Okay… Enough is Enough!

Posted May 15, 2008
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Been feeling a tad bad about neglecting this blog… But I really didn’t have too much to share.  The surgery proved to be a little harder on my system than I anticipated, and I only took a turn for the better on Friday, the 2nd, which was five days after they opened up my foot.

I haven’t neglected training or hobbling around an inordinate amount (!!) of my spare time, but the push ups, one legged squats, abs etc. have been squeezed in here and there over the past few days and were not cranked out in one amazing workout so it wasn’t really too exciting to write about.

Forced relaxation and sporadic training sessions be done!  It’s high time to get back to the grind and a regular routine. This afternoon I’ll be back on The Equalizer and cannot wait to train and share my workout with you cause it’s going to be a good one!

I got my “feet wet” by training with my friend Dave Edwards yesterday at Kombat Arts.  I needed to do something!  So, we tackled the chin up bar and did the following:

1 chin up, 5 pull ups(*), 2 chin ups, 5 pull ups, 3 chin ups, 5 pull ups, 4 chin ups, 5 pull ups, and them back to 1 chin, 5 pull ups, 2 chin ups, 5 pull ups, 3 chin ups, 5 pull ups, 1 chin, 5 pull ups, 2 chin ups, 5 pull ups, 1 chin, 5 pull ups…. done without any break ( unless you count me hopping to the garbage can to throw out the gum I had been chewing but accidentally spit out when I laughed at one point – not a good idea to have been chewing gum in the first place! ), and then for one final kick we finished with 5 more chin ups…. waiting a few and then did 5 more “two finger “chin ups, just for fun :)   FUN! Right Dave?!!  

So bottom line is we did 30 chins and 50 pull ups (*pull ups using the contraption John Cadiz made us that is almost like using gymnastic rings) in just a few minutes and it was a great back/bicep blast.

I was somewhat displeased to find that I have lost 5 pounds whilst on crutches – argh!  That really wasn’t part of my master plan.  So… The guys had ordered in some pizza from Sergio’s (yum) that had chicken, red onions, red peppers and pesto so I had a couple slices of that, had some very yummy salad… AND I indulged (and I do not have a sweet tooth whatsoever!) in a little piece of very different tasting chocolate coconut cake, much to the dismay of all those around me that never thought I would succumb to eating such a thing.  Someone commented that it proves I am human! 

On the upside, I think I was wise in following the doc’s orders (for the first week anyway), cause my foot is doing great!  It looks great too.  Carolyn has been doing some laser on it for me so the healing process will speed up and it’s taking the swelling out big time. Yay.  I tell ya, I be doing pirouettes in the ring in no time.  Too be honest I’ve been doing them still on my left foot (in part to taunt the hub), but soon I hope to be doing them on my right foot as well ;-)