The Two-Month Mark: Week 8

My last baseball mention. For now. With the Royals' big win in the World Series, and all the subsequent celebrations in Kansas City, I had a huge case of homesickness during the week. The only thing I wanted most of the time was just go to back home and to stay home. It was overwhelming at times. It also took me nearly a week to decide on which championship t-shirt to buy. There are too many choices and I just want them all!

The Good: Things seem to be going well. I started using weights on my lower half - leg press (80 lbs) and leg curl (40 lbs). They are a far cry from what I was doing wayyy back last December, but I'll get it back. I'm just happy to be doing more than body weight squats right now. I've yet to test the hip again with swimming, but I have plans to do that next week, since I have Veteran's Day off and have extra time to hit the gym after physical therapy.

The Bad: It's hard to be in this point of recovery. Saturday, when I was at the gym, I was stopped by one of the trainers and invited to join their free circuit workout they host. I smiled and said, "No thanks," and of course, that was not enough. So then I had to yet again explain that I had hip surgery and wasn't able to do a whole lot of exercises. Of course, the guy was immediately understanding and even came up to me later to talk to me about it a little, but I hate having to bring it up to strangers.

The Ugly: Again, nothing!

The "In" Club: Once you have any type of injury, we always seem to have people coming out of the woodwork who had the same experience. I'm finding myself in the same situation with this surgery. It's an odd little club I've joined.

Sunday
PT
10 min on elliptical (0.75 miles)
25 minutes on ex bike (5.4 miles)

Oh and there's the part where the Royals clenched the World Series and I stayed up way too late, loving every social media post about it.

Monday
25 minutes on ex bike (4.5 miles)
stretching

Tuesday
stretching

Wednesday
PT appointment first thing in the morning
new exercises: leg press & leg curls (wa-hoo!)
5K on exercise bike in 14:20 - imagine running that!

Thursday
1 mile warm up on exercise bike (8:48)
Chest and shoulders weights
1 mile on elliptical (11:50)
stretching

Friday
skipped the gym so I could hang out with these people:

Saturday
PT
5 miles on ex bike in 17:45
0.75 miles on elliptical in 10