I’ve been doing workouts at home for a while now. I’ve been making adjustments to try to make it seem as close to my regular Orangetheory workouts as possible. I’ve been missing my workouts so much that I even went online to see if there was any way I could get a rower at my house. Turns out, there are companies that rent home workout equipment, but they were all sold out of rentals. And the rowers that I could buy were either cheap versions that I don’t think I would like or huge ones that I wouldn’t have room for once things were normal again.
Fortunately, the at-home workouts have been changing as time goes on and they are getting harder and longer. They started out being closer to 45 minutes and now they are an hour long. And they are adding a lot more work to them so they are getting difficult. I know that I am working hard and I’m noticing that I’m sweating more and needing breaks as I do in a normal workout class. So I have been feeling better about what I’ve been able to do at home.
I still really miss having a coach with me and pushing me. I miss having friends with me in class and feeling that support. And I miss all the different equipment and options I have when I’m in class. But I’m doing what I can and I know that I will need to do this for a little longer.
The Safer At Home order for Los Angeles has been extended through the middle of May. We’ve been doing this for about a month and as of right now we have another month to go. I feel like the order will be extended at least once more to be the end of May. But even if that doesn’t happen, I’m only about halfway through the length of time that I will need to be doing these workouts at home. I know I have made improvements over the last month of what I have been able to get done and I know I can do more improvements over the next month.
This past week, things were also a bit better because I was feeling better. I had only a little more nausea left so that didn’t affect too many of my workouts. And even though I’m still getting over being sick, I’m doing significantly better than I was before. I’m so grateful that I was doing better so I could do more and do a better job with the harder workouts. And I hope that this week is just going to continue getting better.
I wish I had more to say about the workouts, but I really don’t right now. As positive as I am trying to be about everything, there is no denying that this is a struggle for me right now. I have said so many times about how my workouts do so much good for me, and that isn’t happening for me. I know I would be doing so much worse if I wasn’t doing the at-home workouts, but I also know I could be doing so much better. I’m working on being grateful and appreciative of what I’m able to do and knowing that I’m not using this time as an excuse to do nothing.
Right now, what I’ve been doing is the best that I can do, but I want to see if this coming week if I can somehow do more. And if that happens, that will be awesome. And if that doesn’t, I’m going to continue to be happy that I’m just doing something.
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