Two days ago I almost had a combo (Konami Code) down smooth. Then I did a HIIT workout and now I can’t move my arms. Or walk. Every time I want to practice, I Remember.
Time to indulge in pure unadulterated online yoyo browsing.
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I feel you. One time I hurt my right arm from lifting and couldn’t perform a breakaway for nearly a month without making it worse. I had to throw left handed in the meantime.
I hate taking rest days because it feels like I’m not making progress. But recovery is important! Sometimes I have to force myself to remember that.
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When I first started, I was in the middle of a series of hand surgeries for a finger that didn’t work after an infection. I was really kind to myself during that and only rarely got frustrated when I was inhibited by my finger movement. Now that my finger works I’m way more intense about practicing. Which has resulted in a lot of fast progress. But also a bit of unhealthy obsession lol.
It’ll be good for me to rest for a bit.
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Do you think learning how to throw left handed was worth it?
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Hiit workouts can be intense but after about a month the soreness wont be nearly as bad. Then you’ll have a sick ■■■■■■■■■ 
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Nah I didn’t retain any of it lol. It was super obtuse to learn and I didn’t enjoy basically starting from zero with my left hand.
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I don’t do them very often—I only think there were a couple months in my life when I regularly incorporated them into my routine. So basically they kill me every time!!!
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see thats your problem, you always have to consider how your actions will impact your ability to yoyo 
i kid obviously but seriously, i used to do commercial electrical work and i swear they make those materials as if they’re TRYING to hurt ppl with all the crazy sharp edges and such. even using gloves most of the time i still ended up with my hands torn up most days of the week. i didn’t yoyo then and i think now how much that would have sucked. i would have been throwing every night with a handful of bandaids
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I tried yoyoing with a bandaid ONCE and it felt disgusting. Also I’m imagining you looking like Edward Scissorhands. Poor guy wouldn’t stand a chance with a yoyo.
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i helped someone do some work a few weeks ago and had to throw that night with 3 bandaids plus a couple extra wounds that were in places i couldn’t bandaid them. i could barely feel the string and it made it both extremely difficult and painful lol
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I use nuskin or in a pinch some super glue to cover a crack or cut on my throw finger. It’s not smart of me but it works
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talk about makeshift field dressing, i cut a knuckle on a stainless steel wall plate once and could see my bone and i wrapped it in paper towel and electrical tape for a whole day and then glued it to avoid stitches. smart and necessary don’t always row the same boat 
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My dad does this kinda stuff. And then there’s me—cut my finger enough to get stitches, took every precaution, and it STILL got infected and ended with 3 surgeries and 10 days in the hospital 
I don’t have the right composition for electrical tape solutions
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Don’t be like me. I blew a disk in my back in my 20s and took a decade to get it looked at requiring surgery mostly due to waiting so long.
Currently hurt my knee and rarely sure it’s bad enough to warrant a dr visit but I’m hobbling about still ignoring it
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The bone?!?!?!?!?
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yea it was gross and pretty intense when i realized what i was looking at 
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I hope you feel better soon. I watched one of your videos somewhere on here and you’re progressing very fast. 
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I’m usually pretty proactive, but I’m also kind of ignoring a bad knee right now because it’s not quiiiite miserable enough yet (took a bad fall climbing last year and tore my MCL… guess I probably jacked some more parts up too).
Bad knee solidarity, Captain 
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Aw thanks bud!!!
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This is the exact reason I refuse to work out!
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