You cannot get stronger in one workout, but you certainly can get a lot weaker. This is something I have learned time and time again, often the hard way.

I have spinal stenosis, thoracic arthritis as well as multiple herniated lumbar discs. I suspect I have at least one herniated cervical disc, however, I have never had an mri done on my neck. Regardless, I have some complicated issues going on behind me.

The other day I had a back flare up. With the pain it caused I thought I'd be living very cautiously for the next couple of months. To my great surprise, two days later the pain had subsided about 99.99%.

I say 99.99% because I may have some small remnant of pain or a ghost pain reminding me not to "f" up. In the past I would ignore that pain. A lot of times I would get away with it, but not always. The older I get the less I get away with it. Go figure...

In all those years do you know what happened when I listened to that little voice, I NEVER GOT HURT! Yeah, that little voice or ghost pain said "Hey stupid, take this day off from doing anything that could test that affected area."

This is not to say you shouldn't train. Train what you can without pain. Yesterday I was supposed to do jumps and throws. I was afraid of my back so I made the wise decsion to do what I could. I went for a two hour walk. I knew it was something I could actively do that would be good for my back.

Like I know I have said in my blogs before, If there is a question, there is no question.