Feelin' It

Missed a day of blogging, though not of working out. This is what happens when you diverge from routine and don't lift at 5:30 a.m. A small matter, but a reminder that there's not a lot of room for error in this training schedule.

Thursday was the third day of the bodyweight workouts, back to the "A" workout. Couldn't believe how sore I still was from Tuesday's "B" workout. Not sure whether it was the depth jumps or single-leg deadlifts that made my glutes really sore. Nor am I sure why I'm blogging about sore glutes. But that's neither here nor there.

The workout felt much better than it did on Sunday. Part of it was knowing what's coming, some of it was a little bit of actual strength, I hope. And part of it was I modified some of the exercises. I wasn't even going to try the inverted rows with my feet on a Swiss Ball again; the workout was tough enough on my arms with my feet stable on the bench. Felt much better at the Elevated Wall Pushups, but the EW Plank had to be modified. I'd been doing a minute on my elbows, but I suffered road rash on my forearms trying this on Sunday. So today I switched to pushup position for thirty seconds, which I think is impressive given that my feet are still up a wall.

Friday was my "rest" day, which means a half-hour or so biking through the neighborhood. I was really looking forward to this non-workout. It's only been six days, for Pete's sake, but there's definitely a mental component to consistent training. It's like the first mile of a 10K; it wasn't so bad, but now you realize how much farther you have to go.