I said in another comment Omar. I'm still recoverying from a shoulder injury for almost a year now. I still keep growing with my high volume training style, alot of machíne work and doing exercises that don't bother my shoulder. Yesterday I benched like 155lbs for 10 reps, any more than that hurts for now. It's a slow process but we'll recover 💪🏻
Side note, I'm an OG who's been training since the beginning of the 2000s. I remember when RUclips fitness was born and you we're there from the beginning along with Scooby the Hodge twins, Chris Jones, etc. Your videos just keep getting better man!
@@MarcoIsBigtake HGH temporarily will fix you up
I used to be stuck at rehabbing with 500mL water bottle after neglecting my elbow for 7 years. Got to where I couldn't open doors without pain or sleep without ibuprofen. I'm closing in on a 3 plate bench now. There are rehab methodologies that encourage replacing of scar tissue with parallel aligns collagen (functional tendon). I used to do 1x30 with a 10sec ecc and a 3-5sec concentric with super light weight
@@NiciO.G I'm recoverying with just normal nutrition, stretches and high rep work like always. I've gotten better but have a long way to go for my old pressing strength. And I've also been at rehab for shoulder work for months.
legitimately excited to see you progress, i have injured my left wrist in the gym last month so i can relate to having to take a few steps back to then do a few steps forward, altho to a lesser extent. keep crushing it i really love your vidoes
Natural Atrophy
@HandsomeTouchdownActually true, yes.
Natural claiming all evidence is fake without proving his claims
😂
Savage. Apply cold water to the burned are.
Life gets in the way sometimes and as you get older it becomes more obvious that there’s more to life than working out. But it’s good to see you back in this new chapter
If you ever thought that working out was all there is to life then you were kind of dumb to begin with
Working out is really all there is.
Life doesn't get In the way if your alphadestiny or lexx little cbum have no real manual labor jobs or stressors
sounds kinda sad @@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514
Lol yep, lifting is life
I’ve been watching you for the past 10 years and love your content. Please heal up nicely and take things slow! ❤
I can understand what you've been through with that elbow injury, had one recently, that along with a couple of other problems, made me stop training for more than a year, now I am finally feeling better and started exercising again, you'll make it through Omar, we know just how passionate you are about exercising, keep your head up king 👑💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Thanks for sharing this. While I wouldn't consider injury "normal", I do think that a huge majority of **really** serious lifters will, at some point, pick up an issue that takes more than a few months to resolve. The only real way to avoid it in most cases is to perform wishy-washy training that just isn't effective. I've seen people injury shamed before, or made to seem like they were a bad coach or content creator for having an injury issue. That's a pretty ridiculous take but some people actually think that way.
The reinjuring thing is the worst, especially when there doesn't seem to be a clear trend in what causes it. I think I reinjured my QL about 10 times over 10 months with 10 different exercises, but ultimately I learned a lot from the experience and grew from it.
Yes sir
Really sad to hear Omar has been having such a hard time, but really happy to hear about it and that he's being open about it. Keep it up man!
Thanks Omar
For your last couple deadlift videos
Helped me see the light of 6 plates coming soon
Cant wait to see it brother. Just healed up from 1 year off from a lagging injury i finally handled.
Omar one of the best fitness content creator 🙌🏽💪🏽
I have been dealing with some annoying injuries as well.. Started bouldering and being 230lbs just takes a toll. My rotator cuffs started acting up, elbow tendonitis,biceps got inflamed. I simply had to stop, just before I stopped I got some shoulder pain which has haunted me for a year. Turns out it was a proximal bicep issue and not a shoulder issue. I have finally reached a point where I seem to be able to do pull and push without pain or aggravating something. Time for us to get big Omar!
Omar I've been following you since the dawn of my lifting days about 7 years ago. I still keep a screenshot of the ideal way to progress to the maxing out from your video 11 years.
My friend you're the natty gold standard and have been my motivation to compare me to me, keep striving for greatness and helping others do the same as a Personal Trainer. I hope your recovery goes well and that you get to the point where you're satisfied with your progress again. You deserve your roses bro 💪🏾
there's more to life than working out guys. keep exercising and staying fit but that extra muscle mass you do not need
Lol no offense but you don’t sound like a real lifter
It's no longer a death sentence Omar, get well buddy ❤❤❤
Appreciate the update Omar, I too am going through a bit of a shoulder problem which is around 5 months in. It's bringing me down a bit, but it's encouraging to see your positivity on the subject. I'm working on the rehab, while simultaneously trying to cut body fat down to around 12-14%. Time will heal and I'm glad I've seen this video today !
