Earning My Right Arm Back

Truth time: A couple of years ago, I sustained a neck injury that caused my right arm to lose strength, specifically, my right tricep was atrophied and near useless. A month of physical therapy got me back to where I could use it again, but the damage had been done. My right tricep is weaker than I ever remember. The heaviest thing I could lift with it was a gallon of milk. I hated that fact, but I figured it was the result of my own bad decisions, The Wages of Sin, so to speak.

Today, the WoD included pushups. As I was struggling through the WoD, I noticed that I felt my right arm "firing up". I could actually feel my tricep getting pumped. Was it my imagination? I need someone 'in the know' to tell me if it's possible for an atrophied muscle to recover. If it is, I figure that the work I'm putting in is the way to earn my right arm back.

By the way, Susie the instructor is a great teacher. She knows the mechanics and she can do the work. I can't begin to express how impressed I am with this whole experience. The more involved I become with this bunch, the more I want to be involved. Soooo, to any out-of-shape, over-the-hill, couch potatoes that stumble across this blog, I say this: find a Crossfit in your area and go there. The people you meet will, by themselves, be worth the trip.