Going white water rafting in Ubud today so set the alarm for 6am so that I could do my exercises calmly before leaving. Have been feeling rushed this past week, so allowing 3 hours before departure to do everything, which includes a leisurely breakfast with a pot of Bali coffee on the veranda. 6am came too quickly as I hadn't slept well worrying about my exercises. It was still quite dark but the birds were singing and the gardens around the villa complex are so very beautiful. But, I was soooooooo sleepy and sore and stiff. We had been to a water park yesterday so was quite stiff from climbing all the stairs. So instead of getting into it immediately I sat for a while and read PCP blogs which did the trick and motivated me. Especially just hearing the birds sing and water trickling in the pond, a man and his daughter taking their offerings to the temple, waving gaily.
Skipping was dreadful. Truly atrocious. After I had stumbled at every single swing of the rope and only done 134 skips in 2 minutes I decided that enough was enough. So for the next 16 minutes I danced waving my arms either in the air or as if I was skipping. I did Sylvester Stallone type moves, I jigged, I punched, I LOVED it as I felt I was actually achieving something. When I am tired skipping is bad anyway. When I can barely move my feet it is even worse. So I decided for a change that giving up and crying about it just wasn't worth it, so find an alternative. When I get back to Tokyo I will be able to do my running skips again. For now, I may just have to dance. It was a phenomenal 16 minutes of dancing (minus the 30 seconds when it was going so well I thought I would try the rope again.... ooops, back to virtual rope and the dance moves).
Failure, failure, failure.
Failure today was Da Vinci's, shoulder fly, V-sits and side crunches. Maybe the V-sits because I did my Day 69 exercises yesterday and substituted Kung Fu sit ups with V-sits. Couldn't move an inch on the last few of the last set. Or it is because my whole body still feels shredded from yesterday. Da Vinci's..... couldn't even do the previously prescribed sets. Got to the third set and the wheels fell off. Or maybe it was because the word "FAILURE" was glaring up at me from the screen. Tomorrow is another day to see how it all goes.
So, hoping that white water rafting counts as my 30 minutes extra cardio. If the water doesn't require paddling I could still just paddle for 30 minutes although that might get me in trouble.
Bad news on the photo update front though. Dropped my camera on Friday and suspect a car ran over it as it is dead. So no pics until next week when I can get to my other camera at home. That means I can get those abs tattooed on in the meantime.
I love the image of you dancing and punching the air. I might give that a go when I am fed up with being slapped by the rope. My skipping was full of trips this morning too.
ReplyDeleteNot looking forward to today's workout I must say. Da vinci's normally kill me anyway and I pretty much fail as it is. Must try to remember to keep to the time between sets. That normally is a killer for me.
Enjoy the rafting.
Be sure and play Eye of the Tiger in the background for full effect! Have a blast on the white water rafting, its tons of fun if you haven't done it before.
ReplyDeleteShame about the camera, been enjoying seeing the huge strides you are making... I don't know about failure, but if you are taking your muscles to failure over and over that's a good thing and its definitely showing!
Don't worry about the failure with skipping today as most importantly, you did something else. Remember PCP is 80% diet and only 20% exercise as well as making the correct choices. We only have 19 days to go now and then we say good-bye to Patrick. You have been taught enough now to stand on your own two feet. There is no workout sheet for Day 91 so it is all up to us by then. Mixing up your exercises and finding alternatives is what we will need to do from Day 91 onwards. The most important thing is that we do something, anything as it will always be better than doing nothing. Don't give up on skipping, give it a break and when you come back to it, you will be amazed. Your progress has been awesome so don't forget that.
ReplyDeleteHope you had fun white water rafting!