maddiesmum
Cathlete
Cupcake:
no beating yourself up! We have all been where you are, me, I am there several times per year!
Never underestimate the conditioning value of walking. All fall long, all I have done is walk: between 6-9 miles per day. Some walks along streets, some through the woods, tramping up and down hills. I did this for 3 reasons: 1) achilles tendonitis forced me into low impact mode; 2) I needed to get my husband into regular exercise as he is too sedentary and he will happily tramp alongside me if I drag him to the woods!; 3) as winter hit, so did depression and SAD and I lost the will to do HiiT/tabata/heavy wights, blah, blah. No motivation for balls-to-the-wall exercise at all.
Two days ago, now that it is getting too cold in MI to continue walking 6-9 miles daily, I am forced back inside, so I went to my gym and hit the treadmill. All the walking I did has helped me maintain a baseline of health and fitness such that I was able to step on the treadmill and after a 7 min warm up of fast walking, I could bang out a 6 mile run at 8 mph with 4 *1 min walk breaks. Not too shabby. tors
I am still nursing elbow tendonitis with which I was diagnosed in May: this is an "injury" that lingers and requires long-term maintenance. So sometimes I am able to lift heavy (for me) on the upper body, sometimes not, and I have not been able to lift consistently since May.
So, now, do you think you are alone No!!!! You have no reason to despair. Please don't. I'm right here with you. There are still things you can do. Whatever it is, do it. Spend the time on rehabbing at your pace: you are looking for long-term recovery from this injury. Meanwhile, yes, your cardiovascular endurance has taken a hit, but so what? You will get it back, just as I am now tying to do. We'll build it back together, yes?
The big picture is not the aesthetics of perfectly sculpted muscles, nor the incredible impressive display of superlative skills at HiiT or Crossfit, or whatever. The big picture is health and enjoying living in your body. Every activity in which you participate gets you furthe long that road.
Enjoy the journey, but take it at your own pace while you help that shoulder (?) to recover. You will get there. Incredibly advanced workouts by favourite fitness instructors can wait and will be ready for us when we are ready for them!
Clare
no beating yourself up! We have all been where you are, me, I am there several times per year!
Never underestimate the conditioning value of walking. All fall long, all I have done is walk: between 6-9 miles per day. Some walks along streets, some through the woods, tramping up and down hills. I did this for 3 reasons: 1) achilles tendonitis forced me into low impact mode; 2) I needed to get my husband into regular exercise as he is too sedentary and he will happily tramp alongside me if I drag him to the woods!; 3) as winter hit, so did depression and SAD and I lost the will to do HiiT/tabata/heavy wights, blah, blah. No motivation for balls-to-the-wall exercise at all.
Two days ago, now that it is getting too cold in MI to continue walking 6-9 miles daily, I am forced back inside, so I went to my gym and hit the treadmill. All the walking I did has helped me maintain a baseline of health and fitness such that I was able to step on the treadmill and after a 7 min warm up of fast walking, I could bang out a 6 mile run at 8 mph with 4 *1 min walk breaks. Not too shabby. tors
I am still nursing elbow tendonitis with which I was diagnosed in May: this is an "injury" that lingers and requires long-term maintenance. So sometimes I am able to lift heavy (for me) on the upper body, sometimes not, and I have not been able to lift consistently since May.
So, now, do you think you are alone No!!!! You have no reason to despair. Please don't. I'm right here with you. There are still things you can do. Whatever it is, do it. Spend the time on rehabbing at your pace: you are looking for long-term recovery from this injury. Meanwhile, yes, your cardiovascular endurance has taken a hit, but so what? You will get it back, just as I am now tying to do. We'll build it back together, yes?
The big picture is not the aesthetics of perfectly sculpted muscles, nor the incredible impressive display of superlative skills at HiiT or Crossfit, or whatever. The big picture is health and enjoying living in your body. Every activity in which you participate gets you furthe long that road.
Enjoy the journey, but take it at your own pace while you help that shoulder (?) to recover. You will get there. Incredibly advanced workouts by favourite fitness instructors can wait and will be ready for us when we are ready for them!
Clare
But, for me, it works, and eases me into it. 