Weight Off

That was the kind of day I had today. I woke up refreshed at 9am, the first time in a long time I've felt that way. A few days ago I went back to my meditation CD to put me to sleep. The first night it got me relaxed, the second night (last night) it put me to sleep. I didn't even hear it go off and I woke up with my headphones around my neck. Must be careful with that, coz I'm a tosser and turner in bed! I spoke to Chris for a bit and realised that next week I'll be in Madison. It's all come about so quickly. The other night I had a vivid dream with myself, Michael and Mike, who greeted me at the airport with a huge hug. Can't wait!

After I woke up, I did some impromptu yoga (not too much though, as my room is a bit small for it) and realised I wanted more exercise, so I went to the gym for a few hours. I spent ages doing weights firstly in the circuit section with all controlled weights, then I headed off to the 'boys section' for some more hardcore weights and some free weights. I did an awesome chest press that relied purely on the strength of your chest and I went hardcore on that thing. But surprisingly I now feel DOMS on my legs. Well, not surprisingly. I did back to back squats and leg presses, even some vertical ones that I never tried before (because Fernwood are too girly to have the full on hardcore equipment that I love so much!) Then I did some more great interval training. I'm running for 5 minutes and having a 2 minute break, then I broke it down to a 5 minute run, 1 minute break and ended up running like hell for 3 minutes at the end. Loved it, but I wanted to continue with more cardio, but the body just wouldn't let me. Plus I knew I'd overtrain myself if I did 30 extra minutes, even if it was on the bike doing hill sprints. I did spend more time on weights though, so it's a good thing I didn't do anymore. I compensated by doing more abwork on these fantastic machines that rely on your ab muscles to pull your legs up and straight.

Afterwards I went home - it's around an hour walk and it was raining and snowing, which gave me enough time to clear my head some more. The gym does that to me too - if I want my head cleared, I go and overwork myself. But I'm glad I listened to the body and put a stop to the extra cardio - common sense did prevail at the end. Head clearing wise, I'm in a really good place now and intend on doing everything I can to stay there - at any cost. I am on holiday after all!

I like it that I'm not sure what the next day will bring. If I had my way, more gym work tomorrow with a focus on cardio. If something doesn't come up, that's where I'm heading. I already know that I'm going to Ottawa on Friday, back on Sunday for a movie (in a cinema! Yeah, I know. And I didn't have to be dragged kicking and screaming! Well, I don't know what movie it is yet. There's always time for that!) before going to Madison on Monday.

Off to bed. See ya!