xenon2000’s BodyBlog

So I saw a Dr yesterday about my rib and back pain. I didn’t really think anything was broken or fractured, and it was nice to get confirmation that nothing was broken. I was told the rib pain was costalchondritis. Which seems odd since everything I read online says that is from unknown causes. Never once mentioned as an injury or from exercise. But oh well. I just need to heal and regroup.

Back pain is just from the sudden Deadlifts and then healing was aggrivated by the heavy leg presses. But it’s feeling a lot better now. I should be ready to go as soon as my rib pain goes away.

No pain, no gain…. kinda. So I am getting used to being sore. But making sure I know the difference between soreness and injury is sometimes a little blurry to me. Especially with my lower back. I just started Deadlifts. And maybe I jumped into them too hard too fast. But it felt great. Yet now it’s been almost a week and my lower back is still sore. Though I still think it’s sore and not injured.

Yesterday my lower back soreness was too much for me as I tried to do squats, so I pushed harder on the leg press. But during a 50 Lbs jump up to a higher weight than I usually do, I felt a pop or tear or something happen to my muscles just below my left bottom rib. I wasn’t able to keep pushing hard, even when I immediately dropped the extra weight. So I did something. This is definitely an injury. Hopefully not too bad of an injury. Today I plan to do Back and Biceps, but my lower back soreness might mean I move back to Thursday or Friday this week. I am hoping that avoiding my chest and abs until next week will be enough time for my injury to heal.

I am still trying to get my fiber high enough so I can up my protein. I am still around 170-200g protein a day because of fiber issues. I would like to get my protein up to 240-260 a day. Yesterday was my first 61g fiber day at 200g protein, so we will see how things go and if 60+g fiber will be enough to jump my protein up to 240-260g a day.

I finally have someone to workout with. Not only does he have experience. It’s been very helpful to have someone else motivating and pushing me to reach my potential at every workout. As well as helping me to find new ways to target each group.

I have been leaning towards all machines for a long time now and I think I have been missing out because of that. I won’t go into details now. But new routines this week, a workout partner for motivation and push, as well as new exercises and I really feel like this week has been a big improvement towards my goals.

I really hope to see some actual results in the next 4-6 weeks at this rate. But regardless, it has shown me that I have more potential at reaching higher weights and pushing harder than I thought I could before. That mental block will likely always be a challenge. But if I can keep pushing myself like this week, I should really see the results I want.