Week 14th, another year goes by, and happy birthday America

The past few weeks have been busy. First I finally got over my sickness which was a good thing, drugs really are wonderful sometimes. The draw back, it takes a while before you can get back into being your old self. So, I made the mistake of working my leg out 2 days straight before my pt session. This sucked cause I was gas ed, sore, and annoyed. I did not put my best foot forward. I started on the treadmill, and ran. It was glorious, there was some laxity in my knee part of it was just me being over protective. Nonetheless, it was a great feeling to be able to run again. I can safely say that my PT has stepped up the aggressiveness of the workouts, I am also doing leg presses, hamstring curls, and light knee extensions at the gym. Not to mention hip work, and calf work. So, I am finally back to pumping iron. I can see my quad getting stronger, and over all I am pleased with the progression. Over the long holiday weekend, both America, and myself got a year older. This time of year is always fun, summer, fireworks, and birthdays. This week, we pushed the same workouts, I am already moving into a better frame of mind. Finally, this week I have put up a new blog, called it is located at www.5uperfive.com. Please follow it, I will migrate all my ACL stuff over there, as well as have a DBA blog, a football blog, and other ventures I am working on. So, until next time work hard, and push yourself, its amazing what you can accomplish with some hard work, and motivation.

Fernando #5

Week 13

So, last week was rough, I mean really rough, but not knee related. Per my last post I was fighting a cold. Well, I thought it was a cold, for agonizing day's later I come to find out it was strep throat, and an ear infection. So, finally I dragged myself to the doctor, and 2 hours later I was on my way to Walgreen's to get my drugs. My work outs have suffered a bit since I have been dealing with symptoms of these shitty illnesses. I also saw my surgeon last week, Doc Walter. He checked my knee, and all is good. I did mention to him that I felt my PT was being too conservative. He gave me the green light to start slow controlled running, and step up the intensity on my leg workouts. So, I have started that. I had some leg workouts last night, and tonight, I will get to do some more. Starting with light weights, and staying away from leg extensions for one more week or so. That is all for now, tomorrow I will visit my pt again, and see what he has to say. I think I will only be working with him for a few more weeks, before I venture out on my own. That is all for now.

Fernando #5