Another visit to the physio

Saw the physio again today.
Got an exercise program.
Basically -
Very hard intervals of 30 seconds,  rest one minute. Repeat maybe 10 times, 3 days a week, for strength.
As much exercise as I can manage on the other days with HR above 125bpm for cardiovascular.
For me both of these will be cycling,  possibly on a turbo trainer.

I'm feeling stronger,  but endurance only seems to have improved a little.

4 weeks in

I've been exercising regularly,  eating reasonably healthily,  but drinking to much as usual.

I measured myself again -  waist,  chest and thighs -  and weighed myself.  (I also took photos -  you are again spared -  but they are barely distinguishable from the earlier ones.) Within the errors of measurement and daily fluctuations I'd expect,  there was no difference.
Waist identical,  chest 3mm smaller,  R thigh 3mm smaller,  L Thigh 2mm bigger.

I'm feeling significantly stronger in the legs,  but endurance hasn't improved much. Overall somewhat disappointed so far, since I was hoping to be near to my idea of fitness within about 2 months of starting.

But bear in mind that I'm taking only a small dose of Somatropin,  intended to stimulate enough IGF1 to compensate for my deficiency.

Physiotherapy

I went to a highly recommended sports physio yesterday, for exercise and diet advice.

He wants me to do interval training on two days a week, and longer but easier rides on other days. Plus walk for 30 minutes a day. I hate walking.

As well as that he has me doing some weird self-massage around the back of my head and near my navel.  And I need to practice breathing lower down. The head massage is painful. Let's see how it goes.

Tired legs

Another visit from the nurse today to make sure  that I know how to change drug cartridges. (I was wrong about 5 doses per cartridge -  it's more like 17.)  That meant that I injected later than usual and set off on my bike almost immediately after.
I don't think that that timing is relevant,  but after a mile of gentle climbing,  I went up about 150 yds at 14% and it just burned my thighs out.  I had nothing left in my legs. I cycled on for a while but couldn't really keep going for long.
I think it's just that my legs aren't ready yet for 14%. Maybe in a week or two.

Off day/day off

I've been feeling a little under the weather yesterday evening and today. I don't think it's to do with the Somatropin.
Anyway,  today I just did 4 miles with a short steep slope in the middle.  I felt very hot when I got home.

Second week

I've been trying to concentrate on effort rather than distance now that I'm feeling a little stronger (which I am!). I've been doing slightly shorter rides, 7 or 8 miles, but with as much climbing as I can fit in. Around here that's fairly easy to do.  Hills like a mile at 5% or half a mile at 7%. This is something I couldn't have contemplated previously. Also I've started trying to use slightly higher gears than I would normally choose,  to force my big muscles to work harder.

I've notice two other changes -  I seem to be running slightly hotter than usual and I haven't been getting pins and needles in my left wrist after a number of miles as I often used to.