Positive 1: As expected, squatting has gotten way easier and the pain has gotten less. I can manage to do 50 squats at a time before stopping now I started with being able to do maybe 10 with immense difficulty. Also, the pain that develops while doing the squats pretty much vanishes as soon as I stop. So I do 50, stop for a couple of minutes while I stretch and continue moving and then resume another 50, until my number is reached for the day.
Positive 2: I finally notice changes on my body. My pants don't necessarily feel loose and I don't feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but when I look in the mirror, I see some change. The exact change will only be known on the last day of the month. But it does a whole lot for my motivation.
Positive 3: I have only 4 more days of squatting to do. That's just awesomeness on a different level!
Negative 1: After doing 100 squats, I seem to develop a certain kind of pain in my leg. It's been happening a while and it took me this long to figure out what's happening. Initially, it felt like pain in the bone in the joint between torso and thigh. Then it seemed to be coming from my ball joint. I even thought it was a pinched nerve. Wherever it was coming from, the pain made me walk like I had something stuck where the sun didn't shine and made me moan and groan in ways even I didn't wanna hear! I think I've finally figured out that it's my adductor muscles spasming! Terrible feeling of weirdness but not quite painful. Anyway, it makes me useless for a while after my squats. By morning I am usually fine and ready for another day of squatting. No pain, no gain right???
Negative 2: Guess what? There is none!
This squat challenge has been one of the best decisions this past month. Very little discomfort, barely any time taken out of your day, and I am seeing results in 3 weeks!!! How amazing is that?!
What kind of pains and gains have you experienced with squatting? Leave comments below.
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