first thing
OK, the intensity program kicked my butt, and my niggling aches got the best of me. That and life combined to tell my body to take a week off. It didn’t kill me!!! I actually healed pretty well, though when I went to do calf raises, I still felt some twinging. Which leads me to my "observation du jour".
In any athletic activity, there are certain parts of your game that deteriorate first. In tennis, the serve is usually the first to go. In golf, it’s the tee shot/driver. I discovered today, that my legs didn’t, apparently, do much last week, while I focussed mainly on school-work and sat around with books and papers. So, in my weight training, my legs were the first to go.
I suspect that had I at least taken some long walks, or engaged in some physical recreation, I would have maintained better, but I didn’t, and legs took a beating today. Even though I told myself, "Hey, self! Don’t worry about pushing too hard. The intensity thing can back off a bit!", I still ended up pushing hard enough that walking out the gym door required a rest pause. I actually considered calling a taxi to take me accross the parking lot to my car! But I didn’t injure myself. I accepted the ego beat-down of backing off the weight. I only took 60 seconds between sets, so the intensity was good, and I mixed up the rep schemes on different exercises just for sh–’s and giggles. I’ll feel it over the next two day, no doubt.
March 24, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Oh, I feel for you. Waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Not being able to …….. well I guess it’s a good thing your a man. Trying to get back into bed when your legs are screaming at you when you try to bend them.
Nice job!!