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You are here: Home / Fitness / M5:D30 (D438) Ouch! Listen to your body!

M5:D30 (D438) Ouch! Listen to your body!

January 6, 2009 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

  

What's on my mind today?

Today I woke up for the gym and my upper back muscle (the one I pulled on my previous workout) was sore.  In order to determine if I could workout, I lifted my arms over my head and stretched.  I felt pain, so I immediately knew I would not be lifting today.  I woke Matty up and he was not feeling good.  As it was to be his first day back at school after Winter Break, I told him to go back to sleep and di the same myself (after having my morning meal). 

Let this be a lesson to everyone.  I could have gone to the gym, lifted and made my back worse, but instead of doing that I put heat on it and avoided stressing it out.  I am now (16 hours later) feeling much better.  In fact, I feel absolutely no pain in my muscle at all at this point.  Listen to your body!  Your body uses pain to signal things to  you.  You should never just ignore what your body is telling you.  I know had I gone to the gym I would have missed several workouts.

As a result of missing the workout this morning I marked myself off on that issue.  It is the first red mark I’ve had in a very long time and I hate seeing it there, but I cannot avoid the red mark today.  I was simply unable to safely workout.  I am not going to risk the long term goal for sake of the short term goal. 

 

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

No workout logs today due to the injury recovery time I took.  I did manage to get in my evening cardio.  I am using Cardio Coach Volume 2 right now.  Sean O’Malley is a great coach, let me tell you that! 
 
Exercise the brain with the Thought of the Day!

Injuries happen, so your job is to lessen their impact on your overall fitness program.
 
Get a discussion started by answering the question!

Have you ever worked out even though you were injured?  If so, what were the results?  Comment this post to answer the question.
 

 
  

M3 : D38 Progress is up to you

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

 

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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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