This weeks post is a tad late. Meant to get it out on Sunday, but we had a holiday weekend here in the good ol U.S.A. so I spent time with the family. Meant to do it on Monday, but still holiday so everyone was home and we just enjoyed each others company. So here it is today.
This last week was going swimmingly. Training was great, I was training at home and at the gym. Of course we are being safe and using PPE, and sanitizing all our equipment and stations we use before and after use.
I made a post a few weeks ago about the fact that getting hurt in martial arts is inevitable. Well when working with my partner H, he caught my round house kick, and postured up. This was the drill we were practicing. He did exactly what he was supposed to do, and in doing so I felt a small pop in my calf that he had trapped in his arm. It did not hurt at first but that popping was an odd feeling for me. Honestly that is the only reason I noticed and stopped right away. It only hurt to go on the ball of my feet, at the top of my calf, and it felt tight.
Let me tell you a little bit about the past me. The past me would just keep training. I always told myself these things, “No pain no gain,” and “you have to be tough if you want to do these things, ” and “you can’t stop every time something hurts.” Well that is fine and dandy, but it can cause a minor injury to be a major injury. I have done that a few times, and probably will do so in the future. Habits are hard to break.
So in light of that weird popping feeling I tried to keep training but it started hurting more. So I sat down on the side rolled my calf with a lacross ball, and just rested. I iced my leg when I got home took an Ibuprofin, and hoped that all would be good. I am learning to listen to my body. I can say it is not a terrible stabbing pain. Its more of a, I had a bad injury and I am 80% healed from it, and it still hurts feeling. That is the best way to describe it.
I am currently contemplating training on it tonight or if I should give it some more time. As of last night it still hurt a little going up the stairs. Ball of feet action. If you know anything about Muay Thai, our kicks, teeps, knees, pretty much anything we are doing is on part or all of the ball of our feet.
I was feeling salty and annoyed with myself for getting hurt. I had decided after Thursday that I was not going to go to the gym on Saturday. But I had a cake delivery to make, and I had about 30 minutes all by myself in the car. I had time to think on my own without distractions and other people vying for my attention. I decided to stop being salty and to go in and just hold pads for H so he could train. Because pad training is a skill itself. I wrote about that as well. =)
So moral of the story people, is listen to your body, learn to listen to your body, and also its good to work around your injury. There are other things you can do to train while babying that injury
Tonight if I don’t end up training. I will hold pads, and my instructor already asked me to help teach if I was not feeling up to training. Yay!
Tuesday 09/01/2020: Muay Thai 1 hour and 20 minutes
Whew what a great day of training. We had two new people in class and it’s great to see them starting out. I would love if everyone fell in love with Muay Thai the way I have.
Thank you Khun Kru Krysta for a great class.
H and I have been upping the intensity in our training and I feel it. It hurts and I am exhausted. I have to roll out my shins and Hypervolt my legs and shoulders.
I wonder if I should write down or film what it do now for training. Compared to what I did before and in the future I can see how it has changed. Friends what do you think? My routine has evolved over time and I don’t remember all of what I did before.
Training: jumping rope to warm up Jumping jacks in between rounds for active recovery 25 skip knees after every two rounds for extra credit training
1) Lead Shield, Lead Kick, Rear Shield, Rear Kick
2) I held pads for H 25 skip knees
3) Cross Shield, Lead Teep, Lead Kick
4) I held pads for H25 Skip Knees
5) Cross Shield, Teep, Lead Kick, Cross, Hook, Rear Kick
6) I held pads for H25 Skip Knees
7) Lead Shield, Cross, Rear Kick, Catch Kick, pull, pass leg, Rear Kick, Teep
8 ) I held pads for H
Burnout:
9) Jab, Cross, Jab, Cross, Lead Shield, Lead Kick, Jab, Cross, Jab, Cross, Rear Shield, Rear KickExtra
Credit Burnout: a pyramid as many times as you can for a 3 min round
1) Jab, Rear Kick
2) Jab, Cross, Lead Kick
3) Jab, Cross, Hook, Rear Kick
4) Jab, Cross, Hook, Cross, Lead Kick
5) Jab, Cross, Hook, Rear Kick
6) Jab, Cross, Lead Kick
7) Jab, Rear Kick
Whew that last burn out almost killed me. I held for H’s pyramid burnout first, then did mine. Just cause I was tired from my class and first burn out. LolAlso Kru has me do Jab, Cross, Hook, Cross Lead Kick about 7 times till I could get it right 5 times at least for muscle memory. I need that push even if I hate it at the time.
