Rest Day

I'm too tired to make my usual mileage but at least I made it to the gym. I warm up and feel better but cool down quickly while still in the Aerobics Room so I put my hoodie back on to do push-ups and air squats. So far I've made it 4 days in a row because I don't actually feel better when I take the time off to go back to sleep. Very often I can't go back to sleep. 

This fatigue and persistent sciatica still might be due to an average of less than 6 hours nightly. Or it could be a side effect of last week's booster that might be lingering due to all the anti-inflammatories I've scarfed down in an effort to mitigate my sciatic pain. Or, it could be omicron. Because this variant has symptoms akin to a cold with no fever, no loss of smell or taste, no drop in O2 levels. 

 
After cardio, I do my regular core exercises and then call it done. It's nearly 60F today but it won't last. Temps will drop, rain and sleet in the forecast, and then it'll be winter again. Tomorrow maybe I'll do another round of shoulders. I'm cautious because the right shoulder has an old labral injury and if I get too exuberant then it aches.

14 December 2021

Balmy Thursday & Sciatica

Precor elliptical

Program 3

Time: 30 min + 5 min cd (5436)

Distance: 2.79

Cal: 308

HR: 143-198

Crunches 60

Piriformis/Hip/Pencil Stretch

60 Dead Bugs

Elbow Plank 60s

Quick Child’s Pose

Cat stretch 12x

Fire Hydrants 25 x 2

Bird Dogs 60s x 2

Child’s Pose

Push-Ups 25

Air Squats 25

Mild Mat stretch w 3 Eye Yoga