Today was a Tune-Up class with my favourite instructor. We worked on the feet and hips, which wasn't totally what I wanted to focus on. It was OK. I've talked before about good pain and bad pain and how, if you are aware of your own body, you can usually tell which is which. As we worked on the hips this was mostly bad pain. I could feel the immediate results in how I could increase the range of motion in my external rotation, but I could also tell I was manipulating the muscle in a way that was not helpful. I tried over and over again to position myself in different ways, or find a different part of the upper hip to roll with the ball so that I was only getting good pain, but I just couldn't find a good spot, and so it really hurt. My hip has been kind of sore all evening (again, not good sore. This is the "ouch, I hurt something" kind of pain). I've had a bit of difficulty going up and down the stairs and a lot of stiffness in my movements around my upper legs and hips, especially the right leg. I feel as though I was able to get some better positioning on the left side during the exercises, but not the right, and I can really feel the difference: it just hurts.
We also worked on rolling out the soles of the feet and stretching the muscles in the ankle. It was really good. Definitely not as sore as the first time I did this particular move in the tune up class. That's good, right? It's one of the moves I think I want to hold onto and continue using at home once I'm no longer able to go to Tune-Up with my school schedule. Maybe I can find some "Tune-Up" videos to follow at home. I get the principles, so as long as someone else is picking which area to focus on and telling me which stretches to do so they coincide, I feel I could probably do this from home. I will be sad to not be able to go anymore. The other Tune-Up on Mondays will be the same kind of sad that I can no longer go. I like this instructor's class though, a lot.
And this is why proof-reading your work is essential; the first time I wrote that word, the cell phone keyboard (with "L" next to "delete") took out the first two letters of "class". I suppose he must have a good behind, if he's that into fitness, I've never really looked. That's not my go-to feature to check out. I'm more of a hair person - good head of hair and good facial hair. Definitely prefer longer hair to shorter hair (I'm not talking down to your shoulders, well, maybe, but a good length and a scruffy beard). I even have to admit that I kind of like the man-bun - on some people. No hair = not horribly attractive. Sorry to everyone who shaves their head; just not my thing.
My initial session trainer was taking the class today too. (He's young and doesn't have much hair). It's an awkward situation because I realize he's there as a client, but also as a staff of the gym so you don't want to pretend you don't know him, but he's there on personal time, so you also don't want to start talking shop. I smiled at him but I don't think I even said hi. (He left early or I probably would've at the end, and asked him how he liked it).
Today was a really busy day with a lot of running around and a lot to do. As I lay here in bed I can really feel the muscle fatigue soaking in. It's been a good solid month of staying active in some way or another every single day. I've never stayed this active for this long. I've always given up by now - I mean there was the one year I ran all summer... But that's pretty much it since high school when I played basketball. If nothing else, I am really proud of myself for setting this goal and doing my best to go to the gym daily. I am really enjoying it. It's also feeling a little like I am actually taking some "me" time. I'm at the gym and it's not benefiting anyone else except me. There are no kids asking for anything, no chores to finish around the house, no papers to mark, no planning to do - though I need to start that next week. It's been really nice. I am falling behind on other goals I had this summer - like finally cleaning out my office (there's still stuff in boxes from when we moved in two years ago). Or doing some baking, or getting the house cleaned top to bottom. Does anyone else find there are just not enough hours in a day? And I'm not even working! It's not wonder I fall so far behind in housework during the school year. I really need to get the kids to help more with chores. It's the same thing every time: they come out strong; we totally want to help, we want an allowance, we have all of these ambitious ideas of what we're going to do to get money, even fighting over chores. It lasts a week, if that, and then they stop helping. *sigh*
At least I can be happy that I'm still going to the gym... for now.
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