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mbscn
Hi,
I am 33 years old and pretty new to the program (4 weeks) . Tuesday night i was able to deadlift 300 lbs. The next morning i had back pain (i am sure i did something wrong - i kept on hitting my knees in the down phase). I pushed off my next workout until Friday mid-day at which point my back felt just fine. Because of something that came up i had to stop after the squatting 3 sets of 290 lbs. Soon thereafter the pain came back, Saturday morning the pain was worse. I must say that the pain wasn't constant, i was only when i tried bending, espicially when i tried bending my head forward whiles my torso was already bent forwards. The Pain was better today - Sunday, and I also realized that if i kept putting myself into the positions that hurt the pain would subside after a few moments, similar to a stretching exercise.
Did I hurt myself, or is that just soreness? Should i continue training throug the pain or should rest? Any rehab exercises?
Also, could this all be because i rounded my back at some points during squats or the deadlifts when the weight got heavy (i never squatted or deadlifted as much before)