Sunday, July 19, 2009

Slow recovery

Today is a bit frustrating for me, but i'm not going to let it get me down. I woke up and my arms were killing me. I felt like paralyzed or something and could not even fully extend them. I last did an arm workout on Friday so I should have recovered by now. Perhaps I need more water or protein.

Today is my day to workout next and this is disappointing. If I workout today on my arms, it's asking for major trouble and will only make things worse. My muscles are very sore but I also feel the pain in my joints. I was going to sweep my driveway today, but it hurts to even lift the broom. It's that bad. My mom says I overdid my arm workout, but I don't think so. I think it's just that I'm starting up weight training again and i'm just not used to it.

I'm going to get in some sort of workout in today. I will probably do the fat loss routine on my treadmill. It's only 20 minutes, but it changes the incline a lot and it's a very good workout for only 20 minutes.

I HATE to skip regular weight training workouts, but it'd just be crazy to do it today.

Right now I have some Ben-gay on my arm. So stupid that I actually need to do that. I picked up a gallon of water at wal-mart. One of those protein shaker bottles and some protein power. A 26 gram protein drink might help. It also has something else in it other then protein to aid in recovery. I'll try to drink as much water today as I possibly can.

Other then this, it's a good day so far. I'm staying positive and will now shut off my computer and get in that treadmill workout. It's better then not going any workout at all.

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