Back to the gym

“Gem how's your legs/knee?”

“I had some Cheddar nd Sour Cream chips this morning. But... to make up for it.. I WALKED to the break room to get some water.”

“good for you Smoochy! LOL!”

“How many meters is that, Slim?”

“It's 1,097.28 meters, but it's only 0.681818182 miles.

You need 1,760 yards to get a whole mile.”

“I was just being a butthead, Sarge.

Butt out!!”

“well...I came from the doctor, and it's no gym for me for a while.

I figure I can at least do upper body thou. He did allow me to go on the treadmill, but slow. I didn't wanna ask what slow means...so... I go slow my way. I don't run.”

“I was just being a butthead, Sarge.
Butt out!! - MarkO

This I knew already. I was just trying to get a rise out of you.

Hey! It worked!”

“sorry to hear that gem :(

But I think since you are in good shape you will heal faster tehn expected.
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“Gem - What was the diagnosis?”

“ inflammation, that's what he said, so he gave me the DICLOFENAC. They do make me a little drowsy thou, so we'll see.

he said my ligaments [sp??] felt fine. He couldn't feel anything on the knee cap either.
all he really did is move my leg around in all sorts of ways, made me go on my knees. BUT like I said...I only feel the pain going down hill...sooo...I had no pain.

strangly I do feel it right now thou, at least a little, from all the walking today and him screwing with my knee.

I guess because both legs were swolling [still are, but not so bad anymore] he figured it was a inflammation of some sort.”

“Gem, glad to hear all is well....hope it (they) continues to improve.”

“so cute when you're worried. *grins*

okay...i won't say it again!”

“I do keep score in my mental notebook you know. LOL.”

“What's this little love fest in the gym?

Take it to LA Fitness guys ...”

“I need to go to they gym today i just dont feel like it so maybe I will take a rest...”

“Glad to hear it isn't anything too serious Gem. Are you cleared for the Sierra trip?”

“lemme say it like this...I'll be going no matter what!”

“Gem! Did you tell the doctor about the trip?”

“I'm sorry---what was that??


(grin here too)
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“I think I'll leave now...
:D”

“That's what I thought you said.”

“Gemini!
This sounds like trouble!
I wish Rat Packer's car was bigger because you could hang out with us instead of the big trip if it were. : ( But we are going to be in a tiny Ford Focus. : ( Besides the damn thing is black with black leather interior. We are gonna fry in it!”

“heeheehee...I really do wanna hike, and I am sure I'll be okay. He was concerned...okay...but that was it. He did tell me...well... not to do any hiking for a couple of weeks.

what's a couple of weeks? 2, right??
so...it would be 9 days counting from yesterday, I won't be hiking the first day...so taht makes 10 days...

what difference do 4 days make? Not much.
I'll take a knee brace!”

“Ok, that sounds better. I'm just worried since it's sort of a thru hike that you'll get into the middle of it and be screwed.
Make sure you don't overdo the exercise until then. All the muscle strength you've been building will still be there for the trip. But meanwhile let that swelling go down and take care of those ligaments.”

“pixie...i have no problem at all on flat or uphill hikes. ONLY the downhill bothered me. [i know there lots of downhills on this trip] I am sure that the inflamatory meds he gave me will take care of that by then anyways.

The milage and the trail is no problem compared to what we hiked last week. I can take the pain if I have too...or wouldn't do it otherwise. I am not all nuts.

Actually thou, I don't think there will be a problem. the day before the trip I'll find a downhill somewhere here in SC...and test it out. Just to make sure... :)

for now...lots of rest. sucks, but better than pain while hiking in cali.”

“yes, I think the rest will make all the difference.
Sounds like you've got a good plan. : )”

“Completely crashed today.

When you lift you need to rest more so your body can recover. Sometimes your body just crashes. I was out like a light today. You can almost feel the little muscle builder robots going to work when that happens. Tomorrow should be a good lifting day.”

“I am fascinated by this thread. I hate the gym.

I have crashes too, Sarge. I take it as a signal from by body that I need a rest day. If I have two days in a row, it means I am feeling lazy and need a butt kicking.”

“what you mean "out like a light"??? You didn't pass out, did you??”

“Dead tired.

That feeling that you must sleep and only sleep ... you feel like you're under water.

Feels good when it's over though.”

“thats is a good feeling! you get that when you are out surfing on some good waves for the first part o the day then from hiking up in the redwoods followed by a good evening dance round a beach bon-fire with music coming form drums and guitars :) Yeah I miss that feeling!”

“oh yupp...I have something similar once in a while, but not very often. Maybe i need to work out more...huh

not right now. that's really gonna suck. I can't do legs, meaning I'll have to start over.
I can't even really do cardio too much if I don't wanna risk my cali trip.”

“Im not feeling good tonight...I think having that root beer this evening was a bad idea now :( BLEH....freakin cant have any goodies it SUCKS. Im going home before I get real sick instead of the gym. Night all.”

“Swam 1-mile this morning.

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“Alright!

That's 1,760 yards!

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plus 40

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Ok nowslimmer - You're messing with me dude! LOL
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“I should have swam one more length of the pool. That would have been one length for each year for my life___a refreshing way to spend part of a birthday.
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“I'm still not working out. *sigh* Maybe this weekend.”

“my gym has been the mountains of the Smokies on the weekends but nothing during the week”

“Today I swam 2,700 yards, just over 1.5-miles.”

“Well if slow on a treadmill means not running, for me that's 4.9 mph.”

“Still sitting on my ass here! LOL!”

“lol... i didn't go to the gym... feeling my knee a little bit, and i didn't wanna screw with it before the trip.

I'll be okay on the trip, but i don't wanna over do it RIGHT NOW!

I think I'll be out of the gym after CALI for a while...got a weird feeling. hate it, because that would mean I would almost have to start over...

keep your fingers crossed.”

“uh oh, the knee still hurts? I'm sorry gem.”

“LOL...naaa...it's not that bad!! I just don't wanna overdo it. don't worry about it ENS.”

“The feet god has taken pity on me. My podiatrist told me this morning that I can hike! Hallelujah!

Maybe by next month I'll be back on the trail doing some backpacking.
Maybe I can go on the elliptical and do lunges too!”

“I gotta crank it up again, dog walking now seems to be my main exercise. Gonna have to start getting up at Dawn's crack once again.”

“Chili chased me down the trail...

On saturday, I power washed my house for 6 hours, tossed around 38 bricks to make a flower bed, then tossed 28 40lb bags of dirt to fill in the bed. Washed 2 cars and raked yard on sunday...great workout...I did 1.5 hours of high impact cardio on monday tossed weights last night and then danced with the vaccum cleaner. Tonight, I do deep knee bends and arm thrusts as I hand wash my kitchen floor...

the point is, that anything can turn into excercise if you want it too. Proper form though is essential so that one don't throw a back or thigh or hamstring.”

“lunges rock!! my knees are hardly even fat anymore...i should've been doing these things a long time ago!”