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08-29-2007, 07:41 AM
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#481 (permalink)
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PEELEing :o)
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Connecticut
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Have you fully adjusted to your prosthesis? I can't remember how long it's been ... 8 months?
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08-29-2007, 01:08 PM
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#482 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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I don't think you ever fully adjust. Your leg changes shape in the prosthesis and as it does, you require additional adjustments to make it fit. Prosthsies don't last forever, in fact, the more sophisticated they are, the shorter their lifespan. So I think adjustment will be a continuing process.
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08-29-2007, 02:46 PM
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#483 (permalink)
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Closet Introvert
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Little Rock, AR
Posts: 2,830
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregl515
I move a little slower than I would with two real legs, but it still is a tough workout. Actually, it takes me more work to get on and off the bench and equipment and I can't straighten my right leg onto the floor for bench presses, so maybe it's tougher.
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Well..having worn a brace on my right leg for 2 weeks.. My hat is off to you man. I certainly can't fully appreciate how hard you have to work. But those two weeks without bending my right leg was enough for me. I had to adjust almost every lift I did. Makes you very creative doesn't it?
Anyway. Hats off to you! U R 1 Tough Mo Fo. Respect.
Last edited by Jimbo : 08-29-2007 at 02:47 PM.
Reason: Edited it to make sense. My brain doesn't work half the time.
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08-29-2007, 02:49 PM
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#484 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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It does. It also is interesting how people treat you. It brings out the best in some. Some ignore you. Some do worse.
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08-29-2007, 03:02 PM
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#485 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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Training log link doesn't work. I'll have to go in and figure out what I did wrong!
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08-29-2007, 05:43 PM
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#486 (permalink)
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Payload Specialist
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Posts: 16,077
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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Greg,
Change the url in your sig to the one below. It also take people to the first unread post.
Diary of a Small Planet II: The Omen
In order to see the whole thing, hit the "quote" so the whole url shows in the window. Then copy/paste. |
just in case you don't see it over in Stingo's log... |
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08-29-2007, 07:14 PM
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Mistressing the Chin-Up
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 2,186
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Hey Greg...
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Did someone pull your ears?
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um....no. Were they supposed to?
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On Krista mistressing the chin-up, "It's amazing", said one gym source, "considering that for months she just hung there like a dead fish."
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08-30-2007, 07:37 AM
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#488 (permalink)
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PEELEing :o)
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Connecticut
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregl515
It does. It also is interesting how people treat you. It brings out the best in some. Some ignore you. Some do worse.
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This is so sad ... amazing how ignorant some people can still be!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by gregl515
I don't think you ever fully adjust. Your leg changes shape in the prosthesis and as it does, you require additional adjustments to make it fit. Prosthsies don't last forever, in fact, the more sophisticated they are, the shorter their lifespan. So I think adjustment will be a continuing process.
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True, I guess I just meant the compensations and ways of moving differently ...
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08-31-2007, 01:54 PM
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#489 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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Adjustments
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Originally Posted by UConnJulie
This is so sad ... amazing how ignorant some people can still be!!
True, I guess I just meant the compensations and ways of moving differently ...
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I'm beginning to forget my cane. I'll get up and walk somewhere and forget to bring my cane. I guess that is an adjustment!  I have adjusted. I see it mostly in things like forgetting my cane or, especially at the gym, where the adjustments for the lifts become second nature. |
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08-31-2007, 01:56 PM
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#490 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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Pulling your ears
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Originally Posted by Victoria
Hey Greg...
um....no. Were they supposed to?
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This is an old, probably Pennsylvania Dutch, tradition. Someone pulls you ears for each year of your age and one to grow on. |
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08-31-2007, 02:08 PM
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#491 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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I was depressed. I have been for the past several days. It was hot and muggy and I needed a shower. So I went to the gym for the evening to perk up and not waste my shower. When I got there, the heat broke and there was an awesome thunderstorm to lift to.
Warmup: Nordictrak( because it was next to the window and I could watch the storm!) 10 minutes. (Extra warmup to watch the storm).
Tried something different: Kind of Starting Strength for Gimps as a break.
Leg Press: 220 x 5 (warmup)
265 x 5 x 3
Barbell Bench Press: (Feet on Bench)
115 x 5 (warmup)
135 x 5 x 2
135 x 3* (Failure Barbell started to go and I started to fall off bench!)
One armed Bent over Rows: 35 x 5 (warmup)
45 x 5 x 3
Close Grip Lat Pull: 110 x 10
100 x 10 x 2
Crunches 3 x 15
I rested 2 minutes between sets except about 5 minutes after last bench press. I was beat. I felt better and the shower was awesome!
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08-31-2007, 02:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: North Carolina
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Great workout, Greg. That thunderstorm must have provided awesome workout music! It's good to hear that your workout experience lifted your spirits..... I'm often amazed by what a good workout can do.
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08-31-2007, 03:38 PM
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#493 (permalink)
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Mistressing the Chin-Up
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregl515
This is an old, probably Pennsylvania Dutch, tradition. Someone pulls you ears for each year of your age and one to grow on.
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 .....my poor ears!!! That's a lot of pulling!
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-Tracy (forumite formerly known as 'Victoria')
On Krista mistressing the chin-up, "It's amazing", said one gym source, "considering that for months she just hung there like a dead fish."
The Year of Magical Lifting
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09-03-2007, 02:04 PM
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#494 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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Thanks!
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Originally Posted by gregl515
I'm beginning to forget my cane. I'll get up and walk somewhere and forget to bring my cane. I guess that is an adjustment! I have adjusted. I see it mostly in things like forgetting my cane or, especially at the gym, where the adjustments for the lifts become second nature. |
Thanks LD! |
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09-03-2007, 02:05 PM
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#495 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
just in case you don't see it over in Stingo's log...
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Thanks LD and Stingo! |
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09-03-2007, 02:23 PM
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#496 (permalink)
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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Sunday 2 x 20minutes on treadmill. I have a chest cold which made this very hard.
Today: AM 20 minutes on treadmill. Not any easier!  |
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