The last week before the gym shut I’d been not going as much or as long as normal. It just didn’t feel “safe” for whatever reason. As far I know no one in that gym has gotten the virus, but I just felt it best to stay away for a bit.

I meet my trainer one-on-one once a week. She came up with some pretty good workouts I could do at home on my own like one that involves using my hiking backpack and using household items in place of free weights.

I got kinda bored & I miss the artistic expression of skating. We were listening to Halsey on Spotify while she was training me. I was doing deadlift rows & the BTS song that features Halsey came on. It was the perfect beat for the exercise we are doing. I challenged my trainer to come up with an exercise routine to this song:

https://youtu.be/XsX3ATc3FbA

It took us 3 - one hour sessions to finish it up. But oh my, my, my it is 4 minutes of great cardio without running 👍 Love it, but I am dead after one or two run through. This going to be my new warm up for sure.

Also doing some off ice skates-on classes via zoom with my skate coach. It’s only once a week. Killer leg lifts with skates-on for ankle weights.

I was walking a lot in local & state parks. But I was also super stress eating. Details in my journal.

But eating crap really decreased what I could actually do. I’ve developed plantar fasciitis. So I’ve had to cut my dog walks down to one a day (Hubs takes him in the morning- I take him at night). I get to go on one hike per week. Usually around 2 miles. It’s a big fat bummer, but it’s an important reminder that you can’t out exercise what you put in your mouth. I am forced to dial my nutrition back in as I ease up on the exercise. So that is good.

Continuing to do what I can.