The Streak in Jeopardy?

Greetings! Over the last 21 years the only real issues I’ve encountered that might end The Streak of exercising every single day have come from injuries. Unfortunately, all of those injuries came as the result of exercise J. Of late, I have been experiencing a little tenderness. I ignored it for a while, as I often have some aches and pains. However, given the general area of injury, I decided to go the doctor for a professional opinion. It turns out I have an inguinal hernia.

The physician suggested I limit exercise until after surgery. I have a consult for surgery in 10 days. The referring doctor told me the recovery time will be around two week, again he suggested no exercise. I had to explain to him about The Streak. He had to tell me about the worst case and life threating scenarios. In the end, we agreed on low impact cardio, swimming and a recumbent bike. It is what it is.

Today was the first day of ‘limited exercise.” I used a low impact aerobic routine lead by Leandro Carvalho www.leandrofitness.com. According to my Apple Watch, I burned 215 calories. I can live with that. I‘ve completed many rigorous resistance workouts and burned fewer calories. In the past 24 hours I’ve read many exercise blogs from men in Canada, Britain and Australia who lived with their hernias for a couple of years while waiting for surgery from national healthcare systems. I gathered a lot of good advice to keep active and not aggravate the hernia.

Be Careful. Exercise.

Tom