Yesterday I did some chest and tricep exercises. I also did heavy squats. And today I was feeling very tired. My legs were hurting a bit when I step up or down. But that pain is nothing compared to my back pain. My lower back has been in rough weather since monday when I did deadlifts. Then on tuesday I did shoulder press which also put some stress on my lower back. On wednesday I did some hanging leg raise for my abs, but the negatives also applied stress on my back. Come thursday it was squats time. And everyone knows how many muscles it uses. It goes with out saying my back was getting a good pounding.
And finally today I did rows and back extensions. Back move man. The rows hurt a little but I did not do heavy weights nor did I push myself. But then came back extensions which I did with a 60 lb dumbbell in my hands. That is the last straw. Although I completed all the sets, my back is taking revenge on me now. I am feeling a lot of pain from mid to lower back and I might have sprained something or torn the muscles. Bad. Very bad. Weight training is supposed to create micro tears in the muscle and let them recover.
Now I feel like I am coming down with something. I am not sure if I have fever but it feels like I have it. I have the chills too. My body is ordering me to sleep and take rest. My legs which did not hurt much in the morning started to hurt a lot more a couple of hours after my workout even though I did not do any leg exercises. I could not eat much for lunch. And I know that is going to come haunt me. For a skinny guy every meal is important. A couple of months ago when I fell sick I lost 3 lbs in 4 days that I was sick. It could just be mostly water but I am sure I lost some muscle too.
Injuries are bad. Once you have an injury you have to stop working out that body part and not let any other exercise put stress on it. Since back muscles are core muscles it means I will not be able to do many compound exercises if I have really hurt myself. I had similar problem when I hurt my shoulder doing benchpress and now I lost a lot of time on that. I have to be more careful from next time. This post should be that bitter reminder.
Am I putting too much stress on my back? Almost everyday my back gets a workout directly or indirectly. So may be I should avoid back isolation exercises like the back extensions. Let us see. Now off to taking rest. I just hope I can recover completely.
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