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I had a mixed workout week this past week. I had some really great things and some not-so-great things happening. But fortunately, I decided to focus more on the positive things and I think that was reflected in my workouts.

For Monday’s workout, we had a lot of power work, so it was a good day for me to push myself. I felt so much more like myself, but I still have some work to do to build my strength again. But I still challenged myself where I could.

For cardio, the first block was very short with a 45-second push pace, 30-second base pace, 30-second push pace, 45-second base pace, and 30-second all-out. Because those two push paces were the only ones we had for the workout, I increased my resistance level on the bike to be one higher for those. In the second block, all we had were all-outs and recoveries. We had 2 rounds of a 1-minute all-out, 2 rounds of a 45-second all-out, and 2 rounds of a 30-second all-out. And as the all-outs got shorter, the recoveries got longer. I probably could have pushed myself a bit more in the all-outs and maybe I should have worked on increasing my all-out resistance level, but I’m trying to limit how much I push myself so I don’t overdo things.

On the rower, the first block was matched with cardio so we had the push rows and base rows. And for the second block, we had 500-meter rows with squats between each row. This was to prepare for the 500-meter row benchmark, which I’m not expecting to do too great on. But I proved to myself that I could do the row without stopping and that was going to be my main goal.

And on the floor, we had one long block with 3 mini-blocks in it. And we were supposed to do each mini-block twice before moving on to the next one. The first mini-block had mountain climbers and superman extensions. They were both supposed to be on the Bosu, but I did the mountain climbers without it. The second mini-block had goblet squats and sumo squats, and both were with weights. And the last mini-block had hip dips and bridge pullovers. Again, both of those exercises were supposed to be with the Bosu, but I did the hip dips on the floor instead.

Tuesday’s workout was a benchmark day and we had the 500-meter row. That is a really weird distance to do because it’s not a sprint like the 100-meter row and it’s not something you have to be careful about pushing yourself with like the 2000-meter row. It’s a mix of making sure you push hard but also not burning out in the beginning. And my only goal for this benchmark was to not need breaks during the row.

First, I had a short block with cardio since I was in the second group to go to the rowers. That short block was rounds of a short push pace followed by a 30-second walking recovery. We weren’t supposed to go too hard since we wanted to save our energy for the row.

Next was the benchmark row. We had more time than we needed to get it done, so we had extra time to warm up or get ready. But I just wanted to get started because I wasn’t expecting too much. We see a lot of information on the screens of the rower, and one thing we can see is our 500-meter split time. I noticed pretty quickly that my split time was a lot lower than I expected and it might be possible for me to get a PR. But I knew that if I went too hard then, I wouldn’t be able to maintain what I was doing. So I tried to keep everything steady and just keep going. Once I noticed I had less than 100 meters to go, I just went for it knowing that I was going to feel very exhausted when I was done. And somehow I got a new PR! This was less than a second faster than my last PR, but the last one was before the pandemic so this felt like a huge victory!

Next, we had a short block on the floor which wasn’t too intense since some people had the floor before the row. We had hip bridges, high rows on the straps, and torso rotations.

Then we went through all sections of the room again for longer blocks. For cardio, we started with rounds of a 1-minute all-out and 45-second recovery. Then we had rounds with 45-second all-outs and 30-second all-outs. I didn’t do any increases with my all-outs since I was exhausted after the benchmark. On the rower, we started with a 350-meter row followed by lunges. And each time we got back to the rower we decreased the row by 50 meters. And on the floor, we had lunges, plank pull-throughs, chest fly with weights, and side planks. Again, I was feeling how hard I worked for the benchmark and my floor work wasn’t too great. But I was feeling amazing after getting a new PR!

On Wednesday, I was feeling a bit sore but I thought it was due to how hard I went in the row benchmark combined with sitting for so many hours at work after. I know now that this was my back or hip pain coming back. But I didn’t know that at the time so I still tried to push myself.

For cardio, we were supposed to have a distance challenge and then exercises after each distance for the first block. But the exercises we had were both things that I knew I couldn’t do, plus I know getting on and off the bike can be tough when I’m sore, so I decided to just focus on doing my work on the bike. This isn’t ideal, but it’s one of the rare modifications I do from time to time. We had decreasing distances for cardio and we were supposed to increase either incline or speed each time. I just increased my resistance level on the bike for each distance and made sure I had a bit of recovery between each one to make up for not having the time off the bike with the exercises. And in the second block, we had rounds of a 30-second all-out and a 45-second recovery. Because I have been trying to challenge myself, I did increase my resistance level for the all-outs.

