Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Update
Oigh! Why am I sore? I should not be sore. Oh, and in my FACE -- I was sore in my upper body after snowboarding on Saturday. I said I didn't use much of my upper body so I wouldn't be sore there but nope I totally am. I wonder if I'm too tight so when all of the adrenaline goes away I get sore? Or does the balancing act of being on a snowboard take proportionately more strength in my upper body compared to the proportionate increased strength in my legs to be and maneuver on a snowboard? But I'm really curious as to why I'm sore now. Did skipping 2 days really have that effect!? I'm about 1/2 as sore as I was when I first started doing Month 2. It's mostly my upper back muscles, not as much triceps and not at all biceps. I can really feel my core engaging when I do sports now. It's a great feeling! I feel more athletic and fit. I decided to start eating better so I can get that extra little "oomph" to shaping my body. Starting with... only one ice cream sandwich, not two, at night :) and I forwent the cookies at lunch. Better not to lighten the wallet to heavy the stomach eh? Keeping my wallet fat and my tummy .. not as fat. I'm still duck-status though, keeping some fat in my tummy just like a duck. Might stay that way. I don't think I'll go down anymore in clothes sizes -- my waist hasn't shrunken past 26" and there is already some definition forming, and my hips won't fit into anything smaller than a 4. Oh, but, so, ok I take what I said about clothes not getting smaller back. That's just pants sizes. My dress and shirt sizes have shrunken from medium to small! My broader shoulders sometimes keep me from wearing a small but for the most part I'm usually a small now instead of the previous default size medium. Woohoo!
Insanity, Day 61: Max Cardio Conditioning
Was late for work.. no time to do Insane Abs. I wanted to make up for it this weekend but I think that's when I'm supposed to do another round of Insane Abs! Maybe tonight? Or tomorrow night?
I need to redo my schedule (A-FREAKIN-GAIN). Waking up at 7 leaves me no room to make juice -- I haven't juiced in 2 days because I was late to work!! :( I think I should muscle it up and sleep at 10 or 10:30, wake up at 6:30.
Last night I ate two ice cream sandwiches, but this morning I didn't feel as sluggish as I did yesterday. I remembered that yesterday I did the HARDEST work out (Max Plyometrics) and today's was good. I don't like circuits so much. I like doing different things, and in Cardio Conditioning you do all different things. It's a circuit in the sense that you're doing one different thing after another, but you don't repeat the circuit. The first thing you do in this one is do football runs (run in place with your legs wide) and then get down into low plank. I can't stay in low plank, but I stayed as low as I could. I'm getting better at this: Shaun T. goes at a pretty fast pace, so in the past I was barely getting up when he called for down again. This time I lasted longer through the fast part (but didn't last all the way through). Level 1 Drills (aka burpees) are harder than they look. I find myself cheating by keeping my butt in the air. No good. I didn't do any of the jump ropes in the 8 jump ropes / 8 hop squats because you have to lift your knees high and I really suck at that.
Speaking of knees, my left knee acts up. Sometimes it hurts randomly. This isn't new, but something that *is* new is how I can't sit on the bottom half of my legs in a certain way. I'm sure it's because of the spill I took while snowboarding earlier this month. I hope it heals soon, and I hope it's not getting worse with Insanity. Either way, I have 6 days left, and then it's on to P90X!
I need to redo my schedule (A-FREAKIN-GAIN). Waking up at 7 leaves me no room to make juice -- I haven't juiced in 2 days because I was late to work!! :( I think I should muscle it up and sleep at 10 or 10:30, wake up at 6:30.
Last night I ate two ice cream sandwiches, but this morning I didn't feel as sluggish as I did yesterday. I remembered that yesterday I did the HARDEST work out (Max Plyometrics) and today's was good. I don't like circuits so much. I like doing different things, and in Cardio Conditioning you do all different things. It's a circuit in the sense that you're doing one different thing after another, but you don't repeat the circuit. The first thing you do in this one is do football runs (run in place with your legs wide) and then get down into low plank. I can't stay in low plank, but I stayed as low as I could. I'm getting better at this: Shaun T. goes at a pretty fast pace, so in the past I was barely getting up when he called for down again. This time I lasted longer through the fast part (but didn't last all the way through). Level 1 Drills (aka burpees) are harder than they look. I find myself cheating by keeping my butt in the air. No good. I didn't do any of the jump ropes in the 8 jump ropes / 8 hop squats because you have to lift your knees high and I really suck at that.
Speaking of knees, my left knee acts up. Sometimes it hurts randomly. This isn't new, but something that *is* new is how I can't sit on the bottom half of my legs in a certain way. I'm sure it's because of the spill I took while snowboarding earlier this month. I hope it heals soon, and I hope it's not getting worse with Insanity. Either way, I have 6 days left, and then it's on to P90X!
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