I have had a crazy week this far when it comes to my body. Dan thinks it is telling me I need to take a few rest days, I think I just think my body is crazy… what do you think?
Monday morning started out good, well as good as a Monday can go at 5:45 am… but that changed when I got to the gym. After my first set of split squats (aka Bulgarian Squats) I started to feel really nauseous, dizzy and just out of it. I tried to push forward but it didn’t get much better and after just 15 minutes it, Dan and I called it quits.
The rest of the day was fine, I got home, made a protein shake and went on like nothing happened. The next couple of days my workouts were fine!
But then my stomach got in the way…
I don’t know what it is lately, but if you’ve had anything like this let me know… I want to figure it out. Lately when I eat lunch, I have been getting bloated, extremely crampy (under my left rib cage) and highly uncomfortable. I imagine I am just gassy but I don’t know why…
It’s been happening several times a week for the past 3 weeks… sometimes to the point where I can’t stand straight! Ridiculous I tell ya!
I have tried to look for patterns and the only thing I can think of is that it has something to do with carbs. Anyways, I had wanted to do a run today before the cold and the rain rolls in but that looks unlikely since my stomach still isn’t quite “right” yet.
But before THE stomach incident yesterday I did get in a great workout…
Wednesday Women’s Workout Of The Week:
Superset:
3 sets/10 reps of:
- BB Squat (weight used: 105, 115, 115)
- DB Shoulder Press (20 lbs)
Tri Set:
- Push-ups (20 reps, 20, 20)
- Leg Press (135 lb @ 8 reps)
- Leg raises (8 reps)
Final Set:
- Push-ups (20 reps, 20 reps)
- Candlestick Jumps (10 reps, 10, 10)
Hopefully, fingers crossed the rest of the week will go smoothly. I am excited because we’re having our annual holiday party and i have lots of cooking, baking and cleaning to do! I can’t have anything stand in the way. I will be taking pictures of the food, because you better believe it will all be clean eating items!
Like Dan suggests, I do recommend that you take time off from training or bring it down a notch for a few days, especially if you’ve been training pretty intense and regularly for 12 weeks or longer. If that’s the case take a week off or just use those days as active rest… go for a jog, play a sport, go hike, etc. But stay away from the weight area of your gym. This gives your muscles time to rest and you can actually get great toning results during a week off because of the recover! Your muscles are catching up with the hard work you’ve been doing.
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