Conditioning for Picketts Mill

[Dale Beasley]

Re: Conditioning for Picketts Mill

I had two more bottles of water...

One Eye Jacks and Killer Kings Mess.

[unclefrank]

Re: Conditioning for Picketts Mill

Just starting to warm up here in Detroit. For now, I'm on the bicycle machine. My legs are feeling better, but my ass is killing me.

[Pritchett Ball]

Re: Conditioning for Picketts Mill

I have not read all the posts on this subject, but leg exercises (left leg especially) are my concern.

Having had a Meniscus Cartilage removed from my left knee back in 1976, I’m a bit lacking in the athletic department. I sprained that same knee the year before last, and have had to be especially careful with it since…to the point that I found out I was weakening my upper leg muscles.

I’m doing leg exercises to strengthen the upper muscles in the left leg, a continuation of the same exercises that a Physical Therapist had me doing after my knee sprain. (I miss her, she was so CUTE!):D

I’m on my feet for a good part of a day, welding on oil-field equipment, crawling thru truck frames, climbing around injector equipment, climbing up and down ladders …I’m good at walking, but weak in the running department. I have been told that high impact exercises (running, jogging) are not the best for me, but good low impact stuff like leg lift’s, or bike machine exercises will be good.

I guess that’s why I like a blanket roll, over a knapsack, easier for me to walk with the weight centered over my body.

Kevin Dally