My last post, I talked about my injuries. Just not been a good year again! I am not sure how it all happen. All I can remember, one night doing 200 m sprints in the cold, gave me a bad cold and my hips were killing me. Then the lower back issue that led me to stop doing lifting so the chiropractic adjustments can take to help with the healing. Then it was the calves tightening up and ultimately, I had to stop running all together. Maybe those fast run warmups don't like me! I thought about Crossfit and thought it would help me gain strength but I realize, squatting is so difficult for me and so are the other activities. So with all of that, I am going to stop going to Crossfit, take a break from it and work on other activities to mend and heal.
I have met some friends there that we called ourselves sisters. They are the best! I know if something happens, they have my back! Love you girls!
I started back to swim classes this past September. I stopped because my favorite swim teacher left and also, the shoulder and hip injury was preventing me from learning and doing the freestyle stroke. I may make swim as part of my exercise program once I learn to swim better. I still have my YMCA membership.
Also the end of last year 2015, I joined back Arrichion Hot Yoga. This is a real family operation. You feel so much part of the family. No matter what class you take, you get the encouragement, and once you get something, you get that motivation to do even better. I had to stop last year with all the long hours at work.
I need some therapeudic mind-body medication and doing hot yoga, even though you sweat and feel exhausted, you feel so much better. Besides being a yoga studio, it also has circuit classes where there are 20+ stations you go through, interval training. You feel stronger each time you attended class. Then there is the pure lifting class - which is superset of exercises per body part - such has tricep extension, bicep curls , pushups as a superset. You are in a small group of 2-3. Yes, there is squats, because I am going to take this opportunity to focus on my glute activation issue. I am going to use lot less weight and concentrate on form and activating. The hardest class I have taken there is Tiger's Eye, half circuit, half yoga, you are completely exhausted but feel wonderful that you were able to do what you can.
Arrichion was the place I went to, my massage therapist's suggestion to look for a yoga studio, in the heat, to stretch , strenghten to help along with my hips, hamstrings, and whatever pain I was having. I started in 2010, was training for a half marathon. Running a mile was painful! I attended every stretching class at first before going on to the more difficult. I took what I called hot pilates - it's a core class. In November, I went and did my race. I always hurt at mile 2 - nope, no pain, then it was mile 7 - no pain. It was not until mile 11 when I had to stop and stretch a little, walk more and I finished my first half marathon. I have to thank my massage therapist and Arrichion. It's a Process as Quinn would say! You can do it Sue as Ty would say!
I will continue seeing my trainer. Imagine that, it has been 3 years since I started training with her and I am still going! I usually get bored and eventually stop. Her workout are never the same, and some exercise I can't do, she is able to improvise quickly. I do group training now with 2 other girls. I like this better, I get more out of it. One on one is great but cost adds up so this is doable.
So that's my plan! Meanwhile when I get a chance to create in the kitchen, I will post pictures. I did do more fish dishes but I will have to do pictures next time.
And most recently, my crossfit sister gave me a scoby so I can make my own kombucha. I used to buy bottles of it but at $4 a bottle, it gets expensive real fast. Oh, I had my trial and tribulations with the making, but so far, I have been successful. I even gave some scobies to a friend. So my scoby made baby scobies. So i am a grandma of scobies and my crossfit sister, is great grandma. I'm happy that I make someone happy
That is what I do, I love seeing smiles on people's faces. I love giving hugs, and when they are in pain,I am too!
So if you ever need a hug! And yes, I'm a good cook too so I was told - but my other friends said I'm a chef because I create where cooks follow a recipes. Well, I don't know about that - I just cook from my heart - this is what my father told me to do when I asked if there are recipes for his dishes.
Enjoy the read!
Sue
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