Fitness Struggles!

Damn my frail body man!I mean cmon man!Right now its plagued with injuries.

I've been working out in the gym these past 6 months. Before that I jogged like a marathoner doing almost 6-7, sometimes even 12 kilometers a day for a little over a year. I loved these sessions and missing even one of them made me feel like shit the next day. So basically I was pretty damn fit considering that I'm a student 'supposedly neck deep in study'. Anyway, things were going pretty well for a while. I loved the comments I got from people who were amazed at how fit I looked. I still get them though I'm not nearly half as fit as I was.

The trouble started way back in the September of 2009. I was doing parallel dips which is a free body exercise and something I was becoming pretty good at because I had raised the number of reps I could do from around 10 to 25,even 30. On this particular day I'm talking about, I was on the 12-13 rep and I heard a kind of little snapping sound somewhere near my left Trapezius. Well like any good fitness instructor will tell you, any such snapping should ring alarm bells in your brain and make you STOP immediately. But I continued anyway, finished my usual number of reps and felt that it might have just been a minor thing and that it should get sorted out by the end of my session. By the way, I was working my chest that day. I started doing horizontal bar bell presses. I loaded the rod. FIRST SET. Went by fine. I loaded some more. This time it was 25 pounds both sides. Even better. 30 pounds both sides. Goddammit!I couldn't lift even once!HOLY SHIT!What the hell's happening?!?!

I tried a coupla stretches.I tried everything. But no amount of stretching would make it okay.Well I had no choice but to leave the gym. I went home and put a hot water bag on the affected area.The next day I tried doing a few push ups but couldn't manage 'em without considerable pain in my back. I needed to visit a physiotherapist who told me to do some strengthening exercises and told me to stop working out for a while. I had officially got my first injury doing some kind of sport. The days went by and like I said before I felt like shit. I could relate so well with every sports person on the Earth, who at the prime of his career got injured and had to sit tight watching everyone else take away the glory and when he got back was a ghost of his former self. Hell look at Nadal!

Anyway, things got righted after a while and I started training again.This time it was even better. I could lift more and the size of my core muscles increased as well.Things were goin on just fine.

The year changed. A new decade began. Weeks before I had again developed a bit of soreness in my left shoulder which would manifest every time I stretched a bit more. But like before I thought the better of it and continued. Thankfully during the first 2 weeks of 2010 I wasn't in town and I didn't train. However when I got back I worked out for a week. But the pain persisted and I decided to give it a break. That was during the last week of January and up until now I've been at home sittin tight. FEELING LIKE SHIT!

Hell I even went to a doctor who gave me pills and asked me to rest which I diligently did. But this time, things aren't that simple. As I write, I still have that niggle in my left shoulder. I just dunno what I can do to get rid of it.

I decided a week ago that the least I can do is get back to good ol' jogging. Something I'm very good at. When I was in Bahrain this year, I jogged a couple of times and managed to do so without a worry. True, I couldn't run as much as I used to but I knew I could get back to those levels in no time. But during the last two days I've been jogging and my breathing and stamina have been amazing.But now there's a new problem.Damn it!After a while of jogging I experience severe pain in the shins. I even continued tolerating the pain, but after a while it was unbearable! So I go back home and check it out on the internet.It turns out that I've got something called Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome. Sounds terrific doesn't it? I just hate it. On the site, it says that I need some more rest and a bit more of physio.

Like I said earlier, I can truly relate to the injured sports star. Take Shane Watson of the Aussie cricket team. A major player, but for the first couple of years; in fact for most of the early part of his career, he had to sit out due to fitness problems. Stress fractures, knee problems, shoulder injuries you name it. Andrew Flintoff cut short his career due to his knee injuries which kept recurring. Rafael Nadal can barely manage to reach the peak levels that made him his best.

I can assure you that it's horribly frustrating. I just hope I can get over these injuries and get back on the circuit. I really can't wait. For a fitness enthusiast like me, sitting at home, hogging in front of the TV is not my idea of a life, though that's what I've been upto lately!