Saturday - 11/5
Off day.
Weekend with my kids 
Sunday - 11/6
Walking lunges
10 reps.
Progress, yay.
Monday - 11/7
Messyā¦
Walking lunges
1 set of 10 reps.
Felt pain in the upper right area of repair.
Walkā¦
45 minutes @ 4mph, 3 miles, 562 caloriesā¦
First 7.5 minutes was @ an incline of 7ā¦
That hurt, so I dropped the incline to 5 as per last week.
Made it to 20 minutes.
Hurt more, so I dropped the pace to 3.6 mph.
I made it through 3 minutes, got angry and cranked the pace back up to 4 mph.
So thenā¦
I took the pace to 4.4mph for 3 - one minute āsprintsā with about a two minute gap between the sprints.
So I ended up getting in an average of 4 mph for the 45 minutesā¦
Ab crunches on yoga ball
4 sets of 15 reps.
The last set felt better then the first.
are the drs telling you to work through the pain?
[quote]nlmain wrote:
are the drs telling you to work through the pain?[/quote]
They said not to go too crazyā¦
I pull the plug when it is close to making me stop the movement.
I seem to be getting further along before it reaches the stop point.
Wednesday - 11/9
Today was just a fucked up, disaster of a day.
There was no work out, btw.
[quote]2busy wrote:
Wednesday - 11/9
Today was just a fucked up, disaster of a day.
There was no work out, btw.[/quote]
That doesnāt sound good. We all have days where we just want to slap the world across the face.
Seems like you are persevering through a frustrating training time with your limitations.
Hang in there.
Thursday - 11/10
Happy 236th, USMC
I lifted. It was pathetic.
All exercises are in lbs x reps x sets
Bench
45x10x1
65x5x5
Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press (single dumbbell weight)
10x5x1
20x5x1
30x5x5
Squats
0x10x1
45x5x5
Tricep Cable Pulldown
60x5x1
70x5x5
Barbell Bicep Curls
50x5x3
60x5x2
Lat Pull Downs
50x5x1
70x5x5
Ab Cable Tucks
100x10x4 - wanted to do 5 sets but abs said no.
Walk
30 mins @ 4mph, Inc 7, 2 miles covered, 351 cals
Edged around the pain in the upper right tack area on bench and squats
Friday - 11/11
Mess at work, have the kids overnight.
No workout.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
That doesnāt sound good. We all have days where we just want to slap the world across the face.
Seems like you are persevering through a frustrating training time with your limitations.
Hang in there.[/quote]
Thanks.
It was more a day where the world bitched slapped me in the face.
Saturday - 11/12
Took day off.
[quote]2busy wrote:
Saturday - 11/12
Took day off.[/quote]
I did do a plank for 1 minute to test my abs.
Tried a pull up but that bad spot at the uper right edge of the patch said no.
Hey Busy. Iām amazed at what you are doing already. I know it feels like itās going slowly, but you seem like youāre on track to me. I canāt believe youāre planking already.
I know what you mean about the pulling. The internal scar tissue feels tight at first, and it takes awhile for things to become more flexible again. Iām still working on that, and Iām 4.5 months out already. So, Iām impressed. I know youāve been through this before, but I really didnāt appreciate what surgery in the abdominal area was going to be like. The abs are used for EVERYTHING! Going slow beats taking a chance at tearing something.
Hang in there. Youāve had one helluva year.
Sunday - 11/13
Planks - 4 x 60 seconds. Ouch.
All exercises are in lbs x reps x sets
Squats
0x10x1
45x10x5 - could feel the sore spot, but was able to get through.
Bench
45x10x1
65x10x5 - the usual sore spot complained some.
Lat Pull Downs
80x10x5 - this was ok. Intended 70 lbs but missed with the pin and realized after the 1st set, so I left it there.
Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press (single dumbbell weight)
30x10x5 - last 2 reps of last set caused pain.
Tricep Cable Pulldown
70x5x5 - ok, but felt my abs strain throughout all the sets.
Barbell Bicep Curls
50x10x3
50x8x1 - pain @ rep 8 and stopped.
[quote]2busy wrote:
[quote]2busy wrote:
Saturday - 11/12
Took day off.[/quote]
I did do a plank for 1 minute to test my abs.
[/quote]
sounds like good news to me
[quote]nlmain wrote:
[quote]2busy wrote:
[quote]2busy wrote:
Saturday - 11/12
Took day off.[/quote]
I did do a plank for 1 minute to test my abs.
[/quote]
sounds like good news to me :)[/quote]
I am improving.
Now to get where I can start pushing myself.
Monday - 11/14
Ended up being up from Sunday morning to Monday evening.
What was supposed to be 4 hours of database maintenance turned into a 20 hour work mess with a server dying, and me recovering the fubar database afterwards.
Walk 45 minutes @ 4mph, incline 7, 530 calories, 3 miles covered
Walking lunges - 6 sets x 10 reps each leg.
Yes, I put my knee to the ground.
Itās just like one of the mobility drills from hockey camp
Good luck with the recovery.
[quote]cavalier wrote:
Good luck with the recovery. [/quote]
Thanks Cav!
Itās slow but Iām improving.
Tuesday - 11/15
Just planks.
10 x 60 seconds
Ouch.