Originally Posted by
Richard Durbin
Today marks month three on my training.
All the prior benefits are still good. Plus a couple more.
My lower back pain is gone. Gone. Even first thing in the morning. Sure I’m still old and stiff as I hobble to take the dog out. But no pain as I stoop down to leash him. I used to make him jump up and meet me half way.
Also I’ve taken BP meds since 40. Side effect is dizziness upon standing up from a prolonged crouch. Like tying kids shoes or lighting a fire. And I get this at the top of my squats sometimes and just take an extra breath or two while it passes. But, but now I never get it on anything but my heavy (to me) work sets. Nothing on warmups or, really cool, in daily life.
So even though I tweaked a rib (my best guess) and shuffled around t-rexing my coffee because it hurt otherwise, I was still living all the benefits of being just a tiny bit stronger.