Had my op on 13th Oct on the Left hip. Saw Prof Schilders last Wed who seemed pleased with everything. But I'm itching to get back to training!
We went down to watch the CROSSFIT 'Divided We Fall' Team Games this weekend in Swansea. It was incredible to see the fabulous athletes and the great sense of community there is in this sport. I'm only 5 months in and I'm completely hooked!
I was there on crutches just dying to jump over the barrier and get stuck in. But I settled for shouting alot and taking lots of cool pictures and videos of the 2 HG3(our box 'aka gym' in Harrogate) teams which included my gorgeous husband who did himself proud. I had some serious 'arm envy' going on there. There's some seriously fit ladies doing crossfit!
Since my op I've been into the gym and getting started on my project for winter = Mission - very strong arms ;) I won't be squatting or lunging for a wee while so in the meantime I'm going to master pull ups, ring dips, press ups, shoulder presses etc etc. By the time I can squat I'm going to be able to do ALOT of things I can't do at the moment.
My hip is going great. I had been squatting within a pinch free range prior to the op and been able to back squat 80kg and front squat 70kg. I put a bench behind my so I couldn't possibly squat too deep for my hip. I am sure that the training prior to the op meant that I was strong and well muscled around the area and that has really helped my recovery.
Tonight I went to the box and did 21-15-9 of pull ups, shoulder presses (20kg bar) and press ups (with left leg hooked behind right leg) and did it in 9mins 30. I'm sure I'll improve on that when I can switch exercises quicker, but still being very cautious.
Provided I don't do anything which requires hip flexor work - eg. sit ups, if I had my left foot/knee on the floor for press ups, or full hip extension then my hip if fine and doesn't get affected.
I've still been doing stationary biking and stretches to keep the hip mobile and looking forward to being able to air squat and work on single leg balances in a few weeks. - Just have to keep saying to myself - very strong arms! :D
Monday 31 October 2011
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