Day 30: CORE CARDIO and BALANCE (modified)

Well, I finally had to make a change. My knees felt better this morning but still not 100%. I decided to do the hip flexor burner/shoulder work part of today's routine and then switch to about 50 minutes of power yoga. I was SORE from the first day of CC&B yesterday. Holy cow! My muscles just feel weak. Yoga felt way more difficult than usual, and I just wonder if general muscle weakness is contributing to instability at the knee joint. Maybe what I really need is an extra rest day. I do know that I can't do intense muscle work tomorrow (like power yoga). My hope is that my knees will be ready to return to CC&B.

My current plan is to take day 7 of this week off as scheduled, do a yoga-only day on day 6, and on day 5 take the fit test with Core Cardio and Balance. I think I need two days in a row of nonimpact before beginning the month 2 workouts, and this is assuming my knees repair this week as intended.

My month 1 review is forthcoming soon. Other recent observations:
1. I do not need a recovery drink during recovery week. I also don't need to eat as much.
2. Muscle soreness aside, my energy levels have returned to normal (and without the recovery drink) this week.
3. My sleep cycles seem to have adjusted to the intensity of Insanity in general and I am now sometimes waking up automatically after as little as 7 1/2 hours. For quite awhile I was sleeping like the dead and had to be blasted awake in the morning.