Today was my second day of recovery week and also marks the halfway point of Insanity. 31 days down, and 31 to go. Today was the same workout as yesterday, and I burned 513 calories. I pushed a bit harder today but also modified a couple of exercises to go easy on my back (instead of "hit the floor" I did "mountain climbers", for example). My back is sore once again. I used the heat pad last night and did a lot of stretching, but I will use the rest of this week to get it back to 100% so I can give 100% when Phase 2 starts Monday. My favorite stretches are "child's pose" and "cat stretch pose". If you have lower back pain, just search for them on YouTube. They work very well.
The day before this all started, I had Meghan take a bunch of pictures and measurements of me. This was a necessary step in my 2-month-long effort to win a free Insanity T-Shirt. Yes, a T-Shirt. Well, today we need to do the same thing, then once more when this is over. Will I ever post those online? Uhh.... Not sure. I know I have some people from work that read this, and they certainly don't need to see the "before" pictures of me with my shirt off. But we'll see. If the "after" pictures are passable, perhaps I will. What's the fun in an after picture without the before picture after all, right? I get that. We'll see.
I must say by the way, that working from home does make this easier. I had early calls this morning but nothing from 11-12 so having some flexibility of when I do the workout really helps. As I've said before, I'm not a morning person, so I suspect if I had to go to the office each day, I'd either need to do this during lunch (I know at least 1 person who did Insanity at my company's nearest office during lunch), or I'd have to do it at night when I got home but before dinner. (You don't want to do Insanity workouts after eating. Trust me. Don't go there.) But the idea of working all day, then doing this doesn't appeal to me. I suppose it does relieve stress and helps clear your mind, but it does that at 11am as well! ;-)
Keeping an eye on the weather because it looks like Friday could be a big nor'easter. Still too early to tell. Could be rain. Could be over a foot of snow. I'm hoping for snow, but I know I'm in the minority around here.
What's with my hair anyway? Nice hair unicorn!
The day before this all started, I had Meghan take a bunch of pictures and measurements of me. This was a necessary step in my 2-month-long effort to win a free Insanity T-Shirt. Yes, a T-Shirt. Well, today we need to do the same thing, then once more when this is over. Will I ever post those online? Uhh.... Not sure. I know I have some people from work that read this, and they certainly don't need to see the "before" pictures of me with my shirt off. But we'll see. If the "after" pictures are passable, perhaps I will. What's the fun in an after picture without the before picture after all, right? I get that. We'll see.
I must say by the way, that working from home does make this easier. I had early calls this morning but nothing from 11-12 so having some flexibility of when I do the workout really helps. As I've said before, I'm not a morning person, so I suspect if I had to go to the office each day, I'd either need to do this during lunch (I know at least 1 person who did Insanity at my company's nearest office during lunch), or I'd have to do it at night when I got home but before dinner. (You don't want to do Insanity workouts after eating. Trust me. Don't go there.) But the idea of working all day, then doing this doesn't appeal to me. I suppose it does relieve stress and helps clear your mind, but it does that at 11am as well! ;-)
Keeping an eye on the weather because it looks like Friday could be a big nor'easter. Still too early to tell. Could be rain. Could be over a foot of snow. I'm hoping for snow, but I know I'm in the minority around here.
What's with my hair anyway? Nice hair unicorn!
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