Pilates done

Did my second session of pilates this morning. Feeling good and very little pain in my knee today

Rest Day

Had to have a rest day today as my knee was really sore when I woke up to go to the gym. Decided that it was better to take the day off to not over exert myself and hurt the knee any further. The good news is that my arms were not aching so it looks like my body is adjusting to the training as my arms were aching on monday after shooting freethrows for an hour on the sunday.

Tomorrow I am going to do an hour on the exercise bike followed by Pilates and then go to the club and shoot freethrows again.

I am hoping to talk to the club director tomorrow as well to try and get the court at nights to train with my team for the next couple of weeks before the tournament.

Back to Pilates

Had a good morning this morning. Went to the gym from 6:00 til 6:55 went on the recumbent bike. Did 14.58 kms on levels 1, 5 and 10 and burned 425 Cals.

Started back at Pilates from 7:00 until 7:45 this morning. Feeling much better and my knees is hurting much less than before.

I also went to the Club and shot 100 free throws in about an hour.

At night I played full court 5 v5 basketball for 2 hours. I was pain free in my legs and also shooting the lights out from 3 point range after the morning training.

Lost 0.5 kgs last week

Weighed myself at the gym this morning and I am 97.5 kgs with my gym kit on compared to 98 kgs last week.

Did 60 minutes on the recumbant bike on level 1 for 10 minutes then level 5 for 20 minutes followed by level 9 for 25 minutes followed my 5 minutes on level 1 again. Did 15.50km and burned 650 Cals according to the bike computer.

Planning to do another hour on my exercise bike tonight and some ab work.

Another Setback

Woke up at 5:30 am this morning with my knee and leg really sore. Decided not to train this morning so went back to sleep until 9:00 am. I am now icing my knee every hour to see if it get better to train this afternoon. After the first icing it felt a little better so hopefully I will be able to train this afternoon pain free.

I am planning to ride the exercise bike from 15:00 until 16:00 when my wife goes to work then from 16:00 to 18:30 I plan to take my son to the country club for me to shoot hoops and him ride his bike and then from 17:30 until 18:00 we both go for a swim.

In the end I did 1 hour of shooting freethrows before my son got bored and wanted to go home.

Did another hour early on sunday morining until my son fell off of his bike and decided he wanted to go home!

Gym Done

Got up and went to the gym today. Went on the recumbant bike for 50 minutes (10 minutes level 1, 20 minutes level 5 and 20 minutes on level 7) followed by 10 minutes on the vibrating platform on level 5 followed by 3 x 30 crunches and 3 x 30 back extensions.

My leg is feeling much better but my knee is hurting still.

Weighed myself when I got to the gym and I am 98KG!!!!!

I need to loose as much weight as possible before the tornament without stressing out my knees too much.

I have not been able to cycle in the evenings yet due to work commitments all week so I have not been stretching either. To compensate for this I am starting pilates on Tuesdays and Fridays.

This weekend I plan to cycle from 6-7 and then go to the country club from 7-9 to shoot hoops. I also need to speak to the club director about getting the basketball court for the next couple of weeks for the team to train on before the tornament as I plan to implement a new system of play as we are going to play without a centre. This system will need a lot of practice to put into play.

I am icing my knee at the moment and I am going to ice it every hour for 20 minutes all morning.

Day 2 - done

Just finished my morning workout. 1 hour on the exercise bike, rode 28.67 km and burned 653 cals. Also did 3 x 30 crunches and 3 x 30 back extensions.

My leg is feeling good but my knee is hurting.