August 1, 2022

Great start to the first Monday in August with Kyle, Rusty + Ellie and Me + Moose

Kyle and Rusty were having knee issues and I am still recovering from my fall off the pullup bar last week.

We changed up the program slightly today to allow for us to all train together and get in some work despite our injuries.

I feel very strongly that training should continue when injured. Of course, you have to be smart about it but I do not think that inactivity is beneficial to healing or to the mental state around an injury.

If you break your arm you may not be able to do many things like pullups of cleans, but does a broken arm mean that you couldn’t run or ride a bike? Could you do a squat, a sit up, some flutter kicks? The answer is obviously yes.

When I get injured I immediately start to think about the things that I can still do. Torn calf muscle means I shouldn’t run for 8 weeks…Im going to get really good at pullups in those 8 weeks. Hurt shoulder? Bodyweight squats, core work, running and bike. There is always something you can do.

Staying on the path helps the mental game more than the physical, probably. When injured, it is easy to get down and when we feel down often we resort to things that are not healthy. More drinking than usual, binge eating, not sleeping as much. When we stay on the path and never miss a day, it is easier to stay on the eating plan, continue a consistent sleep schedule, stretch, sauna, and feel good on a daily basis despite the injury.

So, to avoid those pitfalls, we have to alter our training sometimes and get in what we can.

Today we changed up the program a bit and got a good one, got the blood flowing and a good sweat.

Every 4 minutes x 5 rounds

25 cal bike

25 pushups

then

1 minute plank

100 flutters

x 5

Less volume than the program called for but we got it done!