August 27, 2010

Two Pounds and the Attitude Fix

Physical therapy today was about a thousand times better. Doing something for the first time is always intimidating, especially when you just want to be better already. It could also be because I knew I was getting a hefty reward tonight: free body work from my good friend.

Today, I arrived without my entourage of children and I was able to concentrate and get through my exercises with much less frustration. My PT even put me on the leg press today, where I am 100% sure I totally cheated and mostly used my right leg. It's funny how, even when your mind is saying it's ok to do something, your body disagrees and decides it's protecting that knee no matter what. My PT told me this is completely nomral though. One less thing to beat myself up about, I suppose.

As I was doing my leg lifts today, my PT asked me how the weight was and I told him it was ok. By "ok," I meant, "Don't you dare up it right now because I'm seriously dying." I felt kind of silly when I looked at how much weight was contained in that little ankle wrap. . . a mere two pounds. When I think back to before, I am pretty sure I was using ankle weights that were about 8 lbs. Just when you think you're getting somewhere.

As per usual though, I don't spend long wallowing in negative attitudes. Next week, my PT will add more time to my bike routine and I'll work on that leg press business again and try not to cheat as much. It was better today, and next week will be even better than this week. The screwless wonder will triumph once again.

This screwless wonder got some great body work tonight, and I think it's fairly obvious that body work does an attitude good.