Sciatica is really bugging me. What’s annoying is that it’s settled in both sides. So my lower back tightens up to take the strain off which irritates that entire section. Icy hot, and this weird electro shock thing my mom has for her Bursitis (did I spell that right?) in her shoulder, help quite a bit. Love that weird thingy.
Knees are better. As I get stronger they hurt for maybe a day or two and then stop hurting up until I jump to heavier then hurts for a bit, and then gets used to it. Weird.
Weak spot in my back has gone. The hypers and heavy rowing help with that. However the heavy rows sometimes aggravates my lower back injury. Hanging from a bar with ankle weights helps with my lower back along with hypers, weighted or not.
Took measurements of the three areas that are popular to women, haven’t measured all the other areas but this is what I have: bust-38in, waist-29in (haven’t measured upon waking yet so I’ll probably update this), hips-45in. Had my calves, neck, and forearms written down but lost the paper so I’ll do it again in the morning if I remember
Conditioning work/cardio is whooping my ass. But my body is reshaping itself nicely. Slowly. But nicely.
Diet wise I’m reverting back to a semi IIFYM, just because hubby and I are getting ready to move and we’re scraping money together for the storage, moving guys, and paying everything else we usually pay for, so I’ve been eating things that the budget allows. I refuse to keep eating cheap sources of carbs so I’ve been energyless for a bit. Protein helps keep strength up along with creatine, and added warm salt water for muscle cramps. I have fruits and nuts but I eat them quickly. The lean meats and fish cost the most so I substitute them with protein powder and eggs for the time being. Brown rice is a staple, and I get as many veggies as I can. The other 1,000 calories I cram in the form of fast food, but I do it earlier in the morning so I don’t do overboard which helps, then I save the healthy food for later in the afternoon and at night which keeps me from eating well into the night. I still wake up hungry sometimes, but some warm water, and mixture of rice and veggies helps until morning, although I have gas when I eat that late. Sometimes.
My Archless feet do not like the squat shoes I bought a while back. For whatever reason the shoe just needs to be as flat as my feet are. I’ve never had a problem with squatting in chucks or the D.C. Low top shoes I’ve had. The shoe just has to be flat. So I’ll probably trade with my gym friend for another pair of knee sleeves, which I rarely use anyways but whatever.
A friend of mine at the gym, has been complaint of this arm injury she has since I met her which was like damn near 4-5 months ago. As I pay attention to her more closely, I realize her trainer or doctor or coach or whatever he is, has no absolute idea what the heck he is doing. The workouts he prescribes to her are the reason her body isn’t healing up fast enough. What guy makes a 40+ year old woman do isolation work in the 7x15 range?No wonder she’s falling apart. That’s a subscription for something else to break down or become injured. I’ve never heard of someone prescribing someone else that much volume for extended amounts of time. Not to mention she has a daughter, and does other things. I’m getting cramps just thinking about that much volume. She’s a mom, she probably works, she’s natural, doesn’t compete, and just wants to maintain her health. Am I missing something? I never say anything, but whoever is training her needs to get gut punched.
Other than the rambling, that’s the jist of this weeks progress as of now. Still sore from that max bench day. This is the one break I’ve taken in a while where I’m sore upon returning. But I like it though.
