As you might recall, I've been doing the All-Cardio Challenge from BackonPointe this week. Well, here I am to tell you how much it sucked on the first day.
I have not jumped rope since I was in grade school. For some reason, I remembered it as being easier than it actually is. At first, I had to do the jump skip, where you jump over the rope one leg at a time. Then I tried to jump with both feet and my legs literally felt like lead. I truly felt like I was going to collapse in a heap when I landed. Those 30 seconds could not go by fast enough.
The other exercises weren't that awful...until after the water break. I did okay getting through the first few exercises in the second set, but when I got down to the last 30 seconds of high knees, I thought my heart would burst out of my chest. Originally when I planned to do this workout with hubs, I pictured us leisurely walking down our cul-de-sac afterward, cooling down and talking about our plans for the day together.
Ha! As soon as I dropped my last high knee, I plopped down on our driveway. When I did manage to get up, it was to walk into the house so I could collapse on the living room floor. I laid there for about 10 minutes, catching my breath. I felt fat and out of shape and just generally terrible. But - here's the thing - I felt great the rest of the day, albeit starving.
The real trouble started the next day, when delayed onset soreness kicked in. When I tell y'all that I was walking like a penguin, I am not joking. Anytime I sat down for 30 minutes or more, I could barely stand up afterward. Not fun. But I got up and did Couch25K day 1 anyway. And it wasn't that awful!
Wednesday, it was back to the All-Cardio Challenge and I was miserable at first. The first set of jumping jacks almost killed me. But that got easier as the routine went on. I was actually able to cool off and walk afterward!
Thursday I overslept and did nothing all day. I ended up feeling awful - sluggish, bloated, and overweight. That was also the first day that I had coffee this week. It's also why this post is just getting published now.
*Note to self: Exercise makes the whole day go better!