I did manage to make it out of bed to go to TRX Bootcamp at FAU’s Rec Center on Saturday and ohmygosh, I am still feeling the pain. Here’s how I described it to my coworker today: I feel like I have been beaten with a bag full of baseballs. The worst part is I still feel like that two days later. Two full days of protein-packed foods, lots of being lazy, and a ton of stretching. And here I thought I was (somewhat) in shape! Of course, me feeling so terrible is my fault since I went HAM during the whole session, sadly on an empty stomach. I should have known to quit when we were only thirty minutes in and I was on the verge of puking up whatever was left in my stomach and I realized we still had thirty more minutes to go. Every muscle in my body hurts, so I have been a fat lazy bum since Saturday afternoon. I think I stretched for two hours last night, pulling every stretch for a few minutes at a time.

I am pretty sure the last time I hurt like this was in 7th or 8th grade when I was just beginning weight training, I know I never had muscle soreness this badly in high school or the years afterward when I was still a gym rat. Even after having a whole summer off from football or wrestling training did not make me feel this way, although I do know I had days like this after football when I was fighting my way up the bench for a linebacker position. But the upside is that my IT band no longer hurts, I think. It may still hurt but everything else feels worse, so we will see what the chiropractor says on Wednesday when I go. Hopefully he can give me some more stretches to do in case this happens again, it is too expensive to go on a routine basis.

I may or may not go back on Saturday, it beat me like a drum. But since I have only logged four runs this month, I need to do something, I am getting very antsy. I just hope that once the spring semester starts, the Rec Center will continue to offer TRX classes. I just need to remember that I am not as young and fit as I once was. I think in forty-five seconds, I did three or four atomic push-ups, I was totally blown out. After that thirty minute mark, I pretty much struggled with all the exercises except for crunches and stretching at the end. Overall, it was the best workout I have done since I stopped training nearly a decade ago. Since TRX kicked my ass so much, I probably will not be able to make any Strong Owl practices before the competition on 5 Oct 2011. That stinks but I know they will be doing it again next year and hopefully I can compete then.

I am totally blitzed so I think I will be heading off to sleep.