This past week of workouts was a tough one for me. I already mentioned how I got really sick last week. Because I was feeling ok the next day, I’m pretty sure it was a stomach bug or food poisoning. I’m glad it was over quickly because it was brutal. And I was lucky that it didn’t fully hit me until after I did my Monday workout. But I still had my usual pain and nausea to deal with, and that made all my workouts hard.
I did the same weightlifting routine I’ve been doing for a little bit. It’s not the best workout that I could do, but it is one of the more low-pressure workouts for me. And I didn’t want to overdo things and make myself feel worse. I was trying to push myself in the workouts, but in reality, I was really pushing through just to do the workout and not give up. I would have loved to have pushed myself to go harder and feel stronger, but this past week was not the week for me to do that.
I also had a slightly different schedule for my workouts. I still had my usual Monday, Wednesday, Friday workouts; but I wasn’t able to work out on Saturday (more on that coming in another post). So I did a workout on Thursday afternoon after I was done with work. And having an afternoon workout in there really made me think more about my workout plan moving forward.
I’m now considered fully vaccinated. This has been a benchmark I’ve been waiting for and I had said that this would be when I went back to Orangetheory. And that technically is still my plan, but it’s not happening exactly how I thought it would.
Right now, there are 2 locations for outdoor workouts. One of them is a bit too far for me to consider going to, and the other isn’t that far but it’s further than I’m used to going. And later this week, there will be 2 studios open for in-studio classes! Just like with the outdoor locations, there is one location a bit too far for me to go to and another that is closer. But the closer studio is still not either of the studios I normally go to. So I have to figure out what is going to work for me with my schedule.
I know I could get used to afternoon workouts again if I had to, but I really don’t like them. And I really like the idea that when I’m done with work that the rest of my day is free time for me. But my new work schedule also makes morning workouts harder for me, especially if I have to drive a bit further. I was looking at the workout schedule and there is a morning workout at 6:30 am, which is much earlier than I’m used to. But even a workout that early might be tough for me to do and still drive home and be ready to log in for work on time. I would hope that there wouldn’t be too much traffic, but that’s a big risk. If it was a 6:30 am class at my normal studio, I would be a bit annoyed that it’s so early, but I wouldn’t question if I could make things work for me.
So I have to decide if it’s worth restarting my membership (which has been frozen since the pandemic started) to do afternoon workouts further from my house or if I should wait a little longer since they hopefully will be opening more studios soon. I might wait it out a week or two and try to do more home workouts in the afternoon to make sure I enjoy them enough. In a way, having a choice to go back makes it a little harder. Before, it was an easy decision for me to do the workouts at home and it was easy to work out at a time that worked for me. But now, I really have to take a look at my schedule and what my options are and see what really is the best option for me now.
I might not be going back to Orangetheory exactly as quickly as I hoped to be, but I know I’ll be there soon enough. It might be another week or two or it might be a month. But that is my big goal to work toward right now. I just have to do a little more planning and then I can make it happen!
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