So far, the week has been going good, I’ve been hitting the gym and feeling good about my workouts. I’m still going through the “sore” phase after doing mostly cardio. Those old high school “football” knee injuries come to surface every now and then, but I’m getting used to working through them.
Yesterday, 12/4/09
I basically just went to the gym to shoot around with the basketball. Nothing strenuous, but the goal was to chase the ball around and get used to those short burst sprints. I noticed I’m not that agile due to years of inactivity. I can walk for days or go up and down stairs, but side to side, leg crossovers and jumping up and down motions I avoid like the plague. At first, I had the gym all to myself and I wanted to attempt a couple of “suicide drills“. For those that aren’t familiar with basketball exercises, suicides are not fun, but are effective. I also wanted to reflect back to football and do some carryovers. This involves jogging while carrying one leg over the other, twisting the body and doing the same with the opposite leg. Needless to say, I procrastinated until someone entered the gym and wanted to shoot around with me. That’s cool, because we ended up playing a couple of one on one games. He was half my age and size, so he wore me out and I was glad. I wasn’t concerned with winning. I felt excited that I was able to finish, winded and all. To me that’s progress.
Today, 12/05/09
My plan is to go to the gym and hit the treadmill and do at least 30 minutes at an incline of at least 6.5. I want to do some knee bends and some stretches, you know, capitalize on yesterday’s progress. I’ll do some sets for the upper body and some leg lifts. I’m doing really well with the calorie intake (1800 or less). For me, this is major.
Goal for this coming week
3 sets of Suicides x 3 days this week
3 sets of leg carryovers and crossovers x 3 days this week
Monday, I’ll do my first week weigh-in, so we’ll see how it goes…….
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Suicides – I have never done them, but I know exactly what you are talking about. There is no doubt those suckers are effective.
Good work getting out there an exercising. You can do this Mike! Make this a great week!
Hell yeah Steve, I’m really focused this time..
Sounds like a good plan, heck at your size that is a whole lot! When I was heavier I did a lot of body weight exercises they build muscle while getting the heart rate up. Stay focused man you can do it, you got my support!
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Great effort on the court with that young guy – you’ll be dribbling circles around him in no time! You might have to change your nickname to Go Big Mike!
From your mouth to God’s ears, to my knees…..
byebyebigguy, thanks alot. That water tip has pushed me over the edge. I can see and feel the difference.
Awesome Mike. Those suicides look brutal.
Looking forward to seeing your weigh-in today!
Yea Mike I can relate 100% when it comes to knee pains as a result of experiencing pain myself. So now I just focus on low impact machines like the elliptical for my cardio workouts. I find this is much more effective for avoiding injury and keeps my pain down and attitude positive. The best thing is you can still get it in without limping later. LOL Keep it up Mike!!! Great Post