The past few weeks of workouts have been interesting with letting my heel heal. I have new types of pain to deal with and I’ve also learned that with the way the skin is healing, sometimes I don’t feel the pain until a few hours after the workout. So I’ve been testing my boundaries and also trying to not push myself too much. And finally, this past week of workouts, my heel was really doing better. I still had pain to deal with, but it was less than before. But as my heel pain was decreasing, I had to deal with monthly pain and nausea. So in a way, it felt like my pain level stayed the same all week.
Monday’s workout was a strength workout and it was a 2 group class. It wasn’t necessarily themed for Valentine’s Day, but a lot of us in class joked that the class was extra tough to make up for all the chocolate people would be eating later.
For cardio, we had a run/row workout. The first block was a 2 1/2-minute distance challenge on the treadmill/bike and then we had a 2 1/2-minute distance challenge on the rower. After that, we were on our own. First, we matched the distance on the treadmill/bike and then again matched the distance on the rower. Then we had lunges and took the distances from both sides and did half that distance but increased the incline/resistance level. We continued that pattern and did the distance in half with increased incline/resistance for the rest of that half of class.
On the floor, we had two blocks. For the shorter block, we had single-arm neutral thrusters, single-leg sit to stand (which I did as bench tap squats), and single-leg v-ups. In the second block, we had reverse flies, single-arm high rows, chest presses, bicep curls on the straps, and low rows on the straps. It was a lot of work, but fortunately my heel was hurting less than before.
Wednesday’s workout was a mix of endurance, strength, and power and for both cardio and the rower it felt like we didn’t get a break.
For cardio, we had rounds of a push pace followed by a base pace. We had 1 round of a 90-second push pace followed by a 2-minute base pace, 2 rounds of a 1-minute push pace followed by a 1-minute base pace, and 3 rounds of a 30-second push pace followed by a 1-minute base pace. And after all that, we ended with a 1-minute all-out.
The rower was timed with the cardio side. For all the push paces, we had a push row. And when the cardio side had a base pace, we had high knees and forward and back hops. The exercises between each row were a bit tough for me between my heel and some nausea that I was starting, so I just went slow and took it easy for those. But my rowing was better so that made me happy.
And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. Both blocks started with high rows on the straps that we only did the first time before doing the rest of the exercises. In the first block, we had Bosu single-arm chest presses, Bosu pullovers, and running men (which I did on the floor and not with the Bosu). In the second block, we had goblet static lunges (which I did as goblet squats), kneeling lateral raises, and plank jacks.
Friday’s workout was another strength day. And while my heel was feeling much better (I think I might not have to bandage it that much longer), that’s when my pain and nausea really kicked in.
For cardio, we had 2 blocks. The first block had a 3-minute push pace at an incline, a base pace, and an all-out. And the second block had 2 rounds of a 2-minute push pace at an incline with a base pace in-between with an all-out at the end. Even though it was a strength day, because of the longer push paces, it felt a bit like an endurance day too.
On the rower, we had 1 long block. We had a 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter row. The first time we did each row, we had squats to overhead presses with the medicine ball between each row. The next time we did those distances, we had a ground to press with the medicine ball. I did have to take some breaks on the rower, but it was more about nausea than my heel so I consider that an improvement.
And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The first block had suitcase squats, single-arm high rows, and plank shoulder taps. And the second block had sumo squats to upright rows, lunges, uppercuts, and single-arm bicep curls.
Saturday’s workout was a power day, and I was feeling truly miserable. I have never left class in the middle of class, but there were so many times I debated if I should just leave. I was in so much pain and had such severe nausea. The only good thing was that this was the least pain my heel was in all week. But it really didn’t make that much of a difference because I was hurting so much and I really struggled.
For cardio, we had 3 blocks. And in every block, the main focus was doing 45-second push paces. In the first block, we had 1-minute base paces. In the second block we had 75-second base paces. And in the last block we had 90-second base paces. And each of those blocks ended with a 30-second all-out. I really tried to limit my breaks to the base paces, but I can’t help it sometimes when the pain or nausea hits me really hard. But I tried and I know that for this workout, that’s all I could do.
The floor also had 3 blocks. Each block started with a 45-second all-out row that we only had to do once and then we moved to the floor for the rest of the exercises. The first block had push-ups and rollouts on the straps, the second block had pull-ups on the straps and single-arm low rows, and the last block had deadlifts and step-downs. I had to do a lot of modifications for the exercises. For the pull-ups, I did high rows on the straps. The low rows were supposed to be while planking on the bench and I had to do it just bent over. And the step-downs were swapped for lunges. And just like with cardio, I took a lot of breaks during the floor. I hate doing that, but I also knew that if I didn’t things would get worse. And considering how many times during the workout I debated about leaving, I’m just glad I made it through the entire thing.
This week might be another tough week for me. I really don’t know how long the pain and nausea will be bad each month. Usually, when it’s really bad to start it gets a bit easier as the week goes on, so I’m hoping that will be the case this time. But I won’t know until I get through the week and see how I feel. But fingers crossed that I will have a week of even less heel pain and minimal pain and nausea.
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