J.P. Perez’s BodyBlog

well about 2 weeks ago i injured my lower back doing some squats.  during my 5th rep of set #4 i felt a very sharp pain in my lower back.  i figured it would go away after a couple of days but i thought wrong.  well i finally decided to get my back x-rayed and turns out i jammed the 2 lower vertebrate in my back together.  so the chiropractor numbed my back then twisted my lower back and i felt the bones separate.  today i felt better than i have in a long time .  now i can get back in the gym and hit those weights

I really don’t do deadlifts at all but i  have been told that they are better for you than back extensions and easier on your back.  i just want to see what you guys prefer.  Deadlifts or Back Extensions?

On Sat, i injured my lower back and tail bone doing squats.  The Bio-Freeze muscle cream that I normally use isn’t really doing its job this time.  I have never used anything else.  What is a good one for me to go out and buy?

today was not a good day in the gym for me at all.  i had legs today and when i get there workers are putting new mats down in the boxing portion of the gym.  every time i go to the gym thats the first area i go to and do my warm ups.  since it was closed i like a moron decide to just do a quick 2 min stretch if that for my legs and back.  well i did my warm up set on squats then jump to my 3 sets with 205.  felt a little weird but i didn’t pay it no mind.  the i have 2 sets with 225.  now after rep number 4 i felt some sharp pain to i put the bar back on the rack.  mind you i am a person who loves pain and can take it really well but this pain put me on my butt.  i waited 10 mins and even tried to stretch it out lightly but it hurt me to even attempt to stretch.  so i ended up leaving the gym and came home and took me a muscle relaxer.  pain is still some what there but hopefully gone by Monday.  lesson learned for me.  NEVER SKIP OUT ON YOUR STRETCHING.

i had my sparing match today at noon.  it was kind of hard not to throw any kicks or elbows.  i said that i was going to treat it like a real fight and i guess he did to.  i got put on my butt twice by the big guy but then i said damn that i had to start letting the hands go.  i popped him right in the temple at the beginning of round numero 2.   i am gonna be sore as heck also.  he landed the best hits dead in the middle of my chest.  Now hopefully he won’t treat people that are smaller than him bad.

well since i dropped body fat down to single digits i also dropped about 20lbs.  I added more protein intake to my meals during my breaks and finally my weight is starting to come back as nice lean muscle.  i just want to get it between 170-180lbs.  Then today i have me a spar boxing match even though i am a thai fighter.  hopefully i don’t end up throwing any elbows or kicks but i am gonna put him on his ass like it was a real fight cause this Big guy talks alot of crap to people that are smaller than him.  i will post what happened later today