2015 Exercise Log/Challenge

[Catrin]

Glad to hear you are feeling better Crankin! I think it actually broke 60 today, and sunshine this afternoon after horrible fog this morning. Most of the snow is gone now, and I've been seeing more bikes out all week :-)

I do hope that I can compete again later this year or next spring. Unless we can somehow unfreeze my scapula, however, I won't be able to go up in weight - and it is hard to justify the expense of formally competing when I can't even attempt a higher rank. We will see how it goes. Regardless I am still doing both competition specific training AND general KB fitness training. I just have to be smart. I've already had to give up mountain bike and regular cycling due to the neck injury from the mtb crash, my bad knee keeps me from trail running (but not hiking), my shoulder problem prevents me from doing more traditional bilateral lifting - so if I allow my ego to push me to where I've got to give up kettlebell lifting I honestly do not know what I could replace it with. It is an incentive to stay healthy

Hopefully I am the only one here who has been known to injure herself to reach a goal - but I suspect that I am not. My coach is very much like me however, which makes it easier to listen to him.

[Crankin]

Yes, even the little bit of jogging, not even running, sent my hip into spasms.But, my friend couldn't last long and eventually we just walked. Slowly. Her running was at a speed that I could walk at, but I still felt pain. Not worth it. Also, since I have been pretty much lying around for 3 days, muscles were not primed. I am ready to get back in shape. My weight is up, but more than that, the muffin top is worse than I usually get at the end of winter. I know it will be gone by June and I intend to focus on on both longer, endurance rides, and some shorter spadework on the bike. Our trip to France is June 21st. That is not that much time to prepare.
You are doing the right thing, not competing.

[Crankin]

I got on the trainer, despite feeling tired, and did a 35 minute ladder drill, with ascending and descending intervals, followed by 10 minutes of stretching. You were supposed to do another 30 minutes of the drills, essentially repeating the whole thing, but there is no way I can stay on the trainer for an hour.

[Crankin]

I went to boot camp, but I felt really awful. It was mostly from the antibiotic taken before class, with only half a banana. Won't do that again. But, I am concerned as my endurance is way lower than normal. I guess I was sicker than I thought. I felt better after eating breakfast and tomorrow I will do something very light at home. It's going to be a rainy weekend, so Sunday I can go to spin. The cycling doesn't seem to bother me as much.
I really thought I was going to puke and actually left class for a bit. But, I am at work, still living.

[Helene2013]

I keep training (when not shoveling snow! Argh!) about 5x a week. It is intense, but fun.

Yesterday had my monthly visit with my trainer and she told me to take it easy this weekend, especially on muscle training before I go for my SynviscOne injection in the knee. She does not want me to get there with a "tired" knee. And next week was going to be a light training week as we normally have on schedule 3 hard weeks followed by 1 recovery week. Timing could be good as I'm sure once the injection is done, we are going to slow it down anyway for that week.

We also added some yoga move at the end of my daily training. Not that I need the flexibility as I'm pretty flexible but I needed it for my "mind". hihi So she added some moves so I can feel good stretches.

It's been a verrrrry hard winter for us. Snow, and mostly that soooo deep freezing cold that never seemed to let go. I love winter but this year I hated it. We feel tired all the time, lack of energy and even the training sometimes we really have to push ourselves to get on the trainers or equipment. At least it is sunny today, but cold. Rain and freezing rain tomorrow, then snow again for Sunday. When is Spring again????

[Crankin]

Today I did 15 minutes of my PT exercises, followed by a 45 minute yoga/spin DVD that is part of the winter training series I've used on and off (the other rides in this program are just printed in a book). It's basically a yoga warm up, followed by a cycling warm up and then 5 three minute intervals (sitting), in increasingly higher gears. I don't use the hardest gears he uses, mostly because it hurts my knees and my cadence is so low, it's crazy. There's a one minute rest between intervals, a 2 minute cool down. Then you get off of the bike and do a 12 minute power yoga segment. I like this work out, as it's not too long in any one part, but it's challenging. I felt much better than yesterday. The only thing that hurt were my sit bones (ouch!). I think that was a function of Thursday being my first time on the trainer in at least 3 weeks and my new saddle. But, by the end of the ride, I was fine.
I've targeted March 25-27 as the dates for my first outdoor ride. Looking at the extended forecast, this is realistic. No real snow, just snow showers predicted, some warmer weather in between colder.

[Catrin]

Thank goodness for signs of spring!

This morning was the first time I've done my competition lifts for volume since our competition last month. We did a 20 minute set - switching hands every minute, and it felt good! It would have felt better if I had a decent nights sleep last night, but for some reason I couldn't get to sleep. Tomorrow morning I won't have an alarm, I can go to a later church service if I need to do so. Cardio work planned at the gym tomorrow after church.