Cast coming off soon
I’ve been counting the hours until I get this cast off my hand. It’s sweaty. It’s annoyingly uncomfortable. It’s falling apart. Well, OK, that’s my fault. I’ve recently been able to grip heavier dumbbells (although nothing over 45lbs yet) and they’ve broken and cracked the cast in a few places… Oops. Still, I’m sick of it. I’ve been sick of it since the doc put it on me. I just want to be able to move my wrist again. My finger is feeling absolutely no pain. I know it’ll be a while until I regain decent use of it. Let the rehab begin. I’m ready for this setback to be over. I plan on going through a short cutting phase starting next week. That means cardio - yuck! I despise cardio. I’ll cut for a few weeks while my finger continues healing. Once I regain some of my forearm/grip strength I can start gripping the bar for deadlifts again. I’m looking forward to that. I’ll obviously have to start out light. I’m sure it’ll be a slow process, but I’ll be back on my quest for a 500lb+ deadlift as soon as I can. This is a temporary setback, not a permanent end to my goals.
April 30, 2007 at 5:32 am
Good news on the cast and especially no pain in the finger.
My gym recently put in "cardo cinima" basically a true movie theater with cardio machines intstead of seats. I found it keeps me from slitting my wrists while doing cardio very nicely. You might want to try books on tape - same idea without the visuals, but not the bore fest of trying to find something good to watch on the normal gym TV big screen