Training Log Archive: FernWerm

Two lots of exercises today - morning and night. Really feeling it in the right spots. Hopefully they'll make a difference.

Now I have to start doing these exercises twice a day. Using AP to keep track and keep me motivated to do them.

Went to the gym to do a class, but forgot that all the classes were cancelled due to the Blackwood Pageant. The gym was pretty quiet so I decided to take Lauren's advice and use the RPM bikes for a workout. Did 30 minutes of 100 reps medium level sprint (recovery) followed by 200 reps hard sprint. Repeated this for 30 minutes with 2 minutes easy spin cool down. This is surprisingly tough! No wonder Lauren's a dynamo if she does this a lot! :)

I think the RMP room is my favourite room in the gym so far as there's no music, no TV's or other meaningless noise.

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Stuck behind busses on Goodwood Road - 7 busses! Made for a slow ride along a normally speedy couple of km's. Otherwise, a pleasant ride home.

Physio exercises and a bit of core stuff. Doing the physio exercises properly takes a long time...

Nice, cool ride to town. A bit gusty once I got over the other side of the ridge at Belair, though. The thunder storms last night were fantastic!

First time to the gym for a 'tour' and to sign my membership forms. Forgot how tough these gym machines are. I think half the battle is not walking away in boredom. Felt like a good workout, though.

Best thing about the gym is seeing friends (funny, this is also one of the best things about going running) - Lauren spotted me and came to say hi. I was going to do a class with Biddy, but had to go home to clean up for the house inspection tomorrow.

Physio exercises.

Went and saw a new physio today at Wakefield Hospital sports injury centre. He was really good and spent over an hour with me trying to get to the bottom of the issue. He thinks it is most likely related to my hip joint (pain in the groin and front of the joint plus clicking in the joint led to this new diagnosis) and this weak joint has triggered the piriformis tightness. He has prescribed NO RUNNING for two weeks and several strengthing exercises designed to target a deep muscle that supports the hip joint as well as the usual hip flexors and outer glutes. After 2 weeks, if my hip is feeling better, I can start gentle running again and see how it goes. If it's not feeling better, more rest and possible scans, etc.

Luckily, he thinks cycling to and from work might be ok, so long as I stick to roads and remove my cleats if my hip is still irritated after riding. Also I'm not to over do it and ride heaps - too and from work plus a few extra short rides is all. So, in true female fashion, to make myself feel better I've got my purse out and spent money - I've bought a gym membership! Think I might do some pilates and resistance classes while everyone else is out running... *sniff*

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Gusty headwind made this a pretty unpleasant ride. Plus I left work a tad too late to make it to what was going to be my first gym class.

New glute/hip flexor exercises given to me by the physio today and some extra core stuff.

Usual 20 minutes of stretching and rolling on my high-bounce ball not included in time. I've been doing this 5 nights a week or so for a few weeks now.

Whoa - my hip is really killing me today. Made an appointment at a new physio tomorrow for a second opinion.

Mostly core and glutes stuff with some upper strength stuff thrown in at the end.

Run with the gang north across the freeway and along the heysen trail into Hahndorf. Then a few of us decided we didn't need to do the longer, but really nice, route down towards Mylor and instead followed the Pioneer Women's Trail back to Bridgewater. I was surprised how quickly we were up over the hill and back at the cars! Nice little detour along the trail beside the creek - backwards of what we did last week.

Rode from home to Happy Valley to attend the Tjuringa AGM. Went down Coro Parade and hooked off onto a path from Murrays Hill Road into the old Craigburn subdivision. Then down Manning Road and along some tracks and through some tricky little parks and stuff that I never knew existed! Tyson was reliving his childhood days of ruling this area on his bike.

Rode a different way home, along a more undulating road (Hub Drive I think) and along Blacks/Main Road onto the Linear Trail and up Winns Road. Nice ride home with the new Mr President - but more up than the other way!