Wes's Workout Log

[wesrman]

Monday January 19/09

Did a quick workout today to see how my back would hold up. So far it feels good, but i really wont know until i go to work.

I felt a sharpe pain again in my left knee while doing burpees. I must be doing something wrong. Maybe im not wamring them up enough or maybe my form is off a bit. Ill have to work on it.

3 sets of each with very little rest betweenn sets and exercises.
Burpees 10 reps
Chin ups 6 reps
Chinnies 16 reps
Squats 15 reps
Push Ups 15 reps
Supermans 7 reps

[wesrman]

Wednesday January 21/09

Back is still sore and gets worse when im at work.

3 sets of each
Bench Press
Weighted Chin Ups
Dumbell Press
Incline Curls
Close Grip Bench Press
Palm Down Wrist Curls
(superset with)
Palm Up Wrist Curls

After work:
25 minutes of yoga style stretching.

[Rocky Balboa]

What type of pain are you feeling in both your back and knee?

[wesrman]

What type of pain are you feeling in both your back and knee?

A sharpe ian in my knee cap when doing burpees and a sore lower back in the same place i hurt it before. IDK how to explain what kind of pain it is, but it seems to hurt more when i sit and lay down than it does when im lifting boxes.

If/when it heals im going to start training my core more seriously and start stretching and doing yoga more often.

[wesrman]

Friday January 23/09

Back was still bothering me so i decided not to workout. I still had to go to work and my back felt weird all night. Instead of my lower back being sore, my upper and middle back was bugging me. It didnt really hurt but was more of weird feeling.

After work i did 45 minutes of stretching.

[wesrman]

Saturday January 24/09

30mins Yoga

[Rocky Balboa]

A sharpe pain in my knee cap when doing burpees and a sore lower back in the same place i hurt it before. IDK how to explain what kind of pain it is, but it seems to hurt more when i sit and lay down than it does when im lifting boxes.

Knee- Rest it, it is probably a strained and inflammed tendon or ligament in your knee cap. RICE it.

Back- I'm assuming its muscular pain not that of the actual spine?

[wesrman]

A sharpe pain in my knee cap when doing burpees and a sore lower back in the same place i hurt it before. IDK how to explain what kind of pain it is, but it seems to hurt more when i sit and lay down than it does when im lifting boxes.

Knee- Rest it, it is probably a strained and inflammed tendon or ligament in your knee cap. RICE it.

Back- I'm assuming its muscular pain not that of the actual spine?

The knee only does it when i do burpees.

[Youngblood]

A sharpe pain in my knee cap when doing burpees and a sore lower back in the same place i hurt it before. IDK how to explain what kind of pain it is, but it seems to hurt more when i sit and lay down than it does when im lifting boxes.

Knee- Rest it, it is probably a strained and inflammed tendon or ligament in your knee cap. RICE it.

Back- I'm assuming its muscular pain not that of the actual spine?

The knee only does it when i do burpees.

Wes...if you haven't already, I'd dig back a few pages in my log and read some stuff Sharla has written about the correlation of lower back and knee pain. Then into some of the links she referenced. I've been down this road before...and when she wrote that I had a major lightbulb moment. I had my lower back worked on recently by a sports therapist/chiropractor, as i did last year also...and again my knee pain went away. I do think there is a connection there for sure in the two, atleast in my situation, as was also with Sharla...which tells me it is likely a more common thing then many of us realize.