Slept like a baby . . . For all of three hours . . . Woke feeling lethargic and sluggish - nothing new there; I've been feeling like this for going on eight weeks now. However, today was different. Unlike the past few weeks, I actually had motivation to kick my arse into gear - not that my body wanted to be kicked, or even moved . . .
am
HIIT:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 25 sec efforts/5 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
Stretch 38 min.
Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 4 x 10
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 10
3. Standing Behind-the-neck Military Press 4 x 10
Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.
Body felt alien, an uncomfortable stranger to me during training. Slow. Dead. Heavy. I am getting mighty sick of this, and knowing that I did this to myself to start with makes it even more of a beating in my head. Anyways, HIIT was slow - I seriously could barely move, my body felt that bad. Had to stretch for longer than usual, to ease out the kinks - knees are starting to play up again. Resistance session was a quick no-nonsense, in-and-out session, covering all the bases, and causing more pain - mostly anterior delts and biceps' tendons. NOT a happy camper today, but repeatedly telling myself that I'll be back to my usual fitness and spark in no time at all (I hope).
As I said earlier this year, when it comes down to it so much hinges on my TRAINING. How my body looks - forget my diet; I can eat whatever and as long as my training is as it should be, even at 'maintenance' I get the results I want, and resistance training and HIIT are ESSENTIAL. How I feel - days off are a beating on my psyche. Energy - training invigorates me and wakes me up; days off make me feel dead and heavy, sluggish. How well I breathe - hard and intense training increases my red blood cells and makes breathing easier, making me closer to being 'normal'. Mood - watch out if I am deprived of my training. Stress - I'm always highly stressed, but if I'm training well then I can try and ignore the stress better. Libido - the better my training the more likely I'll be inclined . . . I have learnt over the last few weeks that I definitely NEED to train hard and intense and at least a couple of hours 5-6 days a week, and that anything more than one day off all training a week affects me terribly and throws my body so out of sync . . . So, training is not just something I do just because I like to. It's something I do because I have to and NEED to do to LIVE!
Which is why I need to be able to train as I was as soon as I can! If I can't train properly, then I am merely existing, and life is for LIVING, not just existing . . .
am
HIIT:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 25 sec efforts/5 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
Stretch 38 min.
Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 4 x 10
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 10
3. Standing Behind-the-neck Military Press 4 x 10
Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.
Body felt alien, an uncomfortable stranger to me during training. Slow. Dead. Heavy. I am getting mighty sick of this, and knowing that I did this to myself to start with makes it even more of a beating in my head. Anyways, HIIT was slow - I seriously could barely move, my body felt that bad. Had to stretch for longer than usual, to ease out the kinks - knees are starting to play up again. Resistance session was a quick no-nonsense, in-and-out session, covering all the bases, and causing more pain - mostly anterior delts and biceps' tendons. NOT a happy camper today, but repeatedly telling myself that I'll be back to my usual fitness and spark in no time at all (I hope).
As I said earlier this year, when it comes down to it so much hinges on my TRAINING. How my body looks - forget my diet; I can eat whatever and as long as my training is as it should be, even at 'maintenance' I get the results I want, and resistance training and HIIT are ESSENTIAL. How I feel - days off are a beating on my psyche. Energy - training invigorates me and wakes me up; days off make me feel dead and heavy, sluggish. How well I breathe - hard and intense training increases my red blood cells and makes breathing easier, making me closer to being 'normal'. Mood - watch out if I am deprived of my training. Stress - I'm always highly stressed, but if I'm training well then I can try and ignore the stress better. Libido - the better my training the more likely I'll be inclined . . . I have learnt over the last few weeks that I definitely NEED to train hard and intense and at least a couple of hours 5-6 days a week, and that anything more than one day off all training a week affects me terribly and throws my body so out of sync . . . So, training is not just something I do just because I like to. It's something I do because I have to and NEED to do to LIVE!
Which is why I need to be able to train as I was as soon as I can! If I can't train properly, then I am merely existing, and life is for LIVING, not just existing . . .
