Day 3
Day 3 was good, still had caffeine withdrawal and fatigue but managed to get in a good mobility session and a Water Polo practice. For the team I play for, the Thursday night practice is more swimming then anything else and my swim conditioning is certainly something I am lacking.
One of the things I was working on in my mobility session was screwing the floor. It was quite fun working on something I can barely do and seeing progress in that one session. This drill requires good internal hip rotation, among other things, which I am greatly lacking so it is very challenging. At times it was painful which I need to be careful of because if you move into pain your body can negatively react and create more tension and decreased mobility (sometimes referred to as the startle reflex). Not what I am trying to accomplish with this drill.
In the video of the Russian instructor doing the screwing the floor, he does not show how you can regress the exercise. My friend Dennis Frisch, who is much better at this stuff then me showed me a very simple regression. The video of this regression will have to wait for another day (sorry).
Day 4
Wow, I feel quite good this morning, no head aches or fatigue. Maybe I am finished with my caffeine withdrawal symptoms although I should really call it coffee withdrawal since I am drinking green and black tea. My shoulders ache a bit from the previous nights swim training but otherwise I am doing really well.
Overall, so far so good.
Be Well,
Mike Reid
Interesting subject Mike. Carol and I have been doing something similar the past 5 weeks, a limited cleanse. No dairy, sugar, alcohol or yeast and very limited wheat. I did not eliminate coffee but did go to decaf since the daily ritual of grinding beans, boiling water and making a cup via the Melita style drip is so important to my day. I do break up the coffee cycle at least once per year but not during this cleanse as I needed to have some comfort through the process.
We end the 6 week cycle on Thursday when we will open a bottle of wine to toast Carol and the defense of her Masters thesis.
Posted by: Dave | Dec 07, 2009 at 22:33