As expected, this past week of workouts was not that easy on me. I was lucky that I didn’t feel horrible for the entire week, but it was most of the week. And as always, when I feel very nauseous or in a lot of pain, I just have to do what I can and not be too upset that it’s less than I know I can do when I feel fine.
Monday’s workout had a lot of timed work, so it felt like we didn’t have a lot of rest. But I was still feeling ok that day, so it was a good workout.
For cardio, we started without being timed with everyone else. We had different distances to get to and squats between each distance. None of the distances were that long, so I was on and off the bike quite a bit. And in the second block for cardio, we were timed with 30-second all-outs and walking recoveries in between.
On the rower, we started with a 4 1/2-minute row. That’s a pretty long row to do, and I just tried to focus on not going too fast and getting burnt out. I think I was pretty good at being steady with my rowing. The second block had 45-second all-out rows and 30-second recovery rows. And the last block was the same timing as cardio with 30-second all-outs.
And on the floor, we were timed for every block. We had intervals of 45-seconds and 30-seconds. For the first block, we did squats for 45-seconds and then had 30-seconds to do 6 bicep curls and we could rest for whatever time was left (which was only a few seconds for me). The second block was 45-seconds of deadlifts and 30-seconds to do 6 shoulder presses and rest. And the last block had 30-seconds of hand-release push-ups and either 30-seconds or 45-seconds to do shoulder taps.
Wednesday’s workout was really hard on me. I was really nauseous that morning and was having some really extreme cramps. But as I always do when I feel like that, I just tried my best.
For cardio, we had one long block. We started with a 90-second push pace followed by a 90-second base pace. We then had 2-minute and 2 1/2-minute push paces with a base pace after each one. And we ended with a 3-minute push pace. We didn’t have any all-outs and the goal of this part of the workout was to not let our heart rates get too high. I couldn’t really judge my heart rate since pain makes it weird, plus I was just trying to keep pedaling and didn’t stress about too much else.
On the rower, we started with 3 rounds of a 200-meter row with high knees between each row. Then it was 3 rounds of a 150-meter row with high knees. I didn’t make it to the rounds of the 100-meter rows because I was really slow with my rowing.
And on the floor, we had 2 blocks. The first block had lunges and burpees with bicep curls and shoulder presses. I did the burpees using the bench for my hands, and that helped to make them a bit more tolerable for me. The second block had single-arm hip hinge swings and chest presses. And we had a 1-minute finisher of the burpees again.
Thursday’s workout was a signature workout. We had Catch Me If You Can, which I’ve done a few times. And I knew that it wasn’t going to be a great attempt at this workout. I wasn’t feeling as horrible as I was on Wednesday, but I was still pretty miserable. I’m always caught during the workout, but I just wanted to see how far I could get this time.
For cardio, we have different checkpoints we have to get to. If our distance is less than the checkpoint, then you are caught and you aren’t continuing the challenge. It starts off much easier so the idea is to get as ahead of the checkpoint as you can because it gets much harder as you go on. I had a feeling I would get caught at the 9-minute checkpoint because that’s when the checkpoints are 1 minute apart and not 2 minutes apart, and I was right. I wasn’t that close to the distance we needed to be at, so there was no way I would have been able to just pedal faster and get there. Once you were caught, if you were on the treadmills you were power walking at a high incline so I just put the bike on a higher resistance level.
On the rower, we started with a 600-meter row. Then we had 24 lunges. Next was 2 rounds of a 300-meter row and 12 lunges each. And the last section had 4 rounds of a 150-meter row and 6 lunges. And on the floor, we had 2 mini-blocks. The first mini-block had sumo deadlifts and bicep curls on the straps. And the second mini-block had single-arm low rows with weights and curtsy lunges. I did much better on the floor than in the other sections of the room, so at least I ended on a good note.
And on Friday’s workout, I think it was the worst day of the week for me with how I was feeling. I was truly miserable and wished I was still in bed. But I was awake and in class and I was going to try.
For cardio, we started with a progressive block where we started at a base pace, and every 30-seconds we increased to work toward an all-out. I was able to increase the resistance level every 30-seconds and it put me at the exact right spots for when we were supposed to be at a push pace or all-out. And the second block was all about 30-second all-outs. But the walking recoveries changed each time. We started with a 30-second recovery and it went up each time to a 90-second recovery before it started to decrease again.
On the rower, we started with the same progressive block that we had for cardio. But I knew I couldn’t really row that hard so I just tried to row for the entire time. I did need to take quite a few breaks, but I tried. And in the second block, we were with cardio again but instead of always doing an all-out row, during the all-outs we alternated between rowing or doing squats. And during the recovery time, we had our recovery and used that time to get on or off the rower.
And on the floor, we had a long block but it started with a mini-block that we did twice. That mini-block had lateral lunges, squats to bicep curls (which I did as separate movements), and push-ups to superman holds. Despite how nauseous I was feeling, I was able to do the superman holds. After doing 2 rounds of those exercises, we moved on to the rest of the workout. We had lateral lungs to upright rows (I did these as separate moves), bicep curls, and Arnold presses. I did take a lot of breaks on the floor because of how I was feeling, but I still surprised myself with how well I did when I thought it was going to be such a horrible workout.
And this week, I’m prepared again for another rough week. I never know ahead of time how bad I will feel or how many days it will affect me, but I know it’s got the potential to be a really bad week. And just like this past week, I will have to do what I can and not stress too much about it.
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