Catch up

I did train yesterday but my internet has been wonky, and by the time I got back from the gym and ate dinner it was 8:30, which left me exactly one hour to pack up my stuff for the next day and try to relax for a minute and then get to bed, so blogging did not happen. Yesterday was bench day and I was supposed to work up to 120#x5, but ended up at 115#x4,2 and 120#x1. I could have eked out a couple more singles at 120#, but my low back is still acting weird when I bench so I didn't want to push it. I got through the rest of my accessory work, but when I tried to get on the treadmill and start my HIIT intervals, my body was having none of it. The last time around I was sprinting at incline 8 and at 8.5mph and this time could barely get up to 6mph. I decided to cut it and head home as I realize I am asking my body to do a lot right now in terms of adjusting to work at the hospital, cutting back on food intake, adding in fasted walking and HIIT and still training at the same level of intensity that I was all summer when I had an easy schedule, was well fed and not doing any extra cardio.

I was back at the gym today even though it's an "off" day for my first time in the sauna since March. I sat for 25 minutes and only the last 5 or so were a little tough, which is good. I am hoping that I don't have to sweat out water weight to make weight for this upcoming competition (I'm down a couple more pounds this week so as of today only 7.8# over my weight class!), but if I do, it is helpful to have put in some sauna "practice" time in advance so that my body is used to the process and mentally I am okay with it. I don't wear the sauna suit or do the jogging-in-place/alternating with cardio outside the sauna routine that Chris and I did when I was actually cutting weight.  Just sitting there for 25 minutes is enough practice for now.