Day 4

Yesterday was super busy, I didn't get a chance to post an update.

There weren't many people in class yesterday morning... I was the only guy and there was an even number of women so I worked the bag by myself.  Tim was there from the 6AM class and we talked some nutrition... he recommended chocolate almond milk... which we don't have at County Market.  <shrug>   The workout was good... Jillian was running it... I didn't exhaust myself in the jumping jacks this time which is already an improvement over Monday.  I tried to get my roundhouse form better which worked my hips more... they're still sore today.  My core continues to not be up to the challenge yet... we were doing oblique planks between bag exercises which were pretty bad, I failed every time.  But of course, we're supposed to be working to failure anyway.  I can't decide if it's easier or harder with no partner... you don't have to worry about coordinating hitting the bag but at the same time, you can't 'hide' either.

I talked with Randy after class about the 10K challenge, nutrition, bands, etc... I might buy a figure eight band to travel with next week and the week after (I'll be traveling for work the next two weeks).

We had a health screening here at work yesterday so I was going to know my weight anyway so I weighed myself in the morning yesterday... I was 5 pounds down from Saturday.  Now... different scale, though... so maybe some factor there.  The scale at work was 11 pounds less than Saturday which was way off, but when i got home I weighed myself at home again and I was 2 pounds down from that morning... and it's not like I'm fasting or not drinking water.  After the busy day yesterday (more than 4 hours in the car), I had a bit more for dinner than I 'should' have... but still when I weighed myself this morning, I was another pound down from where I was last night.  So I'm 8 pounds down from Saturday... which is pretty great.

This morning, though, I was not eager to get out the door.  I wanted to sleep... very, very badly.  And I'm really sore.  Not as bad as post-marathon or anything, but pretty sore.  Jillian was running the upper body strength training... I've started dropping bands when I can't do it anymore so I can keep doing the exercise.  It's so weird, some thing are super easy and then the next thing is super hard, all because the disproportionate muscle development I've built up by just doing a couple of different exercises for years.  My core is still terrible.  My abs hurt all day yesterday and didn't feel much better this morning, so the abs stuff was really not good this morning.  I got the form as best as I could and when I couldn't anymore, I tried to hold something that at least kept putting some work into that muscle group.

I was kind of shocked to look in the mirror and see ripples in my triceps during one of the exercises... cool.

Tomorrow is, according to Sarah, the worst day of any week.  Friday kickboxing is the most intense workout of the week.  Looking forward to it.  ;-)