Injury Report and the Rest Day

Falstaff: "The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have sav'd my life."- Henry The Fourth, William Shakespeare

Hard to say when I tweaked my oblique? Could have been loading packages at work, could have been kettlebell swings, could have been practicing snatches? Could have been all of the above. Regardless, it is pretty damn sore, mostly when I take a deep breath. Seems like it is most likely a muscle strain. Whatever it is, there is little I can do but rest it as much as possible, ice it a bit and compress it if it gets bad.

My priority right now is to keep training my Olympic lifts and working. I am going to punt on the Crossfit workout tonight with the idea of resting the most I can before I go to lift on Wednesday night.

Have a good workout and have a great day!!

Socks are Evil, Low Back Pain and Recovery

Today is going to be a day of resting, hydrating and doing a series of relaxing stretches for my back. Why? I put on my socks. I have a history of lower back pain and according to the American Chiropractic Association, 31 million other Americans can have the same pain at any given time. So though today was going to be an upper body lifting day, it has turned into a maintenance day of icing the back for 20 minutes at a time, stretching and working out some knots back there! Apparently with age comes wisdom?! Crazy.

Today's quote is from Louis C.K.:

“Putting on my socks is the worst part of every day, and it always will be. Even if I have a terrible day in the future where my grandmother is murdered by my other grandmother, if that ever happened to me, the worst part of that day will be when I put on my socks.”

Stretching, icing and myofascial release... that is the plan for the day.

Have a Great One!