Bad Shoulders and Super Legs...

All in all, this was a successful weekend of working out...

Goaltimate was relocated to an elementary school. Before entering the field of battle, I decided to challenge myself and and see if I could conquer the monkey bars at the playground. With a bit of a nervous sweat covering my brow, I heroicly stepped up, held my feet off the ground and dominated those Monkey Bars like it was 1990 again. Just for good measure, I did it again after goaltimate. And again. And again. Next time I bring the grease. I am gaining confidence that I may actually stay dry for that obstacle. Boo yah!

On Saturday, I played goaltimate for 3 hrs which kicked my ass. Then did my TM workout from the other day later in the afternoon before heading out for some celebratory birthday drinks with IO.

Sunday, however, I woke up with my left shoulder stiff and sore. Normally, I would say my pain free range of motion is about 90%, but the pain is minimal and, with effort, I can successfully go through the full range of motion. On Sunday, I would say my pain free range of motion was somewhere around 75% and I could only get through roughly 85% unassisted but 100% with the help of a door fram or something. Not good. I popped some anti-inflammatories that I had left over from when my shoulder was real messed up. And, today its better. Sore. but manageable. Looks like I will have to spend extra care easing into upper body workouts.

Because of the shoulder thing, I concentrated on lower body Sunday. I borrowed the "Super Legs" workout that Jordan Bingham used during Thrill Show conditioning practices. Great leg workout. I think I will incorporate it into my M/W conditioning days.

Here is what I did (there are some variations that I will incorporate later)...
20 squats
20 lunges (10 on each side)
20 scissor kicks
10 jump squats

The entire set should be done in less than 2 minutes and I did three sets. Some of the variations are Burpees, skater squats, even pushups if your legs are sore. If I am at home, sometimes I add in a wall sit.

I also add in some core work as well - planks, situps, etc.

Hope you all had a good weekend!