Last night was my first workout back after the Fitathlon.
It sucked.
I felt weak and tired.
Well, yeah. I beat the crap out of myself on Saturday!
I pushed. I gave it my all. Everything I HAD.
But there just wasn’t as much to give.
So what do you do when this happens? And – it’s inevitable that it will at some point.
You give yourself a freaking BREAK.
I had to just move on from that feeling of “failure”.
So, my pull-ups felt REALLY hard. I still did them.
My back squat form broke on my final rep of my set of #115. I still did them.
I had to drop-set on my dumb-bell shoulder press from #30 to #25 on my last set.
I still moved up to #30 this week – even if it was only for 2 of the 3 sets
I DID struggle through my single arm rows, which I am now at #45 with (proud!) But I finished my sets with those really f’in heavy DB’s.
The MET-CON was really tough, but doable. I pushed through it. I tried to take moves up to the next level, even just for ½ of the interval.
Overall, I know this workout didn’t “Suck”. I mean, the only workout you regret is the one you didn’t do, right? Right. But still. I love the feeling of empowerment I have normally when I leave the studio, and I just didn’t feel that yesterday.
So now what?
Well, I go back today, and I work as hard as I possibly can, and I continue to move forward. I push for the next level, and then I take 1-2 days to rest. I also eat a lot of good food. Tons of protein and awesome energizing carbs. Even a little *gasp* chocolate!!
I haven’t talked *too* much about my food lately, so the next post I will delve into that a little bit.
So, what do you do when you feel like you really SUCKED at the gym?
I think you were still physically tired. All you can do is all you can do--and that's pretty great. :D
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