Today was great - I went to the 11:00 kettlebell class taught by Stacey and had a great work out. Krista was there and it was great to be a able to work out with her again. My foot and ankle are still swollen but it's gone down enough that I could put a sneaker on. I had to take it off for the workout though it was too tight for all that activity. I worked out in my socks which is always more challenging than working out in sneakers.
I had to modify a few of the exercises but I figured that would be the case. I can't do anything on my toes (lunges, planks, etc.). We did ladders that started off with push presses. Push presses are supposed to be done with a challenging weight and you are supposed to push and really get the strength for the push with your legs. That part wasn't working out for me - I couldn't do the little jump so I used a less-challenging bell and just pressed it. After two rounds I had to go down in weight (started to feel it in my lower back). We also did some swings, which stretched out my back and felt great.
As for the Figure 8's ...I only did one set. There was more than one set in the workout but I almost dropped my bell at the beginning of the second set and I stopped right there. I wasn't wearing shoes and if I dropped a bell on my surgery foot I think I'd probably jump off a bridge or something. I can't deal with any more 'recovery/down time'.
The hardest part for me were the planks/side planks. I did as many as I could on my right leg with my left toes held up. When that got too hard on that side I would do child's pose or some push ups from my knees. Oh, and I also couldn't do the renegade rows because of the lunge position so I did a hip stretch instead. There were more exercises incorporated into the workout but I'm not keen on posting other people's workouts.
Even though I had to use lighter bells than normal (12kg and the 8kg) all in all it was a great work out and I'm happy with how much I was able to do after taking TWO MONTHS off. I'm really trying to get my body moving and my circulation strong in the surgery foot. this is my ninth week and the swelling is supposed to be pretty much gone by now. Today's workout felt so good! My back was so happy to stretch and my legs felt so good to be worked (both of them instead of just the right leg).
So now I'm icing my ankle and this is stuck in my head. Now it's stuck in yours. :-P