I was more than a little nervous heading into this week with Jillian. This week adds new workouts to the fitness routine. The realm of torture that was about to be inflicted on me ran wild in my head for days. I can honestly tell you that it was just as bad as I imagined.
I’m also adding in the couch to 5K running program a few times a week now. It has occurred to me that I’m running a team 5K event in about 5 weeks and have not run a lick most of the summer. Yikes!
Sunday: You may have noticed that I usually start my workout week on Tuesday’s but since I was such a fatty fat over vacation I decided to kick start the workout week and start on Sunday. Workout 3 is all about the front of the body. It kicks off with lunges and doesn’t improve much from there. Man push-up are now included in the workout…WTF?!?! I don’t even do the girly kind well! Needless to say I did about 4 man push ups and had to switch to the girly ones. It was hard but I actually enjoyed it. I was so busy trying to figure out what was coming next that I didn’t have a lot of time to focus on what I was doing. Anytime I can avoid thinking about the torture that Jillian is currently inflicting on my body is A-okay with me!!!
I completed the first “Couch to 5K workout”. It was only 25 minutes long and was actually pretty easy…which is good because my 5K date is not really that far away.
Monday: I woke up in pain again. Oh Jillian! Why do you enjoy torturing me so?! Workout 4 (back of the body) was about a 110 on a scale of 1 to 100. You know those planks that I loved so much?! Not only are planks in this workout but you have to do alternating leg lifts while in the plank position. Yea…that is super fun!
Tuesday: Grrr…Cardio 1 day!
Wednesday: Workout 3 today. I didn’t enjoy this as much today. I actually know what is coming next now so I am constantly dreading it. In case you were wondering…4 man push ups and then I had to do the rest girly style.
Thursday: Workout 4. I’m thinking Jillian’s “assets” may not be entirely the result of working out. You know what I’m saying? I’m not judging here. More power to her….however in the interest of full disclosure I feel it’s only fair for her to notify us as to whether or not the girls are real!
I completed the second “Couch to 5K workout”. It was 30 minutes and I upped the running a bit from what was required. I felt really good about itJ
Friday: Cardio 1 day….Bleck! I am now doing all of the suicides in the first and second set and most of the ones in the 3rd set. I STILL HATE them with a passion that burns like the sun!!!
Saturday: Technically, this should be a day of rest but I have a doctor’s appointment on Monday (which means they will put me on the scale) so I’m going to do workouts on Saturday and Sunday, take Monday off and then get back on my regular schedule on Tuesday. For today’s workout, I did Yoga Booty Ballet’s: Latin Flavor DVD. This one is fun and I actually enjoyed it…you know as much as one can enjoy working out.
Sunday: I started the day off with the “Couch to 5k workout”. It was the same workout as last time but for some reason was a lot more difficult…who knows?! I have GOT to start running more or my 5K team is going to kill me!
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