Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Start with the first small step

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Saturday, 16 July 2011

Start with the first small step

This injury malarkey is beginning to get me down, as although the knee is improving it is doing so very, very slowly. The physio said I could ride my bike providing it didn't hurt, so this morning I cleared all the stuff from in front of the turbo (that's right, I haven't used it this year at all!) and climbed aboard. With no resistance at all and in a very low gear I managed to turn the pedals, pain free, and did about 5 minutes. I did get a bit ambitious and got a stab of pain so I do have to be careful, but at least this means I can start doing something.

So cycling, press-ups and sit-ups plus loads and loads of hamstring and calf stretches will be my routine for the next few weeks. I can't say that I'm looking forward to it but it sure as Hell is better than nothing.

All the best.

2 comments:

Cavegirl said...: I take it swimming is in the hell category then! LOL!; 16 July 2011 at 19:02
Turbo Man said...: Yes,absolutely!

6 minutes of cycling has really helped. Going to push for 10 tomorrow.; 16 July 2011 at 22:08