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amazing finish, incredible shot.

Thanks guys. I just got the MRI back. Good news is i know what's wrong. Bad news is it sucks. It doesn't look like it's treatable or fixable in any way. When doc told me it hit me like a huge wave of sadness realising i've probably trained myself into this and i can't train myself out of it. Ive worn out the cartilage in my knee and the loose bits get stuck and cause the soreness, weakness, loss of stability ive been experiencing. It all adds up, amazing how a single can tell you so much. Not sure what i will do for health now .. i needed to do more cardio now i dont know if i can.

absolutely sucks man. really hoping you can bounce back from this eventually.

any plans yet on maybe a second opinion? looking at potential cartilage repair techniques/operations? you mention it's not fixable in any way, but there might be some options out there.

your last statement is important: "Not sure what i will do for health now". Sounds like you're dealing with some major stuff right now, so it might be hard to focus on health, but it might be more important now than ever. I imagine the last thing you'd want to do is "let yourself go" and get out of shape + put on tons of weight, which would put more stress on your knee(s). I mean you could still focus on nutrition, potentially still do some "cardio" via walking or swimming/pool workouts (like LBSS mentioned), just anything you can find under pain threshold which could facilitate healing/strengthening/health benefits as well. You could also strengthen upper body, core, and even legs - but i imagine you would want to avoid "knee bends" under load (ie avoiding squats, lunges etc). You could still potentially do RDL's eventually, calf raises, upper, core, etc. BUT, you're going to have to drop the "aggressive approach to strength/performance training" and instead do everything safe, controlled, light-moderate and literally everything under pain threshold (not pushing through any pain), at least for a long while. toning down the hyper-aggressiveness will help you make less mistakes that could further injure you.

these moments suck and they can seem like there's no way out, but if you slowly re-focus on health itself, there's alot you can do and it'll help you keep your sanity. this stuff is awful & happens to many athletes, but the resulting "tangents" can sometimes be very rewarding.

hope you're doing ok man.

peace!

BKN Nets to sign Durant, Kyrie, AND Deandre Jordan.

WTF.

MAJOR.

the 2 mile was great:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3XSLJH31j4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3XSLJH31j4</a>

lots of videos on there.

Lomong shred.

Enoch

4:05 road mile, in the heat/humidity.

dude is on another level right now - and he's MARATHON TRAINING. wtf. crazy how for some people, that volume is really what they need. i mean this dude is PR'n mile, 5k, etc, and he's mostly doing marathon workouts/volume. bet he wishes he did this in college lol. now he's like 33.

he could probably sub4 a mile up north, especially on a track.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2491424215

dunk camp is nuts.

8:07 is crazy.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXO18ovk6XA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXO18ovk6XA</a>

big recap lol. good work.