Scariest environment imaginable?

This past week something happened to me that immediately made me think of a scene from the movie "Armageddon".

Let me set the tone.....

Oscar: “What's it gonna be like up there?” Truman: “Two hundred degrees in the sunlight, minus two hundred in the shade. Canyons of razor-sharp rock. Unpredictable gravitational conditions. Unexpected eruptions, things like that.” Oscar: “Ok, so the scariest environment imaginable. Thanks, that's all you gotta say. Scariest environment imaginable.”

This week was to be my final week of Body Beast. If you read my last post, you already know that I have been struggling to keep the body fat off. This is completely and 100% my fault for not sticking to the nutrition plan.

However I really began to buckle down and make strides towards the end. That is until I finally decided to see the doctor.

You see, 3 weeks ago while doing overhead triceps extensions, I felt a sharp pain run from my elbow to halfway up my arm. I immediately looked at my gym partner and said "That's not good, feels like it is literally ripping off the bone!" 

I then proceeded to do what every other man in my situation would do. I finished that set, finished the entire work out, and continued to work out for 3 weeks.

Oh don't get me wrong, it hurt when I would do any sort of pushing exercise. Nothing major, just chest, shoulder and triceps. When it didn't seem to go away,  I took the next logical step....... "Let me buy an elbow brace" I thought, surely that will make it go away right? Why would they sell them if they didn't work?

Needless to say, this past Monday I saw the doctor. Diagnosis: Partially torn triceps. This is where the movie quote comes in....... (I give you Exhibit A)

Exhibit A

Not only do I feel like I completely failed on this program, but I am also at a point where I need to shut it down and rest. I am holding onto more weight than I have in almost 2 years and I am now very limited to what I can do to fix it all.

The muscle I worked SO hard to put on, will inevitably disappear within a few weeks. The abs I once had, are now gone and covered with a layer of fat thanks to the "bulking" phase. And last but not least I now need to let it heal......... Up to 3-4 months from now. That is a LIFETIME to a guy that stresses out when he misses one workout a week.

Life will go on, the wounds will heal and I will prevail somehow...... Right now it just seems like it is an eternity away.