Day Six and Day Seven--The pain

Day 6

I went to the gym after a nice sleep in and prepared myself for my second leg workout of the week. I warmed up for a few minutes, put on my new bluetooth headphones with music supplied from my iPhone and prepared to start another round of lower body exercises. I prepared the recline bench, put 225 pounds on the bar, sat down and on the first push in knew something was wrong. It was my left knee. Just below the kneecap on the right side. It was very painful, almost like an electric shock. i got off the machine and thought maybe there is something caught up in there. I squatted down on the mat and pushed myself up as if to do a normal squat without weights. Sure enough the shock feeling but this time it equated to a real pain, something tangible and I knew that something was not right. I was able to go on the elliptical trainer for 30 minutes on level 6 without any pain or discomfort so I will take a wait and see approach until my next scheduled leg session.

Day 7

My entire upper body is still very sore so I decided to do 45 minutes on the elliptical trainer. My knee is still pain free when I use the elliptical, but I cant yet bend the knee all the way down and come up pain free. I am going to give the knee a few days and if all is now well by then, I will have to see an orthopedic to see exactly what I have done to it......stay tuned