On the rower, the first two blocks were the same. We had rounds of a 30-second push row followed by a 45-second base row. And the goal in the second block was to beat the distance from the first block. And in the last block, we had 30-second all-out rows and then 45 seconds to do 10 squats. Any extra time we had in those 45 seconds was to recover and catch our breath.

And on the floor, everything was timed with 30-second and 45-second intervals. In the first block, we had either calf raises or squat jacks for 30 seconds and hand-release push-ups for 45 seconds. In the second block, we had lunges for 30 seconds and v-ups for 45 seconds. And in the last block, we had burpees for 30 seconds and plank jacks for 45 seconds. For that last block, I did use the bench for my hands to make things a bit easier for me.

On Thursday, my back/hip pain was worse, but it still wasn’t as bad as it had been the month before. So I had to be a bit easier on myself again, but I’m glad I was still able to do better than I had last month.

For cardio, we had mixes of push paces to all-outs and all-outs that were before and after recoveries. I continued to use the higher resistance levels for both my push pace and all-outs, and I’m proud of myself for doing that since I hadn’t increased them in a while. I’m hoping I can still continue to do that, but just proving it to myself was a big thing. The push paces and all-outs ranged from 30-seconds to 1-minute, and the recoveries matched the all-outs.

On the rower, we started with a 3-minute row. I did have to take a few breaks during this row, but I really tried to push myself to not take those breaks. After the row, we had squats. Next was a 90-second row and we were supposed to get at least half the distance of the 3-minute row. And then we had a 45-second row where we were supposed to get half the distance of the 90-second row. I might not have done great for each distance compared to normal, but I did always beat half my distance from the row before.

On the floor, we had one buy-in exercise and then we had mini-blocks. The buy-in exercise was double twist crunches, which was tough for me to do. But I did them slowly and was able to get them done. Then we did each mini-block twice before moving on to the next one. We had leg lifts with the straps and lateral lunges, and I did my best with the leg lifts with the pain I had. Next was high plank to push-up holds and suitcase squats. And finally, we had squats to Y-raises and reverse fly with weights. And for the last minute, we had around-the-world raises which were supposed to be kneeling but I did as a standing exercise.

I’m so glad that I did have some good wins this past week with my PR and working on increasing the resistance levels on the bike. But it’s unfortunate that my pain was kicking in again and making things not as great toward the end of the week. I have a feeling the pain will continue to be a factor this week, but I’m trying to stretch as much as I can in the hope that I can reduce the pain even a little bit. And I am hoping I can see a doctor soon to get some confirmation about what is going on because it is worrisome that this pain returned so quickly. But I have worked through pain so many times in my life and I will just continue to do so, both in my regular life and in my workouts.

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I’ve had a pretty rough time lately with my workouts. I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good week. I had a regular bad week, then it was my back issues, then feeling sick after my booster shot, and finally, my bad week returned again. I still was doing my workouts each week, but I kept having to modify things or go easy on myself. And because I’m stubborn, going easy on myself for an extended time isn’t easy for me. But finally, this week, I was starting to get a bit better. I had a bit of pain and nausea at the beginning of the week, but it was the best I had felt in a while.

On Monday, I was doing a lot better but I think my nausea was the worst this day compared to the rest of the week. But it was very manageable compared to how it can be and I had taken medication to help make it even more tolerable. And that really did help me a lot.

For cardio, we started with a 3 1/2-minute push pace followed by a 1-minute base pace. The push paces got 30-seconds shorter each time and the base pace stayed the same. And at the end, we had a 1-minute all-out. I normally don’t love long push paces, but I did this time. I was able to go at my own pace with the resistance level I use for my push paces and I tried to be pretty steady with how fast I was pedaling on the bike through all the push paces. I did have to take some rest during the push paces, but that’s normal for me at this point.

On the rower, we started with rounds of a 300-meter row and squats. That was a good length row for me because it wasn’t a sprint but it wasn’t so long that I needed to rest during my row. I know I have a ways to go with getting my rowing back to where it used to be and to get even better, but having good rowing challenges like this distance help. And we finished our rowing with 1-minute intervals of a base, push, and all-out.

