Went back to the gym tonight. Skipped all last week. The pain I was having wasn't sore muscles so much as other problems. Most notably my shoulder pain came back.
It may or may not sound like the greatest wisdom but I decided to work the parts of my body hardest that were bothering me most. I figure it will either help or basically cripple me tomorrow and for several days beyond.
However, I have a history of different chronic musculoskeletal problems. Knee pain, back pain.. Thing is, when I have had a problem, it basically did not stop until I worked that part of my body extremely hard. Usually the issue is shortened ligaments and tendons.
I've tried that before with my shoulders. However, I am doing some different exercises this time. Some I was apprehensive about. The main part I am targeting are the posterior deltoids. It may well be that I have worked my shoulders too unevenly, which is causing a twisting of the internal rotator cuff. I am starting off with rather low weights, so not to pull a muscle. I honestly cannot recall ever doing exercises that specifically target those muscles. Never really needed to that I knew of. Right now my shoulders are tired but in less pain than they have generally been in for a while.
In general this was a very different workout.
One good sign of health. I went twice as far as I have been going for some time on the ski machine. For the first 1/10 of a mile, my heart rate climbed up to 129. Then an interesting thing happened. My heart rate slowed down to 133-114 and stayed there the rest of the time, even though I was going at a rate of 6 miles an hour. (Which is harder on a ski machine than walking or treadmill.)
Tomorrow night I need to work on my tests for the job and get dishes done. I have a huge pile of dishes. Just too tired tonight for it.
It may or may not sound like the greatest wisdom but I decided to work the parts of my body hardest that were bothering me most. I figure it will either help or basically cripple me tomorrow and for several days beyond.
However, I have a history of different chronic musculoskeletal problems. Knee pain, back pain.. Thing is, when I have had a problem, it basically did not stop until I worked that part of my body extremely hard. Usually the issue is shortened ligaments and tendons.
I've tried that before with my shoulders. However, I am doing some different exercises this time. Some I was apprehensive about. The main part I am targeting are the posterior deltoids. It may well be that I have worked my shoulders too unevenly, which is causing a twisting of the internal rotator cuff. I am starting off with rather low weights, so not to pull a muscle. I honestly cannot recall ever doing exercises that specifically target those muscles. Never really needed to that I knew of. Right now my shoulders are tired but in less pain than they have generally been in for a while.
In general this was a very different workout.
One good sign of health. I went twice as far as I have been going for some time on the ski machine. For the first 1/10 of a mile, my heart rate climbed up to 129. Then an interesting thing happened. My heart rate slowed down to 133-114 and stayed there the rest of the time, even though I was going at a rate of 6 miles an hour. (Which is harder on a ski machine than walking or treadmill.)
Tomorrow night I need to work on my tests for the job and get dishes done. I have a huge pile of dishes. Just too tired tonight for it.
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