Or, thank goodness for Ellipticals!
Yesterday I managed to teach Shoo to ride a bicycle without actually hurting myself. He would have kept biking all day, but he’s seriously lacking in common sense when on the bike, so I had to run with him every time. Eventually, my calf told me it was time to stop.
Today, thanks to a babysitter, I hit the gym. Amazingly, my calf actually felt better on the elliptical than it does when I’m walking! I got in 30 hard minutes on that, 5 minutes on the rowing machine (my calf did NOT like that), and 10 minutes of lower body strength training. Then I raced home, picked up Shoo, and we headed to pick up Jones from nature camp. Too bad I didn’t eat – they would have been happy to spend the afternoon playing in a creek…
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| Right before they jumped in the water… |
Tomorrow, I head back to the gym and then to the pool…
I hear ya! There has been so many times I have turned to my elliptical and been so happy to have it. Now if I only had a treadmill.
I can't seem to like that machine.. It makes my feet fall asleep :/
The elliptical makes my knees feel weird unless I go backwards.
The creek looks fun but the elliptical…ahhh, I feel like such an uncoordinated weirdo on that thing but you gotta do what ya gotta do!
It's great that you've found some way of maintaining your fitness while you sort your calf out.
AWESOME that you found a good way to put in a workout without bothering the calf.