Training Log Archive: RLShadow

Some PT this morning. Didn't get through the whole regimen of exercises I've been assigned -- may do more this evening, and might go to the rec center to utilize some equipment.

PT, focusing on the exercises I had been doing prior to my last appt, thus avoiding ones that seemed to make things worse, for now anyway.

Walk with Homer, around the big block. Knees feel fine today, when walking on level ground. Even much better than yesterday when going down stairs, but not problem-free.

Tues morning pickleball group. First Tues session I've been able to attend in at least a month. Not the greatest competition but everyone knew how to play the game at least, so the games were reasonably enjoyable. I played 1.5 games left handed to give my right elbow a little rest.

First snowboarding of the season. I'm working at Bristol tonight, so I came down an hour before I was scheduled to go on, to get a few runs in. Conditions (on the easy way down, anyway) were quite good, and the weather was gorgeous -- 30 degrees or so, sunny, and no wind.

I did OK -- no falls. A bit shaky at first, but my second run felt much more solid and a bit faster. I only did two runs, partly because of time constraints, and partly because my right knee (now my most problematic one) didn't seem real happy about the idea of snowboarding (but no less happy than the idea of going up or down stairs, so it wasn't terrible).

PT session with my PT therapist. He gave me multiple new exercises to do. One of them caused a bit of pain in my right knee but it didn't seem to get worse during the 10 reps x 3 sets that I did; hopefully that means I'm not doing any harm at least.

Doing everything he has now assigned me will probably take 45 minutes a day vs the 20 minutes (estimated) it had previously taken, and some will require a trip to the fitness center at the Webster Rec Center.

C • If it gets you 2

Monday night pickleball group. 12 people playing, perfect for 3 courts. Problem was there was a huge range of ability, with about 3-4 people intermediate (around my level), and about 4 people very very beginners, and not picking it up very fast. I had two games that weren't a lot of fun, with a weak beginner on each team, then two very enjoyable games with 3 people that were roughly my level (one guy, Mark; his sister, Pat; and an Indian lady who I hadn't seen before who is very solid).

Unfortunately, my right knee, which was grumbling during one of the PT exercises earlier today, was again not too happy either during the games or afterwords. I'm becoming suspicious that that exercise (partial leg presses on a weight machine) may be doing harm rather than good to my knee.