Recently, I injured my back over the Labor Day weekend, which prevented me from lifting and running. I went to the ER with a friend and got my blood work and x-rays done and I was prescribed Flexerill, a strong IBUProfen. I went crazy; we all know being laid up because of injury is not fun. I usually work out five to six times per day and not being able to run at all for at least a week drove me insane. So what could I do, besides take it easy?

We're going back to the series "The Build Up." From my last post -- I was laid up for about a week due to an unfortunate and random back injury. I couldn't work out to my fullest potential, at all. The most I could do was simple cardio and that meant sitting on the stationary bike. After a week of recovery, it was time to get back into the swing of things.