Journey, Not A Destination

Personally I'd probably set up some sort of circuit and rip through it a few times. I wouldn't necessarily use the tabata interval ratios. What would I put in my circuit?

Depends on what I had available.

Bodyweight squats
jump rope
pushups
pullovers maybe
lunges

Whatever you have, really.
 
I'm currently not taking any new clients. Not until I get things under control with those I'm currently working with as well as my upcoming website. But I'm not stingy, which is an understatement. If you want my help all you have to do is ask.
 
That was kind of a cute suit and tie answer lol teasing hm but actually here's a question what movements can I do with my knees that will get my brain to trust my body a bit more? I've had a few injuries needless to say the right one being the far more severe case and even after time has gone by I still baby it a little. Certain movements I'll go into and back out of as my brain is screaming nope nope your knee is going to give. Is it just something purely mental or is there way to retrain the body a bit that this is not a part thats going to fail you etc....and yes I just rambled and made no sense sorry lol
 
That's a tough question to answer. What were your injuries? For some reason I feel like you've told me before... but I talk to a buttload of people and everything turns into a blur after a bit. Plus are your injuries completely healed? And are you cleared for all sorts of exercise or do you have some contraindications?
 
ok I'll try to keep this brief....

right knee -
torn ligaments and stopped counting after 10 dislocations
Had a lateral release done then had a tibial tubercle transfer
cant handle high impact with loss of cartilage

left knee -
pulled ligaments and on and off tendonitis


I know I'm predisposed to knee problems a. being female b. having a higher than average q angle I was told basically to be careful because my chance of reinjury are on the high side

Some of the injuries and mainly the last major surgery left me depending on my left leg to support my right. I guess after so many years of doing it I'm having a hard time convincing my body to trust my right knee more. If that makes any sense...which makes it harder to strengthen because my poor left knee can't keep doing it lol
 
Makes perfect sense, actually. I've had some pretty serious injuries and I'm always hesitant to go full force on those limbs after healed. However, I always manage eventually.

The only contraindication you were given is high impact exercise. Nothing with regards to loading or flexion?

What do you do with it now in terms of exercise?

What do you hope to do with it?
 
Steve said:
Makes perfect sense, actually. I've had some pretty serious injuries and I'm always hesitant to go full force on those limbs after healed. However, I always manage eventually.

The only contraindication you were given is high impact exercise. Nothing with regards to loading or flexion?

What do you do with it now in terms of exercise?

What do you hope to do with it?
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I guess I should have explained more in the high impact department lol I meant running. I used to love to run and do a lot of it then started screwing up knee at the end of it all my dr said running like that may not be my best option for cardio due to the damange that's already been done so to speak and even when I was in good shape trying to run after all of that turned really painful after about 10 or 15 minutes.

I work with a trainer for the strength training side of things for lower body he has me doing things like lunges squats some of the machines (not really savy on the names) etc and while sometimes they have to be adjusted my body still goes into that weird panic crisis mode. Like with travelling lunges when I go to step into the next lunge my body just freaks out most of the time. I'm not saying my problem is specific to just that particular exercise just an example. I was wondering if there's a way to reteach the body slightly after it's been taught otherwise and how I could do so.
 
sensa516 said:
I guess I should have explained more in the high impact department lol I meant running. I used to love to run and do a lot of it then started screwing up knee at the end of it all my dr said running like that may not be my best option for cardio due to the damange that's already been done so to speak and even when I was in good shape trying to run after all of that turned really painful after about 10 or 15 minutes.
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Yea, I understood that.

I work with a trainer for the strength training side of things for lower body he has me doing things like lunges squats some of the machines (not really savy on the names) etc and while sometimes they have to be adjusted my body still goes into that weird panic crisis mode. Like with travelling lunges when I go to step into the next lunge my body just freaks out most of the time. I'm not saying my problem is specific to just that particular exercise just an example. I was wondering if there's a way to reteach the body slightly after it's been taught otherwise and how I could do so.
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You're doing it.

Get your hands dirty, remain safe, and with time your trust will return just as it left. I broke my leg very badly a while back. I was in a cast for months and months. It became a safety net for me. When the finally took it off I was startled to all hell. It took months of rehab to get me to trust in the fact that I could do things like run and jump.

It's the same with any injury for the most part. A big part of recovery is learning to trust your body again. Serious injuries really toy with your mind.

You've had a lot of trauma to that knee. When is the last time it was injured?
 
It's been about 2 years since the last dislocation but 6 months ago I did have to get it drained....there was no obvious injury except for some discomfort but it swelled up really bad and wouldn't go down


I was asking about movements to do because of something I had read a while back and wished I had saved or looked into more. It was about a newer method of rehabbing injuries where the focus just wasn't on doing the exercises as you normally would in physically therapy but movements to help condition your mind as well as body to trust that area again. It stuck out because it was designed supposedly with people suffering multiple repeat injuries in mind. Again this could make little sense as I'm far from an expert
 
sensa516 said:
It's been about 2 years since the last dislocation but 6 months ago I did have to get it drained....there was no obvious injury except for some discomfort but it swelled up really bad and wouldn't go down


I was asking about movements to do because of something I had read a while back and wished I had saved or looked into more. It was about a newer method of rehabbing injuries where the focus just wasn't on doing the exercises as you normally would in physically therapy but movements to help condition your mind as well as body to trust that area again. It stuck out because it was designed supposedly with people suffering multiple repeat injuries in mind. Again this could make little sense as I'm far from an expert
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Interesting... I'd love to see the data on it. I haven't heard of it personally... but that definitely doesn't mean it's nonexistent. Learn something new every day. Do you remember what sort of medium you saw the article in? Was it on the net?
 
LowFatMilk said:
Is that actually you in your avatar there Steve :-s ?
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Yup, as Mal explained that's me on top of Mt. Haleakala in Maui, HI. By far the most amazing place my eyes have seen to date. It's a little over 10,000 feet up and what you're seeing out in front of me are clouds. It's as if you can reach out and grab them.

Through the clouds you can see the entire coast of Maui. It's heavenly to say the least.
 
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