#legsurgery

Three months ago I was doing crossfit and noticed this sharp pain in my knee.  It was not going away so I asked the Doctor to do an X-ray.  Her first response was for me to just quit doing crossfit... Really?  I kindly asked if she would do an X-ray first before I quit doing something I liked. 

    About a week later I get a call saying I have a 9cm bone tumor behind my knee.  Say what?  Got sent from Alaska all the way to Texas to have it removed 7 months later.  That was 12 weeks ago now.

Before I had the surgery I decided to do everything I could to get into the best shape I could be in, this way I would have a longer ways to fall while recovering.  I was dedicated before, but this was a whole new level of dedication.  That was the best decision I could have made.

    Now 12 weeks later I have lost almost ten pounds of muscle, and my lower body has had it with me. Upper body has only suffered a little as I was only restricted from lifting the first 6 weeks. However that's like years in the world of gains (exaggeration of course).   I never would have thought I would be upset to have lost weight.  I have always been obsessed with being skinny. Seeing all that hard work just diminish has been difficult, but I always find a way to thrive.  So I may come out of this looking like I skipped a few leg days, but my goal is to get that 8 pack and get my guns back while I am recovering. 

    My amazing friend Amber always does what I call "gimp" workouts with me.  Our plan was to go swimming and do abs, but the pool was closed for kayaking.  So we decided to just do abs.  Here was our workout:

V up roll ups 1 set of 25

Heels to the heaven 1 set 25

Med ball (12lb) oblique twists 1 set 50

Plank 1 minute

Plank on 1 step 1 minute

Plank on 2 steps 1 minute

Plank with toes on yoga ball 1 minute

Plank with elbows on yoga ball 1 minute

Heal to Heal touches Alternating while keeping shoulders off the ground 1 minute

Med ball oblique twists 50

Bicycles 1 set 50

Yoga ball crunches 1 set 25

Alternating toe touches to the ground while lying on back coming back to table top,1 set 50 (marching)

Lying on back, toes touching outside the matt,then back to table top, then touch the toes to the middle, back to table top, repeat. 1 set 50

Sitting up holding legs as high and straight as you can tolerate, hold position, for 1 minute while holding arms out in front and moving them as if under water and paddle. 2 sets 1 minute each

Med ball sit ups 1 set 25

Hold legs straight in the air, holding a med ball pulse the med ball towards your toes 3 sets of 50