Who would have thought sitting down and typing up a post on your blog could be this painful?

I am an idiot. I did a Power Step class today knowing that I had some kind of minor injury in my upper back muscles in the right-side Rhomboids and the lower parts of the Trapezius. And I didn’t even reduce my weights to compensate. I actually hurt my back earlier in the day when I was bending down to wash my face in the bathroom sink. Ironic isn’t it? It’s such a simple movement, not at all unusual as I do it every day. But non the less capable of doing damage. Maybe I already had some kind of injury in my back which I had not noticed before, which was triggered by this random event. Anyway, the mistake I did was to assume the minor discomfort I felt would go over by itself and proceeded with my scheduled Power Step class.

That minor discomfort turned very quickly into bucket-loads of pain. It wasn’t as bad during the workout as it is now. I had to rub a Ketaprofen-lotion (known in Sweden as “Zon salva”) on my back to ease the pain a little. The pain sort of radiates into my arm as far as the right forearm.

Another twist of irony is the fact that I had reduced the number of sessions this week to cope with the feelings of over-training I had last week. It’s Thursday today and I’ve already had two full rest days this week, with the intent of having one more rest day on Saturday. Besides this shoulder/back pain, I was in excellent shape today, rested, well fed and hydrated. Here I was thinking I was back on track again. Now it seems I might not be doing any training for several days until this heals up!

I also almost spit on the instructor today. Thank god it missed. It’s bad enough I sweat like a fountain. Sometimes I feel like that guy from the Axe-commercial. Note to self: check if they also make a deodorant for the mouth. If not, I may have to find a new spot in the corner of the classroom, facing the wall.