Morning Ladies -
This morning I did Cycle- All Terrain with Brooke Hayward again (and survived ...whew!!). I didn't stand for the entire time on the rolling hills section cuz I didn't want to put too much pressure on my foot (didn't wear my boot). I loved the Sprints at the beginning and got my heartrate up to 162...which is the highest I've been able to get it since I've had this cold settled into my chest and aggravating my asthma. Workout was 64 minutes and I burned 460 calories. I also did Baron Baptiste's Unlocking Athletic Power 30".
My job interview this morning is in a bad section of town......or as I call it....The Hood! Funny thing is ...is that it's right down the street from the High School I went to ....and it wasn't a bad section back then! I guess it's been a while, huh??
Kel - I know what you mean about slow healing. I don't think my foot is going to be good enough for Vegas to walk without the boot. My DH doesn't want me to wear the boot. He's embarrased. He told me not to wear it to my interview either. I vote for the Pilates/Lotte Berk combo (or did you say Bar Method?? can't remember). I think the Lotte will be good for your legs. Do you have the Muscle Eats Fat one? If so, that one has a good Bonus Blast segment on it for the thighs. I have been adding it on to my workouts and I know it works for me.
Nope.....I can't let this stress fracture keep me down. I had one the Summer before last (thus the reason I now have this one from what the doctor said) and it was much worse than this one (full blown) and I never missed a workout or a day of work. I remember hopping around on one foot doing Cathe DVDs and modifying on the Rebounder the entire Summer. I actually didn't know I had a stress fracture at the time though...as they don't show up on initial x-rays and I went to the ER at work and had it x-rayed and they said negative....so I thought I was being a wimp. So I limped around on my foot for 3 months until I got a callus on my good foot that turned into a second degree burn and I had to go to a foot doctor to get that removed. He x-rayed my feet and said that the reason I couldn't walk all Summer is cuz I had a healing Stress Fracture. At that point, I explained how I modified aerobics and he said I was lucky I didn't displace it and need surgery...but it healed good.......or at least I thought until now I find out that sometimes they heal and bow out and cause the metatarsal next to it to be unstable and prone to a fracture (which is what happened to me). We leave for Vegas on 8-2 and the concert is on 8-3....so let's hope I don't have to wear my boot there....as I don't think that would go over well in the Mosh Pit!! Thanks for the info about the job. Sounds interesting. I'll let you know how it goes.
Jen - Thanks for the good luck wish....but at this point, I'm not holding my breath....since my track record with interviews has not been very good! I've been reading this AfterBurn book I bought and the more I read, the more I think of you. He's talking all about how it's inefficient to lose weight the way other programs have you do it...cuz when you lose weight, you lose muscle too and just become a smaller version of yourself and he says that's not "effective" weight loss. His program is all about building muscle to help burn fat while at rest and losing fat only! I keep thinking about what you always say! I think you'd like the program (maybe.....but it's mostly multi-joint movements....as he doesn't believe in working your bi's and tri's separately), but I don't think you'd want to pay the money for the book (and I don't blame you). There are some rotations on T-Nation by him though if you ever think you'd want to try one.
Well...best go get ready for my interview.
Have a great day ladies.
This morning I did Cycle- All Terrain with Brooke Hayward again (and survived ...whew!!). I didn't stand for the entire time on the rolling hills section cuz I didn't want to put too much pressure on my foot (didn't wear my boot). I loved the Sprints at the beginning and got my heartrate up to 162...which is the highest I've been able to get it since I've had this cold settled into my chest and aggravating my asthma. Workout was 64 minutes and I burned 460 calories. I also did Baron Baptiste's Unlocking Athletic Power 30".
My job interview this morning is in a bad section of town......or as I call it....The Hood! Funny thing is ...is that it's right down the street from the High School I went to ....and it wasn't a bad section back then! I guess it's been a while, huh??
Kel - I know what you mean about slow healing. I don't think my foot is going to be good enough for Vegas to walk without the boot. My DH doesn't want me to wear the boot. He's embarrased. He told me not to wear it to my interview either. I vote for the Pilates/Lotte Berk combo (or did you say Bar Method?? can't remember). I think the Lotte will be good for your legs. Do you have the Muscle Eats Fat one? If so, that one has a good Bonus Blast segment on it for the thighs. I have been adding it on to my workouts and I know it works for me.
Nope.....I can't let this stress fracture keep me down. I had one the Summer before last (thus the reason I now have this one from what the doctor said) and it was much worse than this one (full blown) and I never missed a workout or a day of work. I remember hopping around on one foot doing Cathe DVDs and modifying on the Rebounder the entire Summer. I actually didn't know I had a stress fracture at the time though...as they don't show up on initial x-rays and I went to the ER at work and had it x-rayed and they said negative....so I thought I was being a wimp. So I limped around on my foot for 3 months until I got a callus on my good foot that turned into a second degree burn and I had to go to a foot doctor to get that removed. He x-rayed my feet and said that the reason I couldn't walk all Summer is cuz I had a healing Stress Fracture. At that point, I explained how I modified aerobics and he said I was lucky I didn't displace it and need surgery...but it healed good.......or at least I thought until now I find out that sometimes they heal and bow out and cause the metatarsal next to it to be unstable and prone to a fracture (which is what happened to me). We leave for Vegas on 8-2 and the concert is on 8-3....so let's hope I don't have to wear my boot there....as I don't think that would go over well in the Mosh Pit!! Thanks for the info about the job. Sounds interesting. I'll let you know how it goes.
Jen - Thanks for the good luck wish....but at this point, I'm not holding my breath....since my track record with interviews has not been very good! I've been reading this AfterBurn book I bought and the more I read, the more I think of you. He's talking all about how it's inefficient to lose weight the way other programs have you do it...cuz when you lose weight, you lose muscle too and just become a smaller version of yourself and he says that's not "effective" weight loss. His program is all about building muscle to help burn fat while at rest and losing fat only! I keep thinking about what you always say! I think you'd like the program (maybe.....but it's mostly multi-joint movements....as he doesn't believe in working your bi's and tri's separately), but I don't think you'd want to pay the money for the book (and I don't blame you). There are some rotations on T-Nation by him though if you ever think you'd want to try one.
Well...best go get ready for my interview.
Have a great day ladies.
