learning lessons the hard way

My favorite recurring minor injury is back: a lower back muscle strain. Over the last two days I've had a couple of trips to the chiro, and done a lot of trigger point work. So I was feeling good this morning during the warm up...

STRENGTH/SKILL
full barbell snatch
5-5-5

65-65-65
I stayed light to save my back and work technique, felt OK throughout, and was confident going into the workout...

WOD
21-15-9
full barbell snatch
pull-ups

DNF. 7 reps into round one my back started to seize up. But I'm stubborn so I kept going... just very, very slowly. One rep at a time slowly. I wasn't even breathing hard, I was just being stupid and trying to work through the pain. After I completed the 15 round Jeremy stopped me.

So, I'm going to be smart and take a recovery weekend. I'm not taking it "off" though. I will be eating clean, stretching, and hitting the trigger point kit a minimum of 3 times a day. I'm gonna be sleeping in too!


If you're out and about tomorrow morning come by SICFIT Austin for the Black & Red Challenge. I'll see ya there (as a spectator of course)!

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Have a great weekend y'all!