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  minor knee injury?

  my last P90X leg and back sessiion put a little bit too much stress on my right knee, it seems. i'm now seeing two PTs officially, and my awesome girlfriend (also a PT. lucky me!) suggested my weak adductors are to blame. which makes sense to me... if my abductors are strong but my adductors aren't, then it's possible that my knee can't be stabilized easily when doing a dynamic lunge move, and the stress is leading to inflammation, which leads to my pain. i'm not benching it, though. my last chest, shoulders, tri session was great. i'm technically suppose to be starting phase three of p90x right now but i'm staying in phase 2 indefinitely until I 1) my legs catch up with the rest of my body, 2) i'm not hurting, and 3) I can start incorporating yoga back into my routine. tonight i'm going to combine the legs & back and back & biceps routines, sub out most of the lunge moves, and throw in some machine circuits - which means I'm hitting the gym for the first time in months. the machines will help me focus on these weak body parts while also avoiding further injury to my knee. and, most importantly, i'm not giving up or slowing down. i think I can work through this injury and come out even stronger.

  Posted over 3 years ago by sazlin

  
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  p90x week 6 started sept 1

  i've been skipping out on the plyo, kenpo, and yoga lately to stay on track with the strength training. that's probably why my body fat and weight are holding steady, and not decreasing still. diet is good... i'm actually starting to think about sodium and cholesterol now. eating generally well actually makes excessive sodium pretty easy to avoid, but little things tend to matter more. like today, i rocked it except I ate, of all things, 8 olives. and apparently, that was like sucking on a salt like for an hour. f you olives. cholesterol is a toughy. after looking around, there are clearly going to be very significant amounts of cholesterol in any natural source of animal protein (which is "complete", while veg protein is not). so, avoiding cholesterol is super easy if I switch to Soy, Beans, grains, and other sources of veg protein as my primary source of protein.... but then im not getting complete proteins most of the time. i wonder which should be a higher priority? my only heart disease risk factor at this point is family history, so do I need to avoid intaking about 250 mg of cholesterol a day?

  Posted over 3 years ago by sazlin

  
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  starting Phase 2 of P90x (week 5)

  i'm going at about half-speed on the P90x program, mostly because I can't get my ass to bed on time to get at least 7 hours of sleep each night, so I end up cutting the morning's 1 hour workout to get the extra sleep. but it's all still glorious. my last two workouts were, in this order; the last phase 1 workout i did: shoulders & arms + ab ripper x, and it was AWESOME! I ended up taking 2 days off after (!) but today made up for it by doing shoulders, chest, and triceps (the first phase 2 workout) + ab ripper x (for glory), and it was also AWESOME. this stuff is da bomb, yo. it still kicks my ass, but the progress is clear and tangible, which I do love. tomorrow, if i can move, I'll do plyometrics - which is the bane of my existance. being exhausted and having to get airborne is just brutal beyond compare. but yet it's kind of addictive... what else... even after like 3 months of physical therapy (thanks for the awesome insurance, Microsoft) my right knee is still in pain. I'm not sure if it's overly tight patilla (or however it's spelled) tendons, which my PT thinks it is, the 20% of my inner miniscus that is missing after my knee surgery 9 years ago, overly tight IT band, or all of the above... it's just annoying and fairly constant, but it is changing over time... so hopefully I'm "working it out" and getting in awesome shape doing it. time will tell. oh, and I highly recommend the chocolate protein that Costco sells. It's cheap and delicious, and it's very spoon stirrable so no blending neccesary (although that works well too). tasty + spoon stirrable + it doesn't have soy protein = Sean likey. one more thing: daily burn rocks, but the workout tracker sucks, right? the nutrition tracker is kickass, but all i want to do is say I did Workout A on Day B. Period... I don't want to enter effing rep, weight, calories burned, etc progress for every workout I do... what a pain in the ass. I did that back in the day and it took as long as the freaking workouts to do it. I want simplified workout tracking, DailyBurn. give me give me.

  Posted over 3 years ago by sazlin

  
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  balance, physical therapy

  i go to PT about twice a week right now for knee pain. the pain is not the actual problem... somehow over the last year i let my hamstrings get really weak and long. my glutes are also lacking, and my it bands, calves, quads, and other hip flexors are too tight. the result is that my knees are being pulled out of alignment with my ankles and hips, which is badness. such imbalance leaves one destined for ankle and knee injuries, as well as hamstring injuries and the like. so, like i said, i'm basically in PT indefinitely until I can get everything balanced out. the yoga and leg routines for P90X definitely help out too :)

  Posted over 3 years ago by sazlin

  
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  changing goals

  i'm weigh less than I i can ever remember weighing. i've decided to work it - i'll eat ~2500 calories a day, workout hard, and let the body fat go. no more trying to be 165lbs+ for me. i'm trading in the mass for speed, agility, and some awesome definition.

  Posted over 3 years ago by sazlin