Wednesday, July 1, 2009

On to Stage 4

Of course, NRoLfW Stage 4 has the same workouts as Stage 2. You have the option of 2 or 3 sets of each. Today I did 3 of everything and still got out in under an hour. I didn't do all the 90s waiting periods, though. I was thinking about only doing 2 sets of the plank/woodchop combo, but I did 3. That 3rd 2minute plank was VERY tough. Going into it, I didn't think I could make 2 minutes at a plank at all! So, I'm pretty pleased with myself. I did get some knee clicks on some of the squats and some of the step-ups. I only went to horizontal on the squats.

Overall, I'm happy with my performance. I didn't back off on the weights and even increased some. I ended with a relatively strong feeling.

It was rather busy today in the gym. About half way through, others started showing up. Two women were also using the weight area then a guy showed up, too. That kind of surprised me since it's summer.

Tomorrow is my last PT appointment. Now I'll have to do the exercises on my own. I don't know if I'll be able to keep those stability ball ones up. I don't like them much, but I did improve a lot over the last few weeks. I'm still getting knee clicks, but my muscles are developing.

Monday, I ran 2.18 miles and had no problems with my knee. I'll slowly increase mileage and see what happens.

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