'E' for effort...

Day 7
Workout: Sparring class

Okay, so remember where I said yesterday that the sore quads problem was going to be ten times worse today? I was kidding, of course, but some jerk in the lower levels of fate management thought it would be a funny joke to make that actually happen. I had to drag my carcass in to the first sparring class of the year on legs that were radiating heat and would hardly move.

 Ever have a workout where you feel like a wuss? Actually, I feel like a weak pansy at some point during every workout, and it pisses me off and spurs me on to work harder. Silly as it may sound, that's part of what I love about training and what keeps me coming back to challenge myself further...but every once in a while, a workout happens where there are no endorphins. Where you start out feeling good and as you go you realize that today's an off day and it's just not going to get better, and all you can do is...not quit. 'Cause you know that at the end of the day, or maybe tomorrow, you will be happy you gritted your teeth and finished it!

 As you may have guessed by now, today was one of those days. I felt like a big, uncoordinated oaf for two solid hours. My left leg seemed to have one of those timed delay mechanisms on it where there was a lag between when I wanted it to move and it would actually go: clearly a sign that I should probably see my chiropractor. My left arm was aching. And while I'm bitching here, you want to know what the biggest ripoff is? That Saturday morning workout is just about my favorite part of the whole week. Stupid sore quads. Stupid unresponsive hip flexors! Now I'm getting angry - that feels better! Grr. Rrrr. RRGH! RAWR!!!

 Right then. Gonna train up that left hip flexor this week, and seriously, no heavy squats after Wednesday. And hmm...who gets the workout I feel really crappy about? I know! How about Georges St.-Pierre? There's someone who inspires me and spurs me on, and he just fought his way back through a giant steaming pile of adversity. I feel better about this already.

7 workouts down in 7 days! 93 to go.