And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The longer block was all about working and resting so we were encouraged to rest after each exercise instead of doing them as a circuit. The exercises for that block were step-ups, rollouts on the straps, single-arm low rows with weights, and planks with toe taps. I did lunges instead of the step-ups and I used the bench for my hands for the planks since I knew that would help keep nausea from getting worse. And the second block was short but it was a tough core blast. We had planks and hollow holds and we just held each one until we couldn’t do it anymore and then we switched exercises. We had 2 minutes of that and I switched about every 30 seconds.

Tuesday’s workout was an interesting challenge for me. I was feeling better so I was pushing myself a bit more, but it was a harder workout so I noticed my limitations more. Because I’ve had so many bad weeks in a row, I know I’ve gotten a bit weaker. And it seemed most noticeable in this workout.

For cardio, we had rounds of a push pace followed by a base pace with an incline. Because my push pace on the bike is done by increasing the resistance level, I did my regular level for my push pace and went to the level between my push and all-out to do a base pace with incline so it would be a bit more challenging. We started with a 30-second push pace and 30-second base pace and the intervals went up by 15-seconds each round until we got through half the block and then they went down by 15-seconds each round. And we finished with a 30-second all-out. Because the base paces were technically harder for me than the push paces, it felt like we had no breaks at all during the block. I did try to limit any rest I needed to take to be during the base paces, but it wasn’t easy.

On the rower, we had all sprint rows. We started with 2 rounds of a 200-meter row and we were supposed to do butt kicks between each row. But I did high knees instead. Then we had 2 rounds of a 100-meter row that was supposed to be an all-out. And then we got to rest for however long it took to do each row. And then it was back to 2 rounds of a 200-meter row but we had high knees to elbows between each row that time. I did make it to the last row, but not the last exercise before we had a 30-second all-out at the end of the block.

And on the floor, we had one block with 2 mini-blocks. We were supposed to do the first mini-block 3 times before moving on to the second one. The first mini-block had chest presses with weights and push-ups. And the second mini-block had squats and bench step-downs. I did do the step-downs instead of modifying them to lunges for this workout. I have been hesitant to do step up or downs because of my back, but I think I’m finally better. I have occasional twinges in my back, but that’s probably pretty normal for me at this point. I’m not dealing with the same pain I had before. And for the last 30-seconds on the floor, we had a low push-up hold.

Wednesday’s workout was one that I had done earlier in the month, but it was when I was feeling much worse so it was nice to repeat it again. I was curious how much better I would do in the workout this time compared to before.

For cardio, we started with a 3-minute push pace followed by a 30-second all-out. Then we had a 3-minute recovery where we could get back to base pace when we were ready before doing another 30-second all-out. We repeated the recoveries and all-outs another 3 times before the block was done. My recovery resistance level on the bike is the same as what I use for my base pace, so I recovered by just making sure I was pedaling slower.

On the rower, we followed the same pattern as cardio starting with a 3-minute push pace and then the 30-second all-outs and 3-minute recoveries. But for all the all-outs, we did a crew row so we had to match the pace with someone else on the rower. When we were in our crew rows, we were pretty quick to get in sync with each other, so that was pretty cool.

And on the floor, we had 1 block with 2 mini-blocks. And you only did the first mini-block once before only doing the second mini-block for the rest of the time. The first mini-block had low rows on the straps, tricep extensions on the straps, and single-leg airplanes (which are like deadlifts without the weights). And the second mini-block built upon those exercises with reciprocating low rows with weights, dumbbell tricep extensions, and deadlifts. I did have to go a bit lighter with the weights than I would have liked, but I tried to get heavier with them during the block to push myself a bit more.

And Thursday’s workout was another repeat from earlier in the month for me. Again, I was curious how I would do compared to when my back was hurting.

For cardio, we had 2 blocks and both blocks had 1-minute intervals with a base pace with an incline and a base pace without an incline. The incline went up each round within the block, but they were higher in the first block than in the second block. And both blocks ended with a 30-second all-out. Because we were using a variety of inclines/resistance levels, I was using a lot of the levels I normally do for my push and all-out. And I realized that I might be ready to try increasing my push pace or all-out level soon. I don’t know if I’m ready to increase both, but it’s been a bit of time since I increased my base pace level so I might be due for a new challenge.

