Tales of a One-Kidney Fencer

So, I have approximately 347 days before my next national event. Therefore, it is time for my annual training processes review day, though I cannot really start training until February.  This is complicated now by the fact that I can no longer take anti-inflammatory medications.  Easing into training, and being hyper aware of ALL my physical signals is going to be huge. Changing my diet to add healthy doses of bromine, phytonutrients, curcumin, etc. to make up for the lack of available medications will also take major efforts.  So, here is the new plan:

Use a sports-performance nutritionist for proper fueling and injury prevention through diet.

Track sleep and daily activities with Whoop

Track training with Garmin 265 and chest monitor.  This lets me start the watch and throw it in my bag during workouts. The chest monitor then downloads the data to the watch when in range.

Track periodization with TrainingPeaks connected to Garmin and Whoop to avoid overtraining and have that steady, hopefully injury-free, increase in training activity.

Yoga for strength/flexibility

Tai Chi for balance, coordination, and smooth-is-fast movements

Gym Power Lifting and Fast Twitch

HIIT

Lessons

Bouting

Active REST days at least twice a week

I’m starting slow with what I can do in the next two weeks under guidance of my nutritionist, my transplant team, and my GP. I would not be setting this type of schedule without that input.