Friday, September 7, 2012

Day 2 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit


I got up early so I could workout before work.  I was a little sore from the fit test, particularly in my quads and my back.  That makes sense, since those are probably the muscles I use least on the elliptical. It is two days later as I write this, so I am trying to remember the exact exercises, but I think I already blocked that hell from my mind, ha!

Day 2 started off with a warmup, which already left me gasping for breath and sweating. I was very thankful for the next section, which was stretching, for a little bit of a break.  Next up were two interval sections.  You get a 3 minute session with various exercises, then a water break, then repeat two more times, getting faster each time.

Level 1 drills, or whatever you want to call them, SUCK.  I think it went something like – stand up, bend door, go to push up position, 4 pushups, run in pushup position for 8 seconds, stand up, back down, and on and on.  Whew!  I wanted to kill Shaun T after this one.  In and out pushups were pretty rough as well, especially since they were right at the end of the set!

By the end of the workout, I was pretty sweaty and TIRED.  I was definitely shaky and needed to rest a few minutes before showering and getting ready for work. I felt ok, although my legs were feeling the pain the most.  Walking down stairs was particularly difficult, as my quads right above my knees were getting sorer by the moment.  By the end of the day, I was hurting pretty good in those quads.  Not in a bad way, but in an I-just-worked-muscles-that-haven’t-felt-a-stretch-in-forever kind of way.  Once I got home and sat down on that couch, it was tough to get back up. 

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