I consider doing less time at cardio but ultimately stick with 35 minutes since it's unlikely I'll be at the gym tomorrow, and I don't go on weekends. Plus, we're driving 6 hrs to Buffalo on Sunday. Egads. Because I'm later than usual, I already know that I don't have time to use the Aerobics Room before the Body Pump class starts. At least the a/c is on throughout the gym! There's only one person in the functional gym area and he's moving between two opposing stations. I lay a mat down in the corner and do as much of my core routine as possible.
Planks, push-ups, and the cat stretch are still unpleasant with me feeling a burning ache in the left glute. Previous bouts of sciatica didn't have this reaction, however they were more acute. So this time the sciatica symptoms are more and less disturbing: toe and foot numbness, burning and stretching pain in the glute area, throbbing ache when I sit. Usually, it's just deep radiating pain. Each year it's different and I can only guess that it's the shifting spinal discs and how they're impinging the sciatic nerve... Well, at least I can still pedal the elliptical and do air squats.
6 July June 2023
Short Thursday w sciatica
Precor elliptical #1
Program 1
Time: 30 + 5 (5480)
Distance: 2.80
Cal: 309
Avg Hr: 130,182-79
20 Hip Bridges
Crunches 60 knees bent
Piriformis/Hip/Pencil Stretch
60 Dead Bugs
20 Hip Bridges
Hurts Sciatica Elbow Plank 60s
Quick Child’s Pose
Hurts Sciatica Cat stretch 6
Fire Hydrants 30 x 2
Child’s Pose / Cobra Pose
Bird Dog Planks 60s x 2
Hurts Sciatica Push-Ups 25
Air Squats 25
Upper body stretch
Eye yoga
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