Training Log Archive: itsmartin

core + push-ups + ankle

Boom! If the core Olympics were coming up I would be peaking right now. Set a new PR in the plank and the rest of the workout felt really good as well. If I had been incredibly motivated I could even have gone beyond 6 min today but there wasn't anyone with a gut, in tight gym shorts and a whistle around their neck yelling at me to "push it" so I just stopped.

plank: 6 min, 2 min each side w/3 x 20 sec leg lift each side
twisters: 50 each side - 12 lb.
leg extensions: 100
back extensions: 3 x 40
hip raisers: 60
fire hydrants: 30 each side
clam knee lifts: 60 each side
side leg lifts:50 each side
push-ups: 20/16/12

quad stretches, foam roller

massage w/Tucker Roy

Holy carp. Tucker said, "I'm going to work your IT band and you just tell me when to stop..." After about 30 minutes I cried Uncle.

That was SO hard to relax through but it felt amazing (as in it felt like it did a ton of good) after. When my left leg was too tender to touch he switched it up and worked on my shoulders some too which had been tight during the whole left leg business. Ouch.

Rested not because I needed it but because I am frustrated about not being able to do anything.

C • IT band, ankle 3

core + push-ups + ankle

plank: 4 min, 2 min each side w/3 x 20 sec leg lift each side
twisters: 50 each side - 12 lb.
leg extensions: 100
back extensions: 3 x 40
hip raisers: 60
fire hydrants: 30 each side
clam knee lifts: 60 each side
side leg lifts: 50 each side
push-ups: 20/14/10
wobble disk: 2 min each leg

Have I mentioned that my left IT band is effed up? It is, big time.

I saw Neal Goldberg w/FootWorks PT yesterday and it took him all of 10 minutes to confirm this and to recommend I go see yet another specialists for a cortisone injection to calm my IT band down. At this point, even just walking to the bus stop makes it flare up again and I can't do shit and doing nothing (or as close to nothing as I am able to and still go to work) is not letting it heal up.

Good times.

C • bummer man 3

core + push-ups + ankle

plank: 4 min, 2 min each side w/3 x 20 sec leg lift each side
twisters: 50 each side - 12 lb.
leg extensions: 100
back extensions: 3 x 40
hip raisers: 60
fire hydrants: 30 each side
clam knee lifts: 50 each side
side leg lifts: 50 each side
push-ups: 20/14/12
wobble disk: 2 min each leg

core + push-ups

plank: 4 min, 2 min each side
twisters: 50 each side - 12 lb.
leg extensions: 100
back extensions: 3 x 40
hip raisers: 60
fire hydrants: 30 each leg
clam knee lifts: 60 each side
side leg lifts: 50 each side
push-ups: 20/12/10

foam roller