This week started with a semi-epic session with Pia followed with by Lyle. Epic in that I was not prepared for a 3 hrs session… didn't eat anywhere near enough during the day! If Lyle is planning on making a Sunday appearance habit going to have to shape up my Sunday eating habits! I rested hard last week. Not a single run. But I feel ready to go for a full fledged week! This coming week has some serious challenges. On Tuesday I will be sparring the girl they are thinking of having me fight for my Haymakers for Hope fight. She's not only been boxing for over 2 years, she also has 15 lbs on me. I may be a little intimidated… possibly a little anxious. I have deferred the choice of fighting her or not to Lyle's judgement. I'm not here to be destroyed… I want this to be a reasonable fight!
Here's what really happened last week:
25 April, Monday: Tired, mentally and physically. Making silly mistakes at work. Rest day.
26 April, Tuesday: Woke up feeling better. Took my adderall in an effort to get paper work done at work (and it worked!) but it meant I was fighting dehydration during my extra long session with Lyle. I made it to Redline at 7pm for the sparring session. Was just Nicole and me, but wow, what a difference it made. I had time to think and make changes. Lyle decided to hurt us, took the session to 10:30 pm, finishing off with 300 squats. Good luck walking tomorrow.
27 April, Wednesday: I can walk. Wow. Unexpected. SO SORE. Yoga was great! Whitney very kindly adjusted the flow for me, with some shortened standing strength, twists and an awesome hero at the end.
28 Aprli, Thursday: Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Pain is bad. Sparring went well, I felt like I made solid progress. Class luckily was easier. Lots of bruises!
29 April, Friday: Slept in. Rest day. Legs felt SO much better but definitely not 100%. Not up for a run, walked a few miles in the awesome sun.
30 April, Saturday: Rest day.
1 May, Sunday: Semi-epic session. Pia followed by Lyle. Didn't eat enough for a 3 hour session! My sparring was sub-par. Too anxious and in my head about Tuesday's sparring.
I killed my goals for last week, here's hoping next week can be as good! Goals for this week:
Rest. While I definitely don't need as much rest now, I want to make sure I don't head down the same road of 2 weeks struggling again… have to keep up with myself!
Sparring: This is KEY to my development. I'll be joining the kickboxing girls on Tuesday/Thursday at 7 for some technical sparring and hopefully rocking it!
Yoga: Yoga rocks. Embrace my practice and make sure it's a daily event! Need to continue to work twists into my post workout routine.
So here's how we're going to make these goals reality, the plan for the next week:
Monday:
am: run? Maybe.
pm: Be an adult. Grocery shop. Clean.
Tuesday:am: rest.
pm: doubling up at Redline… first an hour of sparring and then skills class with Lyle, finish with vinyasa flow. So anxious about this… sparring Melissa Kelly to establish whether I will be fighting her or not!
Wednesday:am: Easy/short run
pm: vinyasa with whitney
thursday:am: rest.
pm: double session! SBC first an hour of technical sparring and then skills class with Lyle, finish with vinyasa flow
Friday:am: run with the Redline girls at 6:30am in central. This will be subject to how I am feeling.
pm: rest
Saturday:am: rest
pm: rest
Sunday:am: Yoga?
pm: women's class at redline with Pia, sparring post, finish with vinyasa flow
Rest is so critical, and I need to be on my A game! I successfully pulled myself back from the verge of overtraining. Now to keep myself on my cutting edge!
What do you do to overcome performance anxiety?
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