back has gotten better, time to start over again. fuck my life.
well that's good news!! maybe cut out the paused squats for a while.. they are effective but obviously more risky than a normal squat.
I personally cut out paused squats, REA squats, jump squats, barbell lunges, front squats (loved those for vert, but they wrecked my upper back quite a few times) etc back when I was verting. Sometimes you just get to the point where it's like, fu*k the fancy stuff, pure basics.
THe first 2 days there was almost no change, was a struggle doing normal everyday things, getting out of bed was a struggle etc. But last night somehow it felt a lot better so i thought i could train today. And so i went for it. Was going to go cautious and see what made things feel better what made things feel bad. I found goblet squats were the only lower body exercise which helped. everything else i tried (rdls, squats) made it worse. So im going to avoid those things now and stick to goblets. It gives me a chance to priotise upper body work, which will allow me from going too crazy from frustration with my back.
As to what happened. I still dont know. i have video of every rep i did on weds when the injury occured. The first double with 125kg went fine, technically crisp, no problem. The double with 137.5kg was mostly clean, not even dirrty, but i felt something off on the 2nd rep. And i racked the bar. Dropped down to 107.5kg and did volume. First set went okay. 2nd set i switched to my nike shoes which have a WL sized heel, more depth but okay. Next set things went bad around rep 2, and even tho i did 3 reps that set and they were fine technically crisp, i was done.
I think it's a disc issue but possibly muscular too. left hand side of my lower back. I cant figure out which tbh. I'll give a shotout for the useful doctors in this country who will tell me to take ibuprofen and fuck off out of their office with no answers. i cant really figure it out unless i drop $1500 by getting an MRI privately on my own volition but since they wont refer them, i know from past experience. Sucks but without scans etc i have zero clue what actually happened