Monday, January 12, 2026

Moderate Improvement

I had just enough time to get some cardio done, do a set of pull-ups, and some basic core movements before running off to physical therapy. I honestly don't think the PT is improving anything in my life. If anything, my sciatica aches more after a session, and I don't see any increase in pain tolerance. By the end of the day, I still feel like I got kicked in the glute by an angry horse. 

I'm back on elliptical #1, which is a tad clunky. Recovery has been slow and my quads felt exhausted through the first half of the 35-minute session. I did fare a bit better at pull-ups. While not increasing the reps by much (one rep more than last time), they felt stronger and more "normal" than previously. My wonky sciatic nerve bundle is still unhappy with this movement and twinged a lot during the last several reps. 

I just had enough time to do a few basic movements in the Aerobics Room: Dead Bugs, piriformis stretch, push-ups, air squats, cat/camel. I went to physical therapy and did a bunch of exercises there that are meant to strengthen muscles surrounding the sciatic nerve, including a hamstring stretch that includes a foot flex. But honestly, all this does is make my foot go numb and eventually develop a deep ache in my glute and a mildly sore lower back. 

At least I'm over my "cold" so I'm no longer on those meds. Tomorrow I see my glaucoma doc and discuss the abysmal results of the Visual Field test I took some months ago. I know my vision loss is progressing in my right eye's upper quadrant. I can literally see it, and it is distracting enough to make me feel a bit off kilter cuz it's fucking with my binocular vision. 

12 Jan 2026 1:07-2:06
Chilly Monday
Bare Basics

Precor elliptical #1
Program 3 — fatigue
Time: 30 + 5 (5250)
Distance: 2.73
Cal: 297
Avg Hr: 148, 186-80
New FB: 42-131

HGPU 15 (sciatic pain during)

20 Piriformis/Hip/Pencil Stretch
DeadBugs 20 x 5 (mild sciatica)
10 Piriformis stretches
Child’s Pose
Cat/Cow stretch 12
Child’s Pose
Fire Hydrants 10 x 2
Push-Ups 25 (weak & sciatic pain)
Air Squats 25
Neck Stretch / eye yoga 


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Moderate Improvement

I had just enough time to get some cardio done, do a set of pull-ups, and some basic core movements before running off to physical therapy. ...