Itchy & Scratchy

I’m so excited. Craig Ballantyne himself, creator of Turbulence Training, visited my site and left me a message of support. Very much appreciated, as was yours Cynthia too. I am certainly feeling much better about myself this week, and the depression has lifted, although I am still having stress-related problems. In particular, my IBS is still in full swing, and my eczema has gotten so bad on my hands that even typing causes it to crack and bleed.

Consequently, I haven’t been able to start my TT programme yet, but I have printed it off all ready to go. I’m going to do the TT for Women No Bulk Up Beginner/Intermediate 4-week Programme. I bought a chin-up bar from Amazon for £5 ($10), and will get my hubby to fix it at thigh height to begin with for the beginner inverted row which is the first step in working up to a full chin-up.

In the meantime, I am gloving up with moisturisers at night, and hope to be back in the swing of things by the long Easter weekend. To make up for this, I did do one of the TT high-intensity interval workouts tonight. Five minutes warm up, then six intervals of 45 seconds at RPE 9 plus 90 seconds at RPE 3, finishing with a 3 minute cool down. For my RPE 9 high-intensity intervals I jogged at 7 kph. Feels fantastic. I would never have been able to do this before I started Turbulence Training, and I still couldn’t do much more than 45 seconds or six sets, but it’s a start, and it makes me feel that if I just stick with it, I can achieve anything.

To find out more about interval training and how to use the Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale, click here. To find out more about Turbulence Training, click here, or visit the Turbulence Training website.

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