Well I finally got my lazy self off the couch to workout. I
was a little scared for today from the name of the workout alone. Interval
training is hard enough, with just 30 second breaks. This main part of this
workout was 15 minutes straight with zero breaks.
We started with the normal warm up. I did try to push myself a little bit more
and found myself sweating after just the first few minutes. Next was the
stretching section, nothing new here. Except that Shaun T mentioned he was
nervous about the upcoming workout. That didn’t make me feel ANY better. While
introducing, he told us we would do each exercise for a full minute. The first
two exercises were familiar; I think they came from the Fit Test. Then came
some new challenging ones. I had to pause it twice to get some water and take a
ten second break; this was tough!
About 5 minutes into the 15 minute section, we started power
jacks (basically a jumping jack but you land it in a lunge), and I felt a
slight twinge in my upper right quad, right on the side of my leg. I tried
again, but it was still hurting. I
paused the video, shook it out, massaged it a bit, and tested it out. It still
hurt and felt really tight whenever going into that lunge position. So
unfortunately, I had to stop the workout. I would rather take a day off then
push myself and potentially get really hurt, delaying the entire workout.
I am icing it down right now, and really want to go to the
elliptical. But every time I stand up, I get that tight feeling and I am scared
to work it out any more. I guess I am forced to take the rest of the day off
and try again tomorrow morning. I will
save the place in this video and finish it up this week. Crossing my fingers…
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