Sat Mar 1st
Week 19. Not a great week. Tuesday my lower back went out on me and by Tuesday night I was so uncomfortable that I couldn’t sleep in bed. I was flat on the floor with my knees up and a heating pad under me and barely slept… great. I have no idea why it went out, it’s been over a year since it happened last. I didn’t do anything "stupid" moving somehing heavy, and didn’t try anything new in the lifting that could be to blame. Really pissed me off because another one of the reasons I started lifting seriously was to strengthen my core and hopefully prevent these lower back episodes. I have had them off and on in the past.
Wednesday morning it was some better. I figured out how to do some stretching to get things sort of back in place and with some Ibuprofen I was good to go, mostly. I could function well enough to go to work. It was still sore Thursday which was supposed to be my leg and abs day. Did OK with the leg routines, but all I could manage with the abs was regular crunches, and that was pushing the envelope. I didn’t dare try reverse or double crunches or v-ups… makes me cringe in pain just to think about it. It’s been getting progressively better, and I did OK tonight with biceps and back, I could do bent over rows, so I guess there’s hope. Tomorrow is supposed to be abs alone, maybe with luck I can do some more of what I need to.
The other downer to the week was my weight again. Yeah, I said I would ignore it, but Monday I weighed 175, a new low for me, and then it shot right up again the next day and has now hovered at 178 for a few days. WTF? Oh well. I checked the bf% mid-week and tonight and it’s no different from last weekend, so I am not going to worry too much about the weight… I guess. Still trying to trim off some more flab around my middle and on my chest.
Hopefully this week will be better!
