Arm strength problem

[gymbaby12]

Over the summer, I hurt my back. I couldn't do gym for a month in a half.I couldn't do much of anything, so I did very basic conditioning. So when I had my first practice since I hurt my back today, I realized bars was very hard for me. I just moved up to level 5 so we did a lot of kips and stuff. Normally, I have a very nice straight arm kip, but I can only do like 3 good ones, and then they just get worse and worse until I'm so tired I can barely even make one. This has never been a problem for me. And later when we did conditioning we did pull ups, I could barely do 2 while everyone was doing sets of 10 easily. I'm really getting scared. At home I do extra arms just to get the strength back, but it's not working. I need some ways to get my arm strength back. Please help!

 

[coachmolly]

It happens with injuries, just be patient and take the time to slowly get your strength and skills back. You said you had a back injury, did you work with a physical therapist at all? Those kinds of injuries aren't anything to mess around with and if you did work with a PT, I'm sure they would be willing to put together a plan to help you gradually work your way back into training.

 

[Kiwi]

Are you sure the problem is arms and not abs? I agree about seeing a physiotherapist, who will be able to recommend specific exercises.