During my workout on Tuesday Jama asked the class if we only post "good" workouts and I thought about that. A few weeks back I stopped posting workout stats pages because Jama asked if we did it to get accolades instead of good things and I wondered about that. I don't know if it's because I'm proud of my efforts or looking for praise, but either way I stopped posting that and instead will just talk about the workout. Don't get me wrong, I'm competive, but I can be competive privately instead of looking to the Echelon community for validation.
Previously, I have posted before about the "window or bug" question. I take it from one of the MIB movies where a bug is flying along and gets crushed by a car window, and I've always said that some days you're the windshield and some days you're the bug and it applies to exercise. I used to post poor workouts, or ones that I wasn't particularly proud of. I didn't do this to say "oh poor me, I had a shitty workout" but rather to illustrate that just showing up, and giving effort even when you're not 100% or even 50% is better than nothing.
Fast forward to today. I got up early and was pretty excited about the Hills and I&A combo, even if I wasn't excited about getting up at 6am. I felt ok during hills, albeit not as strong as usual, but it was during the filler time between the classes where I started feeling wiped out. I took a low impact because it was a 30 minute gap, and I struggled with it. Then during I&A I felt completely gassed. I could barely keep up and my arms were just useless. I just felt completely wiped out, hell I still do.
So why am I talking about this, because while I'm not proud of my lackluster effort, I am proud that I showed up, finished the classes and did the work. Maybe I didn't get enough sleep. Maybe it's the minor dental surgery I had yesterday (this is my guess). Maybe it's stress. Who knows. As I told Merinda this morning it wasn't anything I haven't done before, or exceeded, I just wasn't at my best.
I think I'll post this on one of the Echelon forums today... Have a good one all!
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