Burn Circuit II and III modifications

Been missing a few days.  Things have been a little crazy.  I finally had an MRI of the knee.  It was "giving out" a little too often.  Haven't heard back from the doctor.  Right now I'm going with "no news is good news".  LOL!!!  However since it just hurts no matter what I do, walk, not walk, anything, I'm pretty sure there is something wrong in there.  In the meantime, I put together a workout utilizing Chalean Extreme's workouts but eliminating any possibility of stressing my knee.  And as an extra precaution, I've been working out with a knee brace.  Oh, I don't do any lower body but when I'm lifting my upper body, I don't want my knee to just "give out" on me.  The brace gives me some peace of mind.

So, Burn Circuit II.  Like Burn Circuit I, there are 9 exercises in this workout.  However, there is really only one that I didn't feel comfortable attempting.  It's called the Bowlers lunge with side arm row.  While I felt the row part was doable, I knew the "bowlers lunge" was not going to work with my knee.  You balance the majority of your weight on the front leg but I just gingerly put down my back leg, using my "bad" leg as the rear one and it was not happening.  You use the rear one to adjust yourself if you start to fall off balance.  However, the knee is bent and it was just to much weight at that angle.  I'd rather leave that one out of the workout.

Other than that, I did the other exercises, leaving out the lower body component, of course!  I did both of the Dead Lifts and had no problem with them.  In the past, I've had difficulty isolating my hamstrings.  But I've spent a great deal of time working on that and finally can feel them.  I had one trainer (not my current one) give up trying to show me!  Told me to just find something else to do to strengthen my hamstrings.  Luckily, Kris never gave up on helping me to get it.

Now on to Burn Circuit III.  I did have some difficulty with this workout since it has the most lower body work of the workouts.  Out of the 9 exercises, I was not able to complete 3 if them.  Each of these exercises incorporated only lower body work.  I am thinking if there is a way for me to do calf raises, but seated that won't put pressure on my knee.  The calf raise machine at the gym won't allow me to do that.  I'll have to keep thinking about that one.   I may "add" some exercises to this workout.  One of the things I've always wanted to attempt was learning how to do a pullup.  My gym has an assisted pullup machine and I think by starting there, I will, eventually, be able to master the pullup.  I don't have a specific time line on this but it is on my "to do" list.

Chalean Extreme does push ups in both Burn Circuit I and II.  So, I am doing all push ups on my knees.  I just make sure my form is perfect and I'm going slow.

I also did her Ab burner workout.  It's only 10 1/2 minutes long.  However, if you do it without any breaks, it's a great workout.  The only possible issue I have is the last exercise.  You're down on "all fours" and you raise one hand and the opposite leg.  It did cause some discomfort when I had to balance on my bad knee.  I may not do that, in the future, and substitute another core exercise.  Possibly "superman".

My plan is to continue through the entire Burn Circuit for 4 weeks and then see where I am with my knee.  Even if it comes back that it's just a strain, I'm going to still be out of commission for a while.  I feel that sticking to my food plan and making the modifications to this workout will still get me to my goal.  Because I do believe that old phrase "were there is a will, there is a way".