Insanity Days 4, 5 and 6

Day 4

Soreness in my right calf didn't even matter today. It was a Cardio Recovery class today. It reminds me of Chalene's Stretch 40 class. It is a fast-paced yoga class...more or less.

I don't want to be a Negative Nelly, but as welcome as this change of pace may be for some, I really don't like these classes very much. I would much rather be jumping around, out of breath and sweating like crazy. I do, however, understand that there is probably a reason for these (extended stretching for more pliable muscles, increasing flexibility and toning and sculpting purposes), but it doesn't make me enjoy it more. This coming from someone that used to do yoga daily. I need to find a way to get past the dread I already feel of doing Cardio Recovery again.

I did sweat today, just not as much as I would if I were doing cardio. Looking forward to jumping back into it tomorrow. Bad pun intended.

I have decided that I need mirrors on my workout area so I can see how my form holds up. I'm pretty sure Brett will not be down with the mirrors.

Day 5

My wish came true. Pure Cardio today rocked my world. And when I say "rocked my world" what I mean is that I was so sweaty, I had to take my shirt off. It was not pretty. Me sans shirt, that is. The sweat was beautiful.

My coordination is not that great at 4:30 in the morning. If I get the chance sometime this weekend, I want to try Insanity in the evening to see how much better I can execute the moves.

I had to stop the DVD and stretch twice because my quads and calf muscles were so tight. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have been able to finish because I couldn't pick my legs up.

I finished even though Shaun T said something about skipping ahead to the cool down if you needed to. I noticed that my obliques are sore today. I do like that I feel something because it is the confirmation I need to say that this is working.

I find switch kicks almost impossible to do for some reason. Impossible because my feet aren't getting off the ground very far. Sounds like a goal to me!!!!

Day 6

Didn't get to do day 6. Have still been battling the bronchitis and am on round two of antibiotics and have an inhaler!! Yesssssssss. Not really.

And although I was not able to complete the sixth day, I still lost over two pounds. Yessssssssss! Really!

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you still thinking about doing Insanity, until next time....