Pushing Play

I started my scheduled P90X mini cycle last night with Chest and Back and it became clear within 5 minutes that I am not ready for it yet. Doing the leg raises (steps), the pain in my ankles started of as a dull ache and turned sharper and sharper the further along I went with it.

After talking it over with my wife, I decided to not go as intense as P90X and to start with 10 Minute Trainer. So that’s what I did. Lower Body and Abs. The section with the lunges and such was hard and made me sweat. It still hurt my ankle – especially any time they talked about lunges. But I was able to power through the pain and do my workout. Then I decided to do the 10 Minute Abs simply because I was on a roll and because I need to keep my core strong.

Man, I did not think that I was THAT far out of shape!

And you know what? Until my ankle stops locking and hurting like this, I’m just gonna stick to this specific routine for a week or two. Calf raises, light lunges, balance drills and things like that. And in between all that, I will do my abs as needed.

The last thing I wanna do is re-injure myself. And so as much as I WANT to go straight into P90X and Plyo (in particular), I can’t bring myself to the point of risking another injury simply because I wanna fast track this.

I was told by a friend of mine who does Kinesiology that it would have been better if I would have broken the ankle outright as the bone would have healed better and stronger than before. But with fractures and ligaments, it’s worse because it takes longer to fully recover (if ever) from the damage done.

Hearing that makes me even more weary of starting up a tough routine like P90X when I am still experiencing pain when I flex and stretch the ankle joint.