This past week of workout was half Hell Week and half regular workout week. I also realized at the beginning of the week that this past week might end up being a rough one for me with pain and nausea. But I was hoping that wouldn’t happen until the end of the week so I was hopeful I would finish out Hell Week without too many issues. And I’m glad that was what happened to me.
I started out my workout week by completing my 4th Hell Week class. I was glad to have the weekend off so I could relax a bit and get ready for some more hard workouts. And I think that Monday’s workout was the one I felt the most ready for and had the best time with. But that also might have been because I was ready to earn my shirt since I’ve done that every year since my first Orangetheory workout! I’m missing a shirt, but my collection is looking pretty nice.
On Tuesday, it was the last day of Hell Week and Halloween. I’ve worn random costumes occasionally, but I didn’t have a good idea for a costume this year. Although I did realize a good costume idea for the future after this class was done, so hopefully next Halloween I’ll have something better. But I decided to be a bit silly and I wore my strike shirt so I could go as a striking actor for my costume in class.
The workout was tough, but I still think the first class the week before was the hardest of all the Hell Week workouts. I did have a little extra challenge on Halloween because I didn’t realize the difference between performance fabric and normal fabric would be so much. I normally wear a workout tank top in class. I do sweat, but the performance fabric does not make me feel overheated or gross. But my strike shirt is normal fabric, so I felt so much warmer and icky while I was sweating in class. I guess I decided to make Hell Week a little harder on myself for a little extra challenge. But I got through it and learned that wearing non-workout tops in class is probably not a smart idea.
And I had another awesome thing happen this past week. The Orangetheory app tracks how many workouts we’ve done in the studio, and I noticed that I was about to get to another milestone class. Because the app can take a day or so to update, I’m not exactly sure when I got to this milestone, but it was either on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Because I average about 200 workouts a year, this means that I’ll be taking my 2000th class right around Hell Week 2025. That’s so crazy to think about! And I know that this tally doesn’t count the workouts I did at home with the app, so I have actually done closer to 1800 workouts if you could those. But I also know the workouts I did at home were not nearly as tough as the in-studio ones, so I’m ok counting them separately. I know that I probably shouldn’t be as shocked or impressed by myself since these workouts are a regular part of my life now, but I still remember how hard it was to find a workout that I really clicked with. And to know that I’ve not only clicked with these workouts but really have thrived in class and have achieved so much still amazes me. It’s been a long journey to find my fitness home, and I’m still so grateful that I’ve found it.
I love that I had so many positive things happen to me this past week. I ended things on a rough note with some really horrendous nausea, but I just kept remembering that I had done some awesome things at the beginning of the week to balance it out. I might still be a bit off at the beginning of this week, but I have a feeling I’ll be ending this week on another high!
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