Soldato
I'll start with a bit of background. I've lifted on and off for the last 6 or 7 years and am now 24. I've done deadlifts on and off throughout those years so I'd like to think I know vaguely what I'm doing.
Current plan is to cut excess fat from poor diet and lack of gym work in the second half of last year - in July last year I was in good shape but stopped completely due to work and life commitments (crap excuse I know).
Anyway yesterday I was repping 10x70kg deadlifts - 2nd time on deadlifts since July '14 and aiming for fat burn so nice and light, or so I thought - and halfway through my second set it feels like someone has just unscrewed my lower back and I just 'controlled' collapse on the floor. Gym mate says my form was fine - lower back curved slightly in or neutral and rest of back not excessively rounded - so I'm at a loss as to what caused this.
After 5 mins of slowly getting back to my feet and very gingerly and slowly walking around I felt fine again so did some treadmill intervals and skipping, at which point I felt absolutely fine. However getting up from my desk at the end of work was a really struggle and lower back felt very weak and stiff again. Had trouble even rolling over in bed last night though it feels slightly better this morning.
From what I've read it sounds like either a sprain or strain to the lumbar region and should sort itself out over the course of a week.
I would like to know however, what might be the reason for it happening? When if ever should I do deadlifts again? Has anyone else experienced this from deadlifting or otherwise?
Current plan is to cut excess fat from poor diet and lack of gym work in the second half of last year - in July last year I was in good shape but stopped completely due to work and life commitments (crap excuse I know).
Anyway yesterday I was repping 10x70kg deadlifts - 2nd time on deadlifts since July '14 and aiming for fat burn so nice and light, or so I thought - and halfway through my second set it feels like someone has just unscrewed my lower back and I just 'controlled' collapse on the floor. Gym mate says my form was fine - lower back curved slightly in or neutral and rest of back not excessively rounded - so I'm at a loss as to what caused this.
After 5 mins of slowly getting back to my feet and very gingerly and slowly walking around I felt fine again so did some treadmill intervals and skipping, at which point I felt absolutely fine. However getting up from my desk at the end of work was a really struggle and lower back felt very weak and stiff again. Had trouble even rolling over in bed last night though it feels slightly better this morning.
From what I've read it sounds like either a sprain or strain to the lumbar region and should sort itself out over the course of a week.
I would like to know however, what might be the reason for it happening? When if ever should I do deadlifts again? Has anyone else experienced this from deadlifting or otherwise?
