Well, my first week of off-season training was mediocre at best. I've decided to give myself a star on my calendar for each day I complete my entire workout. This week I got three stars. Ouch. The spinning is easy, but the run requires me to work on my will power a bit more. The swimming is probably going to have to wait until I have a chance to get to the bank and/or the Park and Rec office, as I don't ever have cash on hand to pay for the daily fee. I paid on Monday with change, but I don't suspect the teenager who was life-guarding appreciated that.
On the positive, I did most of my strength workouts in. I say most, because I was sore enough from the first two that I decided to give the third a pass. In fact, on my run on Saturday (which I did do), I had ample cause to ruminate on the less than desirable side effects of DOMS. Suffice to say, there is not a sports bra on this planet that can hold firm enough to avoid pain from sore and inflamed pecs.
Spin class was a highlight, however. I found myself able to maintain standing workouts much more consistently. Also, I felt like I was getting more out the workouts in general, in part due to more endurance, and in part due to knowing when to say screw it, I'm doing something different. All of this, hopefully will continue through the rest of the winter, and pay dividends next spring. We'll see, I guess.
For week two, I think I will focus on strength training, until I get the swim thing figured out. I also need to find some different core workouts, as having that many exercises that require holding for that long is just too boring to do. Maybe some sort of circuit?
I can probably show you some different core exercises you can try. I expect Nikki has a bunch too since she's so into the gym thing.
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