What are your fitness goals and what's your plan to attain them?

[ZenLefty]

24. (lack of) progress update

So I'm on Day 14 of Bavarian Bat Flu, a rare and highly debilitating virus that fills your sinuses with epoxy resin and makes you feel like the mud under a waterfall. I'm pretty sure it's evolved into Bavarian Bat Bronchitis by now.

Monday, after a solid two weeks of no real exercise, I went out to the garage and hit the bag. 3 minute rounds with 1 minute rest for 12 rounds. One double-round (seven minutes of no rest). I was miserable before, during and afterward, but it was a good kind of miserable.

Yesterday went to the gym for the first time in a long time. Hit the iron as hard as I could: bench, overhead press, dips, shrugs, rows, pulldowns, squat, deadlift, and calf press. Squats were the most disappointing. Just barely eked out 5 reps at 275, and I had to work up to that weight too. I felt like a truck had hit me. But it was a good kind of truck.

I rarely get sick, and when I do it's usually over in a couple days. So I'm not used to this at all. I'll probably rest tonight, but I'm sick of sitting on my duff. I may just do some light stretching. I may curl up in a ball under a heavy blanket. We'll see.

Once I get healthy again, I'll have some ground to make up in the gym.