On the rower, we started with 2 rounds of a 400-meter row with lateral hops and high knees between each row. Then we had 2 rounds of an an 800-meter row with the same exercises. I was only starting to work on the second 800-meter row when we had our 30-second all-out row to finish out the rowing for the workout. But I felt like I did pretty decent with the first 800-meter row, even though it’s a longer row for me.

And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The first block was designed to be a circuit so we were not supposed to rest between exercises. We had goblet squats, high rows on the steps, and push-ups. I really wanted to try to go heavier with my weight fo the goblet squat, but when I tried it I could feel my back tense up so I picked a lighter weight instead. And for the second block, we were supposed to rest between each exercise so we could challenge ourselves more. We had split stance bicep curls and jump lunges, which I did as regular lunges. And to end the block, we had squat step outs.

I felt like this past week of workouts was a good week to work on getting back to my old normal. I know I still have a lot of work to get back there and I do still feel a bit weak at times, but I think I had some good improvements this week. And I can only hope that I can improve even more this week.

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I’m very grateful that during this past week of workouts, I was dealing with very little back pain. I still have some back pain, but it’s very infrequent now and it’s not affecting too much of my day-to-day life. Unfortunately, as expected this week, I was dealing with quite a bit of cramps and nausea. But since those are regular monthly occurrences for me, at least I know how to manage them and I think it made this past week of workouts a bit easier for me in an odd way.

For Monday’s workout, things were probably the best for me with only a little back pain and minimal nausea. And for each section of the room, we had 3 blocks.

For cardio, the first and third blocks were the same. We had rounds of a 30-second all-out followed by a 45-second recovery. With short intervals like that, it feels like it goes by quickly so I really did like those blocks. For the second block, we had a 5-minute distance challenge which was much harder for me to do. I feel like the longer I bike sometimes, the faster nausea hits me. I don’t know why that happens, but it’s something I’ve noticed in the past few months.

On the rower, we did the same thing that we did for cardio. The first and last blocks were actually much better for me than I expected and I did really well with the rowing in those blocks. But for the 5-minute challenge row, I struggled a lot. But as always, I took breaks when I needed to and got back to work as quickly as I could.

On the floor, the first and third blocks were timed with one exercise being for 30-seconds and the other exercise being for 45-seconds. In the first block, we had skater lunges and push-ups. And in the third block, we had neutral thrusters and lateral lunges. For the second block, we were on our own for timing and it was all core work. We had double crunches, sit-ups with shoulder presses, and seated torso rotations. This block was the only one where my back caused an issue. I discovered I’m still not able to do sit-ups, so I did crunches instead so I didn’t hurt my back more.

For Tuesday, we had an endurance focus for our workout. For cardio, we started with a 4-minute push pace with a 90-second recovery after. We continued that pattern with decreasing the push pace each round and ended with a 30-second all-out. Just like with Monday, the longer intervals were tougher for me to do, but it was manageable and I felt like I did better than Monday even though I felt worse.

On the rower, we focused on 250-meter rows so they were shorter which was nice. And between the rows, we had squats to alternating knee to elbows. That exercise was a bit more challenging for me, but I took it slow so it almost was like a back stretch for me and that was helpful both for the workout and for making my back feel ok.

And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The first block had tricep extensions and lunges. And the second block had lateral step-ups, hip hinge swings, and push-ups to planks. I did use the bench at the lower setting for the step-ups and also for my hands with the push-ups. And for the hip hinge swings, I had to go a bit lower with the weight than I would have liked to because of my back.

On Wednesday, my nausea was really kicking in and I was feeling pretty rotten. I was smart the night before and made sure to take my anti-nausea medication before going to bed, which can sometimes help me in the morning.

For cardio, we were timed on our own. We started at the highest incline/resistance level for the shortest distance. After completing it, we had a 1-minute recovery. Each time, the incline/resistance level decreased but the distance increased. The resistance levels were pretty high for me, so I did take quite a bit of time to get through some of the distances. I think that combined with how I was feeling made things very slow for me and I only got through about half of the distances we were supposed to try to do.

On the rower, we started with a 500-meter row. After that row, we took a quick recovery break before doing a 100-meter row. After the 100-meter row, we were supposed to do squats and jumping jacks. I only did the squats since I knew I couldn’t do jumping jacks. We were supposed to repeat the 100-meter row and exercises 5 times before moving to the final row, but I only got through 4 rounds.

