OTF Workout #11 - January 11th - 5:30pm I have been out of Orangetheory since Monday because I hurt my arm on the TRX straps that day. Not so much “hurt” as much as “overworked”. I know that rest is important and that is what I needed. Still, it hurt my heart knowing that I needed to stay home for a bit. All week long my arm hurt and I needed to be patient. It was difficult to straighten it, as the pain was coming from the inside of my elbow and radiated up and down my forearm and bicep. I decided to go back today after Coach Toni told me to keep up my cardio but to stay off my arm still.
So that’s exactly what I did! I started on the treadmill, which I now dislike starting there after hearing a tidbit somewhere else that starting on the weight floor is more effective! It was an ESP day, which as I said before are my least favorite days. I was pretty happy that I was able to still throw down a lot of speed on the power block of the workout. I ended with 2.4 miles on the treadmill! That was my farthest distance on the treadmill at OTF. You typically spend about 25-30 minutes on the treadmill so this was improvement. When we switched to the floor I had to be a little creative with my arm issue. Some of moves I was able to just do weights with one arm. Other movements I just did reverse lunges instead. At one point the team had to go to the rowers and I pretended I was jumping rope in order to get my heart rate up like everyone else. Part of me was like, “Everyone is probably wondering why I’m not doing the same workout.” Then I thought,”Wait a minute, no one cares! On top of that, I’M HERE!!!!” The last part of the floor block was going back to the rower for 5 minutes. I asked Coach Bianca if I could just do the last treadmill block since I couldn’t pull with my right arm. She told me to go for it! By the way, that last 5 minute block was all POWER (speed!) and was probably the hardest block to do twice. I know I am getting stronger because there is no way I could have done THAT three weeks ago!
Overall Stats
504 Calories Burned
19 Splat Points
144 Average Heart Rate
So that’s exactly what I did! I started on the treadmill, which I now dislike starting there after hearing a tidbit somewhere else that starting on the weight floor is more effective! It was an ESP day, which as I said before are my least favorite days. I was pretty happy that I was able to still throw down a lot of speed on the power block of the workout. I ended with 2.4 miles on the treadmill! That was my farthest distance on the treadmill at OTF. You typically spend about 25-30 minutes on the treadmill so this was improvement. When we switched to the floor I had to be a little creative with my arm issue. Some of moves I was able to just do weights with one arm. Other movements I just did reverse lunges instead. At one point the team had to go to the rowers and I pretended I was jumping rope in order to get my heart rate up like everyone else. Part of me was like, “Everyone is probably wondering why I’m not doing the same workout.” Then I thought,”Wait a minute, no one cares! On top of that, I’M HERE!!!!” The last part of the floor block was going back to the rower for 5 minutes. I asked Coach Bianca if I could just do the last treadmill block since I couldn’t pull with my right arm. She told me to go for it! By the way, that last 5 minute block was all POWER (speed!) and was probably the hardest block to do twice. I know I am getting stronger because there is no way I could have done THAT three weeks ago!
Overall Stats
504 Calories Burned
19 Splat Points
144 Average Heart Rate
The best thing about this day was that when I got home, my OTF sweatshirt arrived! I thought it was very fitting that it arrived on what is technically my 10th OTF official workout (the first two classes were VIP classes) I am so happy to be part of Orangetheory and it has changed me in such a short amount of time. I have not stepped on the scale since starting, and my clothes feel the same, BUT I feel like I am more positive, I love working out again, the studio makes me happy, and I can see on the monitor that my heart is responding by getting stronger. In the end, isn't that what REALLY matters? Yes, I want to lose weight and inches. Who doesn't? But what I want more than that is to have a strong heart that can take me places. Take that, bathroom scale!
OTF Workout #12 - January 12th - 5:30pm Working out yesterday definitely helped me to feel like I was back on track. Today was pretty good also, but I still had to avoid weights on my right arm. I started again on the treadmill, but it was an ENDURANCE day, so I didn’t really mind. My focus today was to NOT walk at all! When running on my own, I take frequent walking breaks and even when I started at OTF I was walking more that I would like to admit. I also have tried to focus on the heart rate zones and trying to stay in the green zone in BASE, orange zone in PUSH, and red zone in ALL OUT. I can tell a big difference in how quickly my heart recovers from hard efforts in just three weeks. After 2.35 miles of work, it was time to head to the floor. I was able to do all the moves with very little modification. The main thing I had to do different was have no weight in my right hand, and have 15s in my left hand for bicep curls. I don’t want to end up having a muscle imbalance, but I don't expect to have to do this much longer, so I should be okay! Again, I had to tell myself “You could be at home wishing you were here, or show up here and put in work any way that you can.” Obviously I chose to put in work! (“Because my mom didn’t raise a quitter!” Bonus points if you know the guy who said that!)
When class was over I grabbed my phone so that I could get some pictures of the studio so I can share what this magical place looks like! I will post that in my next blog!
Overall Stats
483 Calories Burned
23 Splat Points
146 Average Heart Rate
When class was over I grabbed my phone so that I could get some pictures of the studio so I can share what this magical place looks like! I will post that in my next blog!
Overall Stats
483 Calories Burned
23 Splat Points
146 Average Heart Rate
In other news, I know this isn't the healthiest thing in the world, but I could be doing worse, right? Fresh juice from Fresh Vibes in Greenville, NC is so good! There is no easier (more delicious) way to get some vitamins! It takes everything I have NOT to go there everyday after class!
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