Training Log Archive: possum

Brian was the trainer today. He kept me on task and played lots of Katy Perry.

After 9Round, Elray helped me at recycling, and then we went across the street to the Riverfront Trail. At first, she was dogging it by stopping to sniff everything, so I tied her onto my belt and we kept a pace. After we got back to the car, no one was on the tennis courts, so I through a few balls for her to catch. That would be her training, not mine.

Not as tough as yesterday, but the last station alternated ten reps of crunches with a stability ball with ten reps of V-ups. That was a long three minutes, and I must have lost some core strength during the last three weeks.

Took Elray to Jesse James Park and we did the circuit clockwise, so we took the steep hill near the end. This was my first time of going alone with Elray in a long time. Only problem was near the beginning with the Pilgrim geese standing in the path. Usually Elray leaves geese alone, but the two ganders actually challenged her. We got out of their fast.

The trainers were like slave drivers today. I got my HR up and it stayed there. I was somewhat some from my workout with Jared last night, so after 9Round, I had a massage. Bliss.

Candlelight Yoga. This was somewhat more rigorous than Restorative, but still pretty low key. My arthritic toes caused a problem with one of the poses, but my knee was ok. I liked this class.

Feels good to be working out again.

Workout with Jared. He claims I worked all the muscles in my body. We also did a bunch of agility drills, which we haven't done in quite a while. He promised me the sled next week. I expect to be sore tomorrow.

Today I went back for my after surgery visit and got my stitches taken out. Although I have felt good, I had been concerned because Dr. Paul had talked with Bob about knee replacement surgery while I was still unconscious. Instead, wow, he said I can pretty much do whatever I want, except that lots of running and/or jumping would probably not be too good. He suggested saving the running for competition, and getting my aerobic fix in other ways.

I was so excited about all this, that I went back to 9Round this afternoon, and kept my heart rate over 90% about a third of the time. Wow! Did it all except for jumping jacks and jumping rope. It felt really good to punch the bag.

Riverfront trail with Bob and the Elray. Every time we go just a little bit further. Maybe by next week, I'll be up to 2 miles.

Restorative yoga