Thurs Gym at 1100 with gymguy
5 mins on Treadmill at 9 k/hr, hamstring not too solid so we stopped
Did 60 mins of various swiss ball stretches exercises under direction from gymguy. Didn't sweat or puff and complained to him about that and he said this is the most irritating part of rehab. Both back and hamstring felt ok. It was fun and I learnt alot about muscle control (esp transversus) and I enjoy this type of stuff.
Cardio - did the 35min Cardio Coach tape on the cycle using levels 6/8/10/12. Did work up a sweat, hamstring was fine and it felt good to be working hard again. Thanks Sean !!
Food Log :
0745 2 and 1/2 eggs and 1 low GI toast
1000 Low-carb protein bar
1400 Green salad with steak & 1 x oat flat bread, soy yoghurt (eeek disgusting) with 1 x pear and linseeds
1600 Handful raw peanuts
1915 Lasagna with cottage cheese and made with oat flat bread, not pasta, green salad (not supposed to eat any carb at night, exception night I guess), 1 x soy hot chocolate
Alcohol 1 x glass wine
Comment : OK, food, I have to eat every 2.5 - 3.0 hours. This is the best way of balancing out my glucose levels and since I eat extremely low GI and that is a well formed habit it's very important that I eat regularly. This mucks with my head a bit, esp as I feel like I have not trained hard for one week. Some days it feels like I am eating all the time and this is a trigger for me because "grazing" was part of my old overeating/fat behaviour and it's one behaviour I have completely given up. But I know the sense of eating more regularly and keeping food at normal levels, not restriction dieting. I have gymguy and Tom Venuto and you guys to confirm the wisdom in that. So... to hell with my fears of weight gain and the insane voice in my head, and I am following the advice of experts and friends in the know. So I'll keep eating like I know how.....
Training - man, it was great to get back to something solid where I didn't feel like my body would fail me. Gymguy is the best PT in the world, we did stuff that was achieveable and didn't stress or concentrate on my back or hamstring injuries. It was interesting and satisfying and I came away thinking "yeah, I am back in the saddle". I don't know if this is what he intended or my attitude was just GOOD but either way it works for me and that is what is important. I had fun, trained hard esp. with the cardio at the end and felt engaged with gymguy and my body and his body as he showed me muscle stuff. His body is a wonderland !! He has these sloping shoulders which would like yukko on me (a female) but look fantastic on him, esp when there is these muscly arms and hard shoulders/chest at the bottom of them. We have this synergy where I can admire and comment and question around his body and it's OK. He never takes it too personally and I always learn heaps. I felt his tranversus working with my fingers as he did this thigh movement and it was amazing to feel the control over his muscles. I want what he has (health, fitness, hard body, muscles, optimism, success) and that is why he is my PT because I ask him how he accomplishes these things and am willing to follow direction with him. I don't have a huge history of following direction, my personality often prefers to push out on my own. But in the area of fitness/training, I've learnt that following directions of a wiser, more experienced type (albeit 13 years my junior and male) really has produced the achievements that I actually want. I must not forget that I pay him money too. It's a good exchange for an excellent service.
Injury, hamstring OK now and back a little sore but nothing compared to pre-osteopath visit. Excellent !! It was too early for the running today, I'll try again tomorrow and if it still feels strained, I'll back down to Cardio Coach on the bike again. Then I get the weekend to rest. What a week !!!
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