2-24-16 HY: BB- Bulk: Legs + 0-6 Abs- P2: L12 + Splits + TCF.

2-24-16 HY: BB- Bulk: Legs + 0-6 Abs- P2: L12 + Splits + TCF.

Lower back and left glute still in pain, but a bit less. I was seriously debating whether or not to do today's scheduled routine or not. I almost went with another upper body routine, but when I looked at the moves on the worksheet, I decided that I could do all the moves and then reduce the weights on the moves that required more back involvement. So I went with the scheduled routine. I also planned to lower all the weights in an attempt to not make my back worse, but when it came right down to it, I ended up not lightening the weights. I kept all the weights the same. The only move I was really worried about was the Straight Leg Dead Lift. Again, I was going to go down in weight, gave it a try, but I kept my form extremely rigid and didn't use my lower back at all, keeping it flat. The only adjustment I made was to lessen my range of motion when going down. Keeping my back flat, and not bowing it to get lower, and keeping the weights close to my legs put zero pressure on my back! YEAH! Went through the whole routine pain free! Win! And I got an awesome pump and burn in my legs. WIN! WIN!

I went ahead and did Abs and had no problems with the leg lifts, but didn't go as fast so as not to force my back to bow on the down-up motion at the bottom. I also put a towel on the ball to help prevent slippage.

Splits and Flow were again as good as they could be, so all in all, it was a great workout.

In the end, I torched a solid 950+kcals. Pretty much what I expected on Leg Day!