Training Plan

I know that my surgery is only two days away, but I can't help but think about how I'm going to get back into shape once this is done.  Many people with similar experiences (and one who is a PT who deals with injury rehab all the time) have told me how important it is to maintain as much of my muscle mass as possible.  My calf is going to wither away to nothing and there is very little I can do about that....BUT, there are lots of things I can do to maintain the rest of my strength.

My plan will be to do a lot of upper body workouts, lots of core stuff and even a few lower body workouts that are floor-based.  I've got one or two from my old collection of FIRM videos/DVD's that I need to pull out.  I also have plans to remain as active as possible.  This means doing a lot of things for myself around the house.  It also means traveling by crutches whenever it is practical to do so.  I may even consider a lunch time walk out around the tiny lake out behind my office building once the weather improves.  I know it'll freak people out to see me out there by choice, but I often freak people out so I'm not concerned. ;-)

It has been a very long while since I've done any workout videos.  Once I've had a chance to preview all the ones I think might work, I'm going to create a little training plan for myself.  I expect that they'll be fairly short in length, so my goal will be do to at least one per day with a pretty significant focus on core stuff.

Someday, I'll get to swim again...but until then, this will have to do.