Back at it

Well after 3 weeks off the gym I finally decided it was time to get back to the gym. Of course i'm not doing my old routine, and I am still taking it very easy on my back, but I was going to go crazy if I couldn't get back into the gym. The first week felt fine, no twinges and alot of DOMS. The fact that I couldn't really feel anything in my back while at the gym makes me feel that the injury was definatley work orientated. Well this and the fact that while I am in work I will sometimes start to feel my back go again...so it definatley is work!
I went to see a physio (cheers Ben) after I had to leave work for the second time, and after about 10-15mins of touching everwhere on my back he told me that it wasn't a pulled muscle after all. In fact, it turned out a disk in my thoracic spine had dislodged itself, something the doctors at hospital failed to notice (idiots). Although this might seem serious, it isn't really. The physio told me the gym wasn't to blame and that I could go back to training...which I didn't hesitate to do. This revelation also made me feel alot better about the pain I was feeling when the first accident happened. I mean, when footballers pull a muscle they just limp off the pitch, but when I do I sit on the freezing ground for 2 hours not able to stand back up again. Then again your back is alot more important than your leg, and there isn't much movement that doesn't involve your back. Anyway, i'm starting to feel better and hopefully it won't be too long before i'm up to lifting heavy things again.


I started my Personal Training course 2 weeks ago, and already I know I am going to learn alot from it. So far we have only been talking about the introduction with our clients and how to get as much info (eating habits, injuries, goals etc) out of them as we can. We even did some postural analysis this week to find problem areas (tight muscles, loose mucles ets) that need to be fixed. We are also going to learn about nutrition, which is something I am definatley interested in and NEED to know more about. There is going to be alot to learn, but if the girls in the class who don't know what a clean and press is can do it (no I am not joking), then so can I. lol