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Tourture At The Gym!
Apr. 27th, 2005 10:49 pmI had my first intensive workout at the gym today as part of an intensive phsyio treatment to get my knee working again. God it was hard.
I was nervous at first not knowing what to expect. However there was a good mix of both male and females from all age ranges there. They all had knee problems. One had been attending for 3 years ! Gulp ! Hope i dont keep comming for that long! Anyway my attempt at small talk fell completely flat, they all seemed to have a sense of humour bypass! Oh well, not for want of trying !. From a medical point of view i was also fascinated by the scars on people's knees. Looks like i am going to have a scarred left knee for many years :(
The excercises were hard. I liked the excercise bike best, and the walking machine. I hated the "zorro" exercise. I nicknamed it Zorro from the remake of the film in which the hero haf to train on a spiral mosiac on the floor. Well this one was a cross! X marked the spot! Had to sort of lean forward and strech out. I hated it, but i guess no pain, no gain. The big surprise of the afternoon was me being able to go up the stairs with my bad knee. Only started that yesterday ! Was pleased with that. I am concerned though that i cannot push my knee backwards ie to stand on other leg alone. Totally numb. Will have to work on that tomorrow. What i did not like about the session was that i only got 3 minutes on each machine before having to rotate to another machine. GRRR !
My walking has improved although i am getting a throbbing pain at the moment when i am walking, hope it is nothing to worry about and is just my knee aching with all the excercises i am doing ! Will do the Green Mile again tomorrow and over the Bank Holiday. The weather looks good so that should help. I may investigate about going to the gym at home tomorrow and get myself longer on the execercise bike etc. I dont want to overdue it but i do think 3 minutes is not much time . I will also have to pay to go as well but it will be worth it, and anyway i need to lose weight so it will be a double saving so to speak.
Am worried about work though. Had a row with my Father today. He wants me to go and see his house in Ireland. I want to do that more than anything but the sick policy is very harsh and i tried to tell him that i am gonna get an oral warning when i go back to work. He said it was illegal and against employment law and i said i know. He then went on about me getting another job. Which is something else i want to do too but it is easier said than done. So i am in a difficult position with him again :(
Also worried about Nigel. I have grown very fond of him over the past months and he has not been around much this week. I said a prayer for him this week. I hope he gets better soon ! :)
I was nervous at first not knowing what to expect. However there was a good mix of both male and females from all age ranges there. They all had knee problems. One had been attending for 3 years ! Gulp ! Hope i dont keep comming for that long! Anyway my attempt at small talk fell completely flat, they all seemed to have a sense of humour bypass! Oh well, not for want of trying !. From a medical point of view i was also fascinated by the scars on people's knees. Looks like i am going to have a scarred left knee for many years :(
The excercises were hard. I liked the excercise bike best, and the walking machine. I hated the "zorro" exercise. I nicknamed it Zorro from the remake of the film in which the hero haf to train on a spiral mosiac on the floor. Well this one was a cross! X marked the spot! Had to sort of lean forward and strech out. I hated it, but i guess no pain, no gain. The big surprise of the afternoon was me being able to go up the stairs with my bad knee. Only started that yesterday ! Was pleased with that. I am concerned though that i cannot push my knee backwards ie to stand on other leg alone. Totally numb. Will have to work on that tomorrow. What i did not like about the session was that i only got 3 minutes on each machine before having to rotate to another machine. GRRR !
My walking has improved although i am getting a throbbing pain at the moment when i am walking, hope it is nothing to worry about and is just my knee aching with all the excercises i am doing ! Will do the Green Mile again tomorrow and over the Bank Holiday. The weather looks good so that should help. I may investigate about going to the gym at home tomorrow and get myself longer on the execercise bike etc. I dont want to overdue it but i do think 3 minutes is not much time . I will also have to pay to go as well but it will be worth it, and anyway i need to lose weight so it will be a double saving so to speak.
Am worried about work though. Had a row with my Father today. He wants me to go and see his house in Ireland. I want to do that more than anything but the sick policy is very harsh and i tried to tell him that i am gonna get an oral warning when i go back to work. He said it was illegal and against employment law and i said i know. He then went on about me getting another job. Which is something else i want to do too but it is easier said than done. So i am in a difficult position with him again :(
Also worried about Nigel. I have grown very fond of him over the past months and he has not been around much this week. I said a prayer for him this week. I hope he gets better soon ! :)
