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Went to Planet Fitness today to give the treadmill a try. Walking is getting a tiny bit easier. 10 minutes on a bike at 16mph (slow ) 30 minutes on the treadmill and a slow 2.3mph. 2.4 was uncomfortable. I had to hold on to the side rails through most of it but it's a start. 80 Push Ups (not all at once. 10 push up sets ) I'm doing these 5-10 times a day per PT 30 second Piriformis stretch (each leg) 30 second knee to chest stretch (each leg) 30 second Calf stretch on block (each leg)

Patience. Don't ever look at the app or the time while you're running. Just wait until you hear the voice prompt. And don't skip ahead. Your body needs to move forward slowly. Welcome to the party!!!

Donna I promose the above suggestion will hit those hammies with a vengeance!!

If it were me, I would repeat the day you couldn't complete until you can!! So if it's week 3 day 3 you're stuck on, do it again, and again, AND AGAIN, until you kick it's butt. Then smile, pat yourself on the back for a victory, and move on. I'm going to throw out a suggestion but I don't know if it applies..... Do you watch the clock? Do you know how much longer you need to run before that next walk session? Well don't do it next time. Your brain is messing with you. It's lazy. It knows it only has another minute to run and it's going to try and sabotage you. FOOL IT. Don't look at the time. Just relax, take an easy pace and run. Your brain wont know what to do so it will just run eagerly awaiting the ladies voice. Let us know how it goes!!

Well I always suggest strength training. Strengthen your legs and running is easier. Strengthen your legs and decrease your chances of shin splints. I'd ask my doctor if I could do negative split squats( if you read a lot of my replies you'll begin to see a pattern here, LOL ). You might want to ask your doctor if you can do these ( if you feel well enough to ). The support on a chair allows you to adjust the pressure and minimize knee impact. They might let you. If you can do them I promise they will benefit you!!! I'm still waiting for someone to take my suggestion and let me know how their legs feel the next day. These suckers turn em into rubber but it's worth it!! http://forums.zenlabsfitness.com/topic/1449-never-been-able-to-run-always-wanted-to/?p=5522

These are just guesses. I'm not a doctor and have never fractured anything other than my pride.... Do you have running shoes? Did you get fit at a running store to be sure the shoe type matches your natural gait? Do you wear cushioned running socks? (Belega Hidden Comfort are like running in a cloud ) Do you have inserts for your running shoes? Sure made it more comfortable for me Do you do calf stretches? This is from my physical therapist. He tells me it's ultra critical to have good ankle rotation to minimize stress on the body. (absolutely ask a doctor before doing this as it's in the area you were injured. I am not a medical professional. Just a parrot.)

The simple answer, NO! The Why... Run training is strength training. You are trying to build your leg muscles to enable you to achieve more. When you run, you tear muscle tissue. This is why you are sometimes sore the next day. You have intentionally inured yourself. Over the 48 hour period after you run, your muscles repair themselves. When they repair themselves, they rebuild stronger than their previous form. This means, you don't build muscle when you run. You build muscle when you rest. When you run the second day in a row you tear muscle fiber that hasn't repaired yet thus negating some of the benefit you would have gained by letting those muscles rest. Off days are for walking, biking, elliptical, arc trainer, swimming, yoga, and any other low impact type thing you can come up with. This is not forever. If you were a marathon runner, it wouldn't really hurt you to run 5 miles on your off day as 5 miles is barely light intensity for you. It's probably akin to you and I walking on our off day but for now, let those muscles rest. They will come back with a vengeance as their way of saying thanks for the day off ( who doesn't love a day off?)

My names Mike to. Someone change my forum name to MetricMike!!! Seriously Mike. Glad to know you're diggin it! Keep fighting!

This thread is full of win!! Big congrats!!!

I preach the fight, and now I teach the fight!!!.... The best part about being back at the base of the mountain, is that you get to climb it again - Me 2015 Chapter 1: The Recovery begins. Ok. Off to a start. It was a good day. I went to the gym. Everything was normal. This is run as a circuit repeated 3x but it isn't aerobic. Everything is done slowly. Recovery oriented with push ups and planks mixed in. All exercises are as many slow reps as possible except where noted Neutral Grip Dumbell Press: 10 lbs. (15lb DBs hurt ) This arm raise with back against the wall thing: It's for shoulder impingement recovery. 10 Push Ups 30 Second Plank 30 second Piriformis stretch (each leg) 30 second knee to chest stretch (each leg) 30 second Calf stretch on block (each leg) As a separate circuit, I did 3 circuits of 2 different resistance band fly type shoulder rotation exercises Kent had for me(he prepared a list of shoulder impingement stuff for me. Again, Best gym ever!!) Far from the intensity of workout I'm used to but I managed to touch most muscle groups and felt benefit The not so good news: Walking is uncomfortable. I tried 1MPH on the treadmill with most of my weight supported by my hands on the rails and couldn't do it. I felt I would hurt myself worse. Walking gently to and from the car is about all that I have in me, but I feel a tiny bit better! Good news! It was is crappy, slushy, nasty and cold outside yesterday, and I was forced to skip my running day. Aw darn, LOL Woke up this morning and not feeling all that bad. Standing and walking are a tiny bit more comfortable. I'll be walking 10k steps again real soon!

Unfortunately my baby is in a garage 20 miles away and there's over an inch of snow that's come down in the last 2 hours.

The easiest answer to how much water to drink is "Drink water like it's your job"

Welcome and good job!

Heh. I weight myself every single day. I have a FitBit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale. It measures my weight, body fat % and BMI and uploads it to my Fitbit dashboard(same one my steps and stats go to). I'm a nerd so I love having all that data. The trick I had to learn is to ignore my weight on the scale. I view it on a graph over time and measure trends ( Is the line going up or down ).

Good work. Way to adapt. Keep at it!

Awesome job. I've said it before. THjere's science going on here. More oftne than not, your body is ready for the next lesson. Sometimes the mind has to be convinced is all.

Congrats. A good pair of shoes is worht the investment. Make sure and get fit ast a running store. It's wortht he few extra bucks to have your gait analyzed.

Way to go. The magic has started.

Awesomer!! You're on your way.

Good news bad news day. The good news is I went out running with no plan, goal, distance anything. I decided it was a free day as a reward. I stopped and took some pictures that I'll share with you folks in the next couple of days.(busy and unhappy night). After about 2 miles I began to get some knee discomfort in both knees. Almost a feeling of my knees wanting to crack like your knuckles. It didn't hurt but felt very awakward. I immediately stopped running. It was a mile or so back to the gym. Temp was rapidly dropping into the 40s and a 15 mph wind rolling off the river. It is AMAZING how fast your body temp drops once you stop running more than 5 minutes. I was numb by the time I got back to the gym. I was just wearing shorts and a shirt. Went to Fleet Feet and was assured I'm not done running. Having a month long shoulder injury destroy my lifting makes me very sensitive to injurues and I was kind of freaking out. Running was love at first sight for me and after losing lifting, it was instant terror. I had done some sprinting yesterday on the treadmill. I know I'll get yelled at for that as it was my rest day but I was just full of energy after finishing Monday. I was walking and it just unintentionally turned to sprinting. The going theory is that I just pushed myself to far and need some rest and possibly compression stuffs for my knees. I was also given a phone number for a physical therapist if it continues for more than a few days. Just going to do a total rest day tomorrow. Not even push for my 10k steps.

I agree on Paleo. Welcome to your journey!

Welxome to the party!!

DO IT!! I'm a broken record but I gotta preach the Paleo Diet. That + run = colossal win!!