Saturday scare...

Countdown: 44 days

Halfway there, 6 weeks complete!

Staying focused with the holidays, I hit the gym this afternoon on Christams Eve Day prior to the festivities.  I had my lower body work out and was going very well, until I hit my abs.  Now abs have never been my favorite, but with BFL's approach we train them just like everything other body part, which allows me to see progression and it's not the same thing for me as what I was used to.  The only drawback I have always had is that I always tweak my back, whether it be bad form or something, it helps deter me from focusing.  I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease years ago in my lower back, but in all honesty it's wear and tear that can get progressively worse.  My Dr. informed me back then that as long as I build my core muscles, the problems go away.  The doc has been right through the years, when I did workout and kept the weight off I felt great, but when I stopped and gained all the weight back, all sorts of aches and pains started up again.  When I first started 6 weeks ago, boy was my back sore and stiff, but by week 3, it started feeling better, dropping weight, working out, all helped it.  Back to Sat.  I was doing abs and was on my set of 6 and upped my weight on the ab crunch machine to 60 lbs.  On the 2nd rep I felt what felt like a shock run up my lower back through my shoulders and I was like OH NO.  I thought I hurt something and was just floored and thought the worst.  I immediately stood up cautiously and stretched a little, did some twists, reached for the sky, etc., and thought it's not too bad.  In finishing my reps, I decided I should rest my minute, drop the weight, and see if still an issue.  I went back down to 45lbs and just tried to crunch and felt the similiar pain, maybe a pinched nerve or something is what I was thinking.  That is when I noticed that I had the seat one notch to high and I think I may have been using bad form and used my back to the point I pinched something.  I put the seat to where it should be and dropped the weight to nothing and realized I was able to complete a set of 12.  I then did a set with 25lbs, not wanting to have any further damage and super setted with my oblique  twist with a new high max.  The scare was there, but smart quick decisions, helped me work through the issue... so happy it was nothing worse.  Be careful and listen to your body, that's the moral of the story.