Bring That Funky Track Back

Friday, December 19;

Yes, everyone. I was thinking my daazy duk shape was taking a dizzying daazy drop. After various and assundry holiday parties, which all involve eating and drinking, I am feeling soft all around. In order to put my mind at peace, I thought I'd try to make my first official visit to a gym. The office gym is by no means well equipped, but it has a recumbent bike, treadmills and free weights.

WOD (can I call this a WOD? I say no.)

30 minutes on recumbent bike (varied degrees of intensity)

10 minutes walking uphill (this felt really uncomfortable)

I tried a few seconds of work with free weights in my right hand, but it just didn't feel safe.

I ran this workout by my pt trainer. She said the walking on the treadmill is a no go. While I was working out I was trying to find something that would reproduce the increased heart rate that occurs with a Crossfit workout. I knew that the bike wasn't getting it. I may have been working on increasing muscle and toning, I wasn't burning fat. It was frustrating. The heart rate shot up when I got on the treadmill and started walking uphill at a steady pace.

My physical therapist said that I actually want to avoid that racing heart beat for a few more WEEKS! She said when the heart gets going and starts pumping blood it impedes the recovery process. Now that I'm writing this it doesn't quite make sense. Can anyone better explain? I'm going to check into this and check the legitimacy of this claim.

In the meantime, my back is freaking killing me. Imagine having a muscle cramp and then pretend that it is happening over the entire span of your back. No fun. I promise.