Diary of a Small Planet II: The Omen

[gregl515]

The Phantom pains come and go. They seem to come most on low air pressure days.

Today: Mahler Stair Drill

3 x 10 min on treadmill @ 2.5 mph.

[RobLL]

Originally Posted by gregl515

The Phantom pains come and go. They seem to come most on low air pressure days.

That's interesting. Any explanation for it that seems right?

[gregl515]

No one has given me an explanation. I still feel my leg and foot as well. The foot feels like it was before it was taken, so it usually feels irritated. I have been told that I may lose that sensation eventually or I may go through a phenomena known as telescoping where the the leg feels shorter and shorter over time. It's just a very weird group of sensations that I have learned to deal with. The weirdest part of it is that I have a normal leg, but I can't trust the feedback from it because I could trip over an object or step in a hole that my leg did not feel. My leg would be sending signals that all is flat and normal and I could be stepping in a hole.

[gregl515]

Today's workout: Elliptical Trainer: 10 minutes

Crunches: 2 x 15
Reverse Crunches: 2 x 15
Prone Cobra: 30 seconds

Circuit:

DB Bench Row: 15 x 40 lbs
DB Incline Bench Press: 12 x 37.5
Squat: 15 x 30lbs

DB Bench Row: 15 x 40 lbs
DB Incline Bench Press: 12 x 37.5
Squat: 15 x 30 lbs

DB Bench Row: 12 x 40 lbs
DB Incline Bench Press: 10 x 37.5
Squat: 12 x 30 lbs

Superset:

Curl to shoulder press: 2 x 10 x 27.5lbs
Goblet Squat: 2 x 10 x 35lbs

Norditrack: 10 minutes.

I need to go back to my regular workout but I'm having fun.

[lance02]

Weird about the leg -- hopefully you get to the bottom of it. Workouts continue to look nice Greg!

[gobbla]

Originally Posted by gregl515

I need to go back to my regular workout but I'm having fun.

Why not call this sort of thing your regular workout and call it even?

[RobLL]

Sorry to be so inappropriately serious about this but I think that workouts have to be fun

somehow that sounds cognitively dissonant.

[UConnJulie]

Nice workouts Greg!

[Mahler]

Originally Posted by gregl515

Mahler type stair drill.

Originally Posted by Victoria

I tried Mahler's Stair Climb, too, but I kept having to duck my head on each trip up and down. Old house.

Wow! Just noticed this. I am glad my little idea has taken root.

Greg, the workouts are looking good and you are giving your all.

[gregl515]

Today:

Elliptical Trainer: 10 minutes.

Circuit: Incline Bench Press: 12 x 40 lbs
Squat: 15 x 32.5 lbs
Bench Rows: 15 x 40 lbs

Incline Bench Press: 10 x 40 lbs
Squat: 15 x 32.5lbs
Bencn Rows: 12 x 40 lbs

Incline Bemch Press: 8 x 40lbs
Squat: 12 x 32.5 lbs
Bench Rows: 12 x 40 lbs

Leg Press: 3 x 15 x 260lbs
Hack Squat: 3 x 12 x 80 lbs

Crunches: 2 x 15
Reverse Crunches: 2 x 15
Side Plank: 30 seconds

NuStep: 10 minutes at Level 6.

I was feeling like my world was getting pretty small, so this workout helped improve my view. The world is still small but I can grow it.

[gregl515]

2 x 10 min on treadmill @ 2.5.
I'll do another time on the treadmill tonight.

[gregl515]

Woke up cranky and depressed. I made myself eat breakfast and go to the gym and I'd like to say it helped, but it didn't. Still, I got my workout in.

Elliptical Trainer: 10 minutes.

Crunches: 2 x 15
Reversed Crunches: 2 x 15

Prone Cobra: 30 seconds. These feel so goo when you are done.

Circuit:

DB Overhead Press: 12 x 27.5
DB One armed Bent Over Row: 12 x 40
Goblet Squat: 15 x 35

DB Overhead Press: 10 x 27.5
DB One Armed Bent Over Row: 12 x 40
Goblet Squat: 12 x 35

Leg Press: 3 x 15 x 265
Hack squat: 3 x 12 x 90

[RacerBill]

Yeah, getting your workout in isn't a magic formula to make everything sunshine and roses. But hey, you did it and that's commendable.

[gregl515]

There's something about paying gym dues that makes me go.

It's pathetic to pay for a gym and not use it.

[K-Court]

Good for you for getting out to the gym when you weren't feeling up to it, Greg. Better than sitting around the house moping. It may have not solved things, but it didn't make them any worse either. Hope you're feeling in a better frame of mind soon, bro. We're here for you, cheering you all the way!

[BjsAust]

Sometimes after 10 mins in the gym all your troubles disappear and the world is good. Sometimes they dont and it just adds more hurt on top. At least afterwards you can tell yourself you did something good for yourself that day.

Those circuits look pretty challenging. Are you taking a break between each circuit?

[Victoria]

I always feel the best after a workout that I really didn't want to do. Way to pull it out, Greg!