Remember earlier in the week when I patted myself on the back for not trying a 1RM deadlift when my knee was hurting? Well I am back to being dumb again.
I have not done dragon flags for months. You may recall the last few times I did some at Retro before it shut down I always had to cut the reps short because of a sharp pain in my right side.
I hadn’t even thought about dragon flags at Retro because there was no good place to use as an anchor point originally. Well as part of the renovation they installed a 1.5″ pipe along the back wall which is just about perfect. I figured I may as well give it a test run.
So I got through my first set of 5 reps without any noticeable pain in that area. During the second set of 5 I was starting to feel something in that spot but it was dull enough that it didn’t stop me. Well on the third set coming out of rep 3 it popped and I dropped to the floor like I was just tasered. It’s a very disconcerting feeling, like something shifts around or is breaking loose. However after laying on the floor for a few seconds I was able to get up and do some other less intense core work.
When I got back to the office I looked up what vital organs are on that side of the body. The liver seemed like a possible candidate due to it’s placement and size. I really do like the challenge of doing dragon flags but the fact that the same pain came right back after months of not doing the movement is not a good sign.
I left a few minutes early, my motivation was sort of zapped along with the side pain.
Today’s Workout
5 minutes cardio/stretching
20 pull ups
50 push ups
Dragon Flags x 5
Standing straight arm oblique rotations x 20
Dragon Flags x 5
Standing straight arm oblique rotations x 20
Dragon Flags x 3
Standing straight arm oblique rotations x 20
Hanging knee raises x 20
Dowel oblique rotations x 20
One arm dead hang x 30 sec (both arms)
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