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I'm injured.
Yesterday's workout of the day was:
400m sprints
15 deadlifts at bodyweight (I did half bodyweight)
20 box jumps
25 jumping pull-ups.
Three reps of this whole workout
I did the first round A-Ok, though I hate running. I've never liked it, and everyone always says the same thing, "All it takes is a little practice, and you grow to love it."
I was in the Air Force. I ran almost every single day. I hated it every single day. There wasn't a single run where I didn't hurt all over and felt absolutely miserable throughout every inch of my body. I hate it. There's nothing in it for me.
But I ran the first 400 meters and had to really let my body cool down a little before proceeding, which I did fairly quickly. The deadlifts were actually quite nice. Since I haven't done them at a significant weight, my trainer was right beside me for the entire first round to ensure I was doing them correctly. He kept telling me, "Good job! Good form! Take your time and do it correctly!"
Then I did the second 400m sprint, which was more of a 400 meter prance. My legs were burning, and my back was stiffening. I walked from the road to the gym, took a shot of water, and started on my deadlifts. The trainer was right beside me, saying that my form looked great. I did, I think, three of them.
On the way back down, there was a definite "POP" in my lower back, and the pain was instant and excruciating. I dropped the barbell and did a turning face plant behind me.
At first, the pain was steady, and all I could do is writhe and bite my shirt. I had both trainers on me instantly, trying to determine if I broke something. I couldn't really answer them since I was focused on the pain. After about five minutes, the pain started to subside, but it would come in steady, INTENSE spasms that would last 30 seconds or so.
Ladies... I think I know what it's like to have contractions.
This was pain I've never felt before. Ear-ringing, spot-seeing, teeth-gnashing, pure, hot pain. Then it would go away for 30 seconds, and I could feel it coming back.
We have a doctor who attends this Crossfit every day, and he checked me out, saying it wasn't a spinal thing but just an inflammation in my SI, or Sacroiliac Joint. He made me roll over (not before the guys at the gym took chalk and traced a body line around me... thanks...), and he grabbed my leg and gave it a quick pull. There was a flash of pain, and then warmth and temporary relief.
Reading up on it, the symptoms are pretty dead on: I feel it along my upper left leg, in my buttocks, and, strangely, in my testicles. It feels like someone kicked me in the balls.
So...
Looks like I'm out of Crossfit for a while. Which sucks. When I was lying there on the mat, after the steady pain started and in between the "contractions," I was just upset that I couldn't finish the workout. It made me feel weak.
And old.
So, here it is, almost 24 hours later. I am stuck on the couch because it is extremely painful to move at all. Even to shift around on the couch, because your butt goes numb after a while, it a big ordeal. If I do the slightest thing disagreeable to my back, it instantly ceases up and the pain is unbelievable. Just getting up off of the floor last night to go to bed took about ten minutes.
I'm hungry, but the pain of getting up is more than my current hunger.
I hate being out of commission like this. It makes me feel so useless. The kitchen is a mess, and I want to clean it. I want to cook something. I want to go out in the mid-70s weather. But here I sit, watching TiVo. Argh.
Yesterday's workout of the day was:
400m sprints
15 deadlifts at bodyweight (I did half bodyweight)
20 box jumps
25 jumping pull-ups.
Three reps of this whole workout
I did the first round A-Ok, though I hate running. I've never liked it, and everyone always says the same thing, "All it takes is a little practice, and you grow to love it."
I was in the Air Force. I ran almost every single day. I hated it every single day. There wasn't a single run where I didn't hurt all over and felt absolutely miserable throughout every inch of my body. I hate it. There's nothing in it for me.
But I ran the first 400 meters and had to really let my body cool down a little before proceeding, which I did fairly quickly. The deadlifts were actually quite nice. Since I haven't done them at a significant weight, my trainer was right beside me for the entire first round to ensure I was doing them correctly. He kept telling me, "Good job! Good form! Take your time and do it correctly!"
Then I did the second 400m sprint, which was more of a 400 meter prance. My legs were burning, and my back was stiffening. I walked from the road to the gym, took a shot of water, and started on my deadlifts. The trainer was right beside me, saying that my form looked great. I did, I think, three of them.
On the way back down, there was a definite "POP" in my lower back, and the pain was instant and excruciating. I dropped the barbell and did a turning face plant behind me.
At first, the pain was steady, and all I could do is writhe and bite my shirt. I had both trainers on me instantly, trying to determine if I broke something. I couldn't really answer them since I was focused on the pain. After about five minutes, the pain started to subside, but it would come in steady, INTENSE spasms that would last 30 seconds or so.
Ladies... I think I know what it's like to have contractions.
This was pain I've never felt before. Ear-ringing, spot-seeing, teeth-gnashing, pure, hot pain. Then it would go away for 30 seconds, and I could feel it coming back.
We have a doctor who attends this Crossfit every day, and he checked me out, saying it wasn't a spinal thing but just an inflammation in my SI, or Sacroiliac Joint. He made me roll over (not before the guys at the gym took chalk and traced a body line around me... thanks...), and he grabbed my leg and gave it a quick pull. There was a flash of pain, and then warmth and temporary relief.
Reading up on it, the symptoms are pretty dead on: I feel it along my upper left leg, in my buttocks, and, strangely, in my testicles. It feels like someone kicked me in the balls.
So...
Looks like I'm out of Crossfit for a while. Which sucks. When I was lying there on the mat, after the steady pain started and in between the "contractions," I was just upset that I couldn't finish the workout. It made me feel weak.
And old.
So, here it is, almost 24 hours later. I am stuck on the couch because it is extremely painful to move at all. Even to shift around on the couch, because your butt goes numb after a while, it a big ordeal. If I do the slightest thing disagreeable to my back, it instantly ceases up and the pain is unbelievable. Just getting up off of the floor last night to go to bed took about ten minutes.
I'm hungry, but the pain of getting up is more than my current hunger.
I hate being out of commission like this. It makes me feel so useless. The kitchen is a mess, and I want to clean it. I want to cook something. I want to go out in the mid-70s weather. But here I sit, watching TiVo. Argh.