My Left Elbow
For several months now, I have been dealing with a hurt left elbow that was injured by lifting weights past the "No pain, no gain" to just pain. I took a week off a couple of weeks ago to see if one week would be enough for it to get better. It sort of did but not completely. This injury asks the age-old question: When do you stop doing something? I wasn't making the injury any worse by lifting. So, that would have been an easy sign to stop. However, it wasn't really improving either. And these type of injuries, although nagging, can become chronic. Being almost 58, I realize that it is more slowing the decline rather than making major gains. And while I think I am in decent shape for my years, I don't want to collect injuries and aches like baseball cards. So, I have decided to stick with it but not push too hard with the idea that something is better than nothing. I definitely fear if I stop lifting for more than a week, I will fall back into inconsistency. I