Today was a little bit different. I had the Audit Shift
again last night and by this morning I was so tired that my vision was kind of
fuzzy. (Weird, right?) My voice was also getting a little raspy (not sure why
this happens) and I was just so ready for a nap by the time I got home. But, I
didn’t give in to the desperate need of my flesh to sleep; I pushed play.
I looked at the schedule last night and found out that I had
to go through the Max Interval Circuit. I wasn’t too excited especially since
last Monday was the same workout with the addition of the Fit Test. I was
expecting my body to behave much like last week and get tired quickly and even
fall out a few times. (Fall out meaning that my body just couldn’t take it and
I had to rest in order to get my heart rate down enough so I could breathe.) I
think I might have actually fallen out too during one of the balance stretching
moves. As my body was tumbling to the floor, thankfully only a few feet, I was
thinking about what my husband says when he pushes me off the bed, “Fall easy
Babe.” <<all in good fun though. He usually catches me before I hit or
helps me “fall easy.” Or, he grabs one of my arms and tells me to “Engage your
core.” Yeah, we have fun with all this fitness stuff. :D
Anyway, back to the main subject. As it turns out, it wasn’t
at all like last week. (Who knew?! Lol.) Apparently it’s easier to maintain
form and pace if you only have to do one workout. Lol. It doesn’t take a genius
to figure this stuff out, but I was going off of emotions and thoughts from
last week. Overall it’s not too bad of a workout (challenging, but doable.)
There was one setback to today’s workout though.
Whenever I do push-ups, the padding/muscle below my right thumb
seems to become very sensitive. I’ve noticed it before but it was always a dull
ache that went away after my workout. Thus, I didn’t worry about it or really
even give it a second thought. But, near the end of my Audit Shift, I noticed
that the muscle just halfway up my forearm from the thumb muscle I just pointed
out was very sore to the touch and even swollen. The beginning of my workout
didn’t hurt this area because there were very few movements that required much
pressure on that part of my hand. So, I continued to workout. The last circuit
was when I felt it the most. A lot of the movements were push-up related or
your palms had to be on the floor. By this time, it was hurting so much that I
had to resort to my knuckles. (Which are now kind of crusty because the skin
was wearing off from the carpet.)
For the parts that I just simply couldn’t do on my knuckles,
I improvised by doing moves we’d done previously in order to keep my heart rate
up and to try to work the same muscles as the move I was supposed to be doing.
For instance, one of the things Shaun had us doing were Floor Switch Kicks.
(You sit down with knees bent and palms on the floor slightly behind you. Then,
you lift up and kick your feet quickly.) I couldn’t do this because of the pain
so I decided to do some Scissors from P90X. (Lay down with feet straight in the
air and move your legs like scissors move. This is also an abdominal move.) I
didn’t necessarily workout the arm muscles like I would have in the Floor
Switch Kicks but I also didn’t want to completely wreck my hand either. Like I’ve
said in a previous post, if it hurts, do something else. It’s not worth an
injury to keep going when you shouldn’t.
Once the workout was done, my hand was throbbing and I
decided to drink my protein shake and head for bed. I’d definitely have to say
that those much needed Z’s helped me because I checked my arm and some of the
swelling had gone down. Yay! I still need to go purchase some anti-inflammatory
pills (I’m thinking ibuprofen.) but other than that, I should be all set and
ready for tomorrow.
Oh, before I officially complete this post, I just wanted to
give a shout out to Jennipher Mueller and Gretchen Hedrich, my mom. Jennipher
has lost 11.6 pounds and my mom has lost 8. Way to go girls!! Keep up the good
work. Stay motivated! And, be blessed!! :D
Here are some pictures that I meant to load the last few days but never had a chance to...
This picture is pretty much self explanatory.
Protein Shake that I drink every morning. It's kinda good :D
The bandana I rummaged for to keep the sweaty hair from sticking to my face.T
Today...my sore arm...
The other day. I was sooo sore and tired. Lol, kinda funny :D
Signing Out,
It's possible!!
No comments:
Post a Comment