And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The first block was 10 reps for each exercise. We had goblet squats, front raises, lateral raises, and reverse flys. In the second block, we were timed. We had neutral thrusters for 30-seconds each time and plank pop jacks for between 1-minute and 20-seconds. The plank pop jacks were definitely a challenge, but I did my best using the bench for my hands.

Even with how bad I was feeling this past week, I think I’m finally getting used to the new schedule I have set with doing 4 days in a row. On Thursday, I was feeling pretty bad, but I know that was due to nausea and not doing 4 days in a row. And like always, I just tried my best even though this was a very endurance-focused day and that’s extra challenging for me.

For cardio, we had one block and we started with a 3-minute push pace followed by a 90-second base pace. We continued that pattern with the push pace decreasing by 30-seconds and the base pace decreasing by 15-seconds. And we ended our cardio work with a 1-minute all-out.

On the rower, we did the exact same thing as we did for cardio. So that made it a 14-minute row, which is a very long row. I knew that this would be tough on me, but I wanted to see if I could get to at least 2000-meters. That would be a slow row for me since I know I can row 2000-meters faster, but with how I was feeling I thought that would be a good challenge for me. I did try to keep rowing during the base row intervals since that would add distance, but I did still need to take breaks during some of them. But I didn’t unstrap my feet for the entire thing, so that was a small victory. And when the row was done, I got just over 2000-meters, so I was very happy!

And on the floor, we had one long block that was back-to-back work. That meant we were not supposed to stop between exercises and ideally use the same weights for the entire thing. I did use the same weights which meant I was using slightly lighter weights than normal for a few things, but that worked out ok for me. We had regular squats, bicep curls, front squats, uppercuts, deadlifts, low rows, side plank reaches, and single-leg v-ups. I changed the v-ups to crunches, but besides that, I did all the exercises the way we were supposed to do. I didn’t know if I could do the front squats, but because I was using lighter weights than normal, I could do them without making my hips hurt. That was something I wasn’t expecting, and now I know that for that exercise I should probably just go lighter with the weights instead of changing the type of squats that I do.

Considering how I thought this past week would go, I am very happy with what I was able to do. I knew I’d have struggles, but I found ways to work around a few of them. And with this week likely being another week with a lot of pain and nausea, I hope I can continue that trend and push through that time with some new modifications that make the exercises work for me.

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I just tried out a new workout schedule of doing 4 days in a row (and then having 3 days off). I’m still debating if I like this new schedule or if I want to try something like Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday so I can make sure I still see all my favorite coaches. But I decided to keep up the new schedule until I have a better idea if I like it or not, so I did that this past week. But this past week was also the week that I still had back issues along with the side effects from the vaccine, so it was definitely a tough workout week for me.

Monday’s workout was really tough since that was the worst day in the past week for my side effects. I was still dealing with body aches and I knew I was exhausted. I’m glad some of the worst side effects like having a fever were gone, but because I went through those over the weekend I knew my week would be fighting back from getting over those.

Fortunately, the cardio part of the workout went well with me dealing with the fatigue and feeling weak because it was very easy to modify to make it super easy for me. We started with a 3-minute push pace into a 30-second all-out. Then we had 3 minutes to recover and get back to a base pace and we continued with doing a 30-second all-out and 3-minutes to recover. I know that if I was feeling ok, I would have biked at my base pace a lot more in those 3-minutes. But I really went slow and easy and that helped a lot with making this doable.

On the rower, we started with a 3-minute row, and I just did as much rowing as I could each time and then rested when I needed to. I took a lot of breaks because the fatigue was hitting me really hard on the rower. We followed the pattern with cardio with the 3-minutes of recovery and when cardio when in an all-out, we had a crew row where we all tried to row together.

And on the floor, we had one long block with 2 mini-blocks in it. The first mini-block was only done once before we moved on. We had low rows and triceps on the straps and then single-leg deadlifts with no weights. Then we kept doing the second mini-block for the rest of the workout. That block had low rows with weights, tricep extensions with weights, and deadlifts with weights. I did have to use much lighter weights than I’m used to and I also needed to sit down during the floor block to catch my breath because the fatigue was really making me feel weak. But I did my best and I felt really happy I did something to help me feel better after the booster shot.

