|
If lifting weights was a female, I'd have left her long ago.
-I've broken my right olecranon process doing triceps extensions (required two surgeries)
-herniated L5-S1 doing dead lifts
-torn both pecs, one of them twice
-countless strains and joint aches over the years
My biggest "thing" was thinking I had to be in the gym all the time, almost daily. Now I lift three days and week and am doing great. Sometimes I might only lift 1-2 times a week. I actually don't think in terms of "week" anymore. I think in terms of workout order.
E.G: My week starts with a squat workout, second workout is bench press. Third is deadlift, fourth is overhead press. The "week" (since I'm lifting at most three sessions a week) will take me into the next calendar week. When I have completed those four sessions, whether it takes a week and a half or two weeks, I will repeat them with variation of weights and reps.
It took me years to accept I won't get any weaker by doing that and a lot of the time, your body needs the rest. Mentally, it will fuel your desire. Now that I lift less, I have more free time to enjoy life.
You'll have good workouts, you'll have great workouts, you'll have crappy workouts. You'll have workouts where you get hurt. Most of your workouts will fall into the average category though.
A deadlift isn't controversial at all. I still do them and will continue to do them as long as I can get my hands around a barbell. There are some people whose physical characteristics make certain exercises not as good (maybe even dangerous) for them as others. I cannot do an upright row or my shoulders will hate me for days. I just don't do them. If I cared or felt my life was lacking from their absence, I'd experiment with hand spacing and might be able to do them but I simply don't care. People with a Type 3 acromion process probably shouldn't do overhead pressing because of the lack of space in their compared to a type 1 (I have a type 1. Yay for me). But there are always exceptions to the rule.
If the pain persists, go see a doctor. Enjoy the time off and find something else you enjoy to occupy your time. I don't know how old you are, but when your time comes, I bet you won't be thinking "I wish I had spent more time in the weight room" when your family is gathered around. You'll be thinking "I wish I had spent more time with my loved ones."
|