Femurs with Dr. Shahab Mahboubian - July 2020

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Awesome update man! Really happy for you! You are an inspiration!

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Quote from: Growing on September 01, 2021, 11:39:28 PMwtf? I can't even do that and I haven't had CLL yet 😂

Hey Growing! I think he is correct. If I can't do it, then I don't deserve the IronMan title Dr. M. gave me or the CLLJesus title I recently got   If a CLLJesus cannot do a duck walk for 60 seconds, then how could he be a CLLJesus, haha.   I'll report soon if I am the CLLJesus or not

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Quote from: Audous on September 03, 2021, 02:05:03 AMWhat's your 100m sprint time now. What was it before if you had any record? Thanks!

Hey Audous, 

You asked a question that makes me write a fairly long story     Unfortunately the last time I recorded a 100m was when I was a teenager, back in 1980s when Carl Lewis was making world records around 10 seconds and faster. Carl Lewis had created this fever among us to try 100m. To my surprise a friend of mine (who was shorter than me, but had slightly longer legs than mine) could beat me repeatedly with a few meters ahead of me by the finish line. He was unbelievably fast and could beat us all. He was the reason I thought I should put my focus on soccer, gymnastics, and taekwondo and not much on running! Since then I never ran for the sake of practicing for running, but in soccer mainly. I later quit soccer and started swimming and therefore I ultimately became more of a swimmer than a runner.

Since CLL, I have resume jogging and running. I believe my speed is good, but the numbers I have are for a mile the least: I can jog for at least 3 miles while keeping my timing to shorter than 24 minutes (i.e., shorter than 8 minutes per mile). I can jog for at least 6.5 miles in shorter than 55mins (i.e., lower than 9 mins per mile). These speeds are not easy to achieve, but yet, I don't wanna claim much on them. I would not be surprised if one of you guys beat me on it soon. On walking that's a different story. For someone to break my record, they have to put an exceptional level of commitment, effort, and training.

Let me try and report my timing on a 100m, but I don't think it's going to be impressive! 


   

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Quote from: Dreamer57 on September 03, 2021, 05:56:11 AMAwesome update man! Really happy for you! You are an inspiration!

Thanks Dreamer57. My pleasure! I love helping out people and I would stick around and try to do just that.

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Quote from: itseasy on September 01, 2021, 09:38:36 AMStryde, you still feel good towering over random people at the grocery checkout lines?

Hey itseasy!    Long time no see, glad you showed up  here

Yes, I still feel like towering most of the people in LA public places, but let me add some of my observations related to your question:

1)  Although my real peak height is around 180.5cm, the iphone app estimates my height as 6' barefoot at night, I guess cause my hair adds to my height. Depending on the shoes I wear, I may be at 6'1" or taller.

I have gradually met more friends as LA opens up a bit. As many of us know already, guys tend to brag about their heights. I have in several occasions met friends who claimed to be 6' or 6'1", but finding out that post CLL I am taller than them! ...reminds me of President Trump claiming to be 6'3", but standing next to President Obama (who is 6'1") on almost every occasion seems shorter, haha.

2) My brain still underestimates my height as compared to others. It's very typical that I see a guy who seems taller than me when far, but when they get close to me, I am clearly taller. Not sure why my brain decides to still remember my old height and not use my current eye level and height!

3) In publics areas on the rich sides of West LA, or places that are close to colleges or universities, there are a lot more tall folks. I feel like there must be many young boys and girls above 185cm, even in LA.

4) In my professions and areas of work, it's the brain that counts and I don't think anyone would care if you are short or tall. Some of the best of us are shorter than 165cm. 

5) As I have said before, height has not been my main motivation to do this surgery, cause I never had any major issues with my height, enough to motivate me to do this surgery. It was the thought of the challenges and surprises that the CLL surgery had to offer; the fact that very few can do it successfully; and the motivation to try to make world records during the process, that made me determined to go for it at some point.

Hope this helps.

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Quote from: Want-3-inches on September 01, 2021, 09:17:48 AMBut can StrydeNailChallenge duck walk with a low stance continuously for 60 seconds?

Hey Want-3-inches,
I have tried various forms of duck walk including what these video show:




I find it very very simple. I believe I can do it for much longer than 60 seconds, but so far tried various walks several times, and over one minute each time. I believe the non-stop 120+ squats I typically do these days, is tougher.

Let me know if what you had in mind is different from the one above, but if not, I can confidently say that what you asked (duck walk with low stance for 60+ seconds) is not tough at all and I think many CLL'ers would be able to do that.
 
SNC

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Yeah that is what I meant.

Ok you can do that 

But surely you can't do jump lunges for 120 seconds without taking a break (break = standing on both feet or resting your knee on the floor for long)

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Quote from: Want-3-inches on September 05, 2021, 07:15:48 PMYeah that is what I meant.

Ok you can do that 

But surely you can't do jump lunges for 120 seconds without taking a break (break = standing on both feet or resting your knee on the floor for long)

I believe this one is a bit more difficult than the 60 second duck walk; however it's quite doable too. This is a video of my first attempt right after seeing your post. My socks kept sliding, so could not deliver a perfect one, but I have no doubt I can do a perfect one with knees close to the ground, if I have my running shoes and do that outside on a hard floor.

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Nice, your balance is good. Yeah maybe you will do better outside with shoes. You have to take your knee lower and the jump should be explosive. If you are planning to record yourself, see if you can record sideways. Cheers!

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Quote from: Want-3-inches on September 05, 2021, 09:04:23 PMNice, your balance is good. Yeah maybe you will do better outside with shoes. You have to take your knee lower and the jump should be explosive. If you are planning to record yourself, see if you can record sideways. Cheers!

I know. Just wanted to show that even without practice is doable. If you do 100s of squats per days, bringing knees down would not be a problem on a hard floor if your feet don't slide.

I think with a few days of practice and with running shoes on, it would be easy for most of the CLL'ers 4 months post nail removal or a year post CLL.