Ankle injury-out for 6 weeks- what to do in the meantime?

NaiveMelodies

I see this as an ideal oppurtunity to get my upper body strength up.
What weights exercises could i do that would involve the absolute minimum amount of pressure on my foot while maximising my upper body strength increases?

triv88

Things you could work on

Bench Press
Pullovers
Chin ups
Masturbation

davmol

+1 for masturbation
An overall excellent workout for the forearms and superb for realeasing built up tension

the drifter

supersetting it with pulldows can get you some weird looks though.... how bad is the ankle are you on crutches? its a prime opp to build some uperbody strength....

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

My mate broke some small bone in his foot there a while ago and was in one of those air-cast-boot things. Got a letter from the doc and the gym let him in no problem.

We worked on his bench, bicep curls, pulldowns and towards the end his seated rows. The main advantage he found though was swimming... one of the gym instructors showed him how to swim whilst grabbing a float between his thighs which neutralised his legs. It meant he wasn't kicking his legs and hurting his foot and his upper body and cardiovascular system were getting an amazing workout.

He stripped a load of fat off his whole body and it did wonders for his arms and back. After seeing how well it worked for him I'd definitely recommend it!

Roper

Masturbation related injuries are far too common to take a risk while your foot is in a cast. I'd abstain, and then have a celebration one the day your cast comes off.

That swimming one is interesting, thanks for that.

aye

triv88 wrote: »

Things you could work on

Bench Press
Pullovers

careful there, on a bench you will use your ankle joint/legs to stabilise your body, especially if you are going heavy.
most weight exercises your feet are used to stabilise you.

dips and pullups wouldnt affect your ankle, be careful putting your feet back down thats all.

i suppose it depends on how bad your ankle is tho

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

aye wrote: »

careful there, on a bench you will use your ankle joint/legs to stabilise your body, especially if you are going heavy.
most weight exercises your feet are used to stabilise you.

dips and pullups wouldnt affect your ankle, be careful putting your feet back down thats all.

i suppose it depends on how bad your ankle is tho

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that on the bench my mate did that strange looking thing where they lift there legs up in the air like they are cycling a bike or something...

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He couldn't lift anywhere near his max but it kept him working out and he was able to put his foot back down after a few weeks for light stabilisation.

NaiveMelodies

the drifter wrote: »

supersetting it with pulldows can get you some weird looks though.... how bad is the ankle are you on crutches? its a prime opp to build some uperbody strength....

Yep on crutches for now and should be for a few weeks while i begin rehab on my ankle.

the swimming idea is a good one by the way and i will defo be giving it a go.

Im keen to get going on dips and hopefully by the time my ankles back in action ill be strong enough or light enough to get a few pull ups going!
Ill be benching with my feet in the air now for a while.


At the mo im not figuring out a way at doing bicep curls with zero pressure on my ankle? same with shoulders?
any ideas?

Pen1987

Preacher curls with the bad leg elevated.