Where have I been?

Sorry everyone, I haven't been updating for some time and I apologise. The reason is because I've had a few things go wrong. I've been playing the odd game of rugby here and there for my old team which unfortunately has resulted in a number of injuries that have affected my training. The most recent happened just under two weeks ago. I was packing down in the scum and it collapsed. I landed on my left shoulder with the rest of the pack forcing their weight down on me. Luckily my neck was fine and everything else was fine but I couldn't raise my arm properly and was in pain. I left the field.

The following morning I was in so much pain that I went to hospital to have it checked for any breaks. After a few hours and xrays the diagnosis was that the injury was muscular and connective tissue damage and would take about 6 weeks to settle down. There was a big improvement in the arm / shoulder over the next few days in that the amount of pain reduced but it is far from being normal. I had just completed two run throughs of the 4 workouts in Strength III sessions of NROL (so was half way through). Unfortunately this forced break has thrown a very large spanner into my progress. The lack of training and an already relaxed eating approach to carbs in the previous weeks leading up to Christmas has meant considerable loss of progress. However, I am quite philosophical about this and always intended to have a splurge at Christmas. This has become a little out of hand now and I am eating excessively what ever I want.

The intention is to allow this to continue until the new year and then begin reorting back to TNT plan A eating (at least for 4 weeks). Once I've done that I can see about returning to begin the Strength III sessions again. Hopefully during the de-carb process in TNT plan A I can start to do some exercise in the gym and test the shoulder trying to get it working properly again. This unfortunately might be a bit painful as it will have tightened up even though I've been trying to keep it moving. No doubt I will have to be careful as I dont want to cause any more damage. I am under no illusions that it will be hard work but I'll just have to knuckle down and get on with it.

I'll try to keep a more regular update from now on and get some pictures taken as I'm aware the others on here will be presenting an inaccurate position. I know I'm not going to like what I see but at least I'll kow what I have to work with.

Cheers, Bustagut! (Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Everyone)