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Biceps Tear Rehab & Prehab – Fitness Pain Free Podcast

October 8, 2012 By Gregor Winter

I recently listened to Fitness Pain Free Podcast with Stongman Brett Somerville.

Topic: Biceps Tears

Something that is pretty common among strongman competitors. Just recently Terry Hollands tore his at the 2012 WSM Rock Lift. Hopefully you will be spared this nuisance.

Here is how Brett went about his rehab work. It is a damn slow process:

  • first 4 weeks sled drags no, light banded row
  • 4-8 Dumbbell rows
  • 8-12 strict pressing, push ups, banded push ups

Later in the podcast they talk about how to minimize the risk for a rupture, i.e. lifting with correct technique.

  • Tyre flips with straight arms (triceps flexed), sumo deadlift style.
  • Stone lift, at the initial attack, make sure your arms are not bend, try not to throw it into your lap, nice even motion
  • for Deadlifts arms are “cables”
  • standards are good warm up (Brett’s added curl grip deadlift with empty bar for biceps warm up), good sleep, no smoking

Brett thinks that dedicated biceps work does not make a lot of sense for strongman. More the opposite it hinders effective recovery of the already biceps heavy strongman events.

Download Audio: link to mp3 (47 mb, right click + ‘save as’)

Filed Under: podcasts, prehab, rehab, strongman

About Gregor Winter

Hi, I run ATG.

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Comments

  1. Dan Pope says

    October 9, 2012 at 03:46

    Gregor! Thanks for the link on your site! I’ve been checking out your page for some time now. Awesome stuff.

    • GregorATG says

      October 9, 2012 at 11:49

      Looking forward to more episodes. Enjoying the podcast.

      • Dan Pope says

        October 9, 2012 at 12:33

        Thank you sir! Just finished up a podcast with Andy Deck. Lots of valuable info, I really respect Andy’s training. Thanks again

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