Wrestling!

Today has been a day of wrestling with my Core 2 choreo - it is harder than it looks. I also did a workout that I often give clients (yes, I road test the workouts) - 12 cycles of 30 seconds on/30seconds off treadmill sprints + balance of time in steady state training (35-40 minutes total, including warm up). I also did Mike's Upper Body Workout and really focused today on the bench press. I experimented a little bit with the foot placement, placing both feet on the ground powerlifter style and arching my back - turned out to be a good move as I was able to lift the magnet that I have had taped to my sacrum for the last month off the padding.

I'm not exactly sure how the magnet works, but it has done wonders for my sacroiliac joint dysfunction. It's a different approach to what I usually do - my new physio is trying to re pattern a lot of my movement rather than simply correct my pelvis every time it slips.

What else - pretty good day nutrition wise - I made a rather yummy Mexican lasagna using low carb tortillas, ultra lean mince (you could try chicken), salsa and a little reduced fat cheddar sprinkled over the top (it's not Mexican unless there is a bit of cheese). I also put 1/2 can of refried beans in the mix.

Tomorrow I am possibly teaching RPM and going to try and squeeze in some deadlifts and squats - hopefully beforehand - it's never very pleasant doing anything to your legs after RPM

Another busy day

Love this quote today - a timely reminder for me of what will happen if you spend too much time ruminating, rather than doing.

Busy again today -taught RPM and had a little run. Tomorrow's effort involves some strength training and grappling again with Core 2. I'm not looking forward to it, but when it is done, it will be done ;)

Feel like I've just sat an exam!

Yes, that's right - I'm "coming down" from teaching my first "Core" class today - I had the Cluster Group Fitness Coordinator filming me, I taught with the club GFC (that was no problem, we are great mates), the Club PTC (Personal Training Coordinator) came as well as one of the other PTs that has done the course. Not to mention forty seven other participants!

I'm not terribly gifted in the Public Speaking area, though as I get older (like a good wine), I am improving. I had to give a 20 minute talk about the class and what message we were trying to get across...eg BOSU safety, how to activate transversus abdominus, multifudus etc. Luckily my background of having a dinky SIJ (and several thousands of dollars spent on physio) has given me some foolproof ways of teaching people to activate TA, so overall I did well there.

Then it was onto the actual workout and whilst I made a few choreo errors, they weren't noticeable and we came through in the end. I was pretty nervous at the beginning and I felt such a sense of relief when it was over and dizzy with the triumph that I nearly remembered everything :)

Did I mention I have BOSU DOMS? Yikes!