I Kicked My Own Ass Today

Not quite as dramatic as in Liar, Liar, but I’ve been having a really shitty past few days mentally, and today was the first opportunity I’ve had to get to the gym since last Thursday.

We did a lot of cardio today: 7 minutes alternating between running, rowing, running again, and ski machine; then we did 5 minutes alternating between rowing and kettlebell jump squat; and 5 minutes alternating between skiing and dumbbell thrusters.

I absolutely killed it. I usually run out of breath and end up maxing out my heart rate (180bpm), which usually causes me to hit the wall pretty quickly with cardio. But today I ran 725m out of 800, and I did almost everything unbroken (i.e. non-stop). I did pause for 10 seconds near the end on the ski machine to catch my breath, but I’d like to think I made up for it by going full blast for the last 15 seconds.

Suffice it to say, I feel less shitty right now.