The beginning of 2016 turned a page for me, as I visited the surgeon and scheduled shoulder surgery for the end of January. Since I had already recovered once from my left shoulder surgery in 2011, I felt confident that I could go through the recovery/rehab period successfully. But there were complications when they discovered the severity of the procedure, and when they wounded me and my soul at the urologist's office. (sorry, no pictures) February and March were mostly dry months while I visited the therapists almost daily for massages, stretching, and eventually strength rehabilitation.
Back in the water 6 times weekly starting in April, my fitness and strength has slowly returned. Today, at 8 months after surgery day, I am about 80% of my former self... But is that 80% of myself as a 40 year old that was close to a 2 minute 200 scy butterfly, or am I 80% back to being a weakening 54 year old that seems to pull a muscle within 30 seconds every single time I dive off the blocks?
Today's workout is typical for me lately, except that I have slowly added fly back into the mix. It's been much more fun, a lot less painful, and I occasionally feel frisky on sprints and middle-distance sets.
8 x 150 warm up on 2:15
6 x 100 kick on 1:50
12 x 75 drill swim drill
3 x ( 4 x 25 fly on :30, 200 easy on 3:00 )
8 x 200 pull on 2:55
100 easy
6 x 25 fly on :30
100 cool down
TOTAL 5500 scy
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