Post COVID Training

So the idea was to keep this Blog relatively up to date with my workout progress and ideas and so forth. Turns out that catching COVID a few weeks ago and being put n the shelf for a week or so wasn't conducive to staying on track with my training. Thankfully I'm fully vaccinated and only had a mild case run through the household so back to work now.

That said I will say the biggest detriment to the COVID in my case has been the fatigue. As a guy who usually runs on about 6 solid hours of sleep a night - give or take depending on the day - I'm used to having enough energy and strength to keep on with my daily responsibilities along with my 90 ish minutes of resistance and cardio training a day. Sadly  I'm finding that my endurance is really taking a beating in my recovery, leaving me ready to crash and more by about 2pm most days.

Don't misunderstand, this is a small price to pay in comparison to some who've suffered greatly after contracting this awful virus. And every day I find more and more of my reserve strength returning, though making my rest more of a priority has helped in that regard. As much as I enjoy being a 5am Gym Club member, having to moderate that to my schedule by listening to my body when it says I need more sleep and training later in the day if necessary has helped tremendously.

With that said, in spite of my setback (as usual, fighting uphill in this war) I think I've managed to make some progress. For the first time in a while I've started making changes to my nutritional habits. I'm no longer having a pot of coffee a day (still a medium from Tim's every other day or so) and gone back to green tea, which has actually done wonders for my mood. I feel less stomach angry and am naturally not having as much dairy since i need cream in my coffee. A small step but a helpful one. Snacking continues to be a low cal or preferably Sea Salt flavoured popcorn. Giving me that crunch I need and having much more fibre content in the carbohydrates, which I am not going to be cutting out altogether - only trying to make the smarter / better choices.

basically I'm trying to get back to eating the way I did before my "War on Dad Bod" was just the "Road to 260." The only differences now are that 275lb might be a more attainable goal given the muscle mass I've accrued in the last decade and most importantly - I wasn't a dad then.

No matter the reason or the goal, the process is the same. Work hard. Be consistent with my overloads and my nutrition. Keep up some cardio for my heart and arteries. And never, ever give up.

Ever.

She's counting on me to be there.

And I will.

AK