How Hard Can It Be? Lite

[Veronica]

Wednesday is normally plyo and core day. We did all core today, since plyos weren't happening with my foot. Twenty TRX pikes with a push up. Those are just freakin' hard on everything - arms, core, quads... Abs are going to be sore tomorrow.

Veronica

[Veronica]

My abs are so sore that when Tucker Cat kneads my belly it hurts.

Veronica

[Veronica]

Still can't run on my foot.

Yesterday was upper day with Shawna. We did 5 rounds of everything starting with chest press -10 reps at 95 pounds. That sucked. After doing chest and back, we did biceps and shoulders. The bicep set was 15 reps with 50 pounds. I wasn't sure I coukd do one set of 15 reps at 50 pounds. But dang I've gotten strong. It wasn't easy, but I did all 5 sets. We finished up with triceps. This included close in push ups with feet on a fit ball. My abs were still sore from Wed. so this kinda hard. My chest is sore today!

Veronica

[Catrin]

Great job Veronica, that is a lot of good work! Sorry to hear about your foot I can't run right now either, I was silly enough to go for a 5K trail run in June after not running for a month and my knee decided to complain...

[Veronica]

Just 'cause I haven't posted doesn't mean I'm not training.

I still haven't been able to run, maybe Thursday. I've been doing 40ish mile bike rides on Sundays and some shorter ones during the week or videos. I've been busy getting my classroom ready and spending time with my kitties nd reading the last of my trashy novels.

Last few trainer sessions have been kind of fun. Shawna took a video of me that I really like, but you have to have a Facebook account to see it. It's here, down the page a little bit. This last Saturday, I tried to do hand stand push ups. I think, I might have moved an inch on a couple of them. Most of them were more like 3/4 of an inch. But I weigh 152 pounds. I can't bench press 152 pounds. It was fun, in a masochistic sort of way. My leg workout on Monday had me doing lots of things while standing on the Bosu - also kind of fun.

Kiddos start tomorrow.

Veronica

[Sky King]

We did push up handstands against the wall today - 60 second hold, I don't think I even move 1/4 of an inch - yet. Had my sports chiropractor Astem my IT Band yesterday and he pointed out that I am
not loading my glute and hamstring enough with I do lateral split squats (I don't do squats at all, only wall sits) As much as the pain of his working my IT Band is fierce I sure feel better today, so back again next week.
Sending foot healing thoughts your way

[Veronica]

Given the fact that I have not been able to run for four weeks and my race is 4 weeks away - I'm not going to do it. I'd rather spend that day cycling with my honey than attempting to race when I've been injured. Signing up for a race was really about the journey to get ready for it anyway not so much about the actual event.

Veronica