Working Out With The Injury Update
Hey everyone.
I promised to check back in with you guys about my finger injury and how it went with my weight lifting routine. There’s a small chance I may have broken something. I’m still waiting to see how time heals this wound!
Plus I also give a shout out to @MattsMedia from Twitter for giving me heck for what he called “the worst workout video ever”… LOL!!
Hey Matt, cheat days are important, man!! Its all about adherence ya know!
… and finally, I have a NEW FEATURE!!!
I’m very excited about my new feature, and a special thanks goes out to @aliciasparks from Twitter for inspiring me to figure out how to make this work (and another thanks to @jarret for pointing me at the resource to make it work).
After the video you’ll see what I’m talking about:
NEW FEATURE!!!!
As it happens the last song playing in the background as I signed off of my video today was one of my very FAVOURITE workout songs, so I thought “How fitting” and decided to make it my inaugural song.
Check it out. If you like it, you can click thru and buy it for your own collection.
Workout Song of the Day – AND ONE – Panzermensch
(awesome for Cardio because the driving beat makes me want to run faster, but this song also has just enough angst in it for lifting too – I don’t know German but the angst comes from the tone of his voice for me)
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
AWESOME NEW FEATURE!!!! That is really such a great idea – fun, too! Working out and music obviously go so well together, and it makes perfect sense to include this. I’m glad my constant craving for new-to-me tunes could help, haha :)
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
ha ha!! thanks chick. and yes, you get ALL the kudos for inspiring this idea!! :-) so thanks for that most especially!! I’m looking forward to posting some kick-ass fun stuff!!! :-)
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Great Idea. and I watched your 35# success vlog. Well done, hope your week exceeds your expectations. jim
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
hahaha why you gotta make me out to be the bad guy! I still love your workout video’s either way so keep up the good work :)
Maybe some day we can go for a run then grab a double peperoni pizza together :p
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 pm
HAHAHAHA Matt!!! sure, I’ll run witcha (kick yo’ ass too) and go for a reward pizza right after!! lemme know when you’re up for the embarrassment!! LOL
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:37 am
Hi,
Thanks for another inspiring vlog. I agree there is little point in seeing Dr for finger as even if it’s broken he’ll only strap it to the adjacent finger as it is still in alignment.
As curly it isn’t so bad but stretching is worse it may be ligament damage. Worst thing about that is ligaments are poorly supplied with blood so fairly slow to heal.
Do you use Aloe Vera gelly. It hasn’t got chemicals in and promotes healing so it might help ease the bruising, it is also slightly analgesic.
The weather is slightly less sunny here today but was fantastic for running.
Have a great week and hope the finger improves soon,
Kim
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
Just watched your vlog, yes I got to watch it took for ever to load but watched it none the less. I know you probably already know this but is you use straps when you are lifting it will take the pressure of your hands and put it on your wrist so can use a little less of grip. My cheat night, I mean week is going to start on June 25th. Going on a cruise, I say I will go to the gym every morning but will see. That’s it for now.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 am
Hey believe it or not I got to see your latest vlog, took forever to load but I saw it. It got me to thinking, and you may already know this but I will put it out there anyway. Why not try using wrist straps when you are lifting? They will take most of the pressure off of your hands and put on the wrists, unless of course your are doing presses then well it just is what it is.
As for cheat days I have a week long coming up at the end of the month, I am going on a cruise. I have promised myself to go the gym as to not break my routine but who knows how I will feel, I will be on vacation after all.
Hope your finger gets better soon, I may have to have my shoulder looked at if the pain isn’t gone by next week.
Remember that no matter where you go, there you are.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 am
Sorry about the two in a row, didn’t think that the first one posted.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:34 am
thanks Kim. maybe that’s why the pushups hurt more than the stuff involving grip work. Its still the same today. The bruises are mostly gone tho, still slightly yellow on the middle knuckle (the one with the most pain). Still waiting on time to do its thing!!
thanks for the comment!
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
thanks Darren. Its hard to use wrist straps when you’re using dumbbells, there’s not really any room to put them AND your hands. I also like to do supersets and move very quickly between exercises so wrist straps would only slow me down. Plus I do seem to get sore wrists pretty fast so not sure if that wouldn’t make it worse. What do you think??
Good luck with the cruise. I know that would be a toughie for me. Aren’t those things wall to wall food? LOL
J
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
no sweat!! I love getting posts, even dupes!! ha ha ha
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
I agree with you about the straps getting in the way of supersets but am a little confused how they don’t fit with dumbells, unless the handgrip is small. As for the sore wrists I can see how the straps might lead to sorer wrists. And yes the cruise is wall to wall food.