Tuesday March 2, 2010

So, today I met with a physical therapist about my forearm and lower back. It looks like it's going to be a bit of work and time before everything completely heals up. The more activity I do that uses my forearm and lower back, the longer they both will take to heal. We will look to find ways to work around these issues, but if I keep having to use these bodyparts consistently, then I may need to take up to a four week hiatus from the gym! Uggh!

Some ways to work around these issues are to use wrist straps for the exercises that require me to tightly grip weight. For my lower back, keeping my range of motion shorter with squating and pressing exercises will help to avoid more lower back tension.

As for competitions, it all depends... If I am able to make progress with these injuries and still work around them enough to be competitive, then I'll do it. Otherwise, if the training I am doing gets too much in the way of healing, then I will have to hold off! So, it's going to be one week, one training session at a time. That's the only way to do it anyway!

Here is my log for today: