Sports Conditioning with Sinus Issues: 3/2/11

My sinuses HATE me!  I am not sure if this is because of pollen, shifts in barometric pressure, or one of those Total Recall tracking devices.  So, I've started wrapping my head in a wet towel taking copious amounts of decongestant. 

I woke up with a crazy headache on Monday that kept me home from work.  Tuesday, I went in and was planning to workout after work even though I wasn't feeling top notch when one of my Co-workers offered my free tickets to a hockey game that night.  So, of course, I went to the game! ( Since it was Carolina vs. Florida, I wore my Hartford Whalers shirt, which is a close as I come to supporting the Canes.)    I had a great time at the game, but I was forced to face the fact that I hadn't done any kind of cross training since last Wednesday, which meant there was no way that I could allow myself to miss Sports Conditioning class, no matter how bad my Sinuses felt.  Luckily, since this was a race week I had planned on taking things a bit easy and not do any two-a-days, which meant that I could sleep in and take the PM class, which I did. 

The class was a Set & Sprints class. we started with a warm up on the track for about 5 minutes.  Then, we did a rotation of three exercises for 60 seconds each, rested, but for 10 seconds between the first two exercises, then sprinted up and down the basketball court, and switched two three different exercises.  After completing those three, we would repeat the process again.  Example:

Push ups 1 min
rest 10 sec.
Jumping Jack 1 min
rest 10 sec.

Burpees 1 min
Sprint
Plank 1 min
Rest 10 sec.

Squats 1 min
Rest 10 sec.

Crunch 1 min
Sprint
(repeat)
Push ups 1 min

rest 10 sec.
Jumping Jack 1 min
rest 10 sec.
Burpees 1 min
Sprint
Plank 1 min
Rest 10 sec.
Squats 1 min
Rest 10 sec.
Crunch 1 min
Sprint

then we would move on two six totally new exercise.  We did 3 or cycles of this then had a stretch.  The sprints really seemed to crush me, but after the race on Saturday I was really happy that they are such a big part of Lisa's class.  I really needed to know just what I was capable of doing at the end of the race and the sprint sessions have helped me build my confidence.  I did feel kind of dizzy and queasy at times from my headache, but I was able to manage without getting all weepy.