30 Day Shred - Day 1

27 January 2012

Woke up at 2 am to use the toilet, and saw that the 30 Day Shred had arrived, so I changed and began. No, i'm not mad. Was interrupted midway to nurse Chris, but completed it after. I definitely need to do this during the day, when my helper can play with Chris for say 30 minutes. Also, I'm gonna say that even though the workout is supposed to be done continuously for 30 days, I won't be able to do it on Sundays. So I'll be aiming real hard to do it from Monday to Saturday every week. On days where I have appointments during the day, then I guess I'll have to workout after Chris goes to sleep. I've just got to work around the limited available time I have to myself.

Definitely feel my muscles burning but the first day may be too early to tell. Oh yes, i remember now...muscles usually start getting sore the following day.

The exercises are not new to me, but they are definitely still challenging, especially after taking a 3 year break from exercise. Lunges, jumping jacks, back kicks, squats, bicep and tricep curls, chest presses, crunches... These aren't new, but the combination of cardio and strength and the sequencing of the exercises are supposed to optimize the workout.

I like that it's only a 20 minute thing per day and I like that the workouts are short, alternating bursts of cardio and strength training, so that you get a switch (i.e. break, well, kind of, or maybe just a distraction) just before you keel over in exhaustion.

On to day 2! Tomorrow's will probably be a middle of the night workout again, because I've got an appointment in the afternoon. Sigh!