Wednesday 09/02/2020: 1 mile run and 10 minute abs
Today is third day of kids school and I don’t have a time of time to do a huge workout till we get out routine in place.
So I get what I can in. Today it’s a mile run and Dana Linn Bailey’s 10 minutes core workout.
Ladies, people, sometimes you have to work around your schedule to wedge a workout in. Even if it’s not the full workout or one you wanted to do it’s ok. Something IMO is better than nothing.
On a side note my measurements are roughly the same give or take a 1/2 inch. However, I feel like my body looks more toned.
Thursday 09/03/2020: 1 hour Muay Thai training
What do you do when your leg is in the grip of your partner and you feel a pop in your calf? Well you stop, reassess your leg and make sure it’s ok.
Today was fun training. We were almost done with class and were asked to demo a catching kick, he postured up and like he was supposed to do. I felt a pop and no pain immediately. Now it hurts just a little to be on the ball of my foot and or go upstairs. So I am babying it.
Here is what I did before taking a seat and rolling it out.
Training: jump rope for warm up Jumping jacks and push ups between rounds with skip knees after every two rounds
1) Lead shield, Lead Kick
2) Held pads for H
3) Lead Cross Shield, Lead Teep, Lead Kick
4) Held pads for H
5) Lead Cross shield, Lead Kick, Cross, Body Hook, Rear Kick
6) Held Pads for H
7) catch body kick, pass kick, rear round house, step down into # 8 elbow, clench, 5 skip knees # 2, spin out, to double kick
8 ) Held pads for H
9) I sat out for the burn out : but it was Jab, Cross, Jab, Cross, Lead shield, Lead Kick, Jab, Cross, Jab, Cross, Rear shield, Rear Kick
10) do it south paw
We will see how my leg is tomorrow hoping it’s a small sprain/strain and I can just move on with my training. Really just annoyed about possible injury. Don’t have time for this.
Saturday 09/05/2020: 1 hour of Muay Thai Training
See that picture of me smiling. Yup that is me happy. Happy that even though I have a calf strain I was at the gym working. I was holding pads.
My original plan was to sit in the couch, and feel salty about not being able to train. But I thought about that on the way home from a cake delivery I made today. Why should I do that. I can help my partner get his training in and I can train holding pads.
I can adapt and still train around my injury. We say pad holding is a skill itself in Muay Thai. So while I did not get a cardio training/workout like normal I did hold pads the entire time. That means I got a great strength workout. To hold pads against some one hitting as hard as they can is hard and takes a lot of muscle control.
Our training was the same as Thursday, but I focused on holding pads as best as I can.
I did not do the jumping jacks and jump rope. But I did do the push ups, and some times one footed to save stress on my calf.
Don’t get salty about an injury, learn to adapt and work around it. It’s not the first time I have adapted and worked around it. My herniated disk in my back for example. But I was not thinking that way, until I stopped and redirected my energy and thinking.
Thank you Khun Kru Krysta.
Today I broke my phone (shattered is a better term for it) at work, and had a terrible night of sleep last night. However, we were able to replace my phone, and I will make sure to hopefully get a better nights sleep tonight. I am going to have fun, either training, or helping others train tonight. I am going to listen to my body, I am learning. I am going to do everything I can to turn this day around.
I hope you all listen to your body. I hope you guys are training in something you love. I hope you all are striving for your goals everyday. If something/life gets in the way that is fine. Pick yourself up, and find a way around it. You can keep making progress if you keep moving forward. Even if progress is one millimeter, or one second at a time.
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