I considered introducing myself at our morning standup meeting as being dead.

My training today was a 40-minute HIIT strength workout. The only exercise I struggled with was the chest-to-floor burpee, but that doesn’t mean it was an easy session. I had ten different activities to do and 30 seconds for each one, but no rest in between — apart from the rest I could take once I’ve finished each set’s required repetitions. After the initial round of ten, Jateen dropped one exercise from the next and continued like this until no activities remained. The chest-to-floor burpee was the first removed exercise — thank you, Jateen.

I don’t rush strength training; I go about it rather slowly. After a round or three, I moved from one exercise to the next with virtually no rest. Continuously exercising like this became very tiring very quickly. But I survived! However, I don’t want to do another session like this soon.

My first blog remark regarding strength sessions was that I do not wish to harbour a negative attitude towards any part of my training. Today’s session was my second strength workout of this new training season. Something I’d like to focus on over the next season is to get more enjoyment and results from strength training. The only thoughts I have regarding this are to keep showing up and participate fully — and hope for the best.