Pain In The...

     Yesterday was squat day. It did not go well. I'm having issues with my low back and it's really starting to piss me off. If it's not my knees it's my damn back. I'm going to included yesterday's squats on today's blog because it was minimal. I couldn't finish. I couldn't even pedal the recumbent bike. We're rethinking our schedule now. We're not cutting things out, just rearranging the days to give me as much recovery time in between deads and squats. I'm also going to dial the weight way back on both and just add a few more sets at the lower weights. It's not exactly what's programmed, but I can't go on hurting myself just to stick to what's written on a piece of paper. 

     In happier news, I got a new belt to use; you know, when I actually squat enough to need it. Here's what got done over the past two days:

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WEDNESDAY:

BACK SQUATS:

65lb x10

95lb x5

115lb x5 ---> this is where my back went out

Bar x10 - wide ---> still no bueno.

From here, I just followed Frank around. There was too much discomfort to do anything else. 

 

THURSDAY:

STRICT PRESS:

(Bar x10) 2x

(55lb x6) 4x

REVERSE FLY:

(70lb x10) 2x

(70lb x5, x5) 2x

MACHINE PRESS:

40lb x12

45lb x10

50lb x10

DB LATERAL RAISE:

(15lb x8) 4x

SHOULDER PRESS FLY:

This is the kind of shoulder press machine that we were using

I have no idea what the empty weight on this thing is. I'm going to estimate that it was about 10lbs per arm. All of the weights I list will be based on this assumption. I'm also assuming everyone will realize the weight is PER ARM

Empty x10

(20lb x10) 2x

BACK RAISES:

(Body Weight x10)

These were done slowly and with a big stretch at the bottom to really open up my SI joint.

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     And that was that. My back is still tight but nowhere near as sore as it was after those squats. My plan, like I said up top, is to drastically lighten the loads. I'm also going to throw in these back raises/stretches. on both deadlift and squat days. Our new plan of attack is to keep deads on Mondays, but move squats out to Friday. This will give me enough time to recover (hopefully). 

     I may end up having to go see the chiropractor for the 'ol SI joint issue, just like I did years ago, but we'll see if I can straighten it out on my own. Probably not, but I like to stubbornly keep myself in a state of pain for no good reason for a little while before I go seek competent professional help. It's kind of my thang.