Half As Good

     I think I'm going to ease up for a week or two on the lifting. I feel like my body is telling me it's struggling to recover. When the body talks, you should probably listen. I don't want to just totally stop doing everything though. I mean, stagnation is no better than burning out. With that in mind, I decided to do my old favorite kettlebell routine - The Coyote.

     For those not in the know, The Coyote is a deceptively simple kettlebell circuit that consists of 3 movements repeated for 20 rounds. I chose a 35lb KB for mine and this is what it looked like this:

     • 15 KB swings

     • 5 Goblet squats

     • 3 Pushups

That's eat. Simple right? Yeah, that's what everyone thinks until they try it. I used to be fairly proficient at this particular gem; not so much any more. I'm slower, like way slower, but I pushed through and drove that struggle bus over the finish line. All told, it took me about 54 minutes to complete. I used to be able to finish this in about 30 minutes. Now, in my defense, I was outside in the heat and it was sucking the life out of me, but still, I'm sloooooow. I'm happy to say that the pushups didn't really aggravate my shoulder. It's a wee bit sore and tired, but no real pain and I even managed to do all the squats with no knee sleeves and also no pain. I'm glad that I did it even though I'm almost positive that I died twice. It felt good to be out there pushing and grinding and making the neighbors wonder about my sanity.

     In other news, I also have some progress on the doctor front. I was able to switch my health insurance plan and now I can finally get a doctor in town that doesn't have a waiting list. Maybe I can find some relief from this hormonal issue that's been plaguing me. Fingers crossed.