Yeah, this week is about walking that tightrope between risk and reward. I finished my rings five times- which is great progress. The risk is injury and I'm just flirting with that at the moment.
Hips, of course and shoulders. I got out on a walk this morning and did some sprints on a nicely damp grassy soccer field with bare feet and got my HR to hit 145 bpm for about 3 minutes. That's a nice comeback to reality for me. In the three minutes after the workout, my HR recovery was 27 BPM, which "isn't bad", at least according to ChatGPT.
Not quite what I'm shooting for, but at least that is something nicer than "Get off the couch, you sausage".
Morning sessions were done all days this week - Usually about 25-30 minutes of the usual:
10 or so minutes of Downward dog, push ups, WGS, baby pose, 90/90 stretches and the like.
10 or so minutes of ab work - dead bugs, swimmers kicks, knee crossings, clam shells and that sort of thing. Started using the poles to do leg swings and shoulder stretches too.
5-10 minutes of shoulder and arms - curls, overhead presses. Standing delt raises, hammer curls and that sort of thing.
All in all, not bad. On the swim on Sunday afternoon, felt the rotator cuff being cranky and popping in and out, which was both creepy and interesting. I ended the workout shortly after that. No reason to fall off the rope and end up as street pizza, thanks. I'd rather just take the "w" and get on with life.
The nice thing about the walks is I get a chance to think about life after vacation and have a generally good idea about what an average day in November is going to look like. That is one of the very few benefits of a job like mine - I can predict with reliability what the next sixteen Tuesdays will be like in terms of where I will be and when. Makes planning fitness a lot easier.
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