On Thursday I tweaked an old injury. A few years ago (thanks to bench pressing entirely too much weight for a guy who doesn’t tackle running backs anymore), I injured my rotator cuffs in my shoulders. Add to it, I have a bad shoulder from a third-degree A/C separation I got playing football many years ago. So I have to watch out how much I push my upper body. The doctor advised that I build up the muscles in my shoulders to strengthen the area around my rotator cuffs to avoid surgery. I’ve done that successfully. Thursday, I aggravated my left rotator cuff. If I raise my hand straight in front of me, my shoulder pops. And hurts. Thankfully, a weekend of ice and ibuprofen helped it recover.
Of course, today was a shoulder-centric workout.
The only station I skipped outright was Morgan’s. I ran 1/2 mile on the track and a gauntlet in the main stands (up and down the stairs) instead. I modified my time in the weight room thanks to Chaz’s guidance. And I didn’t do wall stands (I ran 1/4 mile and a gauntlet before I rejoined Line 3 and ran sprints up the hill). I did do Clark’s core workout and did do the bear crawl ladders (I put more weight on my legs than I did my arms).
I guess I could have stayed home. But I wanted to push a little to see where I was in the recovery phase.
When you exercise, you are going to get injured from time to time. Like most bad things in life, you have to learn to push through it. It makes you mentally tough.
A quarter of the way through PLS, I’m in pretty good shape. I ran 10 miles easily on Saturday and felt good today (except for my boo boo.) I’m grateful for the experience and look forward to seeing what my body will take tomorrow.
PROGRAM NOTE: Paul Lacoste will be on Now You’re Talking with Marshall Ramsey on Mississippi Public Broadcasting Think Radio today at 10 a.m. on 91.3 FM or you can listen online here. http://mpbonline.org/nowyouretalking/