I went back to my old gym last night, couldn't be bothered driving a couple of kms to the other one and my usual gym is just 2 minutes walk away.
As always even for 9pm at night the place was fairly packed.

I have to admit last night was a real struggle for me.
My back was aching like mad so it was really demotivating me from my workout. I probably did half my usual amount of exercises yet I spent more time in the gym, I was sitting around a lot playing on my phone and trying to motivate myself for my next set.
I'm glad I did at least get in there though, that's half the battle and with an aching back I think I can be proud of my efforts.
If you haven't damaged your back badly it's really hard to grasp just how debilitating a severe back injury can be, your in constant pain which is comparable to when you break an arm of a leg. Bad throbbing pain mixed in with shooting pain which goes from the middle of my back right up to the base of my skull.

Normally with nights like last night I will just take a pain killer an hour before my workout but I decided to go without one last night.
I don't think it's wise to rely on opioids, that's how you end up addicted to them so I just decided to push through the pain.

Body weight 126 Kilograms

 

☠️ The Workout - Chest and Back Day ☠️

 
💪 12 reps * 5 sets seated fly, @40kgs

💪 12 reps * 5 sets seated chest press, @40kgs

💪 12 reps * 5 sets seated row, @47kgs

💪 12 reps * 5 sets standing lat pull down @19kgs

💪 12 reps * 5 sets lat pull down @47kgs

💪 12 reps * 5 sets incline chest press @40kgs

💪 12 reps * 5 sets iso lateral row, @20kgs per side

💪 8 reps * 5 sets chest fly @75kgs

💪 8 reps * 5 sets seated chest press @68kgs

💪 8 reps * 5 sets lat pull down @82kgs

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