I can't complain but sometimes I still do
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I'm way too thrilled to have a super lazy day today (gf out of town). Fucking lazy. I will likely do things, but I may not, and I have virtually nothing that _needs_ doing. However I'm likely to a) hit the gym for not-a-real-workout, b) taxes sluggery, c) put clean laundry away, d) iron shirts (my excuse is at least it's being near something warm), e) do more south park achievements (no really), and f) clubby spellbound depending on weather and mood.
I've been slowly returning to physical activity. I forget I had surgery and am used to not working out - I'm actually making some of my workouts in the gym just to stay in the behavioral pattern (also to keep ... humble, as doing ass contractions on the mat looks weird and I'm still ashamed that I was ashamed to work out in my brace).
I'm not having ill effects from upping the activity. When I get up in the morning I'm stiff, and I still have problems with anything that involves spreading my legs (cough shut up cough) like getting in and out of the car. But I'm not getting searing pain, just youch pain. I am going to start cheating a little and try some basic overhead presses with low weights, say naked bar to 95 lbs to see if I can work that in.
My last bench workouts were not horrible. I thinkshutterbug was right about rotator so I'm addressing that with some stuff I picked up from my chiro - more flexibility and RoM stuff than building, but we'll see.
Leg press has been interesting - I think I'm around 270 now with no ill effects, and at 5 sets of 10 I can feel the work like an actual workout! I did learn something both about myself and the leg press - I'm doing it wrong. I never really noticed before when I was doing 450 or 540 or whatever, but my ass curls up like I was gettin' some. Unlike most leg-press-yellers, I don't just bop it 3" in the losing quest to look strong without working (leg press is maybe 3rd behind bench and bicep curls for lines of men doing it wrong) but while I take the thing as far down as I can, now that I'm really flexibility restricted due to the surgery, I notice that as I get lower than 90 deg my pelvis starts to tilt. I'm not having luck on preventing it, so I'm stopping when I get low enough that it happens. Still, it's nice to be doing something with my legs.
I wonder what squats will feel like, deadlifts done conventional. I wonder how fucking long I'll be stiff and sore. I remain grateful this isn't the hellish trip I was told it might be.
twirlingtuliphas deleted her journal. I liked her even if I didn't understand her a lot of the time. If you're looking, wish you the best sweetie. Stay strong!I'm way too thrilled to have a super lazy day today (gf out of town). Fucking lazy. I will likely do things, but I may not, and I have virtually nothing that _needs_ doing. However I'm likely to a) hit the gym for not-a-real-workout, b) taxes sluggery, c) put clean laundry away, d) iron shirts (my excuse is at least it's being near something warm), e) do more south park achievements (no really), and f) clubby spellbound depending on weather and mood.
I've been slowly returning to physical activity. I forget I had surgery and am used to not working out - I'm actually making some of my workouts in the gym just to stay in the behavioral pattern (also to keep ... humble, as doing ass contractions on the mat looks weird and I'm still ashamed that I was ashamed to work out in my brace).
I'm not having ill effects from upping the activity. When I get up in the morning I'm stiff, and I still have problems with anything that involves spreading my legs (cough shut up cough) like getting in and out of the car. But I'm not getting searing pain, just youch pain. I am going to start cheating a little and try some basic overhead presses with low weights, say naked bar to 95 lbs to see if I can work that in.
My last bench workouts were not horrible. I think
shutterbug was right about rotator so I'm addressing that with some stuff I picked up from my chiro - more flexibility and RoM stuff than building, but we'll see.Leg press has been interesting - I think I'm around 270 now with no ill effects, and at 5 sets of 10 I can feel the work like an actual workout! I did learn something both about myself and the leg press - I'm doing it wrong. I never really noticed before when I was doing 450 or 540 or whatever, but my ass curls up like I was gettin' some. Unlike most leg-press-yellers, I don't just bop it 3" in the losing quest to look strong without working (leg press is maybe 3rd behind bench and bicep curls for lines of men doing it wrong) but while I take the thing as far down as I can, now that I'm really flexibility restricted due to the surgery, I notice that as I get lower than 90 deg my pelvis starts to tilt. I'm not having luck on preventing it, so I'm stopping when I get low enough that it happens. Still, it's nice to be doing something with my legs.
I wonder what squats will feel like, deadlifts done conventional. I wonder how fucking long I'll be stiff and sore. I remain grateful this isn't the hellish trip I was told it might be.
