They say "no pain no gain" and I've always been a big lover of the after burn that comes with training hard so if it's no pain no gain then well based on the pain I'm feeling in my legs right now, I should be waking up with buns of steel and pure Thundra-like thighs tomorrow!!!
I seriously overtrained my legs today... no joke about it!
While our club's foreign members understand the concept of overtraining and don't come everyday, our Korean members are hardcore determined to not miss a day. Having said this though, I respect their dedication but am trying hard to switch up their training so that they don't overtrain and become flat out physically and mentally exhausted. Members don't actually depend on me to tell them what they'll be doing for training tonight, it's something I've taken upon myself to do though because if not I know they'll come in and do the same thing day after day.
Trying to switch up my members' training and cordinating it with my own training is what I've been trying to do these days. Today was legs day for me with my own personal training so when I trained members today I tried to get them to focus on legs.
Awhile back I made a leg circuit called "Thundra Thighs" and another one called "Buns of Steel". Today I did both of these circuits three times with various members -- each time meaning I did the circuit twice, so I did each circuit 6 times. By the time my Poster Child Girl came into training, my legs were already feeling the burn from the previous training. Yesterday I did just boxing training with Poster Child Girl so tonight I did a leg circuit and an arm circuit. I was ok on the arm circuit but the leg circuit, woozers. I didn't do my usual circuit but instead tossed a few exercises together for her training.
Going into the second round of the circuit I had created on the spot was painful. It was even more painful considering my Poster Child Girl insisted I up my weight. I was up for the challenge, mentally, and I loved her energetic vibe, but physically I didn't know if I could even do it.
Weighted side-step lunges, weighted Bulgarian split squats, hip thrusts, weighted sumo squats... and a couple more painful exercises later and my legs were shaking. I had absolutely no extra energy in my legs to stand let alone sit.
My legs hurt... they hurt so bad. If they hurt like this now, oh gosh, I can only imagine what they'll feel like tomorrow morning. My Poster Child Girl teased me tonight, we both made fun of each other actually because we couldn't walk and she nearly fell down the club stairs when she left.
Tomorrow morning is going to be rough!!!
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