I've decided that, with only 3 or 4 people reading this thing (blogger statistics showing for viewing), it's not really worth keeping going.
I thank everyone that has been supportive of me in this endeavor.
I am still working out, still losing the flab, and still having fun doing it. My leg is feeling kind of sore, so it's still light going, and I'll probably do a second round of Lean once it gets back to feeling good (if it ever does. Doc said it might be sore forever, but that's the price you pay for tearing your groin).
Otherwise, I'll leave this up for the next couple of weeks or so, then the blog will be deleted.
If you want to read my writings, however, head on over to http://www.freeonlinestories.net/ I already have a fantasy series up and going, and will have a couple of other stories posting soon (end of February/start of March). Writing is my biggest passion, so I hope you enjoy the fiction I choose to share :D
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
UPDATE!!!
This is it. I'm heading to the Dr's on Monday to get my final checkup on my leg, it's been feeling great with the work I've been doing on it in the past few weeks. Flexibility is about 98% on it now, much improved from the 50% or so in November.
As to the people making fun of my injury... deal with it. That is all on that subject.
I realize how and why it happened, I was too balls-first at the time and overstressed the muscle. Now that I know what to watch for and the warning signs that go with it, I'm confident my risk of reinjury is low. Still, I'm going to start into P90X Lean first instead of P90X Standard.
As it stands, I'm still shedding the flab, slowly but surely. Responsible eating (mostly, there WAS the Tron Legacy party thing with a couple slices of pizza :D ) has done a lot, honestly. I haven't touched potato chip in almost 1.5 years now, something I'm fairly proud of. I used to munch constantly on those.
So, as it stands, in workout clothes on the scale, 220.3 lbs, and I had spiked up to 230 lbs right after the groin tear.
I expect my new start date for the 180 days to be January 11, 2011. I'm going to take next week and do the yoga-X and stretch-X routines to get limbered up again, been focusing on my legs for recovery, kinda forgot to keep the torso and arms going :P
I'll update end of next week with thoughts, feelings, and plans :)
Oh, I will not be doing the mother's day run in 2011. Too much time has passed for me to get running fit in time. 2012, though, I will be there. Gives me a little over a year to get into running shape :D
As to the people making fun of my injury... deal with it. That is all on that subject.
I realize how and why it happened, I was too balls-first at the time and overstressed the muscle. Now that I know what to watch for and the warning signs that go with it, I'm confident my risk of reinjury is low. Still, I'm going to start into P90X Lean first instead of P90X Standard.
As it stands, I'm still shedding the flab, slowly but surely. Responsible eating (mostly, there WAS the Tron Legacy party thing with a couple slices of pizza :D ) has done a lot, honestly. I haven't touched potato chip in almost 1.5 years now, something I'm fairly proud of. I used to munch constantly on those.
So, as it stands, in workout clothes on the scale, 220.3 lbs, and I had spiked up to 230 lbs right after the groin tear.
I expect my new start date for the 180 days to be January 11, 2011. I'm going to take next week and do the yoga-X and stretch-X routines to get limbered up again, been focusing on my legs for recovery, kinda forgot to keep the torso and arms going :P
I'll update end of next week with thoughts, feelings, and plans :)
Oh, I will not be doing the mother's day run in 2011. Too much time has passed for me to get running fit in time. 2012, though, I will be there. Gives me a little over a year to get into running shape :D
Friday, November 5, 2010
Long time no post
Well, I've pretty much given up on the 10 km run for next year. I'll just do it in 2012, though ;)
Now, to what most people are wanting to read:
- I've been doing P90X lean for the past couple of weeks at a VERY minimal level (30-50%), to feel out where my comfort zone is for my leg. It still hurts to move vigorously or to squat with, so I'm taking it slow and easy, because I am not an athlete that can push their muscle into compliance with hardcore, that day physio. I'm a slightly large geek that spends half his day on his ass writing :P
-I'm already seeing some results. I peaked near 228 lbs after my last week of physio, when I was still eating the recommended diet for physio but didn't have the 4 hours a day of exercises. I remedied that with some biking and a lot of walking, with great support coming from all angles (<3 Michelle! <3 Emi!). I'm sitting at about 222 lbs now, and have gained about a centimeter of stomach flab after all is said and done :\ Ah well, all the more reason to work it off :D
-I really don't know when the 180 days challenge will restart, but it WILL restart. I pushed too hard, too fast, to enthusiastically, and coupled with a physical job, I got hurt. I'm going to take it slower (lean THEN reg) and lighter (80-> 90 ->100 first three weeks) and be much more careful this time. I learned my lesson.
