Back In Action

My light week got even lighter when I came down with a sore throat on Tuesday. It kept me from getting much sleep on Tuesday night, so when my alarm went off @ 5:00 on Wednesday I decided that my body needed more rest more than it needed a workout.

 When my alarm went off @ 6:00 I felt more rested, and craved the stretches of the “Twists” program on my Rodney Yee A.M. Yoga For Your Week DVD.  Since I usually workout until 6:30, I still had time in my morning schedule to squeeze it in. Aaahhhh.

Yesterday at work my throat still felt scratchy, but my energy level was better than it was on Tuesday. I figured that I would be able to get my workouts back on track by doing weights today and running Friday. Last night I went to bed early (actually, on time, but earlier than I have been lately), and slept pretty well all night.

When my alarm went off @ 5:00 today I was ready to get up, and ready to take on the full-length, 65 min program on my Bob Harper Pure Burn Super Strength DVD.

The last time I did this workout I was so psyched because I finally had made it through the killer plank sequence at the end, but that was a week ago. I wondered if I would be able to complete those moves again, but I started the workout with “no expectations” (as Beth Shaw advises on my YogaFit tape).

Some of the moves were more challenging than they had been last week, but I made it to the end, including the bitter end with the “knee-to-elbow” plank moves. Yay!

I ended my workout with stretching and foam rolling, and am happy to be back in action.

Do you have a hard time getting back to your workouts after being sick, or are you anxious to get back to it?