Adredaline

     Adrenaline is a felling that I believe we've all experienced. Whether its being chased by a dog and having to run, fighting, or simply playing sports and being caught up in the moment. This past weekend I had some adrenaline pumping and I am going to talk to you about how that adrenaline helped me but at the same time caused me to feel extremely tired during a challenge. On Saturday at the gym we had an event that we put together called " HOT SATURDAZE" which is a one hour work out that involves challenges and winners. I was able to win the first challenge which was doing 10,15, and 20m squats with 185lbs on the bar followed with 10,15, and 20 box jumps. We were going up by five reps each round. I wasn't really excited to be honest with you because I wasn't planning on competing that day but my boss made me. Once he blew the whistle to begin the workout I as going as fast as I could and I noticed I was the first one done with my squats and began hitting the box jumps so it gave me a bit more of confidence. Now on my second set my adrenaline is high and my heart is beating extremely fast and I'm just racing through the squats and the box jumps thanks to my adrenaline. Before I know it I'm on my last set of box jumps and I have finished and I have won. I'm excited and I'm done with the first challenge. At this point I feel great and have tremendous amounts of energy flowing through my body due to everyone hyping me up. But then I go to sit down and feel a huge amount of pain and soreness on my thighs and hamstrings. I got this feeling when my adrenaline went down and I wasn't so hyped up. I rolled myself out and went home that day and make sure I stretched. The next day I woke up extremely sore and it was a bit hard for me to sit down. I then realized everything was fine when I was hyped up due to my adrenaline running through my body and not being able to feel anything but it caught up to me and the adrenaline that helped me win a challenge in 3 minutes turned into 3 days of awful soreness.