Arghhh. I ran out of steam at the end of the work day. I argued long with myself and went to the gym on one of those try-it-for-15-minutes. Well I lasted a little longer than that. Did a short elliptical warm-up, some squats in the machine (can't say on the machine as you almost climb in and lay down), and started my Day 2 workout. Got to the parts that need the ball, and - poof - the two smaller ones were gone! Their resting stands were there, but no balls in sight. I looked everywhere, and then took it for a sign and came home. I hope I'm just having a blah day. We have one sick employee, and I don't want to be the next. I'm going to cook a reasonably healthy pasta dinner (2 oz only!) with some turkey and greens and relax for the evening.

hi all,

Feeling a bit better today. I'm working from home today, so i can plan things as I like. Put in 1 hr wo this morning ( 15 mins threadmill & 45 mins lifting) and I'm still walking around in my wo clothes. Also, I'm planning a luxurious nap this afternoon, planning another 30 mins or 1 hr workout & some more work in the evening.

DD is home too, feeling a bit sick from the flushot. I had mine at work 2 weeks ago, and i also was unfit for a couple of days. I hope she'll be OK soon.

Mel, Cheryl - I looked at a crossfit webpage to see what's up. OMG. You guys are like superwomen to even go there. WOW!

Hi to everyone

Birch - is this your rain and storm we are having right now???

Have a great day all,
rabbit

Pat: Your workouts are very challenging and you've been mostly consistent. Please don't be too down upon yourself that your motivation is waning a bit. You did the right thing, went in, gave it your best for that day and moved on. A little rest, a good meal and you can hit it again another day.

Sometimes I have sessions like these too. It's either one of a few things. Sometimes its a precursor to a cold/virus. Other times it's a signal that I've been working out without a plan/goal for too long and I need to get my act together. Or, when I am working really hard toward a goal and forget to back off, it's an early sign of burnout for me. Just wanted you know, it's okay to have an off day...just not an off year.

Busy week here. Still studying, playdates, sleep overs volunteering, dr appointments for kids/cat etc. All those things that somehow find a spot on my calendar. No workout this week so far and I'm feeling frayed. I'm bent on forging through with my study materials. When this is behind me I'll have so much more time to catch up on all the projects around me. :

No light box yet... just in case you all are wondering.

Mel, sorry to hear he wouldn't let you use the band. At our gym, you start with jump-to-support, just jump up and hold, then negatives. When you can do that and be stable, then you can use a band, to start beefing up your ring dips. You loop one end of the band over the bottom of one of the rings, just like you'd hook it to a pull-up bar, then put a hand on that ring, just twist the ring so you can grip the bottom of it, the band is just behind that. Other hand threads through the loose end of the band, so the band lays over the back of the wrist, grab the second ring, and stick ONE knee into the band, other stays free, rings are low so you can step down with the free leg easily if you start to lose balance, otherwise you can bend the free leg, pinch the knees together, and do your dips. Sometimes folks leave the free leg straight at first, if they're nervous about the balance thing. Another pre-step to this one is to do band assisted dips on the dip bars, same set-up with the band, but it's a little more stable, to build up the strength for dips. If your dip bars are stable, you can put both knees into the band, otherwise leave one free, but maybe with that set-up, your trainer wouldn't have a cow? It seems pretty safe to me, and I'm not a gymnast by any means. I'm with you on the box/bent knees trick...I have a hard time not using too much leg assist.

I'd better go. The WOD today is supposed to be running. I was expecting heavy lifting, but our trainer is gone today, and the fill-in doesn't have the skill to run a max lifting day. I just ran long yesterday, long for what I'm used to lately, so I might just skip the workout today. I still have to go in, though, since we're all meeting up to unload a moving truck today. I'm actually thinking of taking a week off from the gym. I know! But, the housework and projects at home are piling up, so I may need to take the gym out of the picture, just long enough to get things organized again and get that stuff back on track/scheduled. I really don't want to go into the holiday seasonal madness with my yard overgrown and the house a wreck. I'm not sure if I'd take a rest week from working out, or just workout at home. On the one hand, I have not had a rest week at all since I started in March, except one time I was sick, but not a planned rest, on the other hand, I'm afraid of getting out of the habit of daily workouts, KWIM?

Shannon, meant to say that I haven't had luck with the pose running, either, but really, I don't care so much about my run times. It's fun to PR, and I work on speed just so I can get the runs done faster in my workouts/get it over with, but for myself, I prefer a long, slow run, just for recharging the old batteries, and enjoying myself...sprinting is just not my idea of fun.

Mel,
Thanks for the tip - I may get a spicy takeout from an Indian place tonight, it would be worth it. I have a feeling it's getting worse instead of getting better - I can hardly breathe and nothing is coming out (Sorry, that's TMI) and I am getting worried.

I envy you all for being able to get some exercise. I am getting rounder by the minute.

Have a good day everybody. It's cold here and rain mixed with a bit of snow but it won't last. Tomorrow should be better and the weekend should be unseasonally warm - I have promised my dogs long walks (if I am still alive on the weekend).

