I’ve written before about how I’m really doing my best with the Orangetheory at-home workouts. I am so appreciative of Orangetheory for doing these for everyone every day. There are other workout studios that either took much longer to pull something together or still have not found a way to do virtual workouts. I’m so lucky that the place that I consider my workout home was one of the leaders when it comes to creating home workouts to do right now.
And I have maintained my workout schedule by doing the workouts 4 days a week. I’m not necessarily doing the workouts at the same time as I usually do, but I do get them done. And I do try my best in the workouts with every exercise that is given in each workout.
But just because I am trying my best, it doesn’t mean I am doing my best. And I know that this past week was not my best at all. I had 2 things working against me that just made things harder than normal.
The first thing was that this past week was the start of another cycle of nausea. I was hoping that it wouldn’t be that bad this time, but it really did kick in a lot this time. And the workouts weren’t ones that were easy for me to do while nauseous. I’m used to having the ability to make modifications for a lot of things that are hard for me to do when I’m nauseous. But because I don’t have all the equipment that I normally use to help me. I really tried to find ways to do things like making burpees easier, but I really don’t have the right setup. I thought maybe I could use a step stool as a replacement for the bench, but it didn’t really work the way I needed it to. It wasn’t wide enough for the plank work and it was slipping on my floor.
I have looked at what other alternatives I could use for a bench. There are a few ideas like different types of workout boxes (like a wooden box). Some of them are really expensive or really huge, and I don’t want to make it something that isn’t easy to store in my house. I’m looking at the brands that make them seeing if they have some other types that would work better for me. And I have been looking at workout benches to see if there are better portable ones that I wasn’t aware of.
But even without the issues of not having the right equipment to modify my workouts, working out when I’m nauseous is always a tough thing for me. And it was just so much harder when I wasn’t surrounded by my workout friends or have my coach helping me out. There is no question that a big part of what makes my workouts so amazing is being around people that are so incredible. And lack of motivation was another big issue this past week that made things harder.
I never knew I would connect to a workout the way that I have. And so much of that workout is about what happens when you take a class in the studio. I’ve never been a huge fan of working out at home. I’ve tried it so many times and it just has never clicked with me. I’m forcing myself to do them this time, even if I don’t feel like doing it. But when I’m not feeling like it, I know that I’m not doing the workouts as hard as I can and I’m not necessarily getting as much out of it as I should.
I’ve been doing this for a while now, but there’s a chance that I haven’t even gotten through half the time that we might need to do this. There is so much unknown still about when things will be reopening. Even states that have reopened aren’t really fully open. The studios in the states that have opened gyms back up have released statements saying that they will not be opening until they can make it safer. California isn’t close to being open again. I’ve seen some things that people think that gyms (of any type) won’t be open again until maybe July. Obviously I don’t want things to open up until they are safe, but July seems so far away. And I’m trying to not focus on how much longer I will have to work out at home, but I also can’t forget that. I’ve been looking at options to still be working out at home but not feeling as alone, but they haven’t happened just yet. But I need to figure out something to make these home workouts better for me because there is a chance that I’ll be doing these for a while.
I really hope that this week of workouts goes a bit better for me. I’m expecting another week of nausea (fortunately, I haven’t been experiencing as much pain as normal). I don’t know what it will take to feel more motivated, but maybe something will kick in as well. I wish I had a better post to write about how my workouts went last week, but I feel like being honest is the most important thing. And honestly, this past week just wasn’t that great for me.
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