Anyways, I have a touch of the flu today, so this is going to be a short post. I'll update again when I've solidified the new restart date.
Cheerio
Now, to what most people are wanting to read:
- I've been doing P90X lean for the past couple of weeks at a VERY minimal level (30-50%), to feel out where my comfort zone is for my leg. It still hurts to move vigorously or to squat with, so I'm taking it slow and easy, because I am not an athlete that can push their muscle into compliance with hardcore, that day physio. I'm a slightly large geek that spends half his day on his ass writing :P
-I'm already seeing some results. I peaked near 228 lbs after my last week of physio, when I was still eating the recommended diet for physio but didn't have the 4 hours a day of exercises. I remedied that with some biking and a lot of walking, with great support coming from all angles (<3 Michelle! <3 Emi!). I'm sitting at about 222 lbs now, and have gained about a centimeter of stomach flab after all is said and done :\ Ah well, all the more reason to work it off :D
-I really don't know when the 180 days challenge will restart, but it WILL restart. I pushed too hard, too fast, to enthusiastically, and coupled with a physical job, I got hurt. I'm going to take it slower (lean THEN reg) and lighter (80-> 90 ->100 first three weeks) and be much more careful this time. I learned my lesson.
Anyways, I have a touch of the flu today, so this is going to be a short post. I'll update again when I've solidified the new restart date.
Cheerio
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Well, things are still looking better and better. I'm at the point where I'm starting to get deep muscle massage, which fucking H-U-R-T-S when being applied. However, when one stands from having that done to one's thigh, it is surprisingly relaxed and moveable. It's definitely helping me get back on my feet as it were.
I'm very happy with the exercises that I have been doing as part of physio, as there are some solid torso and arms only things I do to balance out the load.
Been doing 3x10Rx20lbs on the wobble board with bicep curls, overhead presses, and tricep extensions. Works the core and legs to keep stability, and the arms and torso to power the weight up. It's nowhere near my max, but it still gets a good sweat going. I then do 3x10x20lbs presses and pectoral flies on the weight bench. Going to go up to 25 lbs next week, feeling good on those.
My left leg (groin tear, weak leg) can now press 80 lbs reliably, but is NOT happy bending. My right leg can easily go over 140 lbs, but I'm keeping it at 80 lbs so it's even with the left. Do 3x10Rx80lbs per leg (solo) and then one set of both legs together at 160 lbs.
Hamstring curls are the weakest right now, I'm taking it carefully with those as the gracilis is a hamstring muscle, I'm doing 30 lbs per leg for two sets, then 40 lbs per leg for final set.
I still can't do plyometrics nor proper squats, but we're working on that now with quarter squats and wall squats with a big exercise ball to lean against so I do some core work too.
As to returning to P90X... I got 4 and a bit weeks into it, I was injured during my recovery week after a 1 week restart. I'm actively talking with my physio and kines specialists and they're saying that I could be back into it at half-effort by October 4 if all goes well, so I might change up the rotation and do the lesser impact P90X Lean routine first time around to build tolerance and lose flab, then pump out P90X standard for the second round.
As to current stats.... surprisingly, despite being on my ass for over a month now, I'm stable at 217 lbs average. I would have thought I'd have gathered a lot more flab, because I'm only doing a light workout for 2 hours a day vs the intense kind that P90X is. My arms are also noticeably bigger in the biceps, and feel more solid, like there is more mass there. I chalk up the weight management and lower flab gain due to eating properly. No bad snacks, and keeping up the 6 meals a day, smaller portions.
This, of course, means I need to go out and buy a set of 25 lbs dumbells <_< :D
Anyways, things are getting better day by day. I can actually walk with much less a limp now, and can put SOME weight on my leg.
I'm very happy with the exercises that I have been doing as part of physio, as there are some solid torso and arms only things I do to balance out the load.
Been doing 3x10Rx20lbs on the wobble board with bicep curls, overhead presses, and tricep extensions. Works the core and legs to keep stability, and the arms and torso to power the weight up. It's nowhere near my max, but it still gets a good sweat going. I then do 3x10x20lbs presses and pectoral flies on the weight bench. Going to go up to 25 lbs next week, feeling good on those.
My left leg (groin tear, weak leg) can now press 80 lbs reliably, but is NOT happy bending. My right leg can easily go over 140 lbs, but I'm keeping it at 80 lbs so it's even with the left. Do 3x10Rx80lbs per leg (solo) and then one set of both legs together at 160 lbs.
Hamstring curls are the weakest right now, I'm taking it carefully with those as the gracilis is a hamstring muscle, I'm doing 30 lbs per leg for two sets, then 40 lbs per leg for final set.
