I want to introduce HIT excercises into my routine of Fasting. My Problem is I have a disability, so I need someone to help me structure a jogging game I have on my wii. I’m looking for someone who is familiar with HIT and how it really works who can help me devise a programe like the ones mentioned in the Fast Beach Diet. Having fasted successfully on 5:2 for 9 weeks I am starting FBD today for 6 weeks.

This is an outline of my disability. I have Foot drop which is a muscular weakness or paralysis that makes it difficult to lift the front part of your foot and toes and can cause you to drag your foot on the ground when you walk. Foot drop is caused by weakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the front part of your foot. I also have arthritis in my other knee and hip and my back. So needs to be low impact.

This means in order to work out I need to do it in bare feet and be pretty much on the spot. Quick movements which make me turn or do dance steps would lead to trips and falls. In my everyday life I wear 3 inch heels to correct the toe heel movement. I can’t wear flat shoes as lack of muscles won’t keep it on, I would limp and be pretty much as I am bare foot. Hence working out at home is the best option for me. I don’t have any gun equipment.

I have a wii with wii fit and wii for plus games and balance board. But today I found a running game. I had a go, 3 mins following a pacemaker. It was actually fun lol. Set in a lovely park with other runners and dogs. What I need to know is, how long is a HIT session? The book says 3 mins? Is that really true? After reading what Michael says it sounds like I should warm up, then run as fast as I can for 10 seconds, the slow down for 1/2 mins. But how many times do I do that over for one session? I had a go before I read the details of HIT and followed the pacemaker from warm up to a light jog. When I was 1/4 away from the end I jogged as fast as I was able swinging my arms lol. It was probably about 60 seconds jogging flat out at my capability. That was doable. I was out of breath, can feel it in my knee now but I could easily do it again.

If there is anyone that can help me taylor this exercise to start with I would be so very grateful.

Many thanks.

Jaye 🙂

Hi Dave, every year I go back to my doctor and ask him to refer me back to the Orthotic department and I go along and sit there and each time he tells me nothing new is available. Perhaps it’s just lack of education or lack of funds but they never have anything. The first brace and several after was an AFO ankle support. It was archaic and I can’t tell you how uncomfortable it was. I had a caliper on a sturdy block heal ankle boot for a few years. Never found a boot to fit one after that wore out. They won’t make me boots that will fit a caliper I have to find the boot then they will do it. But you can’t ride a bike in boots. The last thing they did for me, because I asked for something I could ‘work out in’ and wear in a trainer/runner. They made me a ‘Heather Mills’ brace. Apparently she came up with the idea of making them with the material her prosthetic leg is made of. Anyway, it was useless, bulky, not particularly stable and I needed a shoe 2 sizes bigger to house the bulkiness of it. If you can find out from your friend what the brace is called etc I can look into it. All foot drop is not equal though, I have a lot of muscle waste in my leg and reduced power (obviously) it’s not just a matter of not having a dorsiflex. I also went to see a neuro surgeon about having an implant in that tells your brain to flex your foot. Because my nerve was severally damage in my back this wouldn’t work.

Would be nice to get something so I could wear flats to walk in rather than having to wear heels.

Jaye