Body is old and creaky
After helping my brother move the other day, my lower back is killing me. I have slipped a disc or discs too many times to count and I can tell they are on the verge right now. Been doing a lot of Mckenzie’s and stretching the hams and glutes quite a bit as well. I think I’m going to make it through this one alright. Another cool little bit of news is that I am starting to get little spasms here and there in my calf again. I haven’t had full control over it for 2 years now and it would be nice to get that back-it’s much smaller than the other. I just have to make sure that I don’t do any excessive sitting or anything particularly dangerous for the next few days/weeks. Unfortunately though, I planned a little road trip this weekend to Malmö. That’s about an 8 hour drive. I’ll have to sit very straight for a good long time!
In other news: I am a dork. I got into a great rythem last week of going to sleep at around 9.30-10 and waking up at 6 or slightly earlier and I loved it. I want to keep it up. I got off it a little with some late night conversations with my on again/off again girlfriend, but now I want to get right back on. As I write this blog entry, I am chatting with her right now. Sometimes it’s so hard for me to end a conversation just to go to bed. I just have to keep in mind how much better I feel waking up naturally rather than with an alarm. It literally changes the whole day in a huge way. I think sleep is probably the most underrated thing in everybody’s health and bodybuilding repitoire-especially health! The other thing I have to keep in mind though, is that everything doesn’t revolve around bodybuilding and fitness. If I am going to bed early just to get enough sleep to recover from the workout, then I would rather stay up and talk to the girl or whoever. I now consider enjoying life in general, more important than bodybuilding. I have been so negligent of my social life that I feel like I really have some catch up work to do. And I plan on doing it.
