Sunday, September 9, 2012

Day 4 - Cardio Recovery


I woke up a little less sore in my quads, although my knees still have some pain. But at least I could walk a little bit better and stairs weren’t nearly as bad. I felt a tiny feeling of working out in my glutes but other than that, not really any other soreness. I thought I would be hurting some in my shoulders from the Day 3 workout, but either it wasn’t as tough as I thought or I actually work those muscles every once in awhile.

Day 4 was an easy day. It was basically just a lot of stretching and squats. I guess we are supposed to let our body recover. I felt fairly flexible in most of the positions, although I cannot hold the poses through the burning.  That is definitely something I need to work on. This was not an all out heart racing, sweat kind of day, although I could feel some cardio vascular moments.

I also tried today without knee braces. I have floating kneecaps which causes inflammation and pain between my femur and patella. I am hoping that working through these squats and such will improve the muscles in this area to increase stability. Only time will tell.

But of course, I can’t have a day with zero cardio, so I hit the gym for a quick 30 minute session on the elliptical. Since the Insanity workout didn’t leave me weak as usual, it felt pretty good to back in the gym. I need to try to do this more often I think.

I am writing this as I sit on my couch on a lazy Sunday, looking for the motivation to get up for Day 5…  Still sore in my knees and a little in my upper back, I guess from all the stretching yesterday.  Wish me luck….   

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