I had lower back surgery in 1990, and I haven't been able to squat since then, without flaring up the nerves in my lower back and legs. In fact, about two years ago I had to make a couple of trips to the emergency room, because I flared my lower back up so bad from trying that. It's in one of my old posts.

In the last week or two, I started squatting, and so far, no pain. I'm being very, very careful and gradually working at it. It's been 23 years since I've been able to squat, so I'm having a little bit of trouble fathoming this. It just seems surreal. I'm excited, but I'm still a little scared something's going to go wrong. It's taken 40 months of hard work to get to this point. Still a lot of work to do though. Hopefully, the progress will continue.