Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Proof of Progress

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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

Monday, 29 August 2011

Proof of Progress

Rehabilitation progress that is. Today I was back at the CrossFit gym and managed:

37.5kg shoulder press
60kg back squat (I did cheat a little on this one by not doing a full, deep squat, but squatted down until I touched the top of an 18" box)
100kg deadlift

I managed all this without any aches or pains from my knee and so feel even more confident that I am now well on the road to recovery. I had set myself a target of running 1 mile before I finish my course at Shrivenham on 14 October but I now reckon I will do this within the next 2 weeks. I just need to make sure the progress of steady and don't try to do too much too soon.

Almost forgot, I took my youngest son to see The Mighty Seagulls on Saturday at the superb Amex Stadium as they beat Peterborough to go top of The Championship. Happy days!