Hi, before I start some information that is not already on my profile page(make sue you check it out):
- I have always done push-ups a few times per week but no regular training until now. Just discovered Scott and want to start training with full intention.
- MY MACROS:
PROTEIN = 215g 860 cal
CARBS = 200g 800 cal
FAT = 85g 765 cal
2425cal - I calculated macros but Still figuring out how to follow them exactly. I know it has to be done to get a referenece, not for forever. But I'm eating extremely healthy already.
The main story
I have been loving push-ups most of my life. About one month ago I was searching on push-up routines on youtube and first time clicked on Scotts video of "6 dumbest mistakes while doing push-ups" and then on the "pyramid push-up chest routine" video. I was very amazed about this video and incorporated it into my daily lifestyle immediately. But I misheard him saying 3 times a week and I started doing them every single day for about 2-3 weeks. I was very happy. It was also a very good relief from studying for exams. Just after my last exam, the day when I drove on my 1 week "vacation", when I was doing the morning routine some sharp pain surged into my left chest. It did not feel horrible enough to stop the exercise but after that exercise I have been feeling a very sharp pain in my chest every single time I breathe. I did a 3-day break from push-ups, even got a massage from a pro friend. And the pain almost stopped. Then, 5th day after the incident, I decided to do half of the pyramid routine. This brought the pain up more powerfully than ever. My movement was very restricted. Then I went to a official physiotherapist who opened me up more and gave me home exercises. For now, I think 10 days have passed, and I still feel it very strongly in my chest and back. It feels like an invisible spear is through my body, because I feel it in my chest and in my back also. The exact point of pain is right below the collarbone , little closer to the symmetry axis of the body. And also on the back somewhere near the edge of soulderblade and on left upper back.
The question
I am in a very beginner state with my muscles, but I feel very confident, that I have a huge potential to achieve anything that I wish quite very fast(not that I'm in a hurry). Sadly this accident or injury now puts on restrictions. I was planning to start with the beginners guide on this website to get all my muscles some activity. But Now I realized that I have to approach very carefully to those sore areas, because they react in a very painful way and not while doing the exercise but afterwards. So I'd like to first ask, considering my condition, which home exercises could you guys recommend for me to start doing daily? First just to get my muscles warm and then I'd like to do some circuit exercises, anything that is possible to do home. I have also 2x10kg dumbbells with changeable weights and a resistance strap.
I watched all the videos in the beginners guide and also everything about muscle-mind connections and muscle imbalances as that might have been one of the causations and etc . My left chest muscle is actually moderately larger and my shoulders lean to front.
My plan is actually to start exercising at home, get all my muscles in a moderate state of readiness, smooth out that injury, achieve a state where my body is fully vitalized and to use all this to get my body ready to hit the gym. I estimate about 1-2 months for this prep period. In the gym of course I would start at first with the exercises in the beginners guide and then probably will take on a full program. I'm saving the platinum trial for the gym time.
I just love this community!