Comments: Didn’t sleep well last night so I got up at 5:00AM and did this. Wanted to do more of a medium effort so I picked these two rides. Going down to Myrtle Beach for work today and tomorrow and will probably end up in a hotel tonight. Hope everyone has a nice day!
Comments: Just doing something in the hotel fitness center. Listened to some Jocko, like old times. Long day incoming and then heading home, hopefully before the ice storm.
Complete 5 Total Rounds of the Following Wearing a 20 lb Vest:
25 Calorie Airdyne
2 Rounds of:
7 Pull-ups
14 Push-ups
21 Squats
27:28, 366 Cals, 157 BPM
Comments: I worked my a$$ off yesterday and then drove home in that storm yesterday evening. Slept in until 7:30 this morning so I was late getting to this. Went ahead and did a 10 minute warmup ride followed by a Murph Prep metcon. That was a good one. The intent was to do approximately 2/3 of a Murph with the vest on. In total it was:
By the time the Airdyne intervals were done I was happy to be switching to Cindy Rounds. By the time I was done with the Cindy rounds I was ready to get on the Airdyne. That’s probably legitimate clinical insanity. Ha ha…
Thanks Shane. The work was hard enough but working in 35 degree rain is about as bad as it gets… Thanks on the Murph prep. Yeah it takes some hard stuff to make the Airdyne a nice looking break.
Comments: Woke up and my ankle is hurting really bad. Not sure what I did to it but I’m guessing just the hard manual labor Tuesday and Wednesday? Managed to work around it pretty well and got plenty of good work in this morning. Will try to take some Advil and stay off of it this weekend.
Thanks Shane. Honestly, that was probably way more leg work than I usually do in a workout and on a bum ankle. LOL Yeah, it seems like anytime I do anything out of the ordinary now it aggravates my joints. Hell even my elbow has been sore from shooting basketball with my son… Must some kind of inflammation thing…
I guess so… I think this is more of an arthritic thing. Whenever I do something physical that I’m not used to (like mowing the yard for the first time in the Spring) it usually inflames something in my foot. In this case I think it was doing some fairly hard manual labor for the first time in a while.
I’ve been on Prednisone and Advil for two days now and it still hurts so bad I can barely put weight on it. Had to call in for work tomorrow too which disrupted a few people’s Sundays. What a PITA…
Guess I’ll plan on taking a deload week this week and will probably go to the doctor tomorrow.
Metcon
4 Rounds for Time:
16 DB Snatch, 30 lb
8 Pull-ups
12 Bench Press, 115 lb
10 Knees to Elbows
13:30, 142 Cals, 131 BPM
Strength
Bench
14x115
12x135
10x145
8x155
SS
Landmine Rows (Single Arm)
14 x25 lb (Plus weight of bar)
12x35
10x45
8x55
Accessory
Ring Dips
3x8
SS
Ring Rows
3x10
Close-Grip Bench Press
3(10x115)
SS
DB Hammer Curls
3(8x30’s)
33:00, 240 Cals, 113 BPM
Comments: Just getting moving and trying to burn some calories. Waited until late morning to do this since I’m working from home. Warmer weather and the garage door was open. All upper body stuff as the foot is still hurting badly.
Foot: I went to the doctor this morning and she thought it was some kind of overuse injury (tendonitis, etc.) in my foot. I suppose that might be possible based on last week. She recommended stopping the Prednisone and upping my Advil dosage to 600-800 milligrams 3-4 times per day. Regardless, I think I need to start doing some kind of daily stretching routine for my feet as that seems to be where most of these injuries occur.
Thanks Shane. I’m already wearing Hokas with custom orthotics when I workout. When I go to work I usually wear Nike Air Maxes but usually don’t spend a ton of time on my feet. Maybe that’s why last week screwed me up so much. I remember my foot was a tiny bit sore and then I did Murph the next day, followed by a bike ride and big gym session the following day. Probably just made it worse… I think that stretching and maybe taking regular walks might help keep my feet “in shape” and hopefully prevent these types of things going forward.
I had foot and ankle pain about 10-15 years ago. I soaked my feet in ice water, used those foot rollers. I think that was during my jogging years? In fact I think I was wearing “barefoot runners” at the time.
Just almost unbearable pain. Eventually it faded away. I am hoping your pain clears up quickly.
I’m hoping this is something that passes as well. I’ve already cut out the running so at this point I think I might need to start doing something proactive such as the ice water you mentioned or doing stretches. As you mentioned, it is terrible pain.