I still can't do plyometrics nor proper squats, but we're working on that now with quarter squats and wall squats with a big exercise ball to lean against so I do some core work too.
As to returning to P90X... I got 4 and a bit weeks into it, I was injured during my recovery week after a 1 week restart. I'm actively talking with my physio and kines specialists and they're saying that I could be back into it at half-effort by October 4 if all goes well, so I might change up the rotation and do the lesser impact P90X Lean routine first time around to build tolerance and lose flab, then pump out P90X standard for the second round.
As to current stats.... surprisingly, despite being on my ass for over a month now, I'm stable at 217 lbs average. I would have thought I'd have gathered a lot more flab, because I'm only doing a light workout for 2 hours a day vs the intense kind that P90X is. My arms are also noticeably bigger in the biceps, and feel more solid, like there is more mass there. I chalk up the weight management and lower flab gain due to eating properly. No bad snacks, and keeping up the 6 meals a day, smaller portions.
This, of course, means I need to go out and buy a set of 25 lbs dumbells <_< :D
Anyways, things are getting better day by day. I can actually walk with much less a limp now, and can put SOME weight on my leg.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Post-MRI....
And the tear is healed ^____________________^
I'm only halfway out of the woods though. Now comes the long, arduous climb back to 100% function, which I'm told is at least 2 more weeks, if not more.
Well, I just wanted to drop a quick line and let people know what was up. And so I have. I go sleep now. -_-zzz
I'm only halfway out of the woods though. Now comes the long, arduous climb back to 100% function, which I'm told is at least 2 more weeks, if not more.
Well, I just wanted to drop a quick line and let people know what was up. And so I have. I go sleep now. -_-zzz
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Recovery progress
Well, long time, no post o_O
Things have been progressing well since my injury, which was determined as a 30% Grade 2 Groin Strain (meaning some muscle fibers tore, but only about 30% of the entire gracilis muscle). I've been attending physiotherapy three times a week, and I must say that with the physio, it is really helping speed up recovery. Even this past week, I've gone from barely able to stand to being able to walk up and down stairs, albeit VERY slowly and carefully.
Rob, my physiotherapist at the U of C, is awesome. Gave me a list of stretches and exercises, showed me how to isolate the gracilis out so I don't put undue strain on it while it recovers, and is all around awesome :)
As to P90X... that won't resume until at least mid-September, because I have to be 100% cleared and have had a physical before I can return, as per Rob's suggestion. As he also does the program, he suggested a shortened redo of phase 1, ie 2 weeks, then a recovery week and on to phase 2. Still, with all the rest, my body has normalized out and my weight is sitting steady at 212 lbs (down from a start weight of 219), and my hips have stabilized to 38 inches (down from 40.5). For only a month of the program (added to the work I was doing, which was pretty heavy duty), I think those are nice results.
Also, I reconnected with a friend of mine from High School, and she is a cross country runner. I'm hoping that, once I am back to health, I can start running with her so I have someone to keep me going and show me how to ramp up to distance running (I'm still aiming to run in the Mother's Day 10k)
On the hobby side, this unexpected downtime has allowed me to simply STEAMROLL through writing projects I had been putting off for a while. I reedited Silverlight (my sci-fi novel) and made some major improvements that I think will make it more marketable, I am deep into Dark War, my new webseries novel that I am making with a friend of mine, and I have begun work on my most ambitious fanfiction project ever (a throwback to my roots as I started my writing way back in the mid-90's with a fanfic about One Must Fall 2097). It's daunting because the source universe is loved by millions, and has to be treated with respect and proper diligence in research.
So, the word is: Mid-september. I have at least 2 more weeks, maybe 3, of physio and at least two more assessment appointments (range of motion, weight bearing ability, etc). Here's hoping!
Things have been progressing well since my injury, which was determined as a 30% Grade 2 Groin Strain (meaning some muscle fibers tore, but only about 30% of the entire gracilis muscle). I've been attending physiotherapy three times a week, and I must say that with the physio, it is really helping speed up recovery. Even this past week, I've gone from barely able to stand to being able to walk up and down stairs, albeit VERY slowly and carefully.
Rob, my physiotherapist at the U of C, is awesome. Gave me a list of stretches and exercises, showed me how to isolate the gracilis out so I don't put undue strain on it while it recovers, and is all around awesome :)
As to P90X... that won't resume until at least mid-September, because I have to be 100% cleared and have had a physical before I can return, as per Rob's suggestion. As he also does the program, he suggested a shortened redo of phase 1, ie 2 weeks, then a recovery week and on to phase 2. Still, with all the rest, my body has normalized out and my weight is sitting steady at 212 lbs (down from a start weight of 219), and my hips have stabilized to 38 inches (down from 40.5). For only a month of the program (added to the work I was doing, which was pretty heavy duty), I think those are nice results.
