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clevermanka) wrote2011-01-13 12:24 pm
clevermanka) wrote2011-01-13 12:24 pm
High intensity day
I had some problems with Tacfit Warrior's High Intensity day today. Yesterday's Moderate day was pretty tough, but apparently I did a little more damage than I thought.
After the warm-up (which went mostly fine), I started the first exercise ("knee lift cradle" = a sort of spinal rock that engages the abs and lower back) and the tenderness I'd felt on my back and tailbone turned into excruciating pain. I checked my back in the mirror and my spine looked suspiciously discolored all the way down to my tailbone. Great. After some gentle palpations of the back hipbone area, I'm pretty sure those got bruised, too. So I skipped the knee lift cradle movement entirely and made a note to use better posture for that and the movement that did the most damage to my tailbone ("shinbox switch" = a bent leg swing-around movement that should, apparently, incorporate the glutes more and a tailbone pivot a lot less).
Halfway through the third exercise, I realized I don't have the arm strength to perform the movements at a speed that will keep my heart rate up to the specifications for High Intensity day (85% max heart rate). In fact, for two of the movements, the best I could do (without losing form and/or falling on my face--literally) was about 140BPM. Pffff.
Considering I discovered these setbacks so early in the program (I'm only on day four of the Pre-Recruit level), I'm fine with knocking myself down a notch by chucking this and starting the Warrior Lite program tomorrow. Pride-wise, it stings a little since Lite is designed for people with injuries, or people who haven't had much exercise experience. But it's better to do well at the appropriate level, and Pre-Recruit is not the appropriate level for me just yet.
Here's hoping my tailbone is healed up for the Warrior Lite Moderate Intensity day on Sunday.
In the meantime, I'm looking at making a Big Push of art in these last few days of vacation by working on a larger piece (a 16"x20" canvas). The Schendel guy was here today, so I cleared everything out of the sewing room closet and from underneath my workdesk. You can imagine. So I gotta get that all put away first. But then, Art!
After the warm-up (which went mostly fine), I started the first exercise ("knee lift cradle" = a sort of spinal rock that engages the abs and lower back) and the tenderness I'd felt on my back and tailbone turned into excruciating pain. I checked my back in the mirror and my spine looked suspiciously discolored all the way down to my tailbone. Great. After some gentle palpations of the back hipbone area, I'm pretty sure those got bruised, too. So I skipped the knee lift cradle movement entirely and made a note to use better posture for that and the movement that did the most damage to my tailbone ("shinbox switch" = a bent leg swing-around movement that should, apparently, incorporate the glutes more and a tailbone pivot a lot less).
Halfway through the third exercise, I realized I don't have the arm strength to perform the movements at a speed that will keep my heart rate up to the specifications for High Intensity day (85% max heart rate). In fact, for two of the movements, the best I could do (without losing form and/or falling on my face--literally) was about 140BPM. Pffff.
Considering I discovered these setbacks so early in the program (I'm only on day four of the Pre-Recruit level), I'm fine with knocking myself down a notch by chucking this and starting the Warrior Lite program tomorrow. Pride-wise, it stings a little since Lite is designed for people with injuries, or people who haven't had much exercise experience. But it's better to do well at the appropriate level, and Pre-Recruit is not the appropriate level for me just yet.
Here's hoping my tailbone is healed up for the Warrior Lite Moderate Intensity day on Sunday.
In the meantime, I'm looking at making a Big Push of art in these last few days of vacation by working on a larger piece (a 16"x20" canvas). The Schendel guy was here today, so I cleared everything out of the sewing room closet and from underneath my workdesk. You can imagine. So I gotta get that all put away first. But then, Art!