I decided to repeat week 10 of  Enter the Kettlebell this week, since I couldn’t  complete it last week.  Heavy day never happened last week, due to a bout with a stomach virus.  Rather than just pick up where I left off, repeating the entire week will give me an opportunity to ease back into working out, and rebuild some lost stamina. 

This morning I wasn’t even sure I could make it through today’s light workout.  My son came down with the same virus yesterday, and although he was over the “worst” of it, he was awake much of the night with body aches.  Of course this means I didn’t get much sleep either, so the thought of exercise wasn’t all that enticing this morning.

However, propelled by the desire to reestablish my normal routine, I made the workout happen.  Today consisted of clean and press ladders:  five ladders of three rungs each.  As usual, I added in chinups/rows as prescribed in the workbook.  Together that portion of the workout was difficult but doable.

The second half of my kettlebell practice consisted of 9 minutes of snatches performed at a comfortable pace.  I got through this, but not without experiencing more fatigue than usual, and probably less-than-stellar form for some of the reps.  Afterward I felt exhausted rather than energized.  I guess that’s to be expected, so I’m not too concerned.  And I am continuing with medium day of week 10 on Wednesday.  Tomorrow’s variety day may end up as a rest day, though.  I’m still not feeling 100%. 

My second, and somewhat unplanned workout of the day consisted of moving a large desk and heavy park bench into my future studio space.  The landlord had agreed to let me  have these pieces of furniture, which had been left by prior tenants in other units.  So my husband and I used our “functional” strength combined with some hand trucks to get the job done.  Look for pictures of the space and the two “new” pieces of furniture to be posted here later today.