Today's Workout Thread

[whoever]

Did you leave the cane there or toss it out the window on the drive home :-)

Tonight: 15 minutes on the eliptical
During Physical Therapy: 15 minute stationary bike, squats, leg presses, a bunch of practice walking and more stretching exercises than I've done at one time in my life

I had a doctor's appointment before physical therapy. He said the leg was healing nicely and noted significant bone growth. He said my leg was fit for full weight bearing and I no longer needed a cane. Range of motion is still not great but I suspect physical therapy will take care of that.

Of course this is nowhere near the PT regimen I was doing at the time of the accident but being able to get up and walk around and even do the benign low impact, low intensity stuff is a major leap forward. As the leg gets stronger I will of course pick up the routine but for now getting my range of motion back and just being active again is a critical first step. It will no doubt take time to get back to where I was but considering that less than 12 weeks ago I couldn't get out of bed to go pee I'm pretty pleased with my progress.

[Thug]

After doubling up yesterday, today's workout was a bit more mellow. A lot of stretching and a 20 minute Interval run on the treadmill, 3 minute intervals at 5:35/km (7mph). Treadmill running sucks, can't wait to go outside tomorrow.

I've never taken to running on treadmills, even in the dead of winter. Kind of like indoor bike trainers, I have one in my garage which has never been used.

Went out with the crew this morning before work and did a 30km road ride.

[1OldGI]

Did you leave the cane there or toss it out the window on the drive home :-)

I'll take door #2 . I think my one big walk away from the whole experience is STAY ACTIVE. I don't mind getting older but being a crippled old man slowly dying from inactivity would be completely intolerable. When everything is back to normal I plan to bring my PT up to freakish new notches

[Thisisclog]

I've never taken to running on treadmills, even in the dead of winter. Kind of like indoor bike trainers, I have one in my garage which has never been used.

Went out with the crew this morning before work and did a 30km road ride.

I'm not a fan of treadmills, but with the winters here touching -30, some of my runs will have to be indoors. I might think about going somewhere with an indoor track. But I will probably do my long runs outside regardless to prep for race day conditions.

[Thisisclog]

Hill run today, on a new and longer hill, so less laps, but same distance. Also, moving hills changed my warm up/cool down run distance. Only 9km today, 2k warm up, 5k hills, 2k cool down. Rest Day tommorow, going to check out the local metal art expo.

[Thug]

I'm not a fan of treadmills, but with the winters here touching -30, some of my runs will have to be indoors. I might think about going somewhere with an indoor track. But I will probably do my long runs outside regardless to prep for race day conditions.

WOW, that is damn cold. I'm not surprised you make use of a treadmill. Coldest I've run in is -15 at a 52km trail run in and around the village of Rhodes in 2008.

[Firefighter2]

Leg day for me boys, after a 5 min warm up, I proceeded to squats, then leg press, then did a whole bunch of core and some pull ups. I curled 60's today for the first time as well so that's always encouraging.

Good job on the 60's, that's a lot of iron to curl.
How many reps do you do with that?

[Firefighter2]

I'm not a fan of treadmills, but with the winters here touching -30, some of my runs will have to be indoors. I might think about going somewhere with an indoor track. But I will probably do my long runs outside regardless to prep for race day conditions.

True enough!

[Thisisclog]

WOW, that is damn cold. I'm not surprised you make use of a treadmill. Coldest I've run in is -15 at a 52km trail run in and around the village of Rhodes in 2008.

Between -12 and -25 it doesn't feel much different. We do take pride in our insanity, even have a badge for it:

[Thisisclog]

True enough!

AGHHHHHH!!!!!! not yet.

I had ice on my windshield yesterday. I refused to scrape it since it is still technically summer, so I ended up using a half jug of washer fluid melting it.