Limping To The Finish Line

Wrapping up a challenging 2008, and missing workouts due to snow storms, holiday obligations, and minor injury (an abdominal strain is my most recent malaise).

I have another foot appointment today. I'd like to have my surgery done and over with and be able to start working consistently with the new year.

I also need a beer related new year's resolution to bring my weight down.

For now, thouigh, it's catch as catch can, and head into the new year somewhere between completely unfit and fit.

Working At It

At the risk of jinxing myself, I'm going to track the week's workout total here despite the fact that I haven't done my Sunday morning spin yet.

I had a successful workout week, with 5 hours total of sweat exercise between rowing, spinning, and kettlebell. The kettlebell stuff is the most intense, but all the workouts are at least solidly in the aerobic zone (the kettlebell stuff is more like a track interval session).

My fitness is improving. Another breakthrough: I had a cortisone shot in my foot and it (along with the prescribed anti-inflamatory) has made a huge difference. As in, my foot pain is basically gone.

So that's all good. I'm enthusiastic about the workouts and feel that the combination of the three exercise practices gives me the well-rounded fitness that I seek. I have two challenges, however: I'm going to have some minor foot surgery in a couple of weeks that'll lay me up for a few days. I just need to avoid having that deter my momentum. The other challenge is my weight. I'm going to ignore that through teh holidays and then attack it somewhat aggressively.

Another Okay Week

I'm starting to string together some consistency. This week included two kettlebell workouts, two spinning sessions, and one row.

I need to go after it harder, and I'll do so. But the week was okay.

I'm not losing any weight and need a new tactic for that.

Progress

I had a pretty good fitness week: 2 spinning sessions 1 rowing workout 2 kettlebell sessions and a 1.5 hour bootcamp that combined a little bit of everything. More on kettlebells: they are Russian, and demand cardivasular fitness while working strength and flexibility. I've worn my HR monitor and find that my HR frequently soars above AT during the toughest bits and rarely falls below the aerobic zone during the recovery parts. It's kind of like an interval session on the track, only different. Here's a video that demonstrates some basic movements. It looks easier than it is. It woirks just about everything.

Oops, I can't figure out the video upload thing. Try this link instead.