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Whining Alert and Toning Down the Workouts
As I mentioned last week, I have a cold – it’s in its second full week and still hanging on. Actually, I feel pretty good so I can’t complain. I’m just being overly cautious with this lingering cough and congestion and don’t want it to go into something worse. Feel free to switch out Man for Deb and fever for cold in the meme below…
I guess this past week was as good as any to be under the weather since I’ve had to put running on hold until I can get my sciatica under control. As I mentioned last week, the earliest appointment that I could get with my spine doctor is on January 25th so until then I can’t start physical therapy, which ultimately, is what I think I need most.
If Undecorating Were Cardio…
I spent almost the entire day on Sunday taking our Christmas decorations down and that didn’t include the tree. I’ve found it easiest to carry everything down to our basement where I could sort our Christmas treasures into the right boxes before moving them back into the storage room. At the end of the day, my Fitbit (affiliate link) showed I’d walked over nine miles and I’d pretty much only written a blog post and worked on taking down Christmas decorations. My glutes were sore for days from so many trips up and down two sets of stairs.
On Monday evening I took the ornaments off of our tree and Tuesday between client appointments I disassembled our tree and packed it away. As much as I love the festiveness of Christmas, it’s always a great feeling to put everything away and get back to more clutter-free living.
On to my workouts…
Running
Zero, zilch, nada…
As if to make sure I knew that it wasn’t a good idea to start running again, I felt that sharp sciatic nerve pain deep in my glutes when I trotted out to my mailbox one day this past week.
Biking
When I’ve biked the last month or so, I felt that pain in my glute when I got off the bike and for a couple of subsequent minutes. I do plan to try it again and see how it goes this coming week. If I can bike without the pain, I’ll resume biking this coming week.
Strength Training
I’ve completely reassessed my strength training workouts and took all kettlebell swings out of my routine. As much as I keep my core engaged during my kettlebell workouts, I can’t help but wonder if for me and my situation, they’re doing more harm than good.
Yoga
I completely revamped my yoga this week. I put together a yoga for sciatica routine from pulling together a bunch of different poses that I found on various YouTube channels. The new routine takes about thirty minutes to complete so I’ll be keeping at it until I can see my doctor and see what he thinks my next steps should be.
Last Week on the Blog
In case you skipped checking in on my blog this past week, here’s what you missed…
- Sunday – Kicking Off the New Year Like…
- Tuesday – Putting Your Race Medals to Good Use
Looking ahead to this coming week…
- Tuesday – I promise to have my New Day New Year 5K race recap ready to share. You know, the one I said I’d post on Thursday of last week. It’s pretty much done now so there should be no excuses for not finishing it up.
- Thursday – I have some great ideas for posts moving forward. Stay tuned!
In addition to the workouts I mentioned above, here’s a complete run-down of my workouts from this past week (completed mostly in our home gym)…
- Questions:
- How are your cross training workouts going?
- Have you been able to stay clear of the various colds going around? If you get sick, how do you handle it – brave and stoic or are you a wimp like I seem to be this time around?
- Did you race this weekend?
And that’s a wrap… Have a great week!
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So sorry that you aren’t feeling well 🙁 It seems like this is definitely the month for colds and the flu as almost everyone I know is sick. Hope that you feel much better soon.
Taking down Christmas decorations is definitely a workout! I’m not looking forward to doing that this upcoming weekend.
Thanks, Kim! Same here, I know so many people who have a cold or the flu. 🙁
Hope your cold leaves you soon. Whining is allowed when you’re among running friends and you can’t run! Does your sciatica bother you when you sit in the car? Maybe you and I have similar injuries. Mine starts in my glute region, then travels down my hamstring to the back of my knee if I continue running. It’s the worst when I sit in the car. I should probably do your yoga for sciatica!
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Yes, my sciatica has bothered me for years when I sit in a car or other soft cushioned chair (I fashioned a yoga wedge for my car seat so that it no longer hurts when I sit in it). Now it’s even started bothering me when I sit at my hard kitchen chairs. 🙁
I’m going to write a post on my yoga for sciatica routine. Stay tuned!
Ugh. I absolutely hate colds & there is a lot of crud going around. They wipe me out. Luckily I don’t get them often, although I am more prone to feeling run/down and/or slight temps that also wipe me out! So far so good knock on wood.
It’s really so hard to get everything in & I absolutely hate when something I’m doing to make myself stronger hurts me! Feel better.
