The finals for the CFCP total challenge were today. I have to say that I was really apprehensive about it as I didn’t get 6 full weeks of working out in due to travel. Also, I haven’t really been working these lifts. On top of that, I slept horribly last night.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I decided that I would just give it my best and do whatever I could do.<\/p>\n
We started with back squats, my least favorite of the three lifts. I started with 335# which was where I ended last time. No problem. Then, I went up to 345#. Again no problem. For my last set, I was going for 355#. I grabbed the bar, racked it, stepped back, got down, the as I started pushing back up, I heard a very loud POP in my lower back.<\/p>\n
Ouch.<\/p>\n
Josh helped me dump the weight and I immediately laid down. Robin came over pretty quickly and had me do a few stretches, press ups, etc.<\/p>\n
It didn’t feel horrible, but I was pretty sure I was done for the day. I could probably have done the strict presses, but there’s no way I was dead lifting 445# in that condition. I would have just injured myself further.<\/p>\n
The worst part of this all is that my mother and grandmother came to watch this. In being a member of this gym and doing this stuff for about a year and a half, I have rarely injured myself. The worst that’s really happened to me thus far has been muscle soreness.<\/p>\n
Oh well. It’s a sport, after all and sports will have injuries from time to time. I guess we will just need to see how long this one takes to get better. Right now, it’s iced.<\/p>\n
I was really disappointed that I had to leave. I am really proud of the rest of
\nmy friends that went on, finished, and showed incredible progress over the course of the 6 week challenge. You guys rock and inspire me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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