DVD - Plyometric Cardio Circuit.
Huzzah! My ankle held up. Took about a week. It still hurt a little toward the end of the workout, but not so much that it had any effect on my ability to do the workout. I was ecstatic. I'd halfway begun to believe maybe I just had weak ankles and I'd reached the critical point with my right ankle. Or maybe my new shoes were the culprit. I often by 7 1/2 because I have wide feet, and the unless shoes are 7W, 7's tend not to fit. The 7 1/2 in the FILAs I bought was both too long and too wide, so I bought 7s. I was starting to worry that my ankles were having trouble with the arch being in a different spot than my old shoes, but when I checked, those were 7's, too. So, not the shoes. Not a general ankle weakness. Just a little strain that took a week to repair itself.
I thought this would be my last night of Plyo, because of the rotation. But it turns out I do Plyo again on Saturday, when I thought I would be doing Cardio Power & Resistance. Turns out, I did Power and Resistance for the last time on Monday. For some reason, this last week, the whole order got skewed. I suspect part of it is that Plyo is a bit longer than Power & Resistance, and the goal is to get you ready for the even longer workouts that come during month two. I'm a little sad though, that I didn't get to "say goodbye" to Resistance & Power by kicking ass all through my last turn with it - although maybe if I had known I would have pushed myself harder than my ankle could sustain that day.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 22
DVD - Pure Cardio
DVD - Cardio Abs
My ankle was able to handle more of the workout tonight, but I still had to baby it which meant that I wasn't at full cardio capacity. It's frustrating to have my progress seemingly stalled owing to an injury I could have avoided if only I'd had another pair of flat shoes, or had been able to telecommute to the office rather than actually commute like I'd wanted given the storm.
What I have to keep in mind is that though I haven't grown my ability to manage the cardio pace I have been working hard and I am experience positive physical changes. I'm not supposed to officially take my body measurements until this coming Sunday at the 4 week mark, but I broke out the tailor's tape today anyway. At just over 3 weeks I've lost just over 2 inches from my waist, about an inch and a half from my hips and good progress on my uppers thighs and upper arms. With most of the weeks' workouts still to come, I anticipate even better progress on Sunday when I take my sanctioned readings.
I can also feel the results, and I don't mean things like "more energy" or "sleeping better", though both of course are true. I mean, when I feel my body, I note a difference. There is less to pinch on the sides of my torso, and good god my quads are getting hard and tight. I think by the end of Insanity you might just be able to see the definition of the muscles in my thighs.
DVD - Cardio Abs
My ankle was able to handle more of the workout tonight, but I still had to baby it which meant that I wasn't at full cardio capacity. It's frustrating to have my progress seemingly stalled owing to an injury I could have avoided if only I'd had another pair of flat shoes, or had been able to telecommute to the office rather than actually commute like I'd wanted given the storm.
What I have to keep in mind is that though I haven't grown my ability to manage the cardio pace I have been working hard and I am experience positive physical changes. I'm not supposed to officially take my body measurements until this coming Sunday at the 4 week mark, but I broke out the tailor's tape today anyway. At just over 3 weeks I've lost just over 2 inches from my waist, about an inch and a half from my hips and good progress on my uppers thighs and upper arms. With most of the weeks' workouts still to come, I anticipate even better progress on Sunday when I take my sanctioned readings.
I can also feel the results, and I don't mean things like "more energy" or "sleeping better", though both of course are true. I mean, when I feel my body, I note a difference. There is less to pinch on the sides of my torso, and good god my quads are getting hard and tight. I think by the end of Insanity you might just be able to see the definition of the muscles in my thighs.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Days 19 & 20
Day 19 DVD - Cardio Power & Resistance
Day 20 DVD - Plyometric Cardio Circuit
My ankle is still bothering me, and it affected my ability to do both of these workouts. I pushed through as much as I could, but found that the further into the workout, the harder some specific moves became. The ankle hurts on the inside, above the bone and to the back. The moves that hurt are the ones that involve a quick directional change (like suicides) or pressure on the inner part of the ankle (like football sprints) or jumping from and landing in a squat (like power jumps).
It's not incredibly painful, but I can feel its weakness as I try moves in the families of those I mentioned above. I considered maybe trying to wrap my ankle before the next workout to see if added support would help, but I am worried that might cause me to work it to hard without noticing, to my later detriment. Instead, I think I will continue to make modifcations to the workout so that I am still keeping up the cardio pace. For example, tonight during the power jumps I just did jumping jacks. Still an up and down cardio movement, but without so much pressure on my inner ankle.
Not falling back on my ability with the cardio is important. I'm just about to go into my last week of this first set of DVDs. Next month, the workouts get harder in that they get longer, so I want my endurance to continue to increase. I noticed that as at first I tried to force myself to continue without modification I was struggling more to get through the cardio. Because the cardio is so intense for me still, I think I need to be as close to 100% physically when I start each workout as possible. Any diversion of my focus to some other twinge or ailment makes it harder for me mentally to push myself through the cardio because I rather obviously don't want to hurt myself more.
Day 20 DVD - Plyometric Cardio Circuit
My ankle is still bothering me, and it affected my ability to do both of these workouts. I pushed through as much as I could, but found that the further into the workout, the harder some specific moves became. The ankle hurts on the inside, above the bone and to the back. The moves that hurt are the ones that involve a quick directional change (like suicides) or pressure on the inner part of the ankle (like football sprints) or jumping from and landing in a squat (like power jumps).
It's not incredibly painful, but I can feel its weakness as I try moves in the families of those I mentioned above. I considered maybe trying to wrap my ankle before the next workout to see if added support would help, but I am worried that might cause me to work it to hard without noticing, to my later detriment. Instead, I think I will continue to make modifcations to the workout so that I am still keeping up the cardio pace. For example, tonight during the power jumps I just did jumping jacks. Still an up and down cardio movement, but without so much pressure on my inner ankle.
Not falling back on my ability with the cardio is important. I'm just about to go into my last week of this first set of DVDs. Next month, the workouts get harder in that they get longer, so I want my endurance to continue to increase. I noticed that as at first I tried to force myself to continue without modification I was struggling more to get through the cardio. Because the cardio is so intense for me still, I think I need to be as close to 100% physically when I start each workout as possible. Any diversion of my focus to some other twinge or ailment makes it harder for me mentally to push myself through the cardio because I rather obviously don't want to hurt myself more.
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