Also, I reconnected with a friend of mine from High School, and she is a cross country runner. I'm hoping that, once I am back to health, I can start running with her so I have someone to keep me going and show me how to ramp up to distance running (I'm still aiming to run in the Mother's Day 10k)
On the hobby side, this unexpected downtime has allowed me to simply STEAMROLL through writing projects I had been putting off for a while. I reedited Silverlight (my sci-fi novel) and made some major improvements that I think will make it more marketable, I am deep into Dark War, my new webseries novel that I am making with a friend of mine, and I have begun work on my most ambitious fanfiction project ever (a throwback to my roots as I started my writing way back in the mid-90's with a fanfic about One Must Fall 2097). It's daunting because the source universe is loved by millions, and has to be treated with respect and proper diligence in research.
So, the word is: Mid-september. I have at least 2 more weeks, maybe 3, of physio and at least two more assessment appointments (range of motion, weight bearing ability, etc). Here's hoping!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Well shit :\
Well, I'm finally coherent enough to make a post. I had just finished my recovery week (well, mostly) and was at work yesterday, looking forward to the workout after working....
To make a long story short, I was hauling a compost bin onto the truck, one filled to the rim with wet coffee grounds (yay rainy days -_-) and I braced my core and legs to pull it off up the ramp. As I pulled, something which I did every day for the past 3 or so weeks, absolute fire ripped down through my groin and lower abdomen. So much so, that I was laid flat for about half a minute. Getting to my feet, my left leg, at the groin connector, couldn't take any weight.
Five hours later, after being poked and prodded and xray'd at the hospital, I have a partial tear in my muscle that attaches from the groin area of the pelvis to the thigh area of the leg. Not being an anatomy major, I have no clue about the name of the muscle. I just know that I have to ice it pretty much constantly, and it hurts like a bleeding motherfucker.
So, I'm off workouts (and work) until August 25,2010. Hooray me :\ And even then, I have to check with the doctor (awesomely funny guy, so not much of a hassle :D) to make sure I'm cleared to resume working out.
I know that many that said I wouldn't/couldn't make it will jump on this news like sharks on a pool of chum, but frankly, let them. I don't give two shits about what they think, or about the posts and misinformation they will undoubtedly try to spread about this. I know who I'm doing this whole thing for, and it's not for them, so let them think what they will. Once I'm 100% cleared to resume working out, I will.
I'm just thankful the muscle tore, but didn't seperate. Seperation = surgery = end of workouts for months. With a tear, I should be back on my feet in a week, and back working out, if all goes well, within a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed.
And now to go get blasted on Percocet again, as my groin muscles are telling me in no uncertain terms: ow. fuck. ow. ow. fuck. ow.
To make a long story short, I was hauling a compost bin onto the truck, one filled to the rim with wet coffee grounds (yay rainy days -_-) and I braced my core and legs to pull it off up the ramp. As I pulled, something which I did every day for the past 3 or so weeks, absolute fire ripped down through my groin and lower abdomen. So much so, that I was laid flat for about half a minute. Getting to my feet, my left leg, at the groin connector, couldn't take any weight.
Five hours later, after being poked and prodded and xray'd at the hospital, I have a partial tear in my muscle that attaches from the groin area of the pelvis to the thigh area of the leg. Not being an anatomy major, I have no clue about the name of the muscle. I just know that I have to ice it pretty much constantly, and it hurts like a bleeding motherfucker.
So, I'm off workouts (and work) until August 25,2010. Hooray me :\ And even then, I have to check with the doctor (awesomely funny guy, so not much of a hassle :D) to make sure I'm cleared to resume working out.
I know that many that said I wouldn't/couldn't make it will jump on this news like sharks on a pool of chum, but frankly, let them. I don't give two shits about what they think, or about the posts and misinformation they will undoubtedly try to spread about this. I know who I'm doing this whole thing for, and it's not for them, so let them think what they will. Once I'm 100% cleared to resume working out, I will.
I'm just thankful the muscle tore, but didn't seperate. Seperation = surgery = end of workouts for months. With a tear, I should be back on my feet in a week, and back working out, if all goes well, within a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed.
And now to go get blasted on Percocet again, as my groin muscles are telling me in no uncertain terms: ow. fuck. ow. ow. fuck. ow.
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