Another Injury

Well, as the title of this Blog suggest, I am hurting again. Not long ago I healed, somewhat quickly, from a moderate hamstring pull and now I have a low back strain. According to my massage therapist it has something to do with where the soaze ties into the back of the pelvis. I don't know this stuff so I might be mis-stateing what she actually said or meant. The good news is that it is already feeling much better.

Here's what happened, and there's a bit of a lesson in it: Thursday morning I felt great. I don't usually work out on Thursdays, but I'm going out of town next week and am going to miss a few days so I was hoping to get a couple of extra days in beforehand. Anyway, the workout was backsquats (again). Those seem to be popping up alot lately. I noticed early on that my back was tweaking alittle after each set, during the build-up to 90% of max. Each time I would rack it after my squats I would feel a painfull twinge in my low left side of my back. I should have shut it down right there. Instead, I pushed through a few 1 rep sets of 255# and suddenly it got real bad.

So I left and went to work and painfully made it through the day. By the time I got to my previously scheduled massage appintment at the end of the day I was having a very hard time gettting in and out of my truck. She fixed me up pretty good though and I think I can be back at workouts on Monday.

As it turns out, 255# is a PR for me. This is good news. If that is truly 90% 0f my max, then my max must be around 290#. I'm not so sure about that, but we'll probably see in a couple of weeks. This is a big step for me as backsquat is really my weakness and I have a goal of reaching 300# in backsquat and 400# in deadlift by July. I am hoping to get my Crossfit Total score over 800# by then. The deadlift seems to be an easier goal for me and I have no idea about the shoulder press, I'm assuming it won't be much over 100# if I'm lucky.

The lesson learned is: Listen to your body! If I had shut it down earlier I wouldn't have missed any other workouts this week. Luckily, this "old guy" still heals pretty quick.