I was not able to blog this week - lots going on, but I did stick with it and now that I have week one of T25 behind me, I will take this opportunity to do a week in review! I am proud of myself for sticking with it! I feel pretty awesome about that and you can never have enough awesome in your life!
Day One - Cardio. I already updated y'all on this. If you didn't read about it, yo bad! Go back and catch up would ya!?
Day One - Cardio. I already updated y'all on this. If you didn't read about it, yo bad! Go back and catch up would ya!?
Day Two - Speed 1.0. No words for this workout. This is how I felt when I "finished" if you could call it that. I. Could. Not. Keep. Up! In fact, I don't even think our legs and feet were meant to go that fast! I hate to think what Speed 2.0 is like in the next cyle 5 weeks from now! I decided I hated this workout so much that I will be replacing it with Autumn Calebrese's 21 Day Fix Upper since there is virtually no upper body training in T25.
Day Three - Total Body Circuit. Ok, I was suprememly excited to push play on this one! I thought after Speed 1.0, it could only go uphill from there. I had another think coming. This picture pretty much sums up my thoughts on TBC. Not cool, Shaun. Not cool at all. And need I remind you, with arthrtic wrists...this video was impossible for me. I know what you're thinking, "nothing is impossible" right? WRONG! Push-ups for this girl are literally not possible! I have decided that I will use Autum's Total Body Cardio video on Wednesday's instead.
Day Four - Ab Intervals. Confession Time. I turned this one off after about 15 minutes. Not because it was insanely difficult. It was. But because it was painfully boring. Having said that, it was probably the single best ab workout I've come across in a long time and involved ZERO crunches! Can I get an Amen!? I WILL finish it this week, but I will need to put on some seriously motivating workout music to get through it! My core is the weakest part of my body. I know I need this! I will not give up!
Day Five - Lower Body Focus. Ok, NOW we're talkin'! I loved every painful second of this one! Because self torture is where it's at, apparently. This picture is appropriate with one exception. My legs looked like this during leg day, not after! 25 minutes straight of lunges, reverse lunges, squats, calf raises will do that to ya! Oh, one more thing to mention! Day 5 is "doubles" day, which means you repeat Cardio. However, if you prefer, you can do Cardio on Day 6.
So what's the bottom line? I really want to like this program more than I do. I LOVE the fact that it's only 25 minutes and my heart rate is elevated the entire time! I love that all I have to do is put my sneakers on and push play. No fancy equipment, weights, or anything like that. I love that get to rest on Day 7 (or stretch only). But, it's also a lot of jumping and hopping around which I find is a bit hard on my feet/ankles/knees. Now that I'm old. -er, that is (wink, wink). I don't want to toss in the towel just yet. I am looking forward to seeing how I feel this week by supplementing two of Autumn's workouts into this program. Regardless, I know I am better off mentally than I have been the last 8 weeks since I stopped making my fitness a priority and I don't want to go back to that pit again!
So here is to another week of kicking butt! Let's let the good times roll...and not our tummies!
So here is to another week of kicking butt! Let's let the good times roll...and not our tummies!