This is really beneficial for the fitness community to see. Too many people are not honest with how being natty works. The standard move for an influencer is to use steroids when the gains stall, claim natty, and preach to natties how to get out of stalled gains for views/$$$. It's just a reality. Train all you want for decades and decades, if you ain't got the genetics, you ain't gonna look like you're on steroids. You're gonna look natty and there's nothing wrong with that. After 15 years of lifting consistently, I look for gains after a full year and I recognize that I'm probably the only one that can notice them. Look up career fitness youtubers and see what they look like now and 10+ years ago, a lot of them look pretty much the same if not regressed with situations like Omar's explaining here. The expectations need to drop for natties. Keep lifting to age better and continue this wonderful hobby. You've gotta shift the focus off the gains or you'll end up with an ass full of steroids or mentally debilitating body dysmorphia.
I also habe the 5 hours sleep problem. I’m with you 💤
Very relatable! Excited to see your successes moving forward omar. Been following you since the begining of my journey of working out in 2012-2013. Appreciate your hard work bro!
You and Alan Thrall are my all time favourite fitness content creators. I love how transparent and vulnerable you are. Good luck to you!
You’ve been there with us through our highs and lows, we will be here through yours.
Can’t wait to see your return. Love your rational and objective approach to overcoming these obstacles. Stress management is key, and sleep is our biggest lever-looking forward to seeing your progress.
Priorities change in your late 20's, the gym has been taking a back seat to other goals for me lately as well. Had a lower back thing flare up about 6 months back, along with knee pain that at one point was so bad I couldn't do any sort of squat variation whatsoever. The thing that's been getting me back into being serious about lifting is discovering new ways to train, trying out different styles of training that I used to write off or think I knew better. I read the short essay "Developing Physical Strength" by Bob Peoples (deadlifted 725lbs Naturally in the 1940's at age 40!), he inspired me to start doing back work as a warm-up for every single workout (rather than the stair climber). I'm going to double my back training volume and see how it goes. Cheers Omar!
Sorry to hear about your injury. Thanks for sharing your circumstances and lessons learned.
You sound good. I am in no position to evaluate your physical challenges, but mentally you sound good. I look forward to watching your video from June 2024.
Sleep, stress management and nutrition really seem to be the biggest pillars for gains, by a long shot
So glad you’re getting back on track and looking forward to more content
Welcome back. Sounds like my life (minus the injury) in that I need to get back in the gym and be more consistent. If nothing happens, we'll be back in a year and hopefully we'll be improved. 💪
Omar I love you and am praying for the best for you. Glad you're doing better my friend
Really pumped for the Bald Omni Man collab 🔥
Great job recognizing what happened and staying focused on what matters. Love the journey, not the destination. Excited for you and your next steps!
Holy buckets, good video Mr Clam. You got this. It's a mindset!!
Life does get in the way! It’s very exciting to see what you’ll be up to in the near future!!
Halfway through the video...and already got some useful insights into my life. I am a college student and I won't say that I am having a hustle like at your level. But it is definitely something for me. And also, I injured my back so it really took a toll on me psychologically.
But your story really helped me. Thank You.♥️
🔥🎸🔥
I can identify so much with this video. The last few years really changed my understanding of well-being and fitness. Thanks for the video!
Omar you are an OG. Inspired me in my early days and I bought the real saiyans deadlift shirt even back than. Glad you are still killing it and appreaciate what you do. You'll always have a special place in my heart!
We all come to these realizations at some point, whether we like it or not. Once I hit 40, when I had aches and pains after years of training for size and strength, I stopped fighting my body in the interest of growth so much, lowered the weight, and did more reps of pretty much everything. We lifting people often think that hitting higher numbers will make us happy, but now training for reps, a good pump, and just for the sake of it have become surprisingly enjoyable and far less achy. Good luck on your journey.
The good thing is, this type of training can still be optimal for muscle growth, only less so for strength
Honestly, this guy is very honest. 💪
Looking forward to the journey/future collabed! Been following since 2013, excited for your upcoming progress again.
Glad to know you're doing better Omar, I wish you good luck for the following year. I'll be here when you show us the gains!
Bless up Omar I've been following you since 2016 but only recently got back into the gym myself... Bless up brother 🙏
Glad you're doing better! I wondered what happened during that time gap. Look forward to your videos with Dr. Israetel, he's hilarious and is probably the best guy to run the numbers.
Can't wait to see you bulk again. I truly believe you will hit more PRs. Excited to see.
definitely looking forward to the video with you and Dr Mike!!
It's cool to see you post more on youtube, but it's cooler when you're not destroying yourself. You're a cool guy, stay healthy and cool.
