Cardio exercises with a broken leg...

mufcboy1999

i broke my leg a while ago fractured fibula, im doing a bit in the gym whenever i can get downn just to try and maintain the muscle that iv got.

im also lookin to do some sort of cardio, i cant think of any cardio exercises that i can do with the broken leg, anyone have any exercises i could do?

unreggd

You can do weight training for cardio

Dunno if its common in all gyms, but mine has a hand-pedalling bike, maybe try that out

Mellor

Resistance training and hand bike where my first thoughts

Burkatron

Are you still in a cast? If not then you can always swim (if you can) with your legs strapped to a pull buoy! You have to limit your kick so just holding the pull buoy as normal wont do as people tend to kick slightly! Ofcourse get this cleared by your Dr. or Physio 1st!

mufcboy1999

You can do weight training for cardio

Dunno if its common in all gyms, but mine has a hand-pedalling bike, maybe try that out

ye what im doing at the moment is more muscular endurance high reps and light enough weights mostly using the machines has no real effect on me cardio wise though just fatigue's the muscle after 15 + reps my heart rate would be no where near the level i need to try and improve my cardio or at least maintain it. theres no weight bearing cardio exercises that i can think of that i can do with a broken leg, can you recommend any?

Resistance training and hand bike where my first thoughts

ye there's no hand bikes in my gym unfortuantly mate:mad:.

Are you still in a cast? If not then you can always swim (if you can) with your legs strapped to a pull buoy! You have to limit your kick so just holding the pull buoy as normal wont do as people tend to kick slightly! Ofcourse get this cleared by your Dr. or Physio 1st!

ye mate still in a cast for at least another 12 weeks so i was told last week at the orto clinic in hospital, but il keep this in mind when i get the go ahead to do it! cheers