Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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

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