Last Sunday it all came crashing down on me. It was the first workout of Week 8 of Insanity - The Fit Test and Max Interval Circuit. Two hours after the workout, I couldn't lift my arms above shoulder level without pain.
I had been dogged by my left shoulder hurting from overuse throughout Insanity, but figured with 2 weeks left in the program, I could make it through. After what I went through last Sunday, I decided to quit Insanity. There's good pain, then there's the debilitating type pain I experienced after that 1:25 workout.
My shoulder was overused from all the planks and pushups in the program and couldn't handle the strain. I should've backed off and opted out weeks before. I generally don't quit programs, but in retrospect, Insanity wasn't for me. This is due to the raging case of knee tendonitis that began the day after that Sunday workout. I believe I acquired the knee tendinitis from compromising form in doing squats when I was fatigued during last Sunday's workout.
I've had knee tendinitis before, but never this bad. I couldn't bend my left knee last Tuesday or Wednesday, without yelling in pain. The knee is healing and it is better, albeit the healing process has been slower than I hoped.
I have taken a week off from all working out for the first time in a long time and it feels great. My shoulders no longer are hurting and I believe I'm ready to begin transition into some light weightlifting (upper body, of course) tomorrow.
The message is, listen to your body. There's a fine line between digging deeper and backing off.
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