Was going through something similar, sub optimal sleep,nutrition & stress, mad how small changes make all the difference excited to see the training take off now LFG
I'm on a similar path as you as well. This week I'm deloading, it was from a weird tweak of my wrist from getting up. Any bodyweight pressure felt uncomfortable for 2 days. For the 5 weeks prior I went hard af and honestly quite glad I did. I've been pondering quite a bit of where to change selection and such. I've landed to fewer compound movements on the first 4-5 weeks at a lower weight on some exercise selection, and last week (maybe two if body can do it) going full throttle until form failure, then deload. Going to see how that works on this period and the following and reasses. Thanks so much on your insight and how your progress is regarding all physical and mental states. It's quite validating to have these videos being uploaded. Appreciate your content and all the work you've been doing.
An elbow injury completely derailed my training for about six months and it was truly horrible. Hope you get to 100%
I have a bone spur in my right elbow that's hampered me for years. I train with higher reps as I've gotten older (43) but overall I'm still able to train intensely with respectable weight. It's just that the days of 5 reps or fewer are over on pressing exercises
Love how real you are man as always, thanks for the update and keep at it!
Love it mate, i can personally relate to your story with constantly injuring my left pec over 7 years, but somewhere in 2023 i mamage to work around with specific technique and hit my all time PR 150kg, i wish u the same and more!
LETS GET IT BRO can’t wait to see you a year from now! hopefully I will have made some progress too
Relatable. I got a shoulder dislocated two years ago and since then it's reoccured 6 times and every time it happens it takes me a month to get back to normal.
i have not watched your videos in years. So this was great for me. I love the channel and never unsubbed. I miss your preworkout. I still have ths merch!
Glad to see you on the up n up, brother.
Psyched to see the process! I've been watching you from lanky omar times before the green power ranger, cool to see you back on track! 👍
Lets discuss the fallacy of unbounded continuous improvement. Everyone will have the final peak at some point, but nobody talks about it. Have some real talk about when optimizing all aspects of training and lifestyle yield the smallest or no marginal gains. How do we know when we get there and, where do we go from there. Do you grind out for nearly 0 improvement, maintain, shift goals or change modalities completely?
I know that feeling Bro, I injured my knee and shoulder doing heavy squats. Been out of the gym for six months and felt like crap.
Looking forward to the Mike Israetel (RP) collaboration, my guy! God bless
I wish you a great bulk and many many new gains old man! :*
I can't wait to see you training with Bald Omni-Man
yeah lets goo!! love you big boy!!
Great return video
Mann injuries suck, I'm dealing with a knee and wrist injury and it feels like my training is pointless. Definitely relatable man
Bro I know the feeling. Been dealing with an AC joint and knee issue, been rehabbing for a while now and all my hard training is basically back and calves lol. Just gotta be patient and keep doing your rehab.
BIG MOTIVATION SURFCLAM, LETS GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD
good to see you back dude
Wow I’ve been going through something very similar with the elbows and tendons, it really affected me mentally a few months ago. This is alongside stress and work life balance! Thank you for this video
I would say the stress and work life balance are the causes for it. Got piriformis syndrome from work stress and a desk job. Had a hip cramp while benching and next morning sciatic pain. How tf are you gonna get a glute injury from benching? Tf is this?
I also had an acute injury to my elbow that, a few reconstructive surgeries later, resulted in a noticeably lower range of motion in that elbow (It doesn't straighten or flex all the way). I can train any lift I want. Obviously every injury is different but a little loss in elbow range of motion isn't the end of the world. If Omar's life has settled into a place that allows good training, I could definitely see him still hitting a bunch of PR's.
I'm still recoverying from a damn shoulder injury for almost a year. I can't free weight press what I used too but I still build up the pressing muscles with high volume on machines and some dumbell exercises that don't bother my shoulder.
I can't for the life of me understand why shoulder injuries take tooo long to recover lol
I feel your pain... I injured my left AC joint in late 2019 and it took me until mid 2021 for it to finally reintroduce my usual pressing exercises. Thankfully it's no longer an issue anymore and hopefully you experience a similar road to a full recovery.
@@AmY-gm2qs I don't know how old you are, but the older the more stuff takes to recovery. I remember starting off training many years ago and never getting hurt. Just recoverying well.
@@lolfirepoisonftl Yesterday I benched like 155 with no pain for 10 reps, anything heavier hurts. It's a slow process to recovery but I still keep growing with training other exercises that don't hurt.
@@MarcoIsBig Just turned 30 and I can relate lol
Sleep was by far the biggest factor why my training progress sucked .. since I fixed my sleep I just had gains of my life. Sleep is critical. I feel better, have more energy, better mood. Never going back.
