Since my foot injury, I've had very little exercise and strength training. What does that mean? It gave Lisa permission to kick my butt harder than before, and trust me, she's taking full advantage!
I've have 2 training sessions now, I barely remember the first. The second was a good one. I feel revitalized. My muscles hurt, believe me; when I was done that workout yesterday I literally walked down the stairs sideways, there was no going forward my quads, hamstrings and glutes were burning. My rubbery arms were shaking as I held onto the railing (They really should install slides for us poor folks doing weight training on the second floor!)
Here's a typical training session:
- I show up, sign in and warm up on the bike for 5 minutes.
- I die
- I go home.
Haha, no I'm just kidding.
After my warm up, Lisa will either start with lower or upperbody. Yesterday it was more like full body. I did the Hack-Squat machine for the fist time in over a month. And I did FIVE sets. FIVE (I usually do 3, sometimes 4, with weight increases each set) albeit I had no weight increase this time (I think), due to my weak left leg muscles.
Then we alternate, lower body, upperbody. She had me doing above head lifts, leg pushes, rowing pulls and some other things I've probably blocked out of my head! haha.
I will tell you this though, your water consumption is directly related to your ability to maintain a clear head through your workout. I probbably had only the equivalent of 500mL of water yesterday (for the whole day) and while I was exerting myself through some ses/reps I was feeling light headed. But when I have had a lot of water, the dizzy feeling is significantly less, and much more manageable.
I'm feeling it today, but it's a good feeling. It reminds me of how hard I worked, which put some pep in my step, and gives me energy.
