More Physical Therapy....

I went back to physical therapy today, this time for my knees. We did a lot of exercises and this time they used the electric muscle stimulation machine on my knees. I also got some advice on my workouts. I told him how I tried the MatStep in a step workout on Saturday, but still got knee pain, perhaps because of the high impact. I said that I could try doing just low impact as well as using the MatStep instead of a step, and he said to go ahead and do that, but to stop if anything hurt. He also said I could do kickboxing unless I started to have pain. However, I can't do lower body work except for what he assigns me. He's going to start fairly easy and then work up slowly to stretch and strengthen my legs and hips so that I walk in a way that doesn't make my knees go all wonky (I'm simplifying and summarizing here).

So I came home and did Cathe's 4-Day Split: Lower Intensity Step workout. It's low impact, and I also used the MatStep. I tried to put a lot of oomph in it but I still burned a lot less calories than usual without my step. It was fun, anyway. I tried to make up for the less intense cardio by cranking my weights up a notch. LIS has weight work for shoulders and calves, so I skipped the calves but went heavier for shoulders, which felt tough but great. Tomorrow is supposed to be a Tracey Staehle's High Intensity Step Mix 2, but I guess I'll be using the MatStep and modify for lower impact.

I'll be adding some more rotations soon, so come back later today or tomorrow for those.