Week Eight
Tuesday 7/14/20
Weight: 272.8 lbs (Weekly: -3.0 lbs Total: -15.2 lbs)

The new mask rules have begun. I only hot tubbed yesterday and today... but
regular tennis ball rolling for that deep tissue work has been the secret to my successful transition into manual labor.
Made a fresh batch of kombucha. I want to quit drinking a rockstar punched every shift. 60g of sugar and 240mg of caffeine!

Wednesday 7/15/20

quit drinking rockstars
hot tub
lots of tennis ball rolling
long stretch and legs up the wall before bed

Thursday 7/16/20

plagued with sore back from sleeping for many months. New bed, new job, hasn't helped. Can't quite pinpoint the cause aside from sleeping.
3am tennis ball rolling
hot tub
foam roll
8pm fitchburg location 36 laps swim in 30 min then hot tub stretch

Friday 7/17/20

hot tub

Monday 7/20/20

my strange sore back from sleeping issues lingered a little bit into my work shift. Usually it goes away after waking up...

swim at Fitch--their pool is infinitely cleaner and nicer
34 laps in 30 minutes
hot tub

Week Nine
Tuesday 7/21/20
Weight: 274.4 lbs (Weekly: +1.6 lbs Total: -13.6 lbs)

Not a fan of wearing a mask working out. The gain in weight could be because I used a different scale. Though, I'm leaning towards the lack of cardio or lifting, and perhaps the 3 bottles of kefir I drank. I better sack up and lift with that mask on.
Also, no soreness whatsoever upon waking on Wednesday morning. I better keep up this swimming at night thing.

PM Swimming at Fitch
Just a few seconds shy of 40 laps in 30 minutes. Some kind of PR, I guess.
Hot tub.

Wednesday 7/22/20 no back pain
Thursday 7/23/20 moderate back pain, went away
Friday 7/24/20 minimal back pain, went away

I reordered supps tonight. I gotta start lifting again, despite the mask. Next week will be a good one.

Weekend back pain report
Saturday: none at all!
Sunday: moderate
Monday: bad

Week Ten
Tuesday 7/28/20
Weight: 273.2 lbs (Weekly: -1.2 lbs Total: -14.8lbs)

Got out to lift today, wearing a mask. Was happy to see more than a couple folks eschewing their mask and nobody seemed to mind.

hang clean warmups
25 clean and press singles 135lbs
5x5 squatting presses with bar

Wednesday 7/29/20

after much work, I've found the back pain seems to be rooted in weak hip sides

5 sets bench press 135lbs
5 sets pendlay rows 135lbs
5 supersets assisted chin-ups and dips

30 min easy swim
15 min side stroke swim
hot tub

Thursday 7/30/20

hot tub
went to Devil's Lake and hiked in the bluffs for a grueling 2.5 hours

Friday 7/31/20

30 min swim
hot tub

Saturday - bad back pain in the very center middle of my back. Very easy to target that area, though. Strange that it's a way different area than the weak hip flexors that have flared up previously.

pretty regular morning back pain over the weekend and monday morning
not in the hips but in the very center middle back
went away as I began my day, after my usual pre-work morning stretch and tennis ball rolling