Well, Operation B-Hop has been a disaster.
The hopping (more formally, plyometric) exercises I enthusiastically embraced have caused a painful flare-up of my plantar fasciitis. I am hobbling around in pain. And, from a printout one of the trainers in my corporate gym gave me, some exercises that I previously thought were harmless, like the elliptical machine or stationary bike, can actually worsen it.
So on Wednesday morning, I did a bag workout at the gym. On Tuesday and today, Thursday, I lifted weights.
But no martial arts classes this week; no hopping, no elliptical machine since Monday, when the pain really flared up.
My wife says she's angry that I started hopping again, despite past evidence that it brings on plantar fasciitis.
For now, I'm just trying to find ways to keep myself in shape while letting my feet (particularly my right foot) heal.
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