snagency’s BodyBlog

Damn, age must be catching up with me, ahaa..
Saw my chiro yesterday, and an MRI showed I have a small tear in my labrum. He must’ve missed this last time, because it’s in the early stages of healing. Bursitis is still present too.
So now I’m out for 4-6 weeks. This pretty much kills my shot at the Natty Indiana. Turning my focus now to the Natural Northern in October, which I’m not too enthused about, but it does give me a chance to avenge my showing there from April.
Aside from being bummed about that, I’m also bummed cuz I went out & bought some kettleballs (first I’ve owned) and was going to start implementing KB clean presses (which I discovered this movement doesn’t stress my shoulder), as well I did some BB floor presses, noting that the limited ROM doesn’t stress my shoulder either. All of this was in preparation to move to a modified version of the "300 Spartan Workout" for awhile, but now I can’t do that either. Need total rest for upper body. Muscle tears scare me..

Last Thursday went to see my chiropractor, he diagnosed me with bursitis in the shoulder. Knew something wasn’t right. I guess it’s mild, and may be able to be treated quickly, but I can’t do any upper body work for 2-4 weeks, then I’m re-evaluated. Took a few days off, figured out a way to keep my training going (lot’s of lower body & cardio) and hopefully I’ll be able to maintain my mass thru this. Not counting myself out of competition at this point. Have to see how quick I heal.
Hit a hard leg workout yesterday morning, did some things I hadn’t done in awhile. DB split-squats, DB stiff-leg deads, leg extension, leg curl, 15 minutes mountain biking.