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Mar. 11th, 2015 07:07 pmI'm mostly walking fine even in the morning, but I have some areas I can't really move - I can't really cross the surgery leg over my knee, for instance (or imagine I can only do half a butterfly stretch). I walk up and down the escalator stairs. I still do most of my exercises most every day. I'm a lot more regular in the gym now, though it's 75% yogashit and cardio on the elliptical.
Today for the first time I tried deadlifts and almost had success. I picked up 135 and it was nothing (my form was awful, how quickly we forget). 185 was the same, and 225 felt fine but for the first time I could feel some minor exertion - so I figured I'd do like 5x5 to not over-exert myself.
Then I pulled a muscle in my back. In. My. Back.
I tried to wait another 5 minutes, but while I could lift the weight, there was no doubt I had a strain - so I bailed. I did some leg lifts, ab-wheel thingys, good-girl-bad-girl ab/induction work, and another 20 minutes of elliptical yawnage (hr only at 177 this time vs. 187) but ... called it a day and my back is still tired.
If I have to wait out another dumb back injury I might fucking cry. At 225? I mean I was going to be happy I could do something and thought I was being super cautious...
Hope this back thing is short-term, but I had strained my back (on the stupid leg press...what, what, what am I doing wrong!?) and only recovered from that recently.
I was trying to get back into my old program - not sure it's the best, but it seemed a good point to return to at least in the short term. I was trying to get into the old routine as much as I (safely) could before I'm released to actually train - but no, I hurt my back lifting the equivalent of a sack of kitchen trash.
Today for the first time I tried deadlifts and almost had success. I picked up 135 and it was nothing (my form was awful, how quickly we forget). 185 was the same, and 225 felt fine but for the first time I could feel some minor exertion - so I figured I'd do like 5x5 to not over-exert myself.
Then I pulled a muscle in my back. In. My. Back.
I tried to wait another 5 minutes, but while I could lift the weight, there was no doubt I had a strain - so I bailed. I did some leg lifts, ab-wheel thingys, good-girl-bad-girl ab/induction work, and another 20 minutes of elliptical yawnage (hr only at 177 this time vs. 187) but ... called it a day and my back is still tired.
If I have to wait out another dumb back injury I might fucking cry. At 225? I mean I was going to be happy I could do something and thought I was being super cautious...
Hope this back thing is short-term, but I had strained my back (on the stupid leg press...what, what, what am I doing wrong!?) and only recovered from that recently.
I was trying to get back into my old program - not sure it's the best, but it seemed a good point to return to at least in the short term. I was trying to get into the old routine as much as I (safely) could before I'm released to actually train - but no, I hurt my back lifting the equivalent of a sack of kitchen trash.
