Day 13 - Why we don't go to the gym when we're sick

So today was kind of a chill day. Worked last night and didn't get a single call so I got a good 4 hours of sleep. Came home and slept for a couple more hours before heading off to the gym.

The workout today was a warm-up of bear crawls, inchworm, frog jumps and crab walks. Strength was 5 sets of 3 push presses. I can definitely tell that my shoulder strength is improving because my final weight was 83 pounds. My shoulders and upper body have always been a huge point of contention with me because my lower body is so much stronger than my upper, so it's good to see my upper body is improving little by little. The AMRAP today was 7 minutes: 10 dumbbell squat cleans (20 pounds) and 5 renegade rows (20 pounds). I put pictures of them below if some of you don't know what those are. I personally hate squat cleans. I'm good with power cleans because it doesn't involve using your momentum only to end up back where you started, but squat cleans you get a lot of momentum upwards but you end up practically on the floor. Not to mention it was entirely bizarre doing it with dumbbells, although it was kinda nice to not have a barbell threatening to tip you onto your face. Renegade rows are just...awful. I think I've finally built up my strength enough that I can do push-ups without being on my knees but add a row to it and I stayed on my knees. After that we did 4 rounds of 25 of these strange lower ab exercises. It's basically a leg lift but when you put your legs down, you're supposed to crunch up slightly with your arms so in the end you create this back and forth motion. I couldn't do all of them because I kept tweaking my back but man do they hurt!

Working out was tough today because I definitely have a cold. Yesterday I started with a little bit of tingly throat and now it's just full blown. I got the sniffles and it feels like someone stabbed a knife into the back of my throat. Me working out with a cold is like watching a 25 year smoker trying to run 10 miles. It was just not pretty. Good news is my sore throat went away a little (yay?).

Food intake today wasn't very significant. I slept most of the day away and only got up long enough to go to the gym. After getting back from the gym I had a boiled egg and a banana and went right back to bed. Dinner was Old Bay seasoned chicken with zucchini. My late night homework snack was a Zone bar. So I'm finally back to being good again. I need to get my water intake back up though because I really don't feel like dealing with that bloating again.

Feels good to finally be back on track. I guess it's supposed to snow for the next 2 days so I'll definitely be getting my leg workouts trekking through that crap. I have a LOT to do tomorrow so I'm planning on getting up early, which will force me into eating a little more.