What I did and why
Today was Day 44 of Les Mills Combat! I'm sooooo close to being done with my 60 days! I'm doing the Warrior program, so Day 44 was Shock Plyo. If you've been reading along, you know that I don't like Shock Plyo. My coach asked me why I don't like Shock Plyo. I don't remember what I told her, but I do know that I don't like all the lunges! I suck at lunges and I"m just not getting better at them. My boobs don't like burpees! The Glamorise sports bra that I have does not hold the girls still while doing burpees. It works okay for the other jumping stuff, or I'm just too out of breath to care, but for the burpees, it's just not pleasant. There is a lot of jumping in this workout. This is most definitely TMI, but I"m going to share anyway......My fat farts and I hate that. You know how you can make a fart sound but sticking your hand in your armpit? Well, I make the same sound when there is too much jumping going on. It doesn't matter that no one is here to hear it. I hate knowing that it happens. I hate why it happens. I hate everything about it. It takes me out of bad ass mode and into fat ass mode and it makes me want to put less omph into my workout because I don't want the reminder of where I let myself get to. I've thought about looking at different types of clothing that might help with it, but I'm shrinking, so I don't want to spend a lot of money on stuff that might not be useful in a couple weeks. It's a bit reason why I haven't invested in a smaller sports bra at this point. I'm contemplating just buying an ACE bandage and wrapping my chest up in it!
Shock Plyo
This is a 30 minute HIIT workout. It's all about the cardio and strength training. We don't get to punch and kick in this one! I love the punching and kicking! You can read a play by play of the workout on my Day 5 post when I did Shock Plyo for the first time. I'm not a fan of the jumping and lunging. I'm trying to be motivated by my improvement in this workout, but I still feel like I suck at it. I modify all of the lunges still. I step back instead of stepping forward. I don't do any of the plyo lunges Today, I was able to do all of the burpees by kicking my legs back and jumping them forward again. I was out of breath and I didn't do them at the same speed they did them, but I didn't have to step my legs back and forward like I have in the past. This made me happy.
The power climbers have been an issue for me in the past. This time, I did them all on my feet. I'm kind of confused about these things though because I pick me feet up off the floor for them. When they are doing them, they say you can make it harder by picking your feet up off the floor, but I don't understand how to do them without picking my feet up.
I still have to do the push ups on my knees, but I'm working on keeping my body stretched out as much as possible. In the beginning, I pretty much did them from the "hands and knees" position. Even then, they were torture. I'm getting pretty good at them on my knees! I'm hopeful that by the time I'm done with this round of Combat, I'll be able to do at least one real push up. I don't plan on trying until after Combat though. I've mentioned before that I'm afraid of smashing to the ground and casing an injury that will prevent me from finishing this.
I wasn't in the mood to do the ski squats with the jumps. I did the modifications in the entire section except for the "drop taps." I didn't give them the biggest jump out there, but I did jump sorta.
I only have to do this workout three more times! I have to do it twice in one week though! That is going to be a challenge! I'm pretty sure I'm going to hurt tomorrow even though I didn't do all of the jumping.
BodyMedia Screen Shots
Here are my BodyMedia Screen Shots for the workout. They might be the last screen shots for some time. My device is not working at the moment. I'm pretty bummed about this. I'm nearly in tears. I fear that this will be what breaks me. I can't let that happen, but I fear it will. I can convince myself to get up and workout each morning because it's an experiment. I liked to see the charts and graphs. Without the charts and graphs, it's just working out. I don't want to workout. I want to have fun looking at charts and graphs. I want to show pretty pictures to people on my blog. I'm hoping that I can magically fix this, but I fear that I can't and I'm pretty devastated about it. This arc looks more like a HIIT workout than I've seen in previous workouts.
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