I was doing a bit better on Tuesday, but the fatigue and feeling weak were still affecting me a lot. So I just tried my best with the workout and accepted it wouldn’t be what I normally could do.

For cardio, we had 2 blocks that were the same. We had 1-minute intervals with a base pace at an incline followed by a base pace without an incline. The incline or resistance level went up by 1% each time. I did try to work on doing better with my resistance levels, but I realized my body wasn’t ready for that. So I was mainly using the levels between my push and all-out, but I did do one of the intervals higher than my all-out level.

On the rower, we started with a 400-meter row. I did much better with this row than I expected. I still needed breaks, but not nearly as many as I would have thought I would have needed. Then we had lateral hops (which I did as lateral steps) and high knees. Next was an 800-meter row, which went much worse than my 400-meter row. Again, I took breaks when I needed them. But this time it felt like I needed a break every 100 meters or so. Because I took so many breaks, I didn’t get that far through the block before the time was done.

And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The first block had squats, pull-ups on the straps, and push-ups. And the second block had bicep curls and lunges. Both floor blocks were a bit of a struggle for me, but again, I could tell I was doing a bit better than the day before.

Wednesday’s workout was a prep workout for the Dri-Tri. This was mainly to be ready for the cardio portion. I already knew by Wednesday that I wouldn’t be doing the Dri-Tri, but I still liked the prep workout because it was a good workout to help me get back to more of my normal.

For cardio, we had decreasing push paces with 1-minute base paces between each one. We started with a 4-minute push pace and it decreased by 1-minute each round. And we ended with a 1-minute all-out. I know I did better in this workout than I had earlier in the week, but I was still taking more breaks than I would have liked to. But I kept reminding myself that it’s still an improvement!

For the rower, the first block was rounds of 500-meter rows and lateral hops/steps. And the second block was rounds of 300-meter rows with front and back hops/steps. And on the floor, we had lunges, single-arm shoulder presses, deadlifts, and step-ups. I again had to use lighter weights than I would have liked to, but I at least tried with normal weights first before realizing I wasn’t ready for them.

Thursday was definitely my best workout of the week. I was pretty much over all my side effects from the booster and my back was feeling significantly better than it had all week. So I was able to push myself a bit more even if I wasn’t quite fully back to normal.

For cardio, we had 2 blocks. Both blocks started with a 1-minute push pace to an all-out. But in the first block, all the all-outs were 1-minute and the recovery time ranged from 30-seconds to 1-minute. And in the second block, the all-outs were all 30-seconds instead of 1-minute. I did try to go hard with the all-outs at the end of each block since those had the longest recovery time leading into them, but I had to be careful since after the first block I was really feeling weak from pushing myself so much.

On the rower, both blocks were focused on making sure we weren’t rowing too fast. In the first block, we had 300-meter rows and rainbows with the medicine ball between each row. And in the second block, we had 200-meter rows with front presses with the medicine ball. I was able to keep my strokes in the goal range in each block. And I was very happy to see that each time I tried the rows, I got faster so I did have improvement.

And on the floor, we had 2 blocks that were focused on back-to-back work. So the goal was to not take breaks between each exercise. In the first block we had halos with weights, scaption raises, and good mornings. And the second block had uppercuts, tricep kickbacks, and goblet squats. I continued to play with the weights that I used to see if I could get closer to my normal ones, and I was able to do a few reps with my regular weight before I had to go down to a lighter one. Again, it’s an improvement and I’m happy that it’s better than nothing.

This really wasn’t one of my best workout weeks, but it also wasn’t one of my worst. I still got 4 workouts in and I tried my best, which is all I can hope for sometimes. And with this week coming up, it may be a bad week and I’m prepared for it. But I’m really ready for a normal week to finally happen again because I miss that!

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A Full Week Of Christmas Workouts (or Having Some Traditional Workouts) Getting In Some Birthday Workouts (or Switching Up My Schedule For This Past Week) Trying Out A New Workout Schedule (or Still Working With Some Pain) Back To My Old Workout Schedule (or Always Fitting In My 4 Workouts When I Can) A Bit Extra Pain In My Workouts (or Always Pushing Through What I Can) A Slightly Different Workout Week (or Continuing To Get My Workouts In)