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Nothing is really going on here...

Someone should say something nice...to me...I've hurt my back yet again...this time it's an "aggravated disc" so the chiropractor says. What the hell is an aggravated disc anyway? I couldn't get a straight answer from the chiropractor.

The sad thing is that I was bending down to pick something up off the ground but before I bent down completely something happened to my back and the next thing I know is I am hunched over in pain and having great difficulty walking. This was Sunday morning, and I'm still having problems...although it seems to be getting slightly better.

It was only days beforehand where I had the best day I've had dead lifting since the first injury over two months ago. 435lbs for reps...of course a couple months ago I was doing 485-500lbs for reps...but still it's not too bad coming back from being hurt. But that was back then and now things are different, yet similar, once again. Different because the pain happens for different reasons, although the same because it's still lower back pain.

I'm not sure what the deal is anymore. Is it possible that my body simply can't take it? I'm starting to think so - the same thing happened with running. I simply couldn't recover fast enough to be able to run frequently enough in order to progress.I guess it's more about recovery than anything else.

It is depressing...my recovery for the last couple months consisted of doing low weight and taking it easy to allow for healing but it appears that it didn't really work...

People aren't really designed with lifting 400+ lbs in mind I don't think. Sure, people do it and all that, but I don't think it was intended. If we were designed to do that sort of heavy lifting, we'd probably be somewhere between a gorilla and a leopard or something like that You always seem to need to push things. You should strike some kind of balance. You know, work out to maintain a certain acceptable level without damaging yourself. There really isn't an overall point to lifting large objects. People have advanced brains so that we can create tools so that we don't have to lift 500 lbs. So, maintain a level where you can consistently lift 350 lbs. Be happy that you can lift more weight than the average citizen, and be even happier that you can still move around freely.

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I enjoy being in fairly good shape, but still being able to move around. I have a good mixture of strength, balance, and agility, and I enjoy it. I RARELY get hurt, and I think that outweighs any ability to lift several hundred pounds. I mean, why would I ever need to lift 500? (I probably couldn't even if I tried to work up to it because of my extra-lengthy arms.)

Stop trying to push it, be happy, and be able to move. If you keep damaging yourself, you are going to be a very feeble and decrepit fellow, and that will depress you far worse than not being able to consistently lift 500 pounds.