After over 5 years of a clean record, the flu got me this time around pretty badly (okay, so I didn't go to the doctor so I'm not 100% sure it was the flu). I had a fever, body aches, dizzyness, congestion, coughing, sore throat, the works!
What kills me is that this came on quite suddenly last Wednesday after quite possibly the best treadmill workout I've had since the evil bursitis took its hold on my hip.
The workout was pretty simple:
3 minutes hard effort (I was going at a 6.5mph pace since I haven't been running lately)
1 minute sprint (I was at a 8.5mph pace)
1 minute recovery (I was recovering between 4.8-5.0mph)
Repeated this cycle 4 times (total 20 minutes)
I was really happy with how it went, I got over 2 miles done in my 20 minutes which was amazing after not running the last couple of months at all. Plus, no hip pain during or after!
The rest of the weeks workouts did not go as planned, since I was in bed or on the couch from Wednesday night through Sunday.
I got back in the gym this morning though, ready to sweat out the last of the germs. It was a pretty simple circuit I threw together, nothing too crazy since I had been pretty sick.
Warm Up - Jump Rope 5 minutes
10 Pull Ups (assisted)
10 push ups
10 chin ups (assisted)
10 push ups
Repeated that block 3 times
10 second plank hold on upside down Bosu
10 mountain climbers (each leg)
10 Russian twists
10 pull throughs
Repeated that block 3 times
After that I was pretty much beat. Wasn't a whole lot but it was enough to really make me sweat and feel like my muscles are coming back to life.
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