TheGymGuy
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Alright, in spirit of positive news sharing and positive energy keep up, here is my summary for today. I want to share this with you because you have done a lot for me, and I hope that some of these posts will be motivating. By no means am I bragging. My purpose is that by writing up my experiences I hope that at least one or two people (more if I am lucky) get motivated enough and do better just by walking, exercising and get better and progress forward.
This my day 9 post-op. Last night I slept on my side almost all night. Come to think of it, I flipped in the AM to the other side for 2 hours. I actually slept for a total of a little over 7 hours which is a new personal best. I was only awake twice, once to go to the bathroom at night (damn that huge glass of water before bed), and once in the AM when I heard my wife's alarm clock.
One of my workout partners came to visit me today and I asked him to go get some lunch with me. There is a shopping plaza about 2 miles away and they have all sorts of places to grab some food or just hang out. The walk there is a bit hilly but nothing too crazy, here is the summary link: http://runkeeper.com/user/thegymguy/activity/79764897?&mobile=false
Basically, it was 1.85 miles there, lunch break during which I consumed some delicious chicken kabob's on rice, and 1.85 miles back. Going there we averaged 18:30 per mile or 3.25 mph, and going back we did just about 3.5mph (3.49 actually). The average pace was 3.35mph which is not great, but also not too shabby. This walk and activity is what my wife and I did both weekends before the surgery and I have kept the same pace today, which is huge.
My heart-rate was very stable during the walk and only crossed over 100 once or twice while speed-walking the hill. During the walk we carried on a conversation about random things and I seemed to not be out of breath much.
I feel progress, and my body is mine at the moment, minus the chest mobility and 10 lb weight lifting limit. I will spend next 7-12 weeks doing more walks and speed walks and hopefully improve my cardiac ability/capacity before returning back to gym.
It is beautiful here on the east coast today, and I hope some of you can go out for some walking and get 1-2 milers out of the way. Please pace yourself, I do!!! I do several checks every several minutes to make sure all systems are fine and I monitor my heart rate, breathing and body temperature very very closely.
This my day 9 post-op. Last night I slept on my side almost all night. Come to think of it, I flipped in the AM to the other side for 2 hours. I actually slept for a total of a little over 7 hours which is a new personal best. I was only awake twice, once to go to the bathroom at night (damn that huge glass of water before bed), and once in the AM when I heard my wife's alarm clock.
One of my workout partners came to visit me today and I asked him to go get some lunch with me. There is a shopping plaza about 2 miles away and they have all sorts of places to grab some food or just hang out. The walk there is a bit hilly but nothing too crazy, here is the summary link: http://runkeeper.com/user/thegymguy/activity/79764897?&mobile=false
Basically, it was 1.85 miles there, lunch break during which I consumed some delicious chicken kabob's on rice, and 1.85 miles back. Going there we averaged 18:30 per mile or 3.25 mph, and going back we did just about 3.5mph (3.49 actually). The average pace was 3.35mph which is not great, but also not too shabby. This walk and activity is what my wife and I did both weekends before the surgery and I have kept the same pace today, which is huge.
My heart-rate was very stable during the walk and only crossed over 100 once or twice while speed-walking the hill. During the walk we carried on a conversation about random things and I seemed to not be out of breath much.
I feel progress, and my body is mine at the moment, minus the chest mobility and 10 lb weight lifting limit. I will spend next 7-12 weeks doing more walks and speed walks and hopefully improve my cardiac ability/capacity before returning back to gym.
It is beautiful here on the east coast today, and I hope some of you can go out for some walking and get 1-2 milers out of the way. Please pace yourself, I do!!! I do several checks every several minutes to make sure all systems are fine and I monitor my heart rate, breathing and body temperature very very closely.