Huddle Workout Warriors

[Cat]

Started Gamma T25 a week ahead of schedule.  I have 5 more weeks and then I will be switching it up to Insanity or something.  My diet has been a little out of bounds, but I'm trying to bulk up and I had hit a wall anyway.  Hoping to see some good results over the next 5 weeks.

 

 

My right knee is being a little bitch again. I'm still working out but modifying like crazy when doing lunges and squats. I'm also

trying to choose workouts with very few lunges and squats. 

 

 

I did yoga last night and took it easy but my knee was actually hurting afterwards whenever it was bent and i straightened it out. As much as I don't want to I may just not work out at all for 2-3 weeks, ice it like crazy and take naproxen every 4 hours.

 

 

Good luck with Gamma 

[the butch]

My right knee is being a little bitch again. I'm still working out but modifying like crazy when doing lunges and squats. I'm also

trying to choose workouts with very few lunges and squats.

I did yoga last night and took it easy but my knee was actually hurting afterwards whenever it was bent and i straightened it out. As much as I don't want to I may just not work out at all for 2-3 weeks, ice it like crazy and take naproxen every 4 hours.

Good luck with Gamma

As someone with knee problems, I know what you mean. I used to stretch for an hour a day (20x3). Did that for about 3 months. Now I'm stretched out to the point where I can move functionally with no pain. Running still aggravates my knees, so that's why I like the T25/Insanity stuff. My only piece of insight is to stretch, stretch, stretch, and then stretch some more. Leg presses to build muscle around the knees should help support and alleviate. Just my thoughts.

[Cat]

As someone with knee problems, I know what you mean. I used to stretch for an hour a day (20x3). Did that for about 3 months. Now I'm stretched out to the point where I can move functionally with no pain. Running still aggravates my knees, so that's why I like the T25/Insanity stuff. My only piece of insight is to stretch, stretch, stretch, and then stretch some more. Leg presses to build muscle around the knees should help support and alleviate. Just my thoughts.

 

 

My plan is to do everything I can possibly do before forking out the $$$ to see if I've torn something. It's a horrible pain under my knee cap. 

[Porn Shop Clerk]

i'd think if you'd torn something your knee would be the size of a softball and you'd have issues walking.   but i'm not a doctor, i just play one on the internet.

 

do you take creatine?

[Captroop]

My girlfriend and I just did a 4-day, 140-mil mountain biking trip up the C&O Canal Trail this past long weekend. Up til now, I had hit the gym occasionally, and I usually do the exercise bike every morning before work. But my workout routine is hardly "warrior" level.

 

We've resolved to keep up the activity-level since our trip. I took yesterday off to recover, but I'm trying to find a routine to settle into now.  Any recommendations? And keep in mind, the goal is weight loss and definition, not max weight and bulk.

[Cat]

i'd think if you'd torn something your knee would be the size of a softball and you'd have issues walking.   but i'm not a doctor, i just play one on the internet.

 

do you take creatine?

 

Do you think so even if  I tore just the meniscus (small)? It swells up just a little on the around my knee cap, inner leg.

[Darth Biscuit]

My girlfriend and I just did a 4-day, 140-mil mountain biking trip up the C&O Canal Trail this past long weekend. Up til now, I had hit the gym occasionally, and I usually do the exercise bike every morning before work. But my workout routine is hardly "warrior" level.

 

We've resolved to keep up the activity-level since our trip. I took yesterday off to recover, but I'm trying to find a routine to settle into now.  Any recommendations? And keep in mind, the goal is weight loss and definition, not max weight and bulk.

 

 

Work on your diet and either get one of those programs like T25 or P90X or get into running/biking regularly.

[Captroop]

Work on your diet and either get one of those programs like T25 or P90X or get into running/biking regularly.

Never heard of T25. Will have to look into it. I would love to get back into P90X. I used to do it 6 days a week. The only issue now is a DC-Sized 1bd 1ba apartment

 

I'm definitely working on the diet though. Eating very low-carb. Running I'm avoiding. I used to run daily, and did a couple halfs, but being 6'3" I'm worried what it's doing to my knees and back, especially in the long term. I think a regular bike routine is my best bet. Anyone have a good biking program they can recommend?

 

Thanks for the feedback, as always Biscuit!

[Cat]

Never heard of T25. Will have to look into it. I would love to get back into P90X. I used to do it 6 days a week. The only issue now is a DC-Sized 1bd 1ba apartment

 

I'm definitely working on the diet though. Eating very low-carb. Running I'm avoiding. I used to run daily, and did a couple halfs, but being 6'3" I'm worried what it's doing to my knees and back, especially in the long term. I think a regular bike routine is my best bet. Anyone have a good biking program they can recommend?

 

Thanks for the feedback, as always Biscuit!

 

 

Could you take a laptop to your apartment gym?

[Darth Biscuit]

Never heard of T25. Will have to look into it. I would love to get back into P90X. I used to do it 6 days a week. The only issue now is a DC-Sized 1bd 1ba apartment

 

I'm definitely working on the diet though. Eating very low-carb. Running I'm avoiding. I used to run daily, and did a couple halfs, but being 6'3" I'm worried what it's doing to my knees and back, especially in the long term. I think a regular bike routine is my best bet. Anyone have a good biking program they can recommend?

 

Thanks for the feedback, as always Biscuit!

 

That's why I don't run either... it kills my knees.

 

 

I've been getting up with the wife at 6AM everyday lately and walking two miles...  then hitting the gym in the evenings after work to lift and do some HIT cardio.

 

Or you could move to Wilmington and hit the weights with me and Joscott.  We'll have veins popping out in no time.

[Captroop]

Could you take a laptop to your apartment gym?

 

Ya know, I might just be able to do that. I'll dust off the old Cardio DVD and see if there is sufficient room down there. I guess I got spoiled in Arlington being able to do it in my apartment living room.

[Captroop]

That's why I don't run either... it kills my knees.

 

 

I've been getting up with the wife at 6AM everyday lately and walking two miles...  then hitting the gym in the evenings after work to lift and do some HIT cardio.

 

Or you could move to Wilmington and hit the weights with me and Joscott.  We'll have veins popping out in no time.

 

Hey, I might take you up on that. Might have to wait til the little woman is a mama first. Not sure she's ready to leave the big city.

[Darth Biscuit]

Hey, I might take you up on that. Might have to wait til the little woman is a mama first. Not sure she's ready to leave the big city.

 

You and Joscott would probably workout well together... I just facebook stalked you and you and him are of very similar build.

[the butch]

My plan is to do everything I can possibly do before forking out the $$$ to see if I've torn something. It's a horrible pain under my knee cap.

If your copay isn't that high, just go ahead and go to a specialist. One visit will probably give you a diagnosis, and then you can look up how to heal yourself instead of going to PT. That is unless it is something serious that needs surgery.