Cardio with a Broken Foot?!

Basically, I know yours is not broken, and you will probably heal sooner than I did, the moral to that story is move around as much as you can, don't just sit idle alot cause it hurts to or something. AND of course do as the dr. orders.

Nope.

Active Metabolic rate= AMR - Your muscles will burn more as you do cardio if your muscles are stronger.

RMR or you can say BMR=building muscles will allow you to burn more while at rest. Both measures when the body is at rest.

http://preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/bmr.shtml

Check out that website for further Questions.

I had a foot injury that included fractures, torn ligaments, etc.

Swimming is the best exercise you can do. I'd strongly recommend NO KICKING! Just dragging the lower half of your body will actually build your upper body strength. Once it begins healing much better, try water running.

I'd do light weights for your arms, and which will build your muscle, which burns fat quicker.

Sit-ups, and leg lifts and also great. Chick push-ups (on your knees) would be a good exercise as well.

What concerns me is you aren't in any type of device to help you heal! Foot fractures take forever to heal! Mine took almost 2 years! See if you can get an airsoft cast. I assume you were in a boot or soemthing for 6-8 weeks... I know it's been a while, but you should still be in something!

There really isn't alot of cardio stuff you can do just yet, without access to a physical therapists office.

Ah I see. Well, that's a given if your muscles are stronger you can go longer and burn more calories during cardio.

But relying and saying weights will burn twice the fat than cardio is incorrect.

Swimming maybe?! I don't know if you are in a cast or not I didn't read all posts.

Definitely speak to your doctor first, but here's a couple of ideas:

If you have access to a gym with an upper body ergometer (hand bike), you could do that. You could also use a rowing machine. Both are upper body cardio.

Also, read this:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/462802-exercise-routines-for-a-broken-foot/

No I am not wrong the more muscle you have the more fat you burn. Weight training builds muscle. So as I mentioned if she does the punching which is cardio combined with weight training it will increase her results. Not to mention if you do all cardio you will lose weight. However you may also be left with extra skin, that is why weight training is essential for toning.

Thanks Magination thats exactly what I was saying.

I love Rachel's idea!:-)

@ Miya~are you part chinese/part jewish and do you live in San Diego? Cuz I SWEAR you act just like my MOH. What's even funnier is that I actually dragged her out to go watch Wicked with me, cuz I told her it was the story of "us" as we were growing up~haha I'm sure it's not too hard to figure out which witch was representing which one in this scenario

anyways, @ Natalie D. ~ not saying that you did because your response seemed very chill, but yeah, whatever Miya says should never be taken personally but she will (if she's anything like my MOH) be VERY blunt about the way she puts thing. For example, to questions like "does this dress make me look fat?" my MOH's response would be "yes, it makes you look fat and it accentuates your love handles. Also, I really don't like that color on you." haha~but I've learned to appreciate her honesty and directness since girls can be a bit too frilly and confusing about what they think with all their attempts at trying to put things "nicely".

@ Sara M. ~ I agree. Rachel probably gave the best advice so far~and it would make your FI very very happy

Natalie- while you were trying to help, the way you phrased your statements made them completely incorrect. You were heading down the right road, just didn't stay on it... But we've all clarified.

I think in your excitement with being able to help, you just typed faster than your brain kept up- I do it all the time!

LOL Meghan either that or it was the vicodin from my surgery or the fact that I was using my iphone at the time and took the lazy route. However I dont think it sounded completely incorrect just not thoroughly explained like you ladies did. Totally not upset just wanted to address Miya because no where in my message did I say rely solely on weight training. I clearly referenced the punching and the other exercises the ladies mentioned for cardio along with weight training. And on my weight loss journey, and interaction with professionals. I know for a fact weight training will increase your results. Possibly if she can build muscle while she is sedentary she can burn fat and if not lose weight, hopefully maintain.

Crystal all my girlfriends said they hated weights too. Until they say how much I was able to lose and sculpt my body when I added the weight training. I absolutely love them now. When I wanted to lose the fat I went real heavy on the cardio. And my Dr. and a trainer said while youre getting rid of the fat, you need to build muscle along the way for definition and ultimate fat burn. I went from losing 4lbs a month to almost 8-9lbs a month. Which ultimately landed me at 55lbs. They also told me that muscle even helps you heal faster and I knew I had a medical procedure coming. So I researched, added the weights and combined with medical and professional trainer advice I learned so much. Its not as bad as you think and very hard for a woman to get bulky if thats a concern

You might do a Google search cardio exercises for chairbound people. A friend recommended that to me when I was looking for cardio exercise that would use more of my upper body and less of my lower body.

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