Working out with injured knee

[Lampa]

I just got back from the orthopedist after a knee injury yesterday that had me freaking out this morning when my range of motion was significantly hampered.

Not as bad as I was worried. Damage turned out to be very minor and the loss of range of motion was just the product of a large but not entirely unusual amount of swelling. Bad news is, I was told I have to avoid putting any pressure on the knee beyond just walking. And even walking is kind of funky as I can't take sharp turns right now.

That pretty much eliminates all my MA training and cardio work for two weeks. I was thinking, rather than just work on my bed sores I'd take this time to maybe do some alternative exercise.

I was looking for some suggestions of things I could do that would help for when I come back without putting any stress on my left leg. It's only two weeks so nothing long term, but I often neglect any kind of upper body weight training due to a lack of access to weights and no new gym membership. So if there's anything I can continue doing after I heal up in tandem with training MA that'd be all the better.

[Odacon]

Rowing machine or chin ups?

[ChenPengFi]

Swim with a "buoy" between your legs.

swim buoy

Be careful,
"It is always easier to introduce a new problem than to address an existing one."

[Lampa]

Rowing machine or chin ups?

Was asked to open up the school today as the head coach was out and the only other guy with a key is going to be late. So I tried just doing pull-ups and chin-ups the entire time.

With no research or look into if this is efficient, I just decided to do 100 with each grip by doing as many as I could, stopping when my arms started to give, resting a little bit, and getting back to it until I reached the 100 mark. I was amazed at how quickly I was reduced to doing three at a time.