You need to Collab with Alexander Bromley. I love Bald Omni Man, and I love Israetel. However Bromley is definitely the man right now in RUclips lifting. It's not even close either, the quality of the content this man is putting out is just insane.
We’re all getting older mate. Just do what you love and love doing it. 👊
Definitely tweaked my elbows a bit (probably shoulders too if I'm being honest) doing martial arts a while back. Arm bars, shoulder throws, definitely the striking work too. After a few years of working on those areas in the gym, I definitely feel better. The worst injury was tweaking my shoulder after hitting a tree mountain biking. Light hit but still caused a pretty bad instability (couldn't even do a pushup or hold myself in a plank). Thankfully rehab and strengthening everything around the shoulder helped massively. That was really the kick in the butt to get me back in the gym seriously. Strengthen everything around your joints and treat them with the respect they deserve!
Wish you the best in fixing your elbow, can't way to see a hypertrophy arc. BOM is a cool dude! 💪
That’s the exact same thing with my elbow
Been having knee pain since 2018. Had to do a ton of mobility work from Kelly Starret's book, the Supple leopard, and did a lot of leg training in the last few years. I am about 99% back to normal with my legs, I am building up my stress tolerance of my once painful tendon/knee again. There is still lots of work to be done in terms of muscle imbalances (uneven overhead press, pullup, bench) but what was the worst has passed. It drove me crazy knowing I was once in the top and fell so badly
To anyone struggling, keep going, expect miracles but work for them like crazy.
Did you have patella femoral syndrome? Been dealing with that for a little while now
@@Soccasteve one of the PT's I went to stated that I had patellar tendinopathy.
It was just the symptom. Due to loss of mobility I could not get rid of it until I had more mobile hips, ankles and such. And I also had a hard time turning on my glute on the painful side
Oh mate. If 5-6 hours is good in comparison, I can't imagine how you've been surviving before. Maybe try to aim for even more, so you can finally grow and work and exist at full capacity. Can't wait to come along! 💪💪💪
Thanks for the video man!
shit, wish i could look like injured and less muscled up omar 😂
jokes aside man, happy to see you're starting to get back at it hard my man
Hyped for the Bald Omni Man collab
Not just sleep but strict mobility work is vital to avoid injuries or pain. You need mobility balls from big to small not just some foam roller. Rogue fitness has a bunch of good mobility stuff.
How did Ou gain 5lbs muscle in 2021 after years?
dealing with similar elbow issue. I am going to get it checked out and stop pushing through it
I had the exact thing happen to my elbow when I was just fiften, but I think it got better with just consistent force. It doesn't go to 180 degrees, and forearm doesn't go fully supine, but I still got the feeling that I'm locking out the bone on overheads, just like on the left arm.
gl mate!
Those front delts lookin like a sculpture
Hope you have a video about your bulk diet, etc. Would be cool to see how you're approaching the calories.
Would love to see a video on your creative process. Are all the t-shirt slogans and designs written and drawn by you, others, or a team?
Important to say that you don't owe anyone anything. You've proven your presence to be positive and valid, regardless of where your own training is at. One day, you'll be old and weak. Will your words also be irrelevant? I think not.
Cant wait for the BOM videos!
Looking forward to those collabs with BOM and Mike Israetel
Hey Omar!
Can you comment on Position USA?
Are these shoes no longer being made?
Can't find any solid info but it looks like the company is no longer in business.
Dude no joke, look in to arm wrestling. You’re already strong for your size, and the angle of which your right arm stays at is literally a biomechanical advantage, look at Michael Todd and others in the sport. It’s been getting a lot more traction over the last couple of years. (If you haven’t looked into it yet)
Cheers man! Hope you and yours are well
Work is such a huge stressor for me that it absolutely negatively affects my sleep and even acutely affects my workout performance after work. I started going to the gym at 6 a.m. due to that. Still, got some nagging injuries and recovery is terrible due to constant stress.
It would be interesting to see some martial arts videos 👊🏼
Dude you stayed consistent when you were getting 5 hours of sleep. You're a god.
Omar, I don't know about this. We will have to see in a year from now.
Oh shit, Mind Pump just said protein intake and SLEEP are the top 2 things we need to focus on. Guard your sleep!
Natural Gallant Bodybuilding is all about partial range of motion. You don't need full ROM to build muscle even though its ideal.
Can the elbow injury be fixed and get back full rom? I had a nagging bicep injury for a long time and the recovery was rough, I had to stop lifting and do full rehab and I'm still afraid of doing straight arm calisthenics exercises even though my bicep curls seem to have come back up.
You can do this omar. Why do we fall?
It’s crazy how many people think they can get by on low sleep. Anecdotally you always see it - the friend working hard on low sleep and a few weeks in they get sick.