2 rounds for time:
800m Run
50 KB Snatches
800m Run
50 Sit-ups
Compare to: Day 0013
The Boy Who Saw Without Eyes
Joint Health
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Our goal is achieving true fitness, not the appearance of fitness. What good are those pretty "beach muscles" if you don't have the basic physical skills to save your own life or the life of a loved one if need be? Inspired by the CrossFit methodology of constantly varied functional exercises executed at high intensity, our program is guaranteed to spark changes within yourself that you may have never imagined were possible.
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7 comments:
Now the question is: what movements (or workouts) will help strengthen the knee joints? If the problem is not muscular and is in fact joint pain (possibly athritic) do we just give up all together? Or is there a way to help stimulate the synovial fluid by including limited but important lower body workouts to assist in the healing process?
I ask this, because quite frankly I am frustrated of not being able to perform at 100%. As much as I try to ignore it, it's draining me mentally. I try and remain aloof that I can't complete the WODs as precribed but it's not working, especially when I see a nice little (*sub) next to my name with my time. =P
Give me some hope... there has to be certain lower body movements (walking, running, swimming) I can do that won't strain my knees while in this frustrating recovery period.
Andrea, I have lived with physical limitations for the last 12 years. Prior to that I may even have given Will a run for the money. In '97 I had a heart attack followed by triple bypass. One of my medications limits my heart beat so that I can't get sufficient oxygen to the muscles to continue exertion. How do you think that makes me feel when I know I can do much more much, much faster but a medication prevents me from doing so? Give up the medication? Not a wise choice. In '98 I had knee surgery. The miniscus tears and the arthritis limit me further because of the pain but you learn to work through it. Everyone has limitations, either physical or mental. You show up regularly. You do all of the required repititions. You're losing weight, lookin' good. Learn that you are only here to compete against yourself and do your personal best. No one is more competitive than I but even I now understand that i have to learn to live within these limitations. It's not easy!
My error. I am 'anonymous'.
tom
Thanks Tom.
I'm trying, I truly am. I need to get out of this mental BS I am putting myself through. It's just a combination of things, some even work related and I am allowing it to carry over.
Amen Tom! You would have given me a run for my money huh? Haha, I would have gladly welcomed that! Hey but you still run circles around people half your age as it is though!
I know it's frustrating Andrea, but you have to just wait it out and relax. If you do the right thing during your vacation and stay away from running, squatting, etc., you should be feeling much better when you get back. At a certain point, you have to put your pride aside and start listen to your body! You will only cause yourself more long term harm by trying to do too much too soon. By your next eval, you will have lost 30 pounds so far damn it! Be happy! Seriously! In the mean time, swimming is fine and so is riding the bike (as long as it does not cause major discomfort).
Believe me Andrea, I know all too well how frusrating it is to not be able to give 100%. My last season playing football I was named team captain and I was the starting middle linebacker (a huge deal in case you don't know lol) on the best team in my league (4 championships in 5 years). Anyway I practiced hard day in and day out with my mind set on completely dominating the competition that year, but due to my choice to skip my rest days and ignore physical warning signs, the constant pounding caused me to develop plantar fasciitis in my right foot (which essentially is a strain of the muscles that support the arch of the foot and feels like running on razor blades). The pain slowly crept in, but in my mind there was no chance I was going to let that get in my way, so I kept going until it was unbearable and I could barely walk. I saw a doctor who suggested I rest for the first 4 weeks of the season, of course my ego wouldn't let me listen to that, so I played anyway...and ended up making the situation worse. Not only was I in more pain, but my performance SUCKED...which was ultimately hurting my team. So finally, a few games into the season I had to give up my starting spot for the good of the team. I didn't give up though, I just switched to a different position which didn't require as much mobility. I was still in a world of pain (physically and mentally for not being able to live up to the high expections everyone had for me), but just off of pure grit and willpower I pushed through it for the rest of that season contributing the best I could and we ended up winning another championship.
The moral number 1: don't be a jackass damn it! Lol, listen to your body! If I would have slowed down here and there in my preparation for the season or listened to my doctor, I would have at least started 6 games at middle linebacker instead of ZERO. Moral number 2: there is always another way to make a contrubution to your success, even if it's not the way you originally intended.
Andrea I understand your pain! Playing sports for 15 years created ligamentous damage in my left knee and I am now my own personal weather woman via pain. BUT I do the same workouts you are doing, with limited pain, mostly because of other changes I've made and shear will power. It's really important to listen to your body, as frsutrating as it's messages are.
Start paying attention to your postures at work or even doing other leisure activities, normally knee joint ROM (range of motion)is 0-130 degrees safely, but thing such as crossing your legs and not keeping your feet on the floor when seated increases the torque on the knee joint creating instability on one of both sides. Although it's important to increase the musculature around the joint for stability the actual hinge joint can itself can not be altered. I'm going to say work through the pain because it will stabilize the joint and keep your ROM intact
BUT recognize that the body needs a break! I know...it sucks! but if you want to keep boosting good C&J weight and progressing you have to give the body the chance to process the progress!
Look at Will he's a fool and it came back to bite him in the ass!
Well thanks for your input. It's a tough judgement call when It comes to figuring out when it's time to work your way back into the action. Pride is a dangerous thing when mismanaged.
Hey by the way...just know, your blasphemy will not go unpunished!
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