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God he looks like a cartoon.

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The third one is just absolutely insane. Like in fucking sane.

So what should the approach be training-wise in order to tap into those reserves?

Lots of careful, hard work over many, many years.

Quote from: LBSS on March 24, 2010, 03:55:47 pm

Gah so I just checked out a Q&A this podiatrist that I'm seeing on Friday did a while back in the Washington Post and the guy is all about orthotics and extra-supportive shoes and so on even for toddlers! The (dominant) side of me that loves being barefoot or wearing as little shoe as possible is reeeeally skeptical right now. If/when I have kids those little fuckers are gonna wear shoes as infrequently as possible. I kind of wish my appointment was RIGHT NOW, I'm really antsy about it for some reason.

Gotta be open minded, gotta be open minded, gotta be open minded.......

ya im with you man.. orthotics (&strengthening) for kids in extreme situations with huge deviations, otherwise, strengthen those fuckers up.. It's kind of similar with the ADHD shit now too. Man, I was hyper as fuck as a kid, but that's because I am very imaginative/creative, the mind is always racing between tons of ideas. I'm so glad kids weren't put on that shit as often, probably would have lost a huge amount of creative development.

the over-prescription of america pisses me off pretty bad.

Word.

Workout tonight:

Warm up
bike x5mins
usual (ish)

Work
bench 3x8x145 easy as balls
pull-ups 3x8xbw not as easy
       -during rest periods: bike or elliptical x2mins @easy-moderate pace
elliptical x10mins @moderate pace

Cool down
stretch

Ran out of time on the elliptical there cause the gym was closing.

PT was really interesting today. Learned some things, wish I'd been taking notes or recording it because they guy covered a lot of ground. Seemed to know his shit. Got confirmation that the level of extension in my big toes is RIDICULOUSLY low. The guy literally said, "Wow," a bunch of times while he was moving them around with his hands.

He also told me that basically my problem is beyond physical therapy. I should be stretching twice a day for 60 seconds even if I don't feel a stretch, just to improve the ROM. No one knows whether that will decrease my pain, though. And the manual therapy can deal with some of the adhesion issues in the bottoms of my feet, on my shins, etc. Beyond that, he said I should see a podiatrist, so I made an appointment for Friday with a guy that the PT recommended. X-rays for sure and we'll go from there. I'm kind of looking forward to seeing the insides of my feet. I still have the X-rays from when I dislocated my collarbone a few years back.

Lastly, and most shittily, the guy told me I'll probably have to get surgery. The toe doesn't hurt when I wear cleats and he said it probably won't get any better or worse over the summer so I should play out my season and then get it operated on in the fall. I'm inclined to believe him because he's not a surgeon so he has no personal interest in that route. But we'll see what the podiatrist says.

In the meantime, he gave me the go-ahead to start biking and doing some exercises for my knee. I've said it before, but my cardio/work capacity could be WAY better. So for the next week, I'm not going to do any loaded shit on my legs, just focus on upper body stuff and then hit the bike for ~30 mins at an extensive aerobic pace (HR ~160). I need to start building some capacity. Won't be jumping or doing heavy squats for a little bit anyhow, may as well start to work hard* at something else. If my jumping/strength/speed go down, well, what can I do, I need healthy legs before I do anything with them. Thinking:

Warm up
spin x5-10mins
usual (minus lunges and other standing leg stuff)
hamstring leg curls w/physioball 2-3x a fuck ton (PT basically said, "smoke 'em")

Work
bench 3-4x6-8
pullups 3-4x6-8
core

spin @low-moderate pace x30mins

Cool down
spin @easy pace x5mins
stretch
foam roll/tennis ball/super ball

Once my knee is feeling 90% or so I'll throw some unilateral shit in there and once it's back to normal I'll go back to jumps, squats, jump squats, DLs, etc.

*To be honest, I'm not sure how "hard" I can work at aerobic stuff right now. That's how much I suck. But I've got to start somewhere.

Workout today:

Cut down tree with chainsaw x2
Cut trees up into pieces x a lot

So much fun. Something wrong with my knee. It was worse this morning but it's still wigging out a little bit. I will not be doing any jumps or heavy lower body stuff for the next little while. And DEFINITELY no frisbee on Tuesday, unfortunately. But this thing just demands rest.