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Dang, you go Mike! Maybe someday i'll be doing dips like that...hmm...

mike,
wow! that is amazing!

so that's the (in)famous Mike. Good work.

I did a quick double WOD today since yesterday was a rest day for me.

Warm up: 2X samson stretch, 2X10 OH squats 45 lb, ring pullups, ring dips, 2X6 situps, 2X15 back extensions.

WOD from yesterday:
Push Press (sets of 3):
47-67-77-87-97-107-112-117-122(failed on rep 2)
122(failed on rep 2 again)-117-117-95X4

WOD for today:
DL 135 21-15-9 mixed with GH situps 30-20-10
6:41 (all situps done on back extension touching floor with hand. Deadlifts done with 135 b/c my low back always hurts for a few days when i go heavy on the DLs. Does this happen to anyone else?

Sorry for the double posting. I keep getting server errors when I try to post, and end up posting twice accidentally by the time I realize it actually worked.

Nice Job, Currano!!!
Ya sure it's the DL's causing the back pain and not, uhhh....the Push presses??

Nice Mike!

Love the soundtrack, Max.

3rd Bass brings back memories of stupid-large hightops and ice-cold 40's.

By the way, that muscle-up is extra hard, because Mike starts from a hang,and then has to get the false grip in the air: something about being named "Mike" I guess, maybe I should change my name!

Hey Allen,

You are not alone.

I too have a sore lower back after the WOD yesterday. It's definately muscle soreness (good) and not anything pulled (bad). Was really happy to be working with 95# (I'm about 110# myself) and doing it in pretty good time (I forget exactly).

Vanessa,

Great job, that's a lot of weight for someone your size. My low back in actually doing really well today, not sore at all, so I guess staying at 135 for the DL's was the right thing to do. Next time I'll try a little more and keep working on my form. It may be that my form deteriorates with heavier weight, so I'll have to keep an eye on that and go up more slowly.

I can deal with muscle soreness, but it seems that when I do heavier deadlifts and heavy squats I get "disc" type soreness, which I'm pretty wary of. I'm a chiropractor so I see people with disc herniations and disc problems all the time and I definitely don't want to hurt mine.

I'm curious if anybody else gets low back pain from deadlifts and/or squats? (not just muscle soreness)

My lower back is on fire today

chad.

Chad,

how much wieght did you use for your deadlifts?

Low soreness from deadlifts and squats = doing something wrong and probably dangerous. Ask us next time you are in and we will give you some help.

I agree Max.

Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between what is soreness in lower back muscles and what is pain in lower back. For me, aspirin does not take away the pain of something done wrong as fast as something done hard.

I frequently experience a litle bit of both after deadlifting any weight for time. I feel only muscle use soreness after one rep max deadlift stuff where form is not allowed to break down as easily.

Allen, I think in the future I will not do "for time" deadlifting of any sort until I have a flawless, automatic form. Even if it takes years. I get too caught up in the competitive aspect of the WOD and have a bad habit of rounding my back which needs to be broken (the habit not my back).

I discovered that it's really important to not "pull" with the arms/shoulders in the DL when fatigue sets in.

I experienced some sharp shoulder pain after this WOD, due to pulling with right side. I noticed that the bar was uneven, but I didn't stop b/c of the time issue.