Tonight's workout did not go as expected. I jumped rope in the dark again, which was more or less unremarkable. I then came back inside and started doing some CARS, and as I tested my range of motion I was quickly aware that I was *not* in a good space to be challenging my body.
My neck was stiff, my sides and back were knotted intensely and I was *exhausted*. The tension in my back felt decidedly connected to a numb-ish sensation on my lower back and side that I'd noticed a couple of nights prior. I had overworked myself.. again.
I don't have a good way of knowing what the exact or final cause was but any of the following recent events seem like likely contributors:
- An intense month of working on my pancake flexibility, with *no* work on the twisting movements in the waist and hips
- Moving furniture to upstairs
- New acro moves/ getting back into acro too quickly
- Working out while recovering from a blood draw
- Having spent a few hours mowing the lawn (with a scythe) and trimming the sidewalk edges (with an electric weed wacker thing).

So I may not know what did it (likely some combination near-ish "all of the above") but I did know that I wouldn't be putting any *more* strain on my lower back today. So no flying, which was a bummer, but it's better to be safe than to really injure myself and be stuck not doing for even longer!
I did do full range of movement explorations, and some specific stretches aimed at relieving strain on the sciatic (and other lumbar) nerves, which I am running on the assumption are acting up.
After dinner I took a nice long epsom salt soak, and I shall be being careful to make sure I don't overwork myself this weekend, and I will probably be adding some of those stretches to a daily practice till that strange sensation in my side clears up.

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We did the thing. Admittedly we sorta just hit the minimums, but they were hit!
Jumping rope in the dark, very glad that I know where the uneven concrete is, so I didn't accidentally twist an ankle doing walking lunges.
We did some handstands, heel pulls etc, but nothing overly adventurous. Solid though :)
We did a real focus session on candlestick and thigh stands. Sometimes you've really got to go back and drill the fundamentals! We're feeling much more secure in both moves, *and* identified what we'd been overlooking on Monday.
We did try the bunk bed to Box thing, which was easier than expected! We haven't figured out what moves connect into it, or out of it yet, but we're inspired to figure some out!
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