I wanted to do BOM today but my knee was very sore. Instead I practiced walking for 30 minutes today. I walked all over my house for thirty minutes. I can't walk outside yet because my ankle doesn't bend so I can't get down the driveway. I've tried twice and fell both times.
I'll do BOM either tonight if I feel better or tomorrow.
Greg,
It's great to see that you are in tune with what your body is telling you and making tweaks to your workouts as your body demands. About that light at the end of the tunnel? Read my sig line. You are living it.
__________________ In Fitness & Friendship, MAHLER
______________________________ __________________________ There is no light at the end of the tunnel. You carry the light with you.
I realize this is a workout log, but I thought since President Bush did a state of the Union Message, I could do a state of the Greg to kind of establish where I am and some goals:
In August I was flat on my back receiving dialysis, having my leg chopped off and septic.
Today: I am almost 30 lbs lighter. Kidneys are great. BP is good. Blood sugars are consistently good but with medication. I have begun BOM beginners with some additions for upper body and modifications for my limitations. I am practicing walking usually for 20 - 30 minutes each day in addition to just generally walking around the house. My business is not up and running yet, but I have incorporated and filed for 501(c) status. I am in the process of putting together my first ever business plan so I can get financing and grants. I have begun Adam's diet.
Short term goals Continue with Adam's Diet and lose 20 lbs over the next three months.
Complete BOM beginners.
Reduce or get off meds. This will depend on how I do with both of the above goals.
Get my business open.
Long Term Goals: At least double my income this year.
Get into the 190s by the end of the year.
Complete several workout plans this year.
If my leg let's me do so run 3 miles. I don't care about time. I just want to be able to run three miles.
Walk with no discernable limp.
I've been awful busy and haven't looked in for a while....but damn some of those BOM numbers are looking good. I know that you'll keep after those goals. Let me know when you're ready for lunch.
My diet went well today.
Barbell BP 1 x 12 x 95, 2 x 12 x 105
Military Press 3 x 12 x 55
Thin Tummy 1 x 15
DB Upright Row 1 x 15 x 21.3
Curl Up, Cheat Up, Slow Lower 1 x 15
DB Bench Step BW x 15
DB Lying Pullover 1 x 15 x 16.3
DB Seated Hammer Curl w/ Twist Alternating 1 x 15 x 16.3
DB Triceps Kickback 1 x 15 x 16.3
Today:
Diet was bad. Parents took me to a fast food place for lunch and got me a salad. It was in a deep fried tortilla bowl which I didn't east, but other than the iceberg lettuce the rest was pretty much a fat bomb. Rest of day was okay but that made for a bad day.
Exercise PT today + leg press 1 x 200 x 10 and 2 x 205 x 10
Lat Pulls 2 x 15 x 94
Test fitted my permanent leg today. It needs to be redone which delays things, but I tried it out and it is so much better than what I have now that I can hardly wait. I haven't gotten the total bill yet for it but I shudder to think what it will be! Still. if it lets me get back to some form of normalcy, it will be worth it.
Greg,
You do realize that as you lose more weight, the Astronomical Society will downgrade you from a small planet to a planetoid. Then we will start calling you Pluto. :p
__________________ In Fitness & Friendship, MAHLER
______________________________ __________________________ There is no light at the end of the tunnel. You carry the light with you.
Since this is my journal I'm going to go off fitness and get something off my chest.
When you go through a serious injury, you just assume that the people you love will love and support you. They don't always do that. It's not that they don't want to, the stress is just killing on them. My wife has been through cancer, I had this and now her 80 year old father had a sextuple bypass. I don't think she can take any more and I doubt she has much more to give. She likes order and structure and certainty. Being injured and not earning a living means that there are none of those things. It puts a strain on our relationship. She is angry with me because this could have been prevented. I understand that. It still gets kind of old. She doesn't believe I am doing exercise unless she sees me do it. When I was doing complexes, they were so short, she did not understand how they could do much for me. Besides, exercise to me is private. I have to crab walk to the basement to have access to the bench and weights. How many people want to do this when they can have someone watch? I certainly don't. The other issue is that my temporary leg does not fit as well as it once did. This means that it is more painful to walk for long stretches. I try to explain this to her, but I don't think she believes me. Since I am home most of the time, we are on top of each other when she is home and she doesn't get much alone time. I will be glad when I can drive and am working again.
I am writing a business plan to get funding. I have never done this before. My background was not in business. The concrete parts are easy. The parts about things like business philosophy are what cause me problems.
Thursday I had PT. Did leg press 1 x 205 x 10, 1 x 210 x 10, 1 x 215 x10. For me !!!. Lat Pulla 1 x 100 x 100, 1 x 212.5 x 10, 1 x 217.5 x 10. For me !!!
Friday intense electric nerve pain in my leg. Like when it was cut off. Very dispriting. . .
I analyzed the pain. It is caused by poor fit of temp leg. Walking more carefully and more careful fitting miimizes it.
Saturday. Still pain caused by poor fit, but nowhere near as intense.
I am intrigued by the question about whether front squats of goblet squats would minimize pressure on my feet enough to allow me to do them rather than 3/4 bodyweight squats and 3/4 squats?
I measured my waist today. I have lost an inch on my waist since I started Adam's Diet and my weight lifting program. It makes it worth crawling down the steps in an hour.
I have a knot in my right peck which I have had since Thursday. It makes upper body pulls and pushes very painful. Becca massaged the area and prescribed as much rest as possible. I push off with my right arm to stand when I am seated on a lot of surfaces so it gets a lot of work and is very painful.
