Rehabbing

Saw my doc last week about my knee: diagnosis - arthritis; prognosis - good.  Will rehab for the next few weeks so no running for awhile.  In addition to outpatient therapy and home exercises, doc recommended pool walking and 'treading water' (running in the deep end).

I did that yesterday for about 30 minutes and knee felt great.

Today did elliptical + body strength straining and core exercises @ gym today ... knee felt really strong.

35:00 on elliptical (2.55 mi) - cross training routine (max resistance 8) - didn't hold on to handles; more effort to keep balance and moving - legs certainly got an extra workout!

Upper body strength training and core exercises (exercise - wt - reps - sets):
Biceps - 20 - 10 -3
Triceps - 20 - 15 - 3
Lateral row - 25 - 15 - 3
Vertical brench - 25 - 15- 3
Shoulder press - 25 -15 - 3
Deltoids - 20 - 5- 3
Chest pecs - 20 - 15- 3
Rear deltoids - 20 -10 - 3
Crunches (w/stability ball) - 10 reps @ sets
Side crunches (w/stability ball) - 10 reps @ sets

Sitting out this one out ...

Since Thanksgiving, my left knee has been bothering me, so I had planned to get an appointment this week with an orthopedic doctor.  I didn't get to chance to schedule an appointment this week, but I did get an appointment in 2 weeks. The knee has been feeling OK since I hadn't been running. It's been a short but hectic week @ work too - will be on travel; maybe I'll have more workout time.

The Body Will (and Can) Achieve What the Mind Believes

Found a short but nevertheless inspiring article in the January 2011 edition of Runners' World magazine about a woman losing 100 pounds (see below).

Also, here's the link to Runners' World magazine website - http://www.runnersworld.com/.