Hyper-something

Things got harder. I'm not sure if she was tired and angry, or just got up on the wrong side of the bed, but todays morning session was maybe the hardest one so far.

Blood shunting was fun, circuit was fun, but after both of those I was still fully functional. Even as the day(s) passed I was not feeling drained or in pain. Today will be a different story. 

Focussing on the upper body today. A warm-up was doing one round using a lighter set of weights, consisting of pull downs, bench press, inclined rows, bicep curls, reverse grip pull downs, upright rows, incline bench press, side raises (standing and on a ball!), dips, crunchies, prone holds and more. The easy loop set the scene and got me good an warm, then it was one rep of something, then on to another thing, then back and do them both again.

It's funny (now) that lying down and doing crunchies was my 'rest' period, and actually felt like it. Today I did more than I had done previously, and found it difficult, but not impossible. However, unlike previous sessions, when riding to work, I was feeling drained and even though all my arms had to do was to hang on, they were like lead weights for the entire ride, and even now complain when I sip my coffee or scratch my nose. It may help me stop putting food in my mouth if it's too painful to lift the food that high! And she's looking for more weights too, so future sessions will only get harder :( At least I'll only need my legs for the hill session on Sunday.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed todays session as well. I need to be pushed beyond my comfort level, otherwise I'll just coast along, being the lazy sod that I am. A session like this proves I physically can do well in excess of my mental barriers. Roll on the weekend!