Muscles
When I was in high school, I took a weightlifting class. Technically, I was the second strongest person in the class, by the end of it. That surprises most people, since I look rather... wimpy.
There were two exceptions, though. The first was lower-leg exercises, where I was quite weak and hardly improved. But the other exception is the one I want to talk about.
On the first day of class, we tried to establish "benchmarks", so we could measure our progress. One of the first things I did was situps. ...I can't remember the details, but I did a respectable number... 60 or something, maybe. But it hurt. A lot.
The next day, my stomach was completely shot. I could hardly roll out of bed.
The next class was two days later, and I was in even more pain. I think I did, like, five, before insisting I was going to tear in half if I did one more.
But I never recovered... for the rest of the semester, I probably got up to maybe a dozen situps. It was pathetic. ...But I just couldn't get any more in, it hurt so badly.
Of late, my back has been very sore. I decided exercise was in order, and I found a nice set of back exercises to try out. A month later of doing them every three days or so, I can't say I'm much better... but it has gotten me thinking about building up my strength again.
With that in mind, I decided to do some sit ups. ...My tummy is quite a bit larger now than it was even three years ago, so I thought it might help with that.
I did eight. Eight! I was embarrassed. That was all I could muster in one set. The next set, I did three before quitting. I tried a third set, but just got through one.
The next day, I could hardly roll out of bed. : |
I knew better than to try again the following day. And it still hurt the day after that, too. In fact, it's been a week since I tried it. ...And I thought today was the right day to try again. I could still feel some pain, but not much.
I did two sit ups, and then just fell back, stomach muscles screaming.
W. T. F?!?
...How do I fix this?
1 comment:
I wouldn't be surprised if it were some sort of permanent muscle damage, a scar or something, dating back to childhood. Martha has a similar problem with her back -- she shredded the lower back muscles in jujitsu class many years ago, and the muscles now respond with great pain to any non-trivial exertion.
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