I walked on a treadmill today. Usede to do 3.0 - 3.5 comfortably walking and push to over 4.0 walking and over 6.0 running. Now I was comfortable at 1.6 walking. I guess I have to start somewhere.
Leg press 2 x 15 at 210. I am not allowed to go higher as Becka fears I will break the shank in my temp leg.
I get depressed when I think what I did to myself. You all are getting stronger and progressing so well on lifts I will probably not be able to do again. I guess I will have to wait and see though. Gradually, I may be able to do most of the things I want. Still .....
I get depressed when I think what I did to myself. You all are getting stronger and progressing so well on lifts I will probably not be able to do again. I guess I will have to wait and see though. Gradually, I may be able to do most of the things I want. Still .....
Still....you could of been dead, leaving the "deadlift" as the only exercise you'd be doing. Crappy attempt at humor I'll admit. Seriously, despite some setbacks you have made tremendous strides, sorry, forward. You have gone from the light bands to worrying your therapist about breaking your leg. By the way, is this Becca, who rubs your chest, your pt or someone who works at the Adult Store and Massage on Route 30?
I get depressed when I think what I did to myself. You all are getting stronger and progressing so well on lifts I will probably not be able to do again. I guess I will have to wait and see though. Gradually, I may be able to do most of the things I want. Still .....
Greg-
You have shown a tremendous amount of character and determination the last few months. Patience is hard to come by when we want results immediately. However, if you were to re-read this log from the beginning, you would see that your physical accomplishments in a relatively short period of time have been quite impressive.
I wish I could say that I have great character and patience. I am just doing what I have to do. I just see my life slipping away. My wife is working for both of us and she's getting tired. I was sort of in a fog for several months but I am getting to the end of my rope as far as patience is concerned. I just have to keep telling myself I have no choice. They had Aron Ralston's story on MSNBC tonight. He was the climber who got his hand caught and was suspended for five days before he broke his own wrist and amputated his right hand. He went through an almost impassible canyon with one arm leaking blood and rapelled six stories down the side of a cliff. He then walked seven miles in desert heat w/o food and w/ almost no water. He's back to adventure racing and climbing rocks. I guess I'll figure my way through this. It will just be nice if my marriage and my life survive. My wife is not weak, but we got through her cancer and my amputation and she is just exhausted.
Sorry. I just had to vent. You guys can skip it if you want. Oh, and to top things, my temp leg's fit is not good. It fell off when I was climbing the steps. It just collapsed when I put weight on it. I had to crawl up the last few stairs and put it on while lying down. The worst part is that I had to go back down the stairs.
The funny thing is that when Aron Ralston talked about the fire he felt all the way up to his shoulder, I began getting that same fiery pain. I remember it from when I woke up in the hospital following surgery and obviously my leg remembers it.
Every time that I get down, I get a little jolt to pick me up. I tried my permanent leg again yesterday. We walked around in the cold and I didn't mind but my prosthetist did. It was great. I should be able to pick it up next week. It was like going from a Ferrari to a Studebaker when I had to put my old leg back on. After, I did PT which was exhausting. I walked on a treadmill and on a machine that is like a super stair stepper. It is killer. I also did walking and other exercises. On the job front, I am continuing to work on the business plan and seek funding for my non-profit. To tide things over, however, I am going to start a small criminal practice when I get my permanent leg. I have taken steps to get insurance and to make sure that the bar knows where I am and what I am doing. I will also have to get special nonprofit insurance when the business goes into effect. I have limitations because I can't drive, but I can get my family to drive me to some appointments and most of the proceedings are conducted at the courthouse which is easily accesible to me. If things take too long and I am driving, I may be able to represent clients in the neighboring county and in the nearby federal court until the business is going. Wish me luck!
Greg - lots of luck with those two business ventures. I suspect you will to well, and that you'll feel a lot better for it. Looking forward to hearing about the new leg - how about a description of some of the technology for those of us who know about zilch about that sort of thing?
...I get depressed when I think what I did to myself....
I kind of hate to say this because I respect and like you and don't really know what the reaction will be...
Good. You almost killed yourself. If you were "fine" with that then you'd be fucked in the head. Most people don't get a chance to see the curtain and not walk through. God gave you a chance to change "you" for the better. It doesn't matter if you ever lift another weight ever again. You have the opportunity to see the end and decide that life was worth living. Make it worth it. Be whatever the fuck you want to be and do whatever the fuck you want to do. You have that chance.
Still....you could of been dead, leaving the "deadlift" as the only exercise you'd be doing. Crappy attempt at humor I'll admit. Seriously, despite some setbacks you have made tremendous strides, sorry, forward. You have gone from the light bands to worrying your therapist about breaking your leg. By the way, is this Becca, who rubs your chest, your pt or someone who works at the Adult Store and Massage on Route 30?
I kind of hate to say this because I respect and like you and don't really know what the reaction will be...
Good. You almost killed yourself. If you were "fine" with that then you'd be fucked in the head. Most people don't get a chance to see the curtain and not walk through. God gave you a chance to change "you" for the better. It doesn't matter if you ever lift another weight ever again. You have the opportunity to see the end and decide that life was worth living. Make it worth it. Be whatever the fuck you want to be and do whatever the fuck you want to do. You have that chance.
I think you are absolutely right. My wife, unfortunately agrees strongly!
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