Saturday, March 06, 2010

Day 32: Sched.: CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE

Actual: power yoga. I'm writing this on day 33 because I was too bummed out yesterday to write, because it was the first day I did not do an Insanity routine when there was one scheduled. The good news is that today my knees are feeling much better. I also got a DVD by Gaiam called Strong Knees and have been doing the short knee strengthening/stretching routine, and researching knee trouble. The jury is still out about continuing with month two, but I still would like to. From what I read, I don't have a specific injury or even a definite injury at all, as my knees are still completely functional and the discomfort was very subtle. I also don't have any tightness or weakness in any of the surrounding muscles. Someone on the forum gave me good advice about possible irritation of the connective tissue, and I do think that's what it is. So, there's hope.

I am really tempted to do Core Cardio and Balance today as scheduled, although the other half of me thinks I should continue to rest the knees in preparation for Monday. I also had originally planned to do the fit test today, but I think I'm better off skipping the fit test this week. When doing the fit test, you're definitely trying to crank out as many as you possibly can to beat your numbers, and I think that would be risky for me right now. I'm also very sore just about everywhere, and I think it's from the yoga. It's kind of funny that my body would have that response to yoga after all of these years, but I guess I have accustomed it to a different type of routine for the past month. I should note that Insanity has made yoga much harder. I don't think one strengthens you more than the other, but I think they strengthen different areas in different ways.

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