nejar462
03-26-2008, 09:40 AM
So yesterday I did a number of stupid things while squatting.
A) I got to the gym late and, in an epic moment of stupidity, did not stretch out properly.
B) I did not warm up properly. Which, compounded with the not stretching, was even dumber.
C) I took last week off, and haven't don't back squats for over a few months (been working on front squats).
D) I was on relatively light weight, and not taking it seriously (275 lb) and just shooting down quickly and coming up. On my third rep, I leaned forward slightly at the very bottom of my lift, (head wasn't up), while going down a bit more than I'm used to.
Anyway, I heard a funny sound out of my hip, and still managed to finish the lift. I stumbled away from the rack in an extreme amount of pain. Barely able to walk. I sat off to the side and walked around and tried to stretch for about an hour before going home.
It was a VERY painful night sleep. In the morning, I had even more pain. I took the day off from work and went back to bed. I felt much better after waking up, and other than having a slight pain in my back which I think I can work through while stretching, I think I'm ok to get back to my schedule tomorrow (cutting out some lifts which might strain my back).
So I've been lifting since I was 14, 8 years running now. I almost always have discipline to stretch out and warm up effectively and treat every lift as its serious (I had a friend who could max out near 400 lbs almost get hurt with 135, so I know it doesn't take a lot to hurt you). So I've never been even close to getting hurt while lifting. However, I was distracted yesterday, did not take everything seriously, and almost suffered some VERY dire consequences.
Luckily I think I should be able to work through this completely in about a week, and I only need to take one day off from work. I think I learned a VERY valuable lesson yesterday, and, like most idiots, I had to learn it the hard way, but at least I didn't have to learn it, THE VERY hard way. Hell, I might be squatting with light weights Friday if everything works out well.
A) I got to the gym late and, in an epic moment of stupidity, did not stretch out properly.
B) I did not warm up properly. Which, compounded with the not stretching, was even dumber.
C) I took last week off, and haven't don't back squats for over a few months (been working on front squats).
D) I was on relatively light weight, and not taking it seriously (275 lb) and just shooting down quickly and coming up. On my third rep, I leaned forward slightly at the very bottom of my lift, (head wasn't up), while going down a bit more than I'm used to.
Anyway, I heard a funny sound out of my hip, and still managed to finish the lift. I stumbled away from the rack in an extreme amount of pain. Barely able to walk. I sat off to the side and walked around and tried to stretch for about an hour before going home.
It was a VERY painful night sleep. In the morning, I had even more pain. I took the day off from work and went back to bed. I felt much better after waking up, and other than having a slight pain in my back which I think I can work through while stretching, I think I'm ok to get back to my schedule tomorrow (cutting out some lifts which might strain my back).
So I've been lifting since I was 14, 8 years running now. I almost always have discipline to stretch out and warm up effectively and treat every lift as its serious (I had a friend who could max out near 400 lbs almost get hurt with 135, so I know it doesn't take a lot to hurt you). So I've never been even close to getting hurt while lifting. However, I was distracted yesterday, did not take everything seriously, and almost suffered some VERY dire consequences.
Luckily I think I should be able to work through this completely in about a week, and I only need to take one day off from work. I think I learned a VERY valuable lesson yesterday, and, like most idiots, I had to learn it the hard way, but at least I didn't have to learn it, THE VERY hard way. Hell, I might be squatting with light weights Friday if everything works out well.