Tweetwell i did it again. don't know if im just getting too old or if the aas or one certain one is making me predisposed to tears. tore the left calf in 2006 i think it was. tore the right calf in 2008 and now training the other night with a student who is still learning how to fight i tore my left hamstring, partial tear. i hate fighting beginner students cuz they are so intimidated fighting their teachers they put too much pressure on themselves to either show how tough they are or do things they are not ready to do. i was throwing techniques at him about half speed and he caught my roundhouse kick. now we teach that if you catch a kick, you immediately take tthe person down and follow up. he just stood there with a deer in the headlights look and i had warned him several times previously when he fought other students don't catch and stand there with his training partner balanced on one leg wondering what to do as he could injure his partner or get injured if his partner got pissed and threw a knee or hooked to the head etc. so he'sstanding there and then he starts to just move forward blindly while im being nice hopping on oone leg til we both fell and i felt the ham pop. was so pissed. so its been since the original injury on may 16th and while the tear itself feels better, as it did with the calf tear in 08, the swelling and bleeding in the leg has made walking painful, the leg look UGLY as hell and the edema is bad. can press finger about a half inch into the swelling and it takes a good minute for the dent to reform. purple from ankle to ass, not thrilled since i had hoped to be ripped for summer. i can train upper body pretty well but no lower body work for a good month at least and can't do any cardio or fighting presently. goddam it.