I Just Couldn't Do It....I TRIED To Stop Going To The Gym!

Well guys, I just couldn't stay away from the gym. lol

In my previous post I mentioned that I had to take a vacation from going to the gym because of my patella tendinitis in both of my knees. I was supposed to take off for a couple of months and allow my knees to heal....my obsession with exercise and playing basketball just couldn't let me stay away from the gym!

Obviously my wife is pissed ( my ears are still ringing from getting yelled at...lol ), so what I did was instead of just continuing to go to the gym and abuse my knees even more, I've decided to get some personal training done at the gym to help me strengthen the muscles that affect my patella (hips, glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps). I guess you can look at it as sort of a compromise. hehe

I had my first personal training session on Friday, and all I have to say is.......WOW!! I had no freaking idea how weak my lower body is and how all of those muscles mentioned above had an effect on my knee caps. That workout with the personal trainer was the absolute best lower body workout I have ever had!

I was sold with working with this personal trainer the second he mentioned to stay away from isolation exercises ( working out single muscles ). If you remember, I previously talked about how ineffective and dangerous isolation exercises are, and how doing compound exercises are better for you

Most of my workout was based around just trying to find out where my main weakness is. Apparently it's my hips. So, for the next several months, I'm going to be focusing on strengthening all of my lower body muscles with personal training so that I can get me knees better. Also, he's going to be working with me to increase my vertical leap....which will come in handy since I love playing basketball! Just imagine....5'10 being able to dunk.....woohoo!!! lol