It’s been over 2 weeks since I started having vertigo, and it’s slowly getting better. I’ve had minimal setbacks, but the progress also isn’t as fast as I hoped it would be. I am still noticing that things are getting better for me each day, but I still have a ways to go before I’m 100% back to normal.
For the most part, I’m not doing much and just trying to rest. The one big exception to that is doing my workouts. My workouts are still not near what they normally are, but I am trying to do the best that I can and to continue my routine. That’s what I was able to do the last time I wrote a recap and that’s what I did this past week as well.
I’m still modifying my workouts a lot. I’m limiting things that are face down since I notice those are making me a bit more dizzy. It might have to do with getting up and down so much, but it’s easy to just try to skip those when there are a lot of those exercises. I also rearrange the exercises if I need to so all the standing exercises are bunched together and all the floor exercises are bunched together. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s helping and I keep finding new things that I can do or ways to work around being dizzy.
I’m also still sitting down for some exercises when I can and I hold onto the wall for several standing ones. But I’m noticing that I can test not holding onto the wall or that I’m not feeling as bad after each block. Just like my overall progress, my workout progress is a slow journey and I just have to be patient and only try to push myself a little bit each time.
I know I’ve dealt with this situation before. I’ve had to come back from different injuries and from when I’ve been sick before. I know I can do it again. It’s always just tough for me to remember how slow the progress might be. I’m frustrated when I can’t do what I want to do or what I feel like I should be able to do. And it’s harder now because I’m not working out in the studio with my coach and my friends encouraging me. Working out alone is something that I’m used to, but it’s still not something I love. And I think seeing how it feels trying to get back to my old self is another thing to put on the list of what I don’t like about working out at home.
I’m still considering doing the Orangetheory outdoor workouts in the future. It’s something that I think will help with the motivation and to get me back to feeling like I have my normal workouts again in my life. I can’t do them just yet because I am not driving just yet (hopefully tomorrow I’ll feel up to driving) and I want to get my endurance and strength up a bit more. I know that the outdoor workouts will be harder than what I’ve been doing for the last 8 months, so I want to be more to my normal self before I push myself like that. But it also depends on how bad the cases get around here. I have to still decide if it’s worth the small risk. I know that it’s much safer than many workout places are because it’s outside, everyone has to wear a mask, and people are kept apart. But it’s still a risk that I have to be totally on board with taking. Since I’m not ready to try those workouts, I still have time to decide what I want to do.
I hope that this week, I will continue to make progress and get better. I’m ready to feel a bit more like me and to feel like my workouts are really good and tough. I want to feel strong again. And I want to not have to worry about feeling dizzy in the middle of a workout. I know I’m getting there and I’ll get there eventually. I just would really love for that to happen this week.
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