Thanks, Judy! I rarely get sick as well. I’m convinced that being outside throughout the winter while running helps keep me healthy for the most part. My husband got this cold the week before I did. I guess it was a late Christmas present from him… 😉
Ouch did not realize your sciatica was still so severe. How frustrating for you! Putting away all of your holiday gear is a lot of work. Hope this week goes better for you!
Thanks, Deborah! Yeah, it’s the worse it’s been in a very long time. 🙁
I’ve been pretty faithful with taking Airborn so I am hoping that is preventing me from getting sick!
I am always sad to take down all the festive decor but I also look forward to a little more “order” in my home. Now I feel like we are in Limbo, not quite ready for spring yet, so what decor do I put out?…lol
Good for you; I hope it works and you can stay healthy!
I love your kettlebell set up.
Seems like everyone is sick.
Sorry that trotting to the mailbox was even too much
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Thanks, I ordered those kettlebells from Costco years ago. My dad took the top dumbbell holders off my weight rack replaced it with a flat shelf for the kettlebells to set on, so now it’s got kettlebells on the top and 5 to 12 pound dumbbells on the bottom. It works great!
Totally agree about the decorations! They are always so fun to put up and make me feel festive, but then when they’re gone, everyone is as it should be and looks so much more ‘calm’.
Glad the worst of the cold is over and hoping for great progress on the sciatica at the doctor!
Thanks, Jessie!
Gosh I have had the same cold! I hope you feel better soon!!
Thanks, and I hope you feel better soon, too!
You too!! Thanks!!!
Knock wood, I have remained healthy all winter (thus far). Not even a runny nose (other than while out in the cold air on a run). I’m currently doing a lot of daily exercises, since I’m scaling back my running for a few more weeks. I can’t help wondering if I should be doing some of those on alternate days (I’m looking at you, 20 daily burpees). Stay tuned….
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You have been kicking butt in your daily workouts! It’s fun mixing it up when we’re not in the middle of a training cycle, isn’t it?
So sorry about your cold and sciatica issue. Not fun at all, and I can imagine not being able to work out as normal just adds its own stress. Hope both are sorted out very soon.
My favourite time of the year is definitely Christmas, but I too love taking down the decorations after the season is over and starting the year on a new slate. I got everything done last week but was so surprised at how much my 6 year old daughter cried when we were doing it. I had to keep saying that everything would be up again next Christmas which seemed to make it worse as she declared “But that’s in such a long, long time”. LOL.
Thanks, Shathiso!
Awww, how sad that your little girl cried when you took the Christmas decorations down. I remember feeling like that when I was a little girl, though, so I totally get it.
I had a cold last week prior to my trip and guess who woke up with a new one today? The hazards of air travel. I had a tickle in my chest after the race yesterday. At least it didn’t keep me from running. I hope you are on the mend soon. You’ll have to share your yoga routine–seems like a lot of folks get that glute pain!
Oh no, I hope your new cold goes away quickly. And yes, I plan to share my yoga for sciatica routine soon. Stay tuned!
what a bummer you can’t get into your spine doctor until next week. UGH!!
my cross training is actually going well. much better than running haha! I did 2 HIIT workouts with kettlebells this past week and went to RPM and Bodypump at the gym. But I only did 1 of my 3 runs. and not because of pain or anything else, but because I was a weather wimp.
I rarely ever get sick. I don’t know why that is. About every 5-6 years I get the flu. But even now I can’t remember the last time I had it! I have other odd things happen to me like the time I had vertigo for a week (so awful) or getting a weird eye infection. Having a lingering cold really sucks though. I hope you are experiencing the last of it.
no race for another couple of weeks!
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Glad to hear that your cross training is going well. I think cross training is so important for runners and helping to keep many injuries at bay.
Oh gosh, I had vertigo for about a week three years ago and you’re right, that was awful.
I usually do not get sick, but I do seem to end up with some sort of nasal infection when I decorate for Christmas! I think it’s dust getting stirred up and it bothers me. Every year. Hope you are feeling better!
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I have been lucky this winter and not been sick at all. Not sure if there is a connection, but this is probably also the first winter where I have remembered to eat D-vitamin almost every day.
If I get cold, I sometimes follow the advice of a good friend: drink a big glass of rum.
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Hmmm… I wonder if tequila would work just as well as rum? 😉
There is only one way to find out 🙂
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