First, let me say that I didn’t do a very hardcore workout today and I’ll give a bit more detail in the update that follows. Here’s the workout:
6 rounds of 1 minute rope jumping, averaging 100-200 jumps per minute, varying the style such as double-unders, alternating feet, two feet at once, knee to chest, etc.
2 sets of max rep pull-ups (hands foward, then hands facing me. done on a ledge, not a bar. There being nothing to wrap my hands around, I end up being flat palmed.) Achieved 20 first, 10 second though I think I dropped too soon on that last one.
1 set max reps hanging straight leg raises. I’m not sure of the name of these but what I do for future reference is hang from my roof so my back is against a wall, my hands facing me grasping the ledge. I then raise my feet up until they touch my hands trying as hard as possible to do so solely by bring my abs together. Eventually, one has to use the hips. I don’t mind, so long as my arms and legs do not bend.
1 set max rep push-ups. Lost count after 80.
Random active recovery (jump rope, trunk twists, windmills, etc.) 10 mins stretching.
Basically I am trying to preserve my existing muscle. I still do not feel up to my normal self and theorize I may still be recovering from Lyme disease. Apparently it does quite a toll on the body, and may not even have been cured depending on the length of time it was in my body before presenting. Something has also been screwing with me and giving me extreme exertion headaches that are equal in pain to the migraines I used to be prone to, and which last anywhere from a half hour to a full day. I am not sure what is causing that but am investigating. For the time being I am dropping certain supplements one at a time in an attempt to rule them out.
I am making up for my lack of strength training by suffering my fiance through vigorous routines like an evil drill sergeant from hell.
