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Holy Backpain batman!
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:42 am
by koopa
Well, it is more back soreness, but this is a new experiance for me. I started shugging with a 8 lb'er in January, and just graduated to a 12 lb'er. After 2 days of shugging, I woke up today with a stiff lower back.
Today is a day of rest!
I've had arm soreness and ab soreness, but I never understood the back soreness as I've never experienced it before. Time to chalk this up to a new level! I hope this doesn't affect my run for today....
Happy shugging everyone!
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:31 pm
by reinhard
Ouch. Sorry to hear that.
Definitely take it easy until you're feeling 100% better.
The good news is that shovelglove will give you the back muscles of a titan if you can navigate this and keep at it. (but definitely prioritize the navigation part for now and don't shug through pain -- take as many "yellow" days as you need)
Best of luck, and hope you can still do your run (I'll be running this afternoon, too).
Reinhard
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:50 pm
by koopa
It isn't pain, just soreness. It just isn't what I expected, especially since my body was carrying around 40 more lbs a little over 6 months ago.
Good luck on the run! I'm going to attempt 4 miles today.
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:04 pm
by koopa
koopa wrote:It isn't pain, just soreness. It just isn't what I expected, especially since my body was carrying around 40 more lbs a little over 6 months ago.
Good luck on the run! I'm going to attempt 4 miles today.
Back soreness bothered me during the run, so ran 20 minutes, walked 5, ran 10 minutes, walked 5 then did speed intervial training to total 3.90 miles. I can never get it to actually click to 4 miles.... one day.
Today, no issues, so did the shovelglove routine again. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
PS: ideally, I need to shug on run days if back soreness is going to linger.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:53 pm
by koopa
I've been traveling lately, so haven't had a chance to regularly shovelglove, but I still notice back soreness on the 12 lber. I mostly notice it when swimming or running, which is just annoying. Doing most other things doesn't bother me much.
Since I no longer have soreness with normal activity, I have a feeling that my back will harden soon, and this will no longer be an issue. Right now, it is just annoying as it is interfering with my other activities...
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:54 pm
by koopa
koopa wrote:koopa wrote:It isn't pain, just soreness. It just isn't what I expected, especially since my body was carrying around 40 more lbs a little over 6 months ago.
Good luck on the run! I'm going to attempt 4 miles today.
Back soreness bothered me during the run, so ran 20 minutes, walked 5, ran 10 minutes, walked 5 then did speed intervial training to total 3.90 miles. I can never get it to actually click to 4 miles.... one day.
Today, no issues, so did the shovelglove routine again. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
PS: ideally, I need to shug on run days if back soreness is going to linger.
Sadly, this post was the last good run that I had. Converted to walking mostly due to travel and not having proper running equipment. On vacation this week, plan on picking it back up next week.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:10 am
by zenboar
Are you doing a good cool down and stretching routine afterwards? One thing I've noticed is I can be a bit sore in the lower back on days after my kettlebell/sledgehammer work if I don't do some stretching work and such afterwards. From what I've deduced I'd have to say that the workout creates tightness in the hamstrings. If I don't stretch them out afterwards, that tension transfers to my lower back for the next day or so.
Oddly enough, I started working with a 47lb sandbag (wasn't quite enough to make it 50 and didn't want to run out for a whole other bag) and the work is very back-intensive. But my back feels like a million bucks the next day.