Tib/Fib Spiral Fracture Recovery

Carlos — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:12:54 GMT

8 weeks post-op and the TRX has been my sole source of strength reconditioning and cardio exercise (and a savior at that). The core routine has been very helpful not only with keeping the atrophy in-check and localized to my lower leg, but as a general full body workout. The folks at Fitness Anywhere have been very helpful in modifying several of the standing routines to work with my non-weight bearing status - and even demonstrated (in the San Francisco studio) how to take a fall and still avoid loading my injured leg. The TRX has been a perfect recovery tool: easy to use, portable, and incredibly flexible in its application. Combined with the supervised physical therapy, it has contributed significantly to my recovery. I strongly encourage those considering a post injury routine to give the TRX a try. On top of just feeling good being active again, it has helped to restrict the physical and mental limitations imposed by being on crutches full time.

Gym in a Bag

Fitness Anywhere — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:40 GMT

"In 1991, when we shipped our tanks to Saudi Arabia from Germany, in addition to the 40 main gun rounds, 25,000 rounds of 7.62, a case or two of 5.56 and a couple boxes of mines, we packed something personal; a curl bar and 50 pounds of free weights.

That was it. Our entire fitness center. It wasn’t so much a case of that was all we wanted to bring, but more an issue of we didn’t have room for anything else. A real bench? A bench bar? 45 lb. plates? Where would we stow them (it’s not like our tanks didn’t look like gypsy wagons already, but weights and their accessories take up a LOT of space. So we worked with what we had.

Fast-forward 17 years to today. Now I’m using the TRX suspension trainer. I admit it, I didn’t know about this thing until I saw it on our website and my first impression was, “damn, I wish we had one of those in ’91.” Nonetheless I was intrigued enough that I actually got one, just to try it out."

Read the rest of this success story at http://kitup.military.com/2008/08/gym-in-a-bag.html

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Tib/Fib Spiral Fracture Recovery

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