a climbing contradiction

So I'm at the gym today, the pool is still closed for unknown reasons, and I'm at a loss as to how to get in my cardio.  Running and I are still not friends, I get bored on the bikes, and, let's be honest, those little seats are just not comfy, and I lose feeling in my feet when I'm on the elliptical.  So, by default, it looked like the stair treadmill thingy was my machine for the day.  So I'm climbing and climbing and climbing and I notice the guy next to me has two water bottles.  My first thought, was whoa - way to stay hydrated!  But then, as I continued to covertly observe my climbing buddy, I realized he was not the epitome of hydration, but rather a climbing contradiction.  The second water bottle was in fact his spit cup!  Can we say gross?!  I was just floored by the fact that someone who'd been climbing for as long as he had been, and at that pace, was actively polluting his body with chew....  I mean, really?  You can't wait an hour until you're done in the gym?  The rest of us have to see it and smell it too?  It was a particularly nasty experience, plus pretty soon I was grossing myself out as I started dripping sweat.  They must turn the heat up higher over by those things because whoooo Nelly - I was kind nasty.  But, nasty in a oh yeah! kind of way :)

PUMP you up!

So, I'm remembering how much I love Body Pump.  I really feel like I accomplish something after the class which is such a nice feeling!  I wish there was more core, but a girl can't have everything! 

I had another realization last night - going to Body Pump right after Physical Therapy is not such a hot idea - can we say fatigue? 

So, on Tuesday at PT, we discovered my right thigh is a full 2 inches larger than my left, and my left calf is 1 cm larger than my right.  My physical therapist was shocked.  She said anything over 7 cm for my thighs is extreme.  Apparently it means my left leg is lazy as sin and my right is beating the crap out of it and taking over.  My left calf is trying to keep up and is working harder than the right calf, but the right leg as a whole is still dominating.  The uneve leg thing is definitely part of what's screwing up my back.  Upon this discovery, I am no longer allowed to work out my right leg until my left decides to catch up.  That being said, PT is a lot of left leg exercises.  That means, when I go to Body Pump, I only do lunges on my left side.  When everyone switches legs, I take a bit of a break and then keep on going on the left side.  Doing that many lunges, right after doing left leg workouts at PT, left my leg quivering so hard I could barely do squats later on!  I went to get out of bed today and my muscles were (and still are) screeeaaaaming!   It's a hurt so good, but the hurt is definitely on!

Have you seen my motivation lately??

So, I have had zero motivation to go the gym.  Yesterday I was parked in the parking lot after physical therapy, ready to go in, only to discover I forgot my headphones.  I turned around and went home.  today, I worked from home.  I had no reason not to go.  I did video workouts instead.  Now, I'm glad I worked out, and I worked up a sweat, but I should have gone to the gym.  Tough Mudder is a mere 4 months away.  If I don't start getting my rear in gear I am screeeeeewed!  I haven't tried running again, but my goal is to do it Friday.  Hopefully after having 2 days of PT this week, it will go ok.

So, now that I've beaten myself up, I have to say, I am a big fan of FitSugar.com.  You play one video and if you leave it, it will start another one right after!  You have just enough time to pee real quick or go refill your water bottle and then it gets you started again.  They're all about 10 minute videos so it's totally doable and next thing you know, an hour has gone by!  They do get kind of repetitive, but it's splitting up similar motions over several videos so you get to make sure you really work those muscles. There was one, the runner's crunch - holy cow!!!  There's also this leg video I have pinned and it kills!  It's definitely a hurt so good.

Katie, if I can run in July, I will totally do the color run with you :)  We should do a sleep over and a carb fest the night before!  Make it a bit more of a group thing then the Christmas Carol Classic was.  I was we'd seen more of you!  Liz saved my but during that run...  It would be fun to do one with the three of us really together.

Physical Therapy

Last night I did't work out, which puts my gym time at just above nil this week :{  I went to a physical therapist instead.  I know she said they weren't going to do a lot of work that night and it was going to be be more intro, but I expected something!  She wiggled my ankles and did this thing where she put her hand under my back as I was laying down and moved my arm around.  But I didn't really feel like we got anywhere.  Then she and her assistant are telling me to avoid treadmills so I don't undo the progress we made.  Wait, there was progress?!  I mean, I should hope so at $70 a pop until I meet my deductible, but still!  I wasn't given any stretched, no workouts to do, nothing but the ankle wiggle and the hand under my back...

I'm allowed to workout tonight and they said I can even run over the weekend, but to stop as soon as I feel pain.  Well duh!

Let's hope Tuesday goes a bit better and is a bit more productive!  I really really want this to work, and work quickly since I'm broke!  I'm just so scared of not being able to run that I'm willing to shell out this kind of cash.  The way I see it, if I don't pay now, then I wasted the $100+ I paid for Tough Mudder...  I also won't be able to run again, because this is not going away on it's own :(

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Same old Song

So I tried to run yesterday, and yet again, by the end of the 1st mile - there went my back.  I'm going to the doctor tonight and I'm going to ask them to refer me to a sports dr. or something.  I have got to get this fixed!

I've found my workout drive is still so super small - ungood for the losing 10lbs by my bday goal...  I just want to run and my body won't let me!!!  Rargh!