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1 hour ago, Storm the Field said:

Cursed myself with this hubristic post. Tweaked my back doing kettlebell high pull this morning. Several days of stiffness and discomfort ahead.  I'll still be able to hit the gym next week, but will not be able to go 100% until week after next at best. Gonna stall me out for a bit.

It's been a few years since I had a back injury from weight training, but it put me out of commission for at least a week.  Those muscles are so connected to most everything we do in the gym, so it's not like tweaking a leg and still being able to do a lot of upper body exercises.  

Do a lot of stretching the next few days and avoid the weights.  Don't rush back, tough guy.

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31 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It's been a few years since I had a back injury from weight training, but it put me out of commission for at least a week.  Those muscles are so connected to most everything we do in the gym, so it's not like tweaking a leg and still being able to do a lot of upper body exercises.  

Do a lot of stretching the next few days and avoid the weights.  Don't rush back, tough guy.

OH I know. This is something that happens once or twice a year typically. Just a slight twinge in my lower back that gets progressively stiffer over the course of the day and persists for the next 10 days or so. Only really bothers me when standing up from a seated position after a while or if I try to bend over and pick up something heavy.

Epsom salt bath tonight.  Gym tomorrow morning will just be a brisk walk on the treadmill for a half hour to loosen up and then do stretches. Taking the rest of the weekend off from doing much of anything physical.

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I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

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2 hours ago, Js1 said:

I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

I enjoy working out, jogging, biking, swimming...but holy shit, I cannot make myself stretch, it's really bad. I'm probably going to have to severely injure myself to find the motivation to force myself to stretch. 

There is a StretchLab 10ish minutes from me, I need to check that out. 

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5 minutes ago, Chips O'Toole said:

I enjoy working out, jogging, biking, swimming...but holy shit, I cannot make myself stretch, it's really bad. I'm probably going to have to severely injure myself to find the motivation to force myself to stretch. 

There is a StretchLab 10ish minutes from me, I need to check that out. 

Highly recommend. 30 min a week, or an hour every other week, and I feel great 

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I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

I just started going as well. I’m a month in and I am really happy with it.
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15 hours ago, Js1 said:

I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

I was casual about stretching until getting into my 40s.  I could do better, but I really focus on shoulders (which absorb so much load of upper body exercises) and lower body.  That, and not trying to be a hero with the weights, has resulted in very few injuries over the past decade.

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15 hours ago, Js1 said:

I’m the worst stretcher. Been going once a week to Stretch Lab and it helps so much.  Stopped for a couple months and then hurt myself 

As your wife to show you the thing's we've been doing together.

 

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