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@user16171
Checking back in.
This time last year I was devouring 40miles a day commute, plus getting in the gym for circuits or strength and conditioning training 4/5 times a week.
In 8 months I had dropped 10kgs, shed 15% body fat and my CV was way up there.
I think i was the fittest I have been in my adult life.
Then in June I came off a mountain bike and suffered a separated shoulder, collarbone broken in 6 places, 5 fractures on my radius and ulnar, severely broken wrist and a couple of breaks in my hand. Basically I shattered my left side and there was a brief point in time where there was a question mark over whether I would ever be able to use my hand again.
Anyway, after the best part of a year either on the operating table, laid up in bed or sitting at home feeling sorry for my self I have piled on the weight and lost all tone.
In the last month I have got back on the commute, and with a few cockpit adjustments I am doing 15 miles each way relatively pain free.
I am unable to do my old gym routine (kettlebells, freeweights, floor work, bodyweight exercises) due to the fact my hand has next to zero grip and I am still not quite upto bearing weight on my injuries.
Did my first century ride yesterday and am shocked, upset and appalled by how bad I let it get.
I knew I was going to be laid up and have a prolonged period of enforced inactivity and I took it as a green light to slob out.
Not too sure about how I will negotiate the gym work stuff but I will have to give that some thought. i can defo start on the squats and core work without putting too much stress on my injuries.
But this is it.
The commute is on.
The weekend rides are back in the frame.
The diet is getting sorted.
See this as a statement of intent and excuse my using this thread to motivate myself!