Aside from training in the gym, I spent most of the day yesterday just relaxing at home.  I even got the day off from PT, which was good because I’ve been going non-stop with rehab ever since I got my surgery last Friday.  And as well all know, we need recovery time to get stronger.

Things are going well though.  I pretty much have full extension and I’m up to 90 degrees on the CPM machine!  With my leg gradually getting better, I’m able to do a little more in the gym  in terms of upper-body strength.  You’d actually be pretty surprised by how difficult upper-body conditioning can be when you can’t fire up your leg muscles.  I tried to do some handstand push-ups the other day and those definitely felt difficult.  Mainly beause it was hard to balance my body beause I couldn’t tighten up my quad muscle.  However, after trying the same thing after relearning how to fire up those muscles, I realized that the exercise became much easier.  I guess it just comes to show that gymnastics requires every muscle of your body.

As for the rest of the day, I visited my teammates’ house for a little get-together.  It was fun but a little sad that I had to say goodbye to my teammate and good friend, Eli..  Eli, came to Stanford the same year as me (he was also my roommate all throughout college), and after sticking around the area for a year to gain some work experience, he has decided to attend law school at UCLA.  I’m definitely happy for him but it’s always a bit sad to have to say your goodbyes considering we went through a lot of experiences together during our college years.  We hardly knew each other before entering our freshman year but he has definitely become one of my closest friends through working towards a common goal.  I’ve gotta say, I think that’s the best part and  the beauty of teamwork.

Me and the '08 class (Eli is 2nd one from the left)

Anyway, I’m really happy for Eli and excited for his new adventures.  He’s moving away, but in the internet age, nobody is all that far away.  You can basically get in touch with anyone whenever you want.  Plus if I really wanted to visit him, he’s still “only” about 6 hours away from where I’ll be.

Good luck man!