rawlife’s BodyBlog

   In keeping with my decision to just hit my weak links until I have no pain any longer, I decided that I also have to even out a lot of muscle groups.  Today’s training was dedicated to just that.  I did single legged squats with my left leg, deadlifts bilaterally, unilateral stiff arm pulldowns with the left arm, external rotations with the right arm, bicep curls with the right arm, dumbell tricep extensions with the left arm, and then back to some glute work for just the paralyzed left glute.  Felt pretty great afterwards actually, got that kind of ’click’ that I get when I know something is right.  Not a strong one, but getting there.  What I really felt a click after was a conversation I had with my napprapat which resulted in me figuring out what the problem was.  Here I’ve been dilligently working on isolating one tiny ass square inch portion of my left lumbar spine, trying to stengthen it as it is my weak link and I’ve totally ignored my own advice-that the pain is the summation, the symptom of the underlying problem.  It’s the leg that’s the F-ing problem!  I’m blaming a tiny tiny tiny piece of body for something that only a much bigger muscle group could cause.  My left leg is dramatically smaller and weaker than the right-it’s been that way for as long as I can remember, I’ve always leaned on the right while squatting.  As the left leg get’s weaker, so does the left portion of the lumbar spine as it is forced to do more work than it should and then in the end, the opposite happens-the weakness of the left leg and the reliance on the right keeps it from ever getting strong again by way of ignorance.  Big click. 

   In other news, my goal is to do a one arm chin up.  I’ve done 2 workouts thus far including them.  The first consisting of only a 1 negative rep per side.  The second being a 1 rep neg for two sets.  So two reps total.  Now, three days later, I’m still sore.  I even think I am pushing the limit on the strength of my right pec-I feel like I’m close to a tear, like I did something extranormal that last rep-it’s the second time that’s happened and I’m not waiting for a third; I’m going to go to work on that as soon as I feel better.  It’s not that bad though, should be back in action in a few days.  

   In regards to diet, I am still leaning towards the vegetarian side.  Having whole days on lots of mono fruit meals, vegetables, and a bit of nuts.  Feels really good, but not perfect.  My skin is a whole lot better and I need roughly 2 hours less sleep at night, which is very cool.  I also don’t really feel the urge to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night as much either.  In fact, I think that might just be on it’s way out, which would be nice given that I have had to get up once a night every night for the last 8 years or so.  I’m almost positive that is going to boil down to a blood sugar issue and the fact that I’m eating so little fat is allowing the sugar into the cells as it should rather than being stuck in the bloodstream with oil coated cells not able to recieve it.  Very interesting, not perfect yet, but interesting.  I can’t say that I am particularly drawn towards becoming a raw vegan to be honest, but if it is the best path for me I’ll take it.    

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