Carbs are my friends.
Practice was great despite my setback yesterday. We bouted for 30 minutes straight and it didn’t phase my endurance. I did tweak my knee ( big thanks to Betty Ford Galaxy for that one…) but I borrowed a team mate’s brace and it helped me finish the bout. R.I.C.E.-ing the knee today because another bouting opportunity comes on Monday night and I want to be 100%! I acquired an awesome black lump on my butt cheek too… I might just take a picture of that when it gets all nice and gross looking. HEY- girl scouts have badges, bowlers have trophies, derby chicks have bruises!
All this ass kicking was possible because I ate a bowl of brown rice after my FAIL incident yesterday. I felt better within an hour. I’m really sore today though- not like injury sore (except my knee and butt) but "ache" sore. I’m wondering if that has something to do with the fail? Has anyone had this experience after "hitting the wall" hard before?
Still doing my leg workout today but no one-leg squats on the right side! My ab routine is getting easier (P90X ab ripper) and I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions of making it harder besides adding more reps? Can I put a flat weight on my tummy or would that tweak my back? Just thinking out loud… in type…
January 17, 2009 at 12:17 am
I don’t think the "fail" would make you ache. You could be overtrained though. There are hundreds of ab exercise variations, so it is easy to find one that is harder, or sometimes just different is good. You can increase the difficulty of some ab exercises (like crunches) with a weight plate, but I think a medicine ball is more useful (and more fun). Just start out slowly with a low weight.
January 18, 2009 at 5:56 pm
It’s a funny one the "what to do now that I’m doing a thousand situps" conundrum isn’t it…
I had to learn that, like gymMouse said, there’s lots of ways to skin your abs. I went to lots of decline and hanging leg raises and they were great re-setters. I think it’s also a mental staleness thing - always mixing it up, keeping it fresh etc. As long as you concentrate coing back up with abs and not back you should be alright with a weight.