My well thought out agenda went straight to Hell. Monday night I noticed my throat started feeling a little scratchy. At first I tried to deny what I really deep down new was coming on. I tried to clear my throat several times and even did a nice teeth brushing and flossing job hoping I had just aggravated the back of my throat. It was no use as that uncomfortable feeling got worse and worse. I finally broke down and put a cough drop in. I know once I put in a cough drop all is lost and I am going to have one hell of a cold.
This was Monday night though and I had squat training to do some with a cough drop wedged between my cheek and gums I prepared to get physical. Squatting went pretty well. I have decided this training cycle to completely fore go wearing any powerlifting gear. The fact is I am making great gains training raw and my few attempts to put on gear has thrown my grove off and I do not like it. This time I did not even use a lifting belt which actually went great until I got up there in weight.
On my last set as I sat back into the bottom of the squat position I felt my low back start to round and I started to lean forward. Knowing that I was about to lose the bar over the top (which can very well knock you the fuck out with enough weight on it- See Lee Moran's 1000 pound squat attempts though I am no where near a 1000 pounds I am sure it is still not fun no matter how much is on the bar), I just exploded up with everything I had and good morning my way out of the lift. Lucky for me I have a super strong good morning lift as that probably saved me from at the least a nasty bump on my head. Would a lifting belt have stopped that? I am not sure to be honest, I think it honestly came down to fatigue and getting sloppy with the lift due to said fatigue. If I hadn't of been tired I would of kept my lower back tight and not rounded over. Shit happens and lifting is not always a safe thing to do. I have seen one guy going for a 405 bench lose his grip and the weight slammed down on his upper chest/neck region. If he had been a little higher he could of died or been permanently maimed. Anything worth doing is going to have risks involved. Sometimes you just have to hope for the best and go for it. I can lead the safest life in the world and walk outside and get hit by a drunk driver for all I know. I might as well do something I love in life.
Tuesday i woke up feeling an intense sore throat. Throughout the day it got worse and went from simply a sore throat to a full on cold. Wednesday was not much better as things got worse and my whole body ached. I had to make a judgment call then whether or not I was going to train Wednesday night. It is typically my heavy bench press day. It is always a tough call deciding whether to train when sick. Your immune system actually gets weaker during vigorous exercise so you can make your recovery even longer trying to push yourself. On the other hand I will not skip a workout just to take it easy and avoid working hard. If I miss a workout it is only because it is the best thing to do. It takes a long time to know the difference. A week or two ago I postponed my deadlift training one day because my CNS was fried. In the end I decided it was better to postpone my bench press training a day or two rather than set myself back.
I think I made the right decision. I woke up this morning (Thursday) feeling like the ass end of a mule but throughout the day I started to feel somewhat better. I am certainly not 100% but definitely better off than the last two days. I did my bench press training tonight. Nothing special, I was still somewhat weak from the cold, hit a small personal record, could of done more but left it as is. Really happy with how things played out.
Now onto other things. Right now I am working on the untitled fantasy book mostly. Since I am the most happy with how that story is fleshed out I am going to work on that first. I have been held up on the character I could not write for but that problem is now fixed. Right now I just plan on plowing through the story and getting everything down. I will be unhappy with the final result but if I try and make sure every page is perfect I will never get past page 10. I will fly through it and re-edit it after it is finished. The real trick will be keeping the story from getting too silly and out there.
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