Days 25, 26, 27, 28 - END OF MONTH 1, wooohooo~

So I've been lazy for the past few days and didn't blog, but truthfully it wasn't all that eventful. The workouts were more tiring than they should be because I didn't sleep well, having to study. However, I do feel stronger and were I better rested, I would power through those workouts. As it is, I powered through the warmup and first part, but got tired the second halves. I need to learn how to pace myself, as the workouts in Month 2 are longer and more intense. No more spider sightings, so I'm happy! Tomorrow I will start Month 2, having wasted a week (I did run a lot, though, so that makes me feel less guilty). I'm nervous but so excited to start seeing results!

Day 23, 24

So Day 23 was Cardio Power and Resistance, and today was Plyometric Cardio Circuit. I'm finding that these workouts are just a tiny bit easier to do, except that I crashed in the second half of today's video, probably because I was tired from Hapkido, and also because I pushed myself a little too hard in the first half. Yesterday wasn't that bad, though. However, I'm noticing that my calves have started hurting, and my rests are mostly due to that. It's never happened before; usually it's an all-over ache, but these past few days my calves have started to feel strained and tired. It's probably not a good thing, but I have no idea what caused it and why. Maybe all the long distance running last week... At least I'm feeling slightly stronger, though. Still no difference in the appearance of my legs :(

Finally Day 21 - end of Week 3, Day 22

So today I finally did the first video of Week 4, Pure Hell, because yesterday was my rest day (last day of Week 3). It actually wasn't as bad as I remember it being; I rested, but nowhere near as much. Perhaps the recovery week helped, or maybe the 3k I did earlier today helped loosen my muscles, but it went by really quickly and I wasn't that tired. My muscles had that warm feeling after, like what I experienced in Day 5. I'm not sure if my body is getting stronger, but I feel a tangible difference today. I did better on the 3k than I thought I would, too. All in all, a pretty good day. Resolutions for Week 4: to do Insanity AS SOON AS I get home, max 30 minutes of rest; to sleep before 1am.

End of my (unintentional) recovery week

I missed so many days I might as well count this as my recovery week, and plow straight into week 1 of the second month after one more week of the first month. I have been moderately active, as I am doing fitness testing in school; I'm running a 3k tomorrow. My family has also made a collective decision to eat healthier, which means more veggies, less meat, and less rice. If I can just keep this up through exams and summer school, by August I will be in amazing shape. I don't think I'll meet my goal, as results will probably take longer to show, but I'll enjoy the trip nevertheless.

So the third week curse was right...

I've been pretty busy with homework lately, but that's no excuse. Busier people than I have found a way to do it. This is the fourth day I missed, so I feel terrible. On Saturday and Sunday I did a fair bit of walking, since I was buying props, and filming a video project. By the time I got home, I was tired, both physically and mentally. I had a 2.4k run on Monday for my school's fitness test. My time improved from 15.10 to 13.15, which means I was an entire lap faster (about 2 minutes). I have Insanity to thank, because instead of giving up and walking, which I wanted to many many times, I pushed through, and walked only when I really had to. I gave myself some time to recover, about 15 seconds, then started jogging again. These short breaks energized me, but I didn't give in to the temptation to just walk for half a lap, which I would have before. I didn't do Insanity yesterday, though. And today was more filming, and just plain laziness on my part. I have more filming tomorrow, but I will try my best to finish the third week tomorrow.

Day 19?, rest day and Day 20!

I could swear I did Cardio Power & Resistance on Wednesday, but I don't remember exactly and I didn't blog about it! I know I didn't skip any days, except for yesterday, which was my rest day. My video was stopped on CP&R, so I guess I did do it. Rest day was nice; I always love Thursdays.
Today's workout got cut short, because it was late, and also because another spider came scuttling across the floor. I'm worried that there might be a spider nest downstairs, in the only place where I can work out. I loathe creepy-crawlies of all types, and it makes me paranoid and jumpy. I can't concentrate if there is even a possibility of a spider sneaking up to me. Please go away so I can breathe easier! I feel guilty about not finishing my workout, since I only did about half of it. Also, today I had a venti frap, so that's a load of calories I should be working off.

Day 18

The tailbone is feeling slightly better today; it's hurting less. Cardio Recovery was again a relaxing experience after all of that intense cardio, but my one pet peeve is my utter inability to hold my squats/lunges for more than 5 seconds at that point in the video. Well-rested, I might be able to get in about 10, and I'd simply collapse out of sheer pain. No matter how hard I pushed myself, I just couldn't do it. I can (barely) keep up with most of the cardio, but this is a whole different ballgame.