Cardio Recovery

Ha. The name of today's workout is "Cardio Recovery"...it lulls you into the erroneous belief that Shaun T is not going to rake your ass over the coals.

WRONG.

Today's workout happened pretty easily because I remembered that it was a recovery day. I got fooled and drank the kool-aid, getting out of bed with the belief that I would not kill myself today. However, although it was a tough workout, today was not as grueling and painful as the other workouts are because it is much more stretch- and strength-based.

The Cardio Recovery has 35 minutes on the clock - which makes you think you are going to just CRUISE through. But, again, there is some tough stuff in this workout that makes you realize why it's called INSANITY.

There are some pretty serious, very deep squats. And he does them vvvveeeeerrrrrryyyyyy s.l.o.w.l.y. OUCH. There are long moments of holding these squats, of squeezing your inner thighs together while holding in your core, and then there are plie squats, too. Don't forget about the lunges. WHOA. It was so slow, but I was sweating and breathing hard. Remember, I'm SO out of shape that even a cardio recovery day is a big workout for me.

I felt like today was a better day than yesterday, as I didn't suck wind and I didn't hate myself as much today for not being able to get through everything. It was worth getting up early to do it, and I'm actually bringing the two next workouts with me this weekend as we travel to go see family.