Day 108

Yes it has been a long time.. a whole week since I posted. It was an eventful week starting on Monday. I started the 21 Day Fix by doing Cardio Fix I did burpees before some during as they are in the cardio workout then some after to round out my day of burpees. I then got picked up by my friend Johnny Ray Lake to take me to play some basketball with some other "older" guys. I was introduced to a myriad of older guys ranging what seemed to be mid 60's to 80. There were also a couple of guys in our age range, while I think one was in his 30's.

Let me first say this. It has been since either 2000 or 2001 since I actually played any basketball. I have shot a ball here and there, but not playing any kind of pickup game or even horse since then. I was not physically ready to be played tight man to man on either. The long and short of it is this.

1. I might be working out, but P90X3 modified shape and full court basketball shape are 2 different things.
2. My idea of a friendly game and someone else's idea are not the same.
3. I really did injure my knee back in 08. (that was for my orthopedic doc in RI.. prick!)
4. My ankles can be sprained again.

I played really hard the first game and I went to the ground 2 or 3 times. I rolled my right ankle 3 times and my knee hurt badly after it was over. I played I think 3 more games at much less speed and intensity and by the time it was over I could barely walk out of that gym.

The next day, well let's just say ouch! I was in a massive amount of knee pain and it was difficult to just walk around the house and my knee felt like it was going to buckle on me. My ankle had some mild swelling and bruising. Normally it never swells or bruises any more after all the abuse, but I did roll it several times.

Over the last week I have done nothing iced my knee and sat in the hot tub. I got braces for both knee and ankle and tried to minimize my activity to promote the healing process. Luckily I have a great recuperative process in my body and I am feeling great without the knee brace on. I was able to do yoga today including chair pose, crescent pose and warrior 1/2. I was able to move in and out of the different poses and the only time I even felt a twinge of anything was going from downward dog to crescent/warrior 1. It was minor, but I could feel a little bit of it. I was very careful to be attuned to what I feel and not risk pushing too much too soon.

I felt really good with yoga and tomorrow with the brace on my knee and my ankle I will do the Cardio Fix again. I will get back into the swing of things and allow my knee to heal up. If I feel really good, I will go play basketball again tomorrow as well. I will not injure myself again though. I know what goes on, so I am now prepared.