Posts Tagged ‘workout’

So the big predicament today is how to deal with a thrown out back just 2 days into a 90 day project.  Do I tap out, hit pause, say mercy.  What do professional athletes do in situations like this?  That is, besides be tended to by a staff of specialists.

Well, let’s bring it down a notch.  What do athletes do when they get sick? Well, according to Dr. Rick Kellerman of the American Academy of Family Physicians:

Skip the workout if you have a fever. It puts too much stress on the heart, which already is beating faster because of the higher body temperature. If you’re suffering from chest congestion, coughing and shortness of breath, he said, you also shouldn’t work out. And exercising with a stomach ache will probably make you feel worse, he added.

But if you have the sniffles and milder symptoms of a cold, moderate exercise is probably OK, Kellerman said.

This concept was put in simpler terms for me not too long ago: “Suck it up you cry baby.”  It was put in kinder words too: “If the source of your sick resonates from your head, workout.  If the source is in your chest, take a break”. More importantly, above all, don’t be a douche bag.  Don’t go to a gym if you’re contagious.

As for the thrown out back, aside from not being able to put on my own socks this morning, I’m mobile and slightly less whiney this evening. The recommended two days rest will be respected, followed by “maintenance mode” exercise.  However, my upper body is just fine and dandy. Which is why we’ll be visiting the pull up workout tomorrow evening.

Ten rounds for time of:
3 Weighted Pull-ups, 45 pounds
5 Strict Pull-ups
7 Kipping Pull-ups (Check out Adrian of SF Crossfit teach the kipping pull up.  The back is relatively active during kipping so I’ll play this by ear.)

BTW, anticipation of a planned workout creates visualization which also creates efficiency and general badassness.