So, in my last DL session I must've tweaked a nerve in my lower-back: lower lumbar region. Left leg is pretty weak now. I'm used to erectors always getting sore and fatigued but that soreness goes away quite quickly, so I knew this was different.
For the past few days I've been hobbling about like an old man (oh, I am an old man!). Anyway, I thought I'd try benching last night as I thought it had improved things by doing lots of mobility work, and it was going to be my only chance to bench this week. Unfortunately, benching made matters worse. Arching didn't feel particularly bad at the time but it evidently caused the same nerve to get irritated again. So I'm now unable to squat, DL or bench until it's calmed down.
I've been thinking about what to do, in view of the time I have left before the meet. I think I will avoid any ME deads before the meet. Squats and bench aren't the problem, so I mainly need to be careful with deads.
I think sumo is kinder to my back, even though I don't like it, so I'm going to focus on it for training and see where I get to before the meet.
I think sumo will provide enough carry over to conventional. On meet day, I will decide whether to pull conventional or not. If my sumo is up to 170 by the meet then I'm pretty sure I'll be able to pull 190 conventional for a single lift and just hope I get away with it. It won't matter if I reinjure it on meet day as I can take a couple of weeks off training afterwards.
What I would also do, if I had access to one, is use a GHD machine. May see if I can knock something up here. Perhaps good-mornings would be a good assistance movement?