Day 2: Sick

Around 4 o' clock yesterday, as I started to practice drums, I began to feel a little bit sick.  By the end of the night, I was starting to get a little bit stuffy, and my throat was hurting me: the beginning of an unfortunate cold.  I get colds pretty often, and for me, they always start the same way.  My throat starts hurting, and gradually gets worse, until I start getting mild cold symptoms; then, as the other symptoms get worse, my throat gets better.  After about a week, everything is alright, but I have a cough for another week or two.

I absolutely DESPISE this cycle, so this time I did everything I could to prevent it.  Throughout the night, I ate two clementines (including one right before I went to bed), and drank water constantly.  This seems to have payed off; today, my throat is still slightly aching, but definitely better, and my nose isn't stuffy anymore.  Still not in perfect shape (it seems my body panicked and sent all of my self-defense resources to repairing my muscles, allowing the Third Reich of Virusland to penetrate my defenses), but luckily I was still in good enough health to work out. 

I've decided to switch around my muscle groups a bit, so Day 2 is going to be Chest and Abs instead of Chest and Back.  I figured that it makes more sense to work my entire front one day, and my entire back the other.  So here's the revised workout for Day 2:

Day 2: Chest and Abs ***revised***
- Dumbbell Press - 3 X 12 - 22.5 pounds 
- Incline Dumbbell Press - 3 X 12 - 22.5 pounds - I couldn't do this today; my dad just got a new bench and I hate it.  I can't figure out how to incline it yet, so I did push-ups instead.
- Dumbbell Fly - 3 X 15 - 12.5 pounds 
- Crunches - 3 X 25 - no weights
- Bicycle Exercise - 2 X 12 (each side) - no weights
- Leg Lifts - 3 X 12 - no weights

On another note, my cardio felt a lot better than yesterday; I'm still sweating profusely, but I didn't have to force myself to keep running as much as last time, and I actually ended up doing better: 2.3 miles this time!  Huzzah!  I guess Evening with Kevin Smith 3 entertained me more than Top Chef.

Everything generally felt good today.  No real problems, though it's tough to get the form down for the bicycle exercise; must find a video. 

I picked up a useful hint for Dumbbell Flies, for anyone who's interested.  When you do them, do them on the floor so you don't hyper-extend your shoulders.  I was never too big on dumbbell flies because I always found them to be a little awkward, but this tip really helped.

Oh, one more thing.  For breakfast I ate some yogurt with granola that my mom made.  Is this a good breakfast?  I realize it's not really a "power meal" or anything, but does it suffice as something small and relatively healthy?  Leave a comment and let me know!

Time to go eat more oranges.
-Daniel