If you know me, you know that I cannot stand the treadmill. I would rather be outside running (or in my case for the next few months, walking) than doing my best impression of a hamster on a wheel. However, because I was woefully unprepared for the terrible weather we are having my planned walk on the track during my planning period turned into a 30 minute slog on the treadmill in the ECMS weight room. It looks like a mid-day walk is going to be on the agenda from now on, at least on the days I don't have meetings or other work related things to pretend to do during planning.
Most of the pain is gone. I still can't put any pressure directly on the knee itself because of the swelling, but now I would classify things as occasionally uncomfortable rather than painful. Things are still progressing very well and I was able to do a 40 minute ride this morning. I'll stick with 40 minutes for a few days and work on varying the resistance until I increase to 45 minutes over the weekend. I'm doing pretty well with my new toothbrushing routine. I've never had good balance on my right side, so getting to 20 reps of calf raises without falling over will be interesting. I'm getting close though.
I hardly wore the brace today. I'm looking forward to getting the new one to see how well it stays in place.
After a rest day yesterday I decided to increase the reps on the pull-ups. Here's today's workout:
Push-ups 6x20
Pull-ups 6x15
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