End of Week 9

Still wasn't able to do a lot on my ankle, but it's getting better. I'm moving into my rest week again and after that the 60 day pics. Nothing new to report.

See you in a week.

End of Week 7

Another week down. It was a lot like last week with my ankle still recovering, but on Friday I was able to do more than half the Legs part of my Legs & Back routine, so that was good. This week I should be able to do a normal week of workouts with just an exercise here or there that I still can't quite do. My ankle/foot is still purple in some spots, but it doesn't hurt nearly as bad and I'm walking without any aide, cast or brace just fine. I probably am still a couple weeks from being able to play on it again or do the full cardio workouts without any problems. But I still exercised each day this past week and did my Chest, Shoulders, Tris workout today. I'm still improving on each of the exercises, so I'm excited about that. I still haven't gotten the whole eating really healthy thing down perfectly yet, lol. I think if I could get myself disciplined in that area I would see real results in the abs area (and those lovely love handles :-). Anyway . . . this week, then my "rest week" again and after that the 60-day pics! Hope all is well with everyone!

Day 35

Well, as expected this last week was hampered by the ankle. But I did the Monday workout of Chest, Shoulders and Tris (as stated in the last posting) then I was able to do Wednesday's Back and Bicep workout and Friday's Legs & Back, but just the back exercises (which basically meant a bunch of pull ups). I moved my ab routine to Tues, Thurs, and Sat (days I would normally be doing routines I'd need my ankle for), so I've technically worked out all days. I just hope I don't lose ground on the fact that I can't get much cardio in, which is a big factor in loosing the lovely love handles of mine. We'll see. Hopefully I can do more on this ankle after this next week. Who knows?

Day 29

Well, the injury has set me back from doing any more workouts the rest of last week, but I was able to do my workout today. I'm back on for 3 weeks of normal workouts, but now the order is switched up from the first 3 weeks. Instead of Chest and Back today I did Chest, Shoulders and Triceps. It consisted of 24 exercises and took about an hour. There was only one exercise that I couldn't do with my walking cast on, so I was pretty happy I was able to do the majority. I won't write the whole workout down as I think the people that originally requested that aren't paying much attention (lol). Until this ankle heals though, I won't be able to do the plyo, yoga or cardio workouts, but I should be able to do all me weighted routines. We'll see. I also posted my 30 day pics and what my ankle looks like as of this morning. It's actually coming on pretty well. I'm feeling very blessed in this healing process, especially when looking at the time it took last time around.

Bad News! .. . .

Here are the results of me playing basketball last night. The worst part is it was just a 3 on 3 pick-up game after a forfeit by the other team. I just came down with my foot already turned somehow. I guess I'll be taking a break for a while. (Although by next week I hope I can still do a lot of my upper body stuff with weights and pull-ups, just no legs, yoga or push-ups for a while). Here's your chance to make a move Chad! LOL

Rest Week Day One & Two

As mentioned before on Monday (Day 1 of the rest week, Day 22 overall) I did Yoga. Today (Tues.) I did the following, which is called Core Synergistics. Synergistics means working multiple muscle groups simultaneously.

Stacked Foot/Staggered Hands Push-ups (max)
Banana Rolls (5 sec count each position for 2 passes)
Leaning Crescent Lunges (24 reps)
Squat Run (60 seconds)
Sphinx Push-ups (max)
Bow to Boat (5 reps)
Low Lateral Skaters (20 reps)
Lunge & Reach (2 minutes)
Break
Prison Cell Push-up or Burpee (max)
Side Hip Raise (20 reps per side)
Squat X Press (30 reps)
Plank Run to Chaturanga Run (60 seconds)
Walking Push-up (4 reps each direction)
Superman/Banana (60 seconds)
Lunge Kickback Curl Press (20 reps)
Break
Reach High & Under Push-ups (max)
Steam Engine (50 reps)
Dreya Roll (max)
Plank to Chaturanga Iso (60 seconds)
Halfback (60 seconds)
Table Dip Leg Raise (60 seconds)
Cool Down.

If anyone wants to know what these names mean and what to do for any exercise e-mail me or leave a comment. Pics go up next Monday . . . .

Day 15-21

Well finished my third week and got six workouts in! Now is my 'rest' week. Monday is Yoga and I'll post Tuesday's workout after the fact. Still going . . .