Week 212 of REAL...

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:

http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

http://military-fitness.military.com/2013/01/the-spartan-300-workout-and-new-variations.html?ESRC=sm_fit.nl

RIght up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. So my SEAL puppy reps (SEALp) consist of girls' pushups, crunches, and flutter kicks, a SEAL training basic. I started with doing one of each. 

PT ~ Physical therapy using 2-lb and 1-lb weights, alternating days.

UB ~ Upper body exercises

I'm starting low, at 10, to restart my workouts, with no weights yet.

10: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch. Heat.

11: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch. Heat.

12: Rest.

13: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch. 5 minutes on an elliptical, which is how my physical therapist started me 10 years ago after the epidural. It was a bit disturbing to hear this repeated snap from my ankle area.

14: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch. Heat. Tennis ball. Crumbs. Walked out of the grocery story and felt a tearing sensation above my ankle and below my calf. Same feeling after my fall in February. Maybe I should have kept the elliptical to a couple minutes.

15: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch.

16: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch. Heat. Tennis ball.

The first picture was taken in February 2012. The second picture was taken in June 2012. Inspiration, at least to me: