You know in Kill Bill when Uma Thurman wakes up from her coma and tries to get out of bed? That was me this morning after plyometrics. Well, maybe I wasn't quite that bad, but it was rough, especially since I'm still really sore from the chest and back and abs workouts.
Plyometrics is essentially jump exercising so I spent an hour doing various lunges and squats integrated with jumping. It doesn't sound like it's that challenging, but I've heard it's widely recognized as the most difficult of all the workouts. I guess that should make me feel good because if I survived this one I should (theoretically) make it through the rest of them! A small victory I guess :-) My heart rate at the end of it was 170, so that's pretty good, in my aerobic zone or whatever. Even after all the cool down stretches it was still 140, so then I just collapsed on my yoga mat under our ceiling fan hah.
I think next on my rotation is shoulders and arms, but I'm not sure how well I'll fare with that since my arms are still in such pain from my first workout. Oh well, maybe it's more biceps instead of triceps and back. At least now I'm even more motivated to finish! It will be interesting to see how different I feel after the first cycle (month) of workouts. Before the first one you're supposed to record measurements around your biceps, thighs, hips, waist, and chest. I wonder if they will be any different in a month's time? Suzana says that she noticed a difference in the first month, so perhaps I will also! I'd like to keep running too because that also slims you down whereas this workout will muscle me up.
On a funny note, my thighs are not too much bigger around than my biceps! 17 inches versus 11.5 inches, but granted my measuring technique was less than precise (took a shoelace, marked the spot, and then measured that against a measuring tape since I don't have any sort of flexible measuring length like used for sewing). As long as I do it the same way every time it should be alright.
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