The "Back" Workout

So those of you that know me well know that about a year ago I injured my back pretty badly and I've spent a long time trying to recover from that.  Today for my work out I decided to do my back "stretches" that my doctor gave me to strengthen my back.  I figured that it didn't really count as a workout since it was just stretches.

It counts - I hurt more right now after 30 minutes of "stretching" than I did Thursday after I did elliptical for 20 minutes and circuit workout for another 20.

Ouch!

The great thing about this work out though was my roommate's cat Casanova decided that I was trying a new way to play with him.  While I was doing the Superman Stretch (exercise #5 on this link) he decided that I was alternating my arms for his amusement and would race back and forth in between them to get me to rub his head and back.  I was laughing so hard that it hurt!  But I've heard that laughing is a good way to strengthen your core, so maybe he was trying to help me out!   He's a cute cat!

I need to do these exercises more often, especially if I don't want to hurt my back again.  That would be a really bad thing.  However, I had forgotten how much they hurt!