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lifting_heavy_things2013-01-15 08:04 pm
rydra_wong) wrote in lifting_heavy_things2013-01-15 08:04 pm
Help me not atrophy
So, yeah. I broke my foot.
If you want the details, it's a stable Lisfranc injury. It looks like I'm lucky and won't need surgery, but I can't do any weight-bearing on the injured foot for at least four more weeks from now, and will be shifting to gradual weight-bearing in a brace after that.
My right leg is going to get super-strong during this time; I have half a suspicion that I may learn how to do a pistol just from getting up off the floor to standing (I tend to sit on the floor a lot).
But obviously, I'm worried about getting very imbalanced.
I'd love any suggestions and ideas about things I can do to maintain/improve strength in my left leg without putting my left foot on the floor or weighting it at all.
I've got a few ankle weights, including one that's 3 or 4 kg; I can strap things onto the ankle fine without stressing the foot.
So I've got a few ideas already, but would appreciate any thoughts anyone's got, as well as tips and ideas in general about strength-training when temporarily one-legged.
If you want the details, it's a stable Lisfranc injury. It looks like I'm lucky and won't need surgery, but I can't do any weight-bearing on the injured foot for at least four more weeks from now, and will be shifting to gradual weight-bearing in a brace after that.
My right leg is going to get super-strong during this time; I have half a suspicion that I may learn how to do a pistol just from getting up off the floor to standing (I tend to sit on the floor a lot).
But obviously, I'm worried about getting very imbalanced.
I'd love any suggestions and ideas about things I can do to maintain/improve strength in my left leg without putting my left foot on the floor or weighting it at all.
I've got a few ankle weights, including one that's 3 or 4 kg; I can strap things onto the ankle fine without stressing the foot.
So I've got a few ideas already, but would appreciate any thoughts anyone's got, as well as tips and ideas in general about strength-training when temporarily one-legged.
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Those pushups and such sound great. I know for me, just trying to get around my daily life on the crutches was pretty substantial exercise too, it was just an exercise in frustration in addition to physically.
Point about the handstand - wasn't sure how good your control was, since I knew you'd been doing them longer than me.
Glad you've found some things that work! Hope the healing is going as well as can be hoped. And I saw our comment below about the oddly painless - isn't that the weirdest/hardest part? Mentally continuing to force yourself to crutch on something that doesn't hurt?