Due to health issues my workout, as light as it was, has been pretty much put on hold until after the appointment with an Infectious Disease Specialist. I have changed to Qigong forms I have been taught, but have not done regularly for years, Taijiqauan, and if the knees allow, yoga. Basically this is pretty much it and I likely will not post much until until after the MD appointment because it will be more boring than usual April 06, 2019 Morning Standing Yoga routine Taoist Qigong Baduanjin Sun Taijiquan April 07, 2019 Morning 12 pieces of Brocade (from my Yang Shifu) Taoist Qigong Baduanjin Sun Taijiquan Evening Taoist Qigong Baduanjin Sun Taijiquan Yang Long form
4/25/2019 Just a bit of an update as to what I have been trying to do, and surprisingly doing, for exercise I don’t have times, but this is what I have been doing Yoga every morning, holding each pose for 6 to 12 breathes Mountain Single arm side bend left and right Double arm side bend left and right Mountain to back bend Forward bend Warrior 2 Warrior 1 Intense Side Pose Triangle Pose Wide Leg Forward Bend Seated Cobbler Pose Staff pose Reclined cobbler Pose Reclined Spinal Twist, Right and Left Boat Pose Crunches Bridge Pose Shoulder stand Sphinx Pose Upward Dog Downward Dog Yoga is done Baduanjin Something my Yang shifu calls 12 pieces of Brocade (but this is more of a warm-up before taijiquan) Sun Taijiquan Yang Taijiquan Long form 3 Days a week, Total Gym (some days 1 set at 15 reps, other days 2 sets and 10 reps) Rows Cross Cable Rows Seated Surfer Chest Press Pull-ups (3 different hand positions) I have been pretty good at keeping this for the last 2 weeks and I am feeling better (have missed Baduanjin on occasion). I also have been much close to a vegetarian than I have been in a long while, but what seems to have made the biggest difference with the joint pain is cutting out sugar. Also the last couple days I have added additional stretching as well
Added Baguazhang tea cup training to the above. Double hand high stance Single hand low stance Also a ten minute, light weight routine for different areas of the body (Back, Arms, Shoulders, Chest, Legs) on different days. Done every morning
Just got back from the MD > Bone spurs in both knees, this is why it hurts when I stand up > Very likely a torn meniscus in the left knee, this is why it is a mess > Real bad arthritis in the right hip, possible cortisone shot in my near future, but this is the reason for the pain in both hip joints, apparently as the arthritis progressed I changed my walking a bit to compensate Basically, I'm a mess..... but hopefully on my way to getting the knees better at least
May 22, 2019 Update Well, my knee is not happy, and the hip was not doing so well 2 days ago. all I can do is upper body work on the TotalGym, and seated dumbbell work and that is what I have been doing. I also discovered I can work on a form I have not worked on in a while, and it is the only form from the style I know. Wing Chun Siu Lim Tao. As for the hip, being married to a TCM Doctor has its perks, an hour of cupping and acupuncture later it was doing much better and not spasming. Got the MRI yesterday, next week see what the MD wants to do.
Still doing Total Gym stuff, and I am still able to do the Sun Taijiquan short form . Next week is Arthroscopic surgery and the following week will be the Ultrasound targeted cortisone shot. If all goes well I hope to be back training by the end of June. If that does happen I may just close out this training log and start a new one.
Thanks, surgery this Thursday the shot a week later I have been thinking about it, I may not close this out and just continue with it since the title of it is so spot on for me
Surgery went well, using crutches to get around, knee still hurts, dressing comes off tomorrow. Only training I am doing is reading articles from taijiquan guys; William CC Chen, Robert Chuckrow and ordered a book by Wolfe Lowenthal. All were students of Cheng Manching
Cortisone shot to the hip is done. While I sat waiting for the Doc, I went through the entire Sun Short form, seated. Have to go through PT and after that, I am getting back to taijiquan. However, during this time off I have been reading a lot from Cheng Manching and his students. I once started learning William CC Chen's 60 movement version of Cheng Manching 37 form but I stopped due to my background in Traditional Yang (20 years at that tine) with a side of bias that got in the way. Thoughts on what I am thinking about for training when I am done with PT Still thinking about Pilates Also a good friend os mine teachers the Cheng Manching 37 form, he was a student of Bill Phillips. I thinking I should learn the 37 form and if that goes well, possibly go back to learn the William CC Chen 60 form. Going to continue learning Sun style and the push hands group. Also thinking about adding the Chen silk reeling I learned way back when. My views on taiji have changed a bit this year, now to see where it goes
June 18, 2019 Finally Did the Exercises from PT 3 times, supposed to do them 3 times a day All done laying on my back -Foot slide 10 times per side -tighten thigh, hold for 10 seconds, do 10 times per side -And I have no idea what to call this, but it is basically ankle flex with raised legs Did the very beginning of the Cheng Manching 37 form with visualization; lift arms, while thinking they have weights connected to them, and remaining sung Lower arms while visualizing holding balloons that I am pushing into the water, while remaining sung Did the same thing with the Sun form. Did both 8 times per style Standing, turn hips and waist, by using the inner thigh, this is something from William CC Chen. 10 times, 3 times a day At least it is something and I am not just sitting there with my leg elevated all day......Its a start
June 19, 2019 Same as June 18, 2019 with one addition Total Gym all 2 sets of 10 reps Rows Cross cable rows Curls Chest flys Press
June 20, 2019 Did the Exercises from PT 3 times, supposed to do them 3 times a day All done laying on my back -Foot slide 10 times per side -tighten thigh, hold for 10 seconds, do 10 times per side -And I have no idea what to call this, but it is basically ankle flex with raised legs Did the very beginning of the Cheng Manching 37 form with visualization; lift arms, while thinking they have weights connected to them, and remaining sung Lower arms while visualizing holding balloons that I am pushing into the water, while remaining sung Did the same thing with the Sun form. Did both 8 times per style Standing, turn hips and waist, by using the inner thigh, this is something from William CC Chen. 10 times, 3 times a day Full situps; 12
Not much to post here lately, just going to PT and doing the exercises..... I am going a bit nuts not being able to do Taiji though. They told me 4 to 6 weeks, possibly 8 for recovery and July 4th is 4 weeks..... I believe it is going to take longer than that.
