Day Eleven: Felt the Burn

I did not get a lot of sleep last night. I was tired but I stayed up till near two in the morning, and didn't manage to go to sleep till three. I was up by seven and the day has been a DRAG. It has just gone so slow. This has been one of the most exhausting Fridays in recent memory. I hate to say it, but I'll probably end up going to bed after this post has gone up and I shower.

The day was filled with no shortage of exercise and I didn't get to Pilates till nine tonight. But I came in determined to do them, as tired as I was. My energy levels definitely had a negative effect on me.

I began with the first video, a simple cardio routine that shouldn't have made me work as hard as it did. But it worked me. It wasn't much of a challenge last week and, just from a video critic standpoint, it could have been edited much better. It was a bit challenging this time around and I have no doubt it was because how tired I was (and still am).

It was short, though. The second video was not. This video was designed clearly for the women who wanted the sexy, slimmed body. Cause she states it a few times throughout the video how "sexy" and "seductive" the movements we were doing appeared. I wasn't feeling sexy or seductive. I was amused.

I was dancing like a chick in a rap video in some parts of this. Not a very good imitation, mind you, but if you could have seen me ... I was making the infinity symbol with my hips and slithering like snake.

All that aside, I found the movements to be challenging, though a bit repetitive. The later movements in the videos concentrated on the legs and were mostly the same stuff, just slightly different. The most challenging movement in this video was the Narrow Squat. Squats are tough stuff and my body ached, a lot, getting so low so often. It's not easy for me to hold my knees and feet together like she says I need to, and my concentration was split between that, my breathing, sucking in my abs, and the movement itself.

I felt the burn.

The last video would continue the burn. It's a workout to a song I actually kinda like, but I scoffed at the purpose of the video: to obtain runner's calves. My calves are pretty big as is (people point this out to me from time to time) and I run plenty.

I sure as heck wasn't going to be wearing any heels to show off my calves, so I thought of skipping the video. However, I hate doing that, so I sucked it up and did it. The weighted bags, combined with the toe-on-ground-only-exercises really got me hurting. I was beginning to cramp up by the end of the video.

So, yeah, my calves are apparently in need of some fine tuning. Go figure.

Today's workout was tough and I'm aiming for a well-rested night to make tomorrow's workout a better one. Thanks for reading and see you for Day Twelve.