Day Ten

December 10, 2008
Wednesday

It was really difficult to exercise tonight. Not because I didn’t want to, but because there are just not enough hours in the day right now. Christmas is coming and I like to have my shopping finished somewhat early to have time to wrap everything. Plus, weekends are full of holiday parties and get-togethers, so those seem to be flying by with very little items crossed off my “to-do” list. And it is dark out and feels like nighttime at 5pm, so that makes me just want to go home and hibernate! Anyway, I had some errands to run after work and Jason was out of town for the night, so I really wanted to get stuff done, but I did fit in the workout.

I feel very differently about the workouts now. At first, it was very overwhelming and I realized just how out of shape I am. Plus, I was starting to hate Tony. Now I understand the moves and have a pretty good knowledge of the routines, so now I am concentrating on working out and feeling the burn. I am using mirrors to make sure that I am doing the moves correctly and just overall working on doing everything correctly and fully. And I only get slightly annoyed with Tony, but mostly because I have to hear the same jokes over and over and over again.

So, with the attempt to advance, get through the workout completely, and do each move 100% correctly, now I am sore again. And I am starting to realize just how long it is going to take me to get to the next level. I am finding myself improving in some areas and doing worse in others. Like the yoga. I stopped using the yoga mat and I was having much better results. I was even starting to enjoy it. Last night, though, I could barely make it through. And anyone reading this that hasn’t done Power 90 – it is the first thing you do in this workout, so I wasn’t tired. I don’t know if my body is rebelling or changing or what is happening. It is frustrating, though.

The section that includes the jumping jacks, running in place, and lunge runs really hurts me. My heart and my lungs are not used to having to put forth that much energy. And my calves just kill me the entire time. I really hate those lunge runs. I have the footwork down now, but I just kind of swing my arms. The x work is still trouble, but mostly just the diagonal hops at the end of each section. I actually kind of like doing the fast feet, but I feel the energy drain during that, especially in the second set. I did get through the entire first set of the hops this time (hence the energy draining during the entire second set) and I did a few (about 10 seconds worth) in the second set.

The kickboxing is still my favorite and I really concentrated on the kicks tonight. I think that is why I am sore today. I could feel the difference on how I was executing each kick and it felt really good to take it to that level.

Also, I still struggle with about half of the sets in the Abs 100, so I decided to step that up a notch and do the abs work every night. I am hoping to see wonderful results with my tummy. That is a huge problem area for me, too, so it can’t hurt to double up on those exercises.

So far I have only told my sister Jamie (the loan commenter) about this blog. But if anyone out there is doing or has done Power 90 and has stumbled across this, I would really like to hear any suggestions or just comments about your experiences.