Testing The Waters - slowly back to training!

I thought that I'd let everyone know that I went training to the gym on Friday. It was a very tough session but all in all the knee and back held up. The legs were very sore for the next couple of days but it was proper soreness from training rather than any problems. Don't get me wrong the knee is definitely not great and has a tendency to hurt a little when I cycle especially up the steepest part of the hill on the way home. To combat this to some degree I've gone on my other bike that is slower but has a triple chain set and I can knock it down into a much lower gear to go up the hill. It's much slower, still not easy and the knee does still get twinges but it's much better than over exerting it even more so with the other faster bike.

I've been out a little on the bike today which in hindsight I perhaps shouldn't have done as I could have given my knee a longer rest before the cycling working week begins tomorrow. It is swollen slightly and feels a little funny but should be OK (I hope). I've taken some anti-inflammatory to try and restrict any further swelling. The cycling is the only aspect that now seems to be causing me problems as I intend to do two gym sessions this coming week as I think the last one went as good as can be expected. In terms of any progress I may or may not have made it is difficult to gauge since the illness interrupted training and eating, although I've tried to be better since starting back. I've split my lunch into two servings spaced two hours apart at work and believe that this is the way to go. I did it a couple of times last week but meetings and work schedule permitting I'll aim to do this for the full week. That said, when I got weighed on Saturday morning the scales said 14st 1.75lbs. I'm not paying too much attention to that at the moment because the reduction may simply be due to the illness that I had and may well rise back up. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know.

Cheers, BustaGut!