Morning. I'm still feeling very tired this morning. I don't know if I'm getting sick (though no other symptoms) or if it's the time change. It's hard for me to fathom that I was getting up at 5:15 in the summer, when now it's all I can do to get up at 6:45 (after the alarm goes off a 6:30). I'm going to try again tonight to finish the LBWO. Hopefully the balls have come home. I have a quilt guild meeting at 6:30, so I'm thinking I'll leave work about 1/2 hour early and I should be fine.

Alena - hope the Indian food helps. How about a sauna or steam bath? Any access to either? Not to work about not getting the exercise when you're sick.

Cheryl - a week off will be helpful mentally. I know how it is to feel that your life is out-of-control. Taking time to do the home stuff will let you go back to daily exercise feeling much better.

Lydia - I'm sure that being a single mom is a job in itself. Have you taken your house off the market?

Rabbit - take care of yourself. Working at home is a good option for scheduling your time the way that works best for you. I take it the weather is still nasty?

We are having temperatures in the 30's (zero-ish for you centigrade folks). It's cloudy and windy, but no snow yet. Good thing, as I couldn't get an appt to have my snow tires installed until Nov 16.

Quick hello from the BB.

Rabbit - there could be more on the way! It has been Torrential here. Such a delight to have the new garden room rather than the 10-bucket conservatory!

Cheryl - go on, have a week off from working out. Head off BurnOut at the Pass. Dear, oh dear, imagine burnout in the middle of holiday frenzy!!

I can talk. I have DOMS in my neck & shoulders after a v mild weights session on Wed. Always happens after I've had more than a week off (it was probably 10 days).

Hi to all. Have to go and run a bath for the DB (complicated trade-off involved ... keeps the wheels turning).

Chin chin (or should that be chin up chin up?)

UBWO went something like this shoulder press, hammer curls, bench press, bent over rows, shrugs and finished out my timer with after-a-fashion push-ups
Still just using 5 and 10 pounders but form feels good.
I know it's not good to walk away from weights for long but this is fun! It's new and exciting again.

Hey ladies. I've had a productive day today. Unloading the moving truck went well, and took maybe and hour and a half...we stayed on for about 30 minutes after, since our hostess had laid out some healthy snacks, and so we could chat, then we got out of there to let them have some peace. Great folks.

I got home about 12:30, and wasn't worn out, since I'd finally decided to take today as a rest day (except for the moving truck wod, lol). I ran errands to pay the electric bill and got a slightly overdue haircut, then splurged on a vivanno at the starbucks (fruit smoothie thing). Came home and got a bunch done on rescuing the house, with more to follow tomorrow, along with some outside chores that are due.

Still haven't decided about the rest week. I think I will wait and ask my (main) trainer, since he'll be back on Saturday. I'm a bit nervous about taking a week off CF, because it just doesn't take long at all to lose ground, although full recovery is sounding good, too, and I'm sure that mentally, it would help. In the meantime, I'll keep working out. Tomorrow is going to be Cindy, which is 20 mins of squats, pull-ups and push-ups. That actually sounds good, though I'm sure the 20 minutes will feel like forEVER about ten minutes in, lol.

Susan, glad to hear that you are enjoying the weights again! I am constantly trying to find new and interesting stuff to work into my warm-ups, to keep the enthusiasm high.

Birch, I'll see what my trainer thinks about the week off. He might have some sort of middle of the road solution I'm not thinking of...working out at home or maybe a backing off phase, so I don't lose too much ground with my fitness.

Alena, let us know if the Indian food works. Hopefully you'll be cleared up and back to the workouts soon. Usually, I just keep working out, since running actually seems to help loosen things up for me, but it could be I'm making connections when it's just a coincidence.

Okay, I'd better roust the boy and get him started on his bedtime routine, vacuum the floors quickly, and get myself ready for bed. I'm pretty tired, from the time change I think, since my sleep pattern has been a bit off.

Still here!

I just finished cardio and am having weird out of body experiences

Can't decide if it's sort of fun or I should go to the ER.

OH Mel! Come back and tell us how that turned out will ya?

Mel, are you Ok???

Also wondering if Mel is okay...

Good LB workout(from stumptuous.com) for me this morning, actually used my new squat rack. Of course, I keep banging into things, so now I need to see if there is a YouTube video on how to use a squat rack.

Random warm ups, including lots of jump rope
Squats - 3x10, 30# (DBs), 45#, 55#
Split squats - 3x10, 15# DB per hand
Stiff legged deadlift - 3x10, 55#, 65#, 75#
Calf raise - 3x10, 45# all three

By the time I got to the calf raise I was having a hard time getting the bar up and over my head, so it stayed the same all three.

Good weekend everyone!

Good workout Shannon.

As I mentioned over in maintainers, I fell yesterday and twisted my knee (and wounded my dignity ) so I took yesterday and most likely today off. It's feeling better so I'm aiming for tomorrow to be back at it.

Hope Mel hasn't sloped off to a parallel universe somewhere....