What Was Your Work Out Today?

Treadmill - 1 hr, 3.0 mph, 12% incline

DiscusTank5 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Good news from the neurosurgeon today: The aftermath of the brain bleed has healed enough that I can do whatever activities/intensities I wish, . . .

I'm glad for this great report @AnnPT77.

And I have one of my own: today's colonoscopy was clear. This is the one year anniversary of their finding a malignant tumor during my first ever scope--so very relieved that the news today was positive.

Back to stationary bike, still keeping things moderately moderate , but energy level pretty good, all things considered. Average watts up a tiny bit to 84, average HR down to 124 even though peak was up a couple points (mostly from a little push near the end); only 34% Z3, mostly Z2. 19,165 imaginary meters in 51 minutes.

Thinking I'll get the 28k more I want by the end of Christmas Eve, as long as no big bad surprises trip me up.

I did upper body today, it was however not a great workout. I just felt really tired today and had a hard time pushing myself like I usually do.
Chest Press, shoulder press, skullcrusher, bicep curl, lat pulldown, lat raises, bentover row.
I also had to do my physio exercises.

Supposed to be a rowing machine day, but I felt very fatigue-y even after a nap - I never nap! - so back to the bike, at a very easy pace again.

Back to nothing above Z2, 75W average for the 18k + 3' CD (that wasn't really a cooldown because why cool down from intensity that low?), around 53' total, bike fancifully imagines this was about 14mph average.

Hoping to have more energy tomorrow.

"Yawned the entire workout"??? I have had workouts where I felt fatigued and low on energy before, but never once have I yawned during one! That's not a sign of workout fatigue, that's simply not enough sleep!

@DiscusTank5 Nice one!

I went climbing yesterday. It was fun, I got a lot of v4s. My favourite wasn't yet graded; my guess it's a v3; but it was complex so may be a v4.

It was slab. My little brother gave me beta. (Stand up with no hands. Reach over to the far left hand side for a hand hold. Reach it with both hands. Do a dynamic foot swap with the left foot, needing to land the left foot on another hold far away as the right foot settles. This stops a barn door.) This approach had issues for me; I couldn't reach the hand hold. If I cheated and went to the hand hold via other methods, the foot swap felt suicidal (I was barely on the hand hold with my finger tips, so the approach felt more viable for taller climbers.)

My little brother couldn't do the foot swap either; he had seen someone else do it this way; who apparently fell off many, many times whilst working it.

I discovered if I went for a high right foot on a volume the left hand reach became easy. Then I discovered I could (just) move my right foot onto a hold above the left foot, eliminating the need for the foot swap. Then the climb from there was easy.

Problem solving is one of the thing I like about bouldering; I reckon my approach must be close to the route setter's intended method.

drmwc wrote: »

I went climbing yesterday. It was fun,
It was slab. My little brother gave me beta. (Stand up with no hands. Reach over to the far left hand side for a hand hold. Reach it with both hands. Do a dynamic foot swap with the left foot, needing to land the left foot on another hold far away as the right foot settles. This stops a barn door.) This approach had issues for me; I couldn't reach the hand hold. If I cheated and went to the hand hold via other methods, the foot swap felt suicidal (I was barely on the hand hold with my finger tips, so the approach felt more viable for taller climbers.)

Glad you had a good time, @drmwc. NB: Until today, I didn't know it was possible to get vertigo from reading a post.

Rowing machine, the 1k-2k-2k-2k-1k-500m pattern again, with 2' of water-slugging, sweat-mopping, and very light rowing in between the meters intervals. It took 50-something minutes overall, added up to 9490m, 990m of that in the "light rowing" parts.

The average pace on the distance pieces was 2:40.2 per 500m - not super aggressive - but it was still a bit over 30% Z4 (5 zone scheme), with more cardiac drift than I'd prefer to see during each piece and overall. De-training is real, I guess?

Happily, this took me past the 200k between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve that I needed for the Concept 2 Holiday Challenge: 200,643m. It was extra challenging this year, gotta admit.

I'm thinking I'll probably take Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off, and try to plan something rational for the next days/weeks after. Leaning toward less total volume/intensity but some regularity, until more healing feels like it's happened. Workouts seem to reduce the headaches, but too much aggravates the fatigue. 🤷

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Happily, this took me past the 200k between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve that I needed for the Concept 2 Holiday Challenge: 200,643m. It was extra challenging this year, gotta admit.
I'm thinking I'll probably take Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off, and try to plan something rational for the next days/weeks after. Leaning toward less total volume/intensity but some regularity, until more healing feels like it's happened. Workouts seem to reduce the headaches, but too much aggravates the fatigue. 🤷

Congrats on finishing this year's Concept 2 Holiday Challenge, @AnnPT77. That's amazing considering you were also recovering from a serious head injury.

I'm also taking the next two days off. This decision was helped by my gym being closed for Christmas Eve and Christmas. The poor girl running the desk had to basically chase my family out of the gym tonight at closing time.

Happy Holidays, everyone!