After my diagnosis of RA, I realized just how much more important my diet and fitness efforts are now. It's obvious that my joint problems will not go away and I'll never reach a point where I'm completely pain-free. That being said, getting down to a healthy manageable weight and focusing on mobility and strength training will keep my body as healthy as possible for as long as possible.
I'm committing to getting back into the gym three days a week, doing mobility exercises every day and walking 5-6 days week. I'll do what I can to improve performance but I'll always need to pay close attention to any joint pain that comes up. From my research into exercising with RA, it seems that joint pain can flare up at any time and there won't be any warning. I think my hand and wrist pain got so bad because I kept lifting very heavy weights despite the pain and I wound up with tendonitis.
Here's my workout for today:
Leg press 90# x 1 x 6, 90# x 1 x 5, 90#, 2 x 3
One-arm DB row 15# x 3 x 8
DB push press 7.5# x 3 x 10
Plank on elbows 3 x 30 sec
Y portion of Y, T, I shoulder lift on a ball 3# x 3 x 15
Using dumbbells was difficult due to the pain in my left wrist. I'm going to try cables on Wednesday to see if that works better. I think I'm going to be very limited on how much dumbbell work I can do and I think barbells are out of the question right now.
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