06/04/2010 11:43:18
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Hey guys. Broke my foot 3 weeks ago and really finding it hard to come up with ideas on how to keep up my fitness. Any ideas? I'm still in a stookie so swimming/running etc is out...
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06/04/2010 22:12:21
gymnag_Paul
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As a thought you could focus on your upper body where you can complete exercises sitting down to take the weight off your foot.
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08/04/2010 20:58:06
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Rob, you got any thoughts?
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08/04/2010 22:40:08
gymnag_Rob
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Hi,sorry to hear about your bad luck. Bit of a tricky one really. You could maybe try walking lots with crutches and doing a light weights/bodyweight circuit using exercises that involve lying or sitting down. Try overhead presses, bench presses, pullovers, situps, russian twists, horizontal pullups that kind of thing. As long as it doesn't exacerbate the injury. Could you use a rowing machine also or stationary bike? Really concentrate on good nutrition too as you'll be burning less calories. Hope you back to full fitness soon.
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04/02/2012 21:31:50
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Funny how things come around! I recently badly sprained my ankle and found I was really limited on what I could do exercise wise. It's times like that when you realise how much you use your ankles for pretty much everything. Even upper body workouts often involve weight bearing on your legs and so through to your ankles. Pull ups worked for me, and also hitting the gym as using the static machines is good in this situation as you can take the weight off your legs and really only work on your upper body.
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