Its 5am and I am just finishing my post workout meal. Did I wake up at 3am to get a workout in before work? No I am at work. For those of you who don't know I am a shift worker 6-6, 5 on 5 off. Our nights get pretty slow so I am able to take advntage of our gym facilities.
While training for Ironman this would mean 2 hour spins on a stationary bike at my desk at 3am. The bike has been put aside and I have discovered the medicine balls in our gym. I am finding that by changing workout styles I am having better workouts. For 11 years all I did was swim bike and run. Time for a change and this is only the beginning.
I had a really good medicine ball workout. The majority of the workout was tossing the ball against a brick wall but anyone who has used a medicine ball before knows that your core is almost always engaged. Strong core fitness is key to successful Javelin throwing (or so I have read). Even researching Medicine ball training has been exciting. This is a strange feeling I have not had for a long time. Looking back it is almost as if I did Ironman training because I had to more than I wanted to. Now I just want to do as much as I can as often as I can. I have to slow myself down and remember that this is just the beginning.
I have been off training for about 3-4 weeks and am feeling a bit sore as a result but that will pass as my body remembers the training and get's used to the new training I am doing.
David
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