I hurt all over

[pegkerr]

I am walking wounded this morning. My arm's sore from the rabies shot. I've got cramps, and I hurt all over from trying to start my workouts again. I am really appalled at how sore I am; it shows how much I've let my general conditioning slip by thinking I could get away with just doing karate and the elliptical machine. I did a pilates workout this morning, and only managed about twenty minutes. I was doing the fricking beginners' adjustments, fer heaven's sakes.

I am such a wimp.

Comments

[redbird]

You are not a wimp: you are in the middle of getting rabies shots, dealing with the rest of your life, and you're doing karate, cardio, and pilates. That's not small potatoes.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

And weightlifting. It's the weightlifting from day before yesterday that's making me sore today.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Assuming your cramps are for the usual reason, that might have something to do with it. I noticed when I was taking karate that I was noticeably more sensitive to any kind of pain or discomfort, including plain old sore muscles, just before and during my period.

And, of course, the older you get the more quickly your muscles lose their conditioning and the quicker they are to complain about it. I'm sure you'll readjust to your old routine in a week or two, provided you dont get carried away and hurt yourself. Well, maybe a week or three.

[qwyneth.livejournal.com]

Peg, if I have half of the strength, flexibility, or endurance that you have when I reach your age ("age" in both years *and* level of accomplishment) then I will consider myself lucky *and* kickass. Hell, I don't have your flexibility or endurance *now*. And I spent my formative years as a swimmer, diver, and rower, and come from professional athlete stock. Seriously now.

Anyway, you know that soreness means that the workout is effective. I did a handful of exercises last night while watching tv with my boyfriend and I'm not the slightest bit sore today, and I find that annoying.

You are a beautiful woman physically (we've seen pics), mentally, and emotionally. You're a published and acclaimed author, you work in a demanding and difficult field, and you have a husband who is crazy about you and two shining star daughters. You have absolutely no call to beat yourself up.

Erm. No idea why I decided to get all pep talky. I'll leave it though, because maybe it'll make you smile. I'm going to go back to actually doing the document review that my employer is billing the client for now. Sigh. So boring...

[rutemple.livejournal.com]

sweetling, you're not a wimp, you're going through a series of rabies shots, fer' crying out loud. There is a physical effect.

Do what you can and give yourself a break -- and extra rest time and downtime in general -- during this.

[pameladean]

If you're having cramps, your body is pumping out the wrong kind of prostaglandins; no wonder you're sore.

Also you're struggling with a situation that evolution has not prepared any of us for, a culture that enforces being sedentary and stressed, and that makes healthy exercise difficult to impossible.

Wimp, indeed.

P.

[callunav.livejournal.com]

You are so sensible. But what are prostaglandins?

(I'm in sympathy on the soreness, by the way - my thighs are extremely annoyed with me for having discovered that the edge of my bathtub is exactly the right height for pleasantly challenging stepping. With one hand on the wall, of course, because falling into the bathtub while attempting to get into better shape would be mortifying.)

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Rabies shots, like tetanus shots, kick like a mule.

Cut yourself some slack. Better a light workout now, and more workout tomorrow. Women (all women, not just women over the age of 30) lose physical conditioning quickly, especially conditioning brought on artificially. In two-four weeks, I went from being able to pull myself up on a rolling ab wheel 65 times to doing 25 and hurting.

If I neglect my workout longer than two weeks, it starts slipping away. You've been away for a while. Give it time.