Day 3 - Cardio Power and Resistance

My legs hurt!!  Specifically those quads, and especially right above my knees.  Wobbling out of bed to change clothes made me nervous to start today’s workout.   I am also slightly feeling the soreness in my upper and lower back.

Starting off with the normal warmup, I could already feel that pain in my legs but I decided to get over and push on through.  The warmup seemed a little easier than yesterday breathing-wise, but that could be due to the fact I wasn’t quite pushing myself as hard due to my soreness. The stretching section was still a welcome break, and it helped warm up those tight muscles.

Just like yesterday, there were two sections of exercises, each repeated three times with 30 second water breaks in between.  There was also an additional exercise in between and after the second section.   I felt like today concentrated more on jumping (I HATE fast power jumps by the way) and arms, rather than a ton of cardio. It wasn’t until more than halfway in the video did I feel the first real sweat come on.

Vertical pushups might be an exercise I keep even after this is over.  They say it is working the shoulders, which I don’t really ever do.  And I also felt it in that little area under my arms in front that I always feel like I want to tone more.  It’s not that fun while doing them, but I think I will see some progress there.

As Shaun T coaches, he always mentions keeping the core tight.  This is the thing I have never known if I am doing correctly.  With my back being sore (and not my abs), I have no idea if I am doing the exercises right.  Hopefully I will figure this out as I go along so I work the right areas and don’t hurt myself.

Again, S.T. is very motivating as he moves through the exercises.  Encouraging you to push yourself but also go at your own pace.  I am not going to lie, I took several pauses during most of the exercises.  I definitely need to work on pushing myself more to not take those breaks and increase my reps.  Hopefully that will come naturally as I move through the videos.  

Watching the others in the video is still a bit laughable.  You cannot tell me these big strong built guys need water breaks in the middle of a 3 minute set.  At least they make me feel a little better as I lag behind too!

So far, I think it is a good workout, particularly for toning. I have my doubts on the calories burned aspect of it.  I am planning to take a few afternoons on the elliptical to keep up that aspect too, if my body doesn’t get too tired.  It might be a few days though, I am walking pretty slow today!