Last Tuesday, I took a Tabata class at the local recreation center, and let me tell you, it kicked my ass. After class, I slept for an hour and was sore for 3 days. That class was a real wake up call. My new profession is having a toll on my overall physical health. I'm too stationary throughout the day, and I'm losing strength and physical aptitude.
So, I'm going to try to improve this. In some sense, the biggest indication that I'm getting out of shape is the fact that I don't want to move anymore. I feel like I'm not genuinely excited by my gym classes. In the past, it used to be a source of excitement and something that I genuinely looked forward to. Now, working out feels like a necessary chore.
I also want to get more technical about working out than I have in the past. The biggest reason for this is that I want to be able to get people to workout with me, and I want to ensure people's safety as they workout with me. I want to take up a mantle of authority, so I can convince people to play with me. Crazy, isn't it?
Anyways, the first thing I'm doing is that I'm taking my blood pressure reading at the recreation center before and after my workout. On that day of the Tabata, I only got a blood pressure reading after class, my blood pressure was 117/ 72 90bpm The hard movements were Fire Hydrant Movement and Side Plant with Leg lift (It was hard but I enjoyed 180 burpees and crisscross squat jump)
Today, I took a bootcamp class and before my class my blood pressure was 135/73 or 124/68 74bpm and after class it was 128/65 96bpm that was timed at 1 minute and 30 seconds after the workout had finished. Anyways, the only was I'm going to imporve is to embrace both my social and nerdy side. That's the only way.
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