Getting ready to make a come back

Good news! My lower back pain is not as bad anymore and I could do more exercises though I still don't want to jump back to the high level intensity as yet! Don't want to prolong the recovery time..ugh!

That being said, I'd say thanks to lots of yoga and stretching that I've been doing for the past 2 weeks. And did I mention I could crank up 100 crunches on the stability ball? I might want to research more if I did the crunches on the ball correctly.

yesterday I did my own workout:

3 rounds of:
Push ups (about 20-25 reps)
Crunches on the ball (about 30-50 reps)
Squats with side twist (about 25 reps)
Balance Push Ups (about 10-15 reps)
Side Tri Rise (about 25 reps)
Attempted plank pike (not sure what it's called) I could only hold my balance for 10 reps - I couldn't do the pike up so I just rolled the ball like this:

Source

Still alive

My lower back pain is still around but doesn't mean I'm just sitting around and do nothing. In fact I've been doing lots of yoga! Believe it or not, yoga helps ease up the pain. Also hubby got me a fitness ball so I've been doing crunches on it. And still working on my pushups as well!!

Dang, updating a blog w/ my crackberry surely painful!

Lower back pain = overtraining?

According to this post on this blog:
http://zentofitness.com/5-signs-that-you-are-overtraining/

Guess I'll take my rest day today.

Ab Focused Workout

5 min warm up & stretch

2 rounds of:
Bicycle Crunches (40 reps) -each turn count as 1 rep
Push ups (20 reps)
Lunge and Reach (courtesy of P90X) - Left(25 reps)
Lunge and Reach (courtesy of P90X) - Right (25 reps)
Oblique V ups (courtesy of P90X) - Left (25 reps)
Oblique V ups (courtesy of P90X) - Right (25 reps)
Steam Engine (or can be said standing crunches) - 25 reps (every right turn count as 1 rep)
Leg Climb (courtesy of P90X) - Left (25 reps)
Leg Climb (courtesy of P90X) - Right (25 reps)
1 minute Plank hold

Time completed: 31:05

Yoga for cool down and stretch (10-15 minutes)

Bodyweight workouts with lower back pain still

My lower back pain hasn't eased up yet, but not as bad. I still can't bend down or leaning forward. However, anything with bending backwards eases up the pain a bit

Anyway, I did my own workout thing today after a little 5 minute warm up cardio (run in place, stretching, 100 times jumping jack)

2 rounds of:
Regular Push ups (20 reps)
Regular crunches (70 reps)
Side Crunches (70 reps)- right side
Side Crunches (70 reps) - left side
Wall Squat (1 minute hold)
Balanced push ups (push up with side plank) (15 reps)
Toe Roll Iso Lunge (25 reps) -right side
Toe Roll Iso Lunge (25 reps) - left side
Back Extensions 25 reps
Squats 25 reps


Time: 27:28

Finished up with Yoga (stretching):
Cat Stretch
Upward Dog
Cobra
Bow
Bridge
Cobbler

Back right aching continues

I might want to take today as my rest day. My right back is still aching, even more when I bend or leaning forward. I think it's my right waist. Still can't figure out how the hell jumping rope can cause this???

I might want to do some yoga stretching to ease up this pain (camel pose, standing forward bend, cat stretch etc).

Power Girl Workout with morning jump rope

I did some jump rope in the morning, didn't keep track how many skips I did. But for some reason, throughout the day I feel some aching on my right side back (around the waist area). Not sure if I pushed myself a bit too much while jumping rope or what. It hurts more if I try to bend down or anything to do with leaning towards the right side.

However, in the evening after I got home, I cranked up Power Girl workout by Zuzana.

The numbers are a teeny bit better than last time I did (especially doing these with the pain on my back right waist). Will post up the number later.