Quote of the Day
"Don't repeat history, Make new history." - Walt Ostarly
Training
HIIT Cardio:
a. 5 min easy
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 x 60 sec effort/30 sec easy
d. 5 min easy
Stretch 21 min.
Comments
Sleep - Time and Quality: I need to get back on track! Make a new schedule and stick to it!
Energy: Still none.
Stress: Ok, so sometimes we have to learn when to stop pushing and step back - this is one of those weeks. It's going to INcrease my stress in the short-term, but also DEcrease it at the same time, and hopefully let me give my head a break before going back into full stress mode.
Quality of Training: HIIT was ok. I did what I could and that was that.
Recovery: I'm still fatigued - definitely more from the lack of stimulants and going into withdrawal than anything else.
Body Composition and Look: Up to 120.2 pounds. I can definitely FEEL the extra weight, and I KNOW that I am holding water. The last few days I have drunk only 2-3 litres of water, because every time I drink it, I feel like being sick (not sure what's up with that) - when I drink less than 4.5 litres of water a day, my body tends to retain water, regardless of what supplements I am using (the loss of Shred Matrix also makes a difference here, which could be a contributing factor to the water retention since it acts as a diuretic), and to my eyes I look soft as well as feel it, neither of which I am particularly comfortable being.
Other Notes: It's been 30 weeks (this is the 31st) since I started back training and I actually haven't had a complete week off at all. I DON'T want a COMPLETE week off, and right after my competition (12 weeks ago) I had a week with only two resistance sessions, ending up having to do another week of only two resistance sessions and less training volume a couple of weeks after that (10 weeks ago), too. Ironically, the week my body decided that it wasn't going to work for me and I only managed ONE resistance session (five weeks ago), with two days of training in total, was the week that if I HAD continued with competition in 2010, I would have been at the Worlds that Saturday. So, technically, I have had three EASY weeks in the last 30.5 weeks (you could almost call one of them a 'week off', which makes me well and truly due for a week of nothing, despite my head NOT ever wanting another week of nothing ever again. I've done three cardio sessions this week, and a short resistance session, so technically it's a week off. Because of the way my body is feeling, I am going to fight my head and go with my instincts and just let it happen - I know, not very like me, but nothing has really been like me over the last 12 weeks if I'm to be completely honest. But, if it will allow me to pull myself together, get my thoughts centered, and prepare my body for a warrior's training over the coming months, then it is worth the small sacrifice to my sanity.
