Baby steps

After pulling/tearing/straining my lower back muscle 10 days ago, I finally got back to the place that I love. The weight room...

Duke's weight room (Wilson)

Needless to say, today wasn't quite as glorious as I had imagined. Thankfully, it was arm day, so there would be little to no stress on my lower back (hopefully). I had to cut EZ bar curls and pull-ups out of the line-up, but that still left plenty of exercises.

I didn't feel as strong as I had previously, and the simple act of moving around and picking up weights and putting them down didn't flow like it usually did.

Speaking of picking things up and putting them down, I am reminded of one of my other favourite Planet Fitness commercials (besides the Bunny Ears one for which this blog is named).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOSeOieLh7s



That said, I ended up doing ok. My back didn't hurt at the end of the workout which was a plus, but then again, I had spent almost half my workout doing cardio on the elliptical. I'm not particularly in love with cardio of any sort, except running trails with my pup. That I love. I do not love staying in the same spot for 30 minutes while people are next to me doing the same things. I can't wait for it to get nice out!

One thing I did learn today was that I love incline curls. I had to drop some weight because I can't curl what I usually curl standing up on an incline bench. Reason for trying these type of curls was that I didn't want to do too many standing exercises where I might put tension or strain on my lower back. So I tried curls sitting down. On an incline. And boy did that burn.

Even though it's small progress, lifting today felt encouraging and like I am going in the right direction. Leg day tomorrow is gonna be a bit trickier though...