Had Enough of Injuries?

at 21 years old and roughly 3 years of training to my name, its can be, at times, tough to accept injuries. In my three years of lifting. Ive had to come to terms with a "clicky" shoulder, two bad ankles (prior to Lifting), Groin strains, Rotator cuff tear, tear of pec major and minor. Your probably asking yourself, "dude, yo must be doing something wrong?" and my answer to people is normally "if pushing myself to my to the top is something wrong, then so be it". It's hard to get people to understand that to move forward in the world of sport we must be willing to put our bodies on the line and to their limits.

In the world of strength sports, there are millions taking part. I have come across lifters who have progressed in the sport injury free, but one common ground between all of these lifters is that they have never truly made an impact in the sport. if this is your chosen path then so be it, but its not mine. i want to excel, i want to be at the top, and i want to be as best i can possibly be. its not good enough to me, to just set a new PR. if im going to put my body through hard training and push my limits, i want the rewards to come in the shape of a first place medal.

I have gone from a 425kgs total to a 585kgs total in 2 years and within the space of 4 full power meets. it came to a halt when i torn my pec in February and i still kick myself for letting this happen. But one thing i can come away with is expirience. I could of prevented this from happening and most importantly i know WHY this happen. It was a result of letting my body go cold and going too long between sets. i have been more careful this time round and i got away lucky enough with a mildly serious pec tear which did not require me to go under the surgeons knife. it will NOT happen again.

So if you are a serious athelte who is disheartened by injuries then i can tell you this. Even the best get injured. these are battle scars which show how far we are willing to push ourselves to achieve our full potential. wear them proudly, prevent what you can, be careful.

Ger smith - Aiming for 600kgs total @ 75kgs bodyweight and 21 years old - EVEN with a torn pec.