Getting into shape

[Freed Roger]

how are you doing w/o booze? tempted?

see above. not so bad yet. cleared some hurdles. slightly less tired in the AM, so that helps. this back & nerve thing cutting into my activity level - an unexpected reason to carry on with it. Not exercising much, that blows more than the no booze.

[jim]

Un mother [expletive] believable but I have really hurt my neck. God [expletive] damn it all to hell. This is not going to go a way on it's on. This am I did day 4 of the Armstrong pullup program, which is to do as many "training sets" as you can. I probably did 10+ sets of 4 pullups today, and it's just gotten awful through the day. I have to take at least a week off of lifting completely.

Joining the club freed.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Un mother [expletive] believable but I have really hurt my neck. God [expletive] damn it all to hell. This is not going to go a way on it's on. This am I did day 4 of the Armstrong pullup program, which is to do as many "training sets" as you can. I probably did 10+ sets of 4 pullups today, and it's just gotten awful through the day. I have to take at least a week off of lifting completely.

Joining the club freed.

If you hurt yourself doing a biggest loser type challenge, you automatically lose, right?

[jim]

Definitely injury, not old man pain. Woke up this morning and it's pretty sore. It's different than any neck thing I"ve had because I can move my neck in most directions without too much pain. It's arm movements that trigger it - raising arms, shrugging shoulders ... that just kills. Actually after testing it some this morning I'm thinking this is a shoulder injury that is causing pain up through the neck into the skull.

[Freed Roger]

That is pretty crappy. The armstrong routine looked scary. Too much of one thing. But here I am using traction device

[jim]

The problem is too much of one thing - but the pullup program was just the straw that broke the camels back. For the past few years I've just been lifting too much, too often. 3 upper body routines a week that are an hour each, and all have max effort burnout sets in them. I think my body just had enough.

Rest is important,and I am terrible about incorporating that into my routine. I rest when I breakdown. I will be able to keep up with cardio while this passes, but I need to take some time off and then just completely alter my lifting routine.

[Freed Roger]

Did a 7 mile run this afternoon. Was told to avoid whatever hurts. Knew within minutes I was good.

[jim]

If you would have seen Creed you would have ran 10. Glad to see you are back on track.

[lukethedrifter]

Good to here you're feeling better, Freed. Fairly quick recovery.

Looking more and more like a trip to doc for this shoulder; AC joint and some tendon stuff lateral to that. Just when I was getting into a good workout groove.

[jim]

Hey freed - you must be a runner if you are doing 7 miles. How can a guy that runs 1-2 x per week (3-4miles) improve his mile time. I'm thinking I should continue to do the 1-2 runs at 3-4 miles, but maybe add a couple of interval training sessions. I don't run consecutive days very often because of old age, but I'm thinking M/W/F doing some intervals and a Saturday 4 mile run?

Any ideas on the types of intervals to do?