January 26, 2010

Today I trained quads and calves. My body has become quite tight all around. I have been finding that a lot of the basic exercises that I do have been aggravating some kind of muscle. I really felt tight in my lower back today during most of the leg exercises. I also am having difficulty holding onto weight because my forearms are hurting a lot as well.

I find this king of odd considering I spent a good amount of time stretching yesterday. I actually thought I was starting to make some progress with my flexibility but my lower back tension felt even worse today than it has in awhile. I think it's time that I start to look for alternative ways to train and maybe look into some king of rehabilitation work on these really tight muscle groups.

If I want to be serious about doing more bodybuilding competitions, I need to make sure my body can handle it. What most of you will find out, if you haven't already, your body can really only take so much stress. Even if all the exercises you do have proper technique and great form, with consistent heavy lifting, your joints and weaker muscle groups will still begin to wear out. This is another reason why doing bodybuilding competitions sporadically instead of all the time can allow your body time to recover.

I need to think about what I need to do to move forward in my training. I may need to take a few steps back so that I can take many more steps forward.

On a somewhat brighter note, my weight is up to 216.5lbs this morning. However, I think a good amount of the weight may be bodyfat since I really haven't been noticing great strength gains. Time will tell.
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