A Tad Bit Frustrated

I'm just frustrated. I took a butt kicking kickboxing class last Friday (the 8th) and it literally kicked my butt. I had been sore for a good part of the week, so I didn't realize that I had pulled/strained one of my right gluteal muscles (you know, one of the muscles in the gluteus maximus, medius or minimus, i.e. butt). Anyway, I realized the other day that all of my muscles are no longer sore, except one in that area. I started thinking about what I could have done to injure myself, and then one deep lunge type move we did in the kickboxing class came to my mind. I’m so competitive when I take these classes because I don’t want people to see me as someone who can't finish the class just because I may not seem as athletic as some of the others. And I certainly do not want to be the one who can't keep up, so I make sure that I keep up, no matter what. I push myself beyond my limits, beyond what I would ever do on my own, and I keep up with the class at all costs. This is good and bad, because on my own, I would usually stop before reaching my limit because I "think" I can't do a workout. Yet if I had a trainer, that person would push me to go further than I thought I could, and I would get a great workout. However, when I take a class, its possible I may push myself too far. Apparently it seems that in this case, I may have pushed myself beyond a physical limit within my body that I failed to adhere to, and pulled a muscle in that process.

So, anyway, I can basically do one of two things. I can continue to workout and I could end up being out for weeks if I injure myself further, or I can just sit it out now for a few days and be better off in the long run. I hate doing this, especially now I'm on a roll, but I know after having torn the muscle in my quadriceps (right leg) back in high school, that if its not fully recovered with rest, it will just get worse.

At any rate, I just feel frustrated because I still have the left shoulder issue I am dealing with, too. After two steroid injections it's just not better. I was seeing a doctor who is a family friend because I don’t have insurance, and I know he was doing his best (this area is not his specialty), but I know the issue will not get resolved without seeing a specialist. That, with all the testing a specialist will do, will cost me a fortune and that I can’t really afford that at this point.

So here I am FINALLY really getting into exercise mode, and I’m hit with yet another exercise inhibiting injury. Sigh. On top of that, I am in the beginning stages of a nasty chest cold, which let me tell you, I am just so looking forward to. I've been feeling it starting these last few days, and today I wake up with a terrible tightness in my chest, and when I cough, OMG it feels like my chest is on fire. Anyway, I think I am going to cut back on my workouts some this week, take it easy without completely sitting it out, and see how it goes, and reevaluate at the end of the week to see how I feel. And hopefully my little pain in the butt will be gone, my chest cold will be history, and I will be set to hit it hard next week!