bbgonnabe’s BodyBlog

The good news is that I discovered a couple of weeks ago that I can do cable cross-overs!
Here’s the bad news:  A week ago I had made back up to dumbell benches of 40lb ea for 10-12 reps x 4 sets.  That is, until Friday.  Then all hell broke loose.  Once again, excruciating pain hit and my arm became weak so I dropped to 35lb and did as many reps as I could until the pain hit again.  Something is different though as I still have shoulder pain today.  Previously the pain only lasted for a few seconds or minutes.  Money is tight but I’ve decided to take the orthopaedic up on the second MRI.  Hopefully that will confirm his diagnosis that it’s my AC joint.  Working through the pain until the acromion dissolves at the joint just doesn’t seem to be working.  On the other hand, putting out another $1,500 for surgery and physical therapy would kill the money I have set aside for medical, dental, clothing and car repairs and also force me to dip into long term savings.  (I recently had a slew of car repairs and dental work).  Oh well, better to know something and then decide how to proceed.  I must act quickly as I may change insurance for 2009.

I’ve decided to quit being lazy so I began working legs again.  It’s painful for me to do legs.  The lactic acid builds up very quickly in my quads and hams vs. other muscle groups.  At least I’m blaming the pain/discomfort on lactic acid.

Oh more bad news.  My chronic medical problems have flared up causing fatigue and organic-based depression.  That has really screwed with my motivation to go to the gym.  Sometimes I can push through and other times the part that does the pushing just isn’t online.  This comes and goes though so I just need to do the best I can until things until things turn around again as they always do.