Look mom, no hands

[scabnews]

Having surgery on the forearm and hand Thursday. I have decided it's time to reclaim my lower body from the broken femur and hip from last year. I will be limited to the equipment available in my apartment's gym. Before you guys thrash me on here, please remember I haven't worked out in 6 years due to cancer and a very advanced round of organ and bone damage due to hemachromatosis.

Here goes nothing.

 

[grubd]

This is against everything I believe in for working out but I'd stick to machines and take it really easy for a couple months. When your arms are ready squats and lunges.

 

[scabnews]

I did 45 minutes on the elliptical last night and tried to focus on keeping consistent pressure and length of stride on both sides. I had noticed the imbalance in stride length when running. I want to correct it now before it gets too bad.

Then i stretched out my hip flexors, ran some sprints. t Tonight, I'll do some wall squats and jumping. I figureI'll get most ofthe sweating out of the way now i get my new cast. y

 

[scabnews]

Grubd, I want you to teach me to deadlift and squat when my hand is working again.

 

[scabnews]

Too dizzy to lift right now. Need a good alternative to vicodin. Anything as effective at pain blocking without being narcotic?

 

[grubd]

How is the recovery a week out?

 

[Drumbum37]

Slow and steady will def win the race here. If you're too hopped up to workout, maybe work on flexibility for 15 min or so. Nothing crazy.

 

[scabnews]

Turns out it was the antibiotics making me so damned dizzy. I was allergic to keflex. I will be back at it tomorrow.

 

[blueoveryou]

good luck on the recovery!

 

[scabnews]

I warmed up on an elliptical and some crazy stepper. Then I did 3 sets of push presses. Then 3 fast sets of leg presses followed by 2 sets of leg presses with 7 seconds up and 7 seconds down. Then 3 sets of leg extensions, 2 sets of calf raises, and 2 more sets of leg presses.

Then I stretched. I'll do the trickier stuff next time when I don't have my son with me.

 

[scabnews]

Did some different stuff last night as I'm now a conditioning coach for some lady basketball teams. Ran some resistance sprints. Did a bunch of squatting high knee jumps, a few sets of lunges, and some agility ladder drills. Legs are toast this morning. They're not rubbery or weak, they just hurt like a sumbitch.

 

[grubd]

Leg doms are a ***** about 36/48 hours just wait, lol

 

[scabnews]

Actually, my back and shoulders are worse and I didn't even work them out. I got it bad. I failed an oxidized metal test today.

 

[scabnews]

Had a phlebotomy yesterday, so no gym. Up late helping a buddy get ready for a wedding. Will hit the gym in the morning.

 

[grubd]

You been in the gym?