Heyyy

Hope your week is running smooth!

Unfortunately, I've had to take a little break from the gym recently. 6 days to be exact.

Muscle strain in the lower back and hip that's causing sciatic pain. 

Feels awful but can be a temporary issue. This is where you have to choose recovery over activity. I could very well push thru the pain, pop some pills and continue to lift. This strategy greatly increases the risk of reinjury. However, we all hate to rest and tend to push thru a bundle of injuries and sickness.

In some instances, were maintaining momentum is crucial, we may push thru some things. For the most part.

Like you're on week 4 of your comeback... that's the time to push. Because stopping for 2 weeks after you've only been training for 4 weeks may cause you to slide back into bad habits. 

Taking time off now may seem like its hurting your progress but you will be able to get back to 100% a lot faster if you sacrifice training time now in order to heal.

To be completely honest, most of us train plenty enough now. If you're training 4+ hours per week you are doing phenomenal. Just make sure you are recovering properly so that your time in the gym isn't a total waste.

Signs you need to rest

• Soft tissue injury (tendon, ligaments)
• Fever
• Body aches
• Chronic headache
• Lack of sleep (3+ days of 4hrs or less of sleep)

You can't overtrain, but you can under-recover. To keep your fitness train moving, make sure you rest and recover as hard as you train.