Monday, March 21, 2011

Motivation

Every workout that doesn't go well is motivation for me to get back into shape.  It's really funny because I see these workouts and think, "I can do that" because I used to be able to.  I guess it's good that I'm still confident enough in myself that I believe I can do anything, but then it's a pretty harsh reality when I attempt and fail.  It's like when I went through a growth spurt in college and went to try on clothes and couldn't believe I wasn't a size 0 anymore.

Todays Failure:

10 minute AMRAP
500m run
1 arm OH kettlebell squat 16kg
Every time you drop the KB, run 200m

Not only did I think I could do 1 arm KB squats, I thought I could do a ton of reps (200?) within the 10 minutes.  And I thought I might only have to run once or twice.  WRONG!  I guess I've never attempted 1 arm KB squats, because I realized quickly that I can not do them at all.  Not with any range of motion anyway.  Will have to figure out why that is.  I can do OH squats just fine with a bar.  So, I did 1 arm OH walking lunges instead.  As far as the reps, wrong again!  I could only do about 25-20 at a time so I ended up running 4 times with a total of 68 reps.  200? Not even close. 68.  Epic fail.

The hardest part about all this, is that I want to do more.  I want to work out twice a day for a few hours, but I can't.  My body is just not ready for that kind of work.  So I'm doing things the right way and only doing one workout a day and giving myself plenty of rest.  Sometimes too much rest because I'm so sore I can't do anything.  I just need to remember to be patient and that it will all come back in due time.  That time just can't come soon enough.

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