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The Muscle Building Fat Burning Video Blog #18
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 It is bound to happen to any active person. No matter how careful you are or how much you pay attention to proper form, injuries can and do happen. Today was my turn. The irony of this situation is that just the night before I was speaking to Carlos DeJesus on the telephone about this very thing. Read on and you will understand. It was a typical workout morning. I hit the gym alone because Matty was sick. I got in and did my leg extensions, leg curls and calf raises. I was ready for my squats. I was not yet ready to up the weight, so I loaded a relatively light 210 lbs. onto the bar, got under it and unracked the weight. I went down for repetition number one and paid extra attention to my form. Things looked good. The bar was lower on my back like it should be for proper alignment and my depth was excellent. I came back up using hip drive just like Coach Rippetoe teaches. I went down for repetition number two and came back up. I went down for repetition number three and came back up. I was being careful not to bounce or get out of alignment. I went down for repetition number four and came back up. I went down for repetition number five and upon hitting the halfway point I felt a twinge in the right side of my lower back. I immediately came up (carefully) and racked the weight. It wasn’t much of a twinge, just very slight. I stretched my back and felt pretty good. I managed to continue with my workout and didn’t feel any pain at all. When I got to the deadlifts I realized that I should skip them. From past experience, the deadlifts really tax my back. As any smart person would do, I skipped that exercise and moved on to the treadmill. My idea was to walk slowly for a little while to warm up the muscles even more before stretching some more. Everything seemed fine. When I got home Matty ran an electric massager over my lower back. I felt good. About 2 hours later my back was in full spasm mode. I was having a major muscle spasm and could barely stand up straight! I knew right then that I should have just ended the workout the moment I felt the twinge. I spent the rest of today taking care of my back. It is sore and stiff, but it seems to be getting better. I know this is going to throw off my training this week and that upsets me. I hate injuries! For those of you wondering, I am done with squats forever after this. If Carlos DeJesus could win the World Championship by training his legs with the Quad Blaster, I can get my legs into the best shape ever the same way! Goodbye squats, hello Quad Blaster! |
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The bottom part of the workout was skipped due to a back injury that I sustained during the squats set. |
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 You cannot let injuries finish you off. Think of them as speed bumps in the road to your success. |
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 What’s the worst lifting injury you’ve had? Comment this post to answer the question. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
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