GUYS! GUYSSSSSS. Yesterday was the day! I trained at my old gym for the first time since my first hip surgery. I was so nervous. More nervous than when I was heading into surgery. Seriously! I was wondering if I should cancel my appointment. On my way there, I kept telling myself that I could still turn around and go back home. I felt so out of my place when I arrived. I told my coach/friend that I felt super nervous. My PT gave him a call today to go over the things I can and cannot do. No plyometrics, not yet anyway. He wanted us to work a lot on glutes, core. And there I had it, my first training back! We did: 4 min rowers warm up tabata 20s battle ropes 10s rest 20s plank on swiss ball 10s rest x4 10 sumo squat + tire flip 10 prowler back & forth x4 10 10lbs KT swing (shoulder height) 20 pushups on TRX 30 bicep pull on TRX 40 reps ab work x2 2 min boxing 5 min stretching I was soooo out of breath. Oh man. It's not even funny! What really surprised me is how motivation makes a HUGE difference in fatigue perception. When I go to the gym on my own to do my PT stuff, I can barely reach 2 minutes. Yesterday, I was able to do 4 minutes without any pain. The hip did feel tired by the end, but nothing was painful so it really surprised me that I was able to go for double longer than what I usually do. I made sure to always take the time to engage my core and glutes before each movement. To listen to my body. My coach knows me well...we started working together years ago, and he knows how hard-headed I am, and how proud I am. I'm super competitive, especially with myself. If I was told I couldn't hold a 2 minute plank, I would do a 2 minute 10 second plank. I'd want to train like the boys. So yesterday, as I was pushing the prowler, he asked how I was doing, how my hip felt. I kept pushing, and said "good". He replied "pretty sure you'd say good no matter what". And this is when I realized that my mindset had changed. Right now, I know I have to respect my limitations. I know that I've worked too hard all these past few months to jeopardize all the effort in one training session. I want to keep moving forward, not back. So when I said good, it was because I was really, really ok. I'm really excited. It really is a new chapter in this recovery. I know there's still a long way to go...but this gave me the nudge to keep my motivation up. As soon as I got home, I iced for 30 minutes and took some Celebrex, just because I knew my hip would be irritated by all the activity it's not used to doing. Surprisingly, I felt pretty good! I then had dinner with a few of my closest friends, pre-birthday celebrations! The food was amazing...we had salmon belly sashimi, bbq pork on crispy ramen, karaage, and several shots lol. I don't go out often, but when I do, there's always shots involved hahah. Nothing starts the evening better than some sake bombs! When I say sake you say BOMB! I had such an incredible day. So happy! We even got to ride a Tesla Taxi on our way back. Montreal has this cool new taxi system where the cars are all electric. The prices are exactly the same as a regular taxi, there's an app, the drivers are super nice. It's really a cool company. I'm now anti-Uber...with all the controversy, and the fact there's so much corruption with people not paying their taxes. Teo Taxi is such a great alternative...and our driver was cool enough to show us Insane Mode hahaha. Holy crap that car goes fast. Got home and my hip was done. Training, and then sitting on the tiny hard wood stools was a lot. Good news is, this morning I feel great! Well, besides feeling SO sore. UGHHH! It actually feels good to feel this again. Hurray!
I hope those who read this are all doing great. Don't be shy to comment, give me some news, anything! It's always nice to know who's reading! Happy weekend!
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Melon
4/29/2016 13:01:23
This is fantastic news!!! So glad you're back in the gym - getting to do actual WORK makes such a mental difference. I'm doing great down here; got dismissed from PT this week, and, before he discharged me, PT had me doing 95# squats!! Hahaha, I haven't been that sore since my very first squat workout 5.5 years ago. But SO GREAT. I think we are probably experiencing similar degrees of elation. Keep rockin' it up in Montreal!!
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MC
4/29/2016 17:08:50
Whaaaaat! That is amazingggggg. 95# squats FTW!!! I'm so happy for you.
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AuthorMy name is Marie-Christine. I'm 34 years old and live in Montreal, QC, Canada. I have had two failed hip scopes on my right hip to do undiagnosed hip dysplasia. My amazing surgeon, who is in Quebec City, performed periacetabular osteotomy in November 2017. He also did one left hip scope (non dysplastic) in February 2017. Archives
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