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Morning all. A tale of woe with a happy ending 😀
Last week, I did a ludicrous amount of exercise (ludicrous for an older person like me) with an intention of dropping weight quickly. See Weight Loss thread.
I dropped the amount of weight I wanted. On Tuesday I played squash for a few hours, then weights in the afternoon followed by footie in the evening. I had an ache in my back after squash - the remnant from an old motorcycle accident which I am used to.
I then did weights culminating in a 120kg deadlift. My lower back was really sore afterwards - across the whole back which was unusual as my bike accident only caused pain on one side. I thought it was odd but carried on.
I pondered this for four days and suffered with it. I realised that I must have been doing something wrong. A quick refresh with Mark Rippetoe’s book and a number of selfie videos revealed the problem - curved back doing the deadlift. I was able to sort it out today thankfully.
The moral of the story is - do form checks often if you train alone or uncoached. The selfie vids were a great help. I had been lifting light weights and rushing so no issues presented themselves until the weight got heavier - I think I dodged